From: ak@topper.ksu.ksu.edu (Kendric Beachey)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal.metallica
Subject: Re: Uh - I like Metallica too.
Date: 4 Sep 92 20:49:39 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University
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In article <a2824ag.715611332@sunmanager> a2824ag@sunmanager.LRZ-Muenchen.DE (Riaan de Jager) writes:
>Hi   
>
>Bought Metallica's last album. I think it's f* great.
>
>I specially like Nothing Else matters & some other accoustic parts.
>
>My questions are:
>
>How many albums to they have to date?
These are the regularly released (non-bootleg, non-single) albums: 
 
Kill 'Em All (1983)
Ride The Lightning (1984)
Master Of Puppets (1986)
Garage Days Re-revisited (1986)  (cover songs)
...And Justice For All (1988) 
Metallica (1991)
 
>Which are the good one's (I'm expecting people saying "ALL!" in this group)?
 
Of course, everyone's got their own opinions, so to say which one is the 
"best" wouldn't really be t e right idea.  Instead, I'll try to describe
them (feel free to add to this, y'all  :-)  ) 
 
Kill 'Em All:  Loud, fast, full of energy.  Most of the songs are fairly
               simple stylistically, and they don't have any really deep
               message, but they're cool nonetheless. 
 
Ride The Lightning:  A little more refined musically than KEA.  Some 
               acoustic stuff gets done in the beginning of the first 
               track and in "Fade To Black".  A recurring theme is
               death.
 
Master Of Puppets:  Generally regarded as one of the best metal albums ever.
               Complex songs with intelligent lyrics, and you can still 
               really get off on them.
 
...And Justice For All:  One of the most musically complex metal albums
               you can find, at least from its period.  The lyrics of all
               the songs have something to say.   Sure, the  mix isn't that
               hot, but I'm  still immpressed.
 
Metallica:     The  songs are a good deal  simpler on this album, but I 
               for one will stand up and say that it's not a sellout.   
               Either way, the  mix is very much improved  from AJFA.
 
>
>If I like the tracks with some accoustics, which should I get next?
 
There are small bits of acoustic stuff (fairly complex though) in the
beginnings of songs on RTL, MOP and AJFA and you  know about the Black
Album.
 
>
>Thanks.
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