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Editorial Review:
For many heavy metal fans, Metallica epitomizes the genre, especially for those listeners who remember the band's fast-and-furious 1983 debut, Kill 'Em All. As a result, their continued foray into a more stripped-down, laid-back sound with this album has met a mixed response. However, there's enough innovation and just plain strange stuff on this album to make it worth a listen. The creepy "The Memory Remains" is perfectly accentuated by Marianne Faithfull's backing vocals, and "Where the Wild Things Are" features the multi-layered vocals and guitars that Metallica is famous for, albeit at about half their usual speed. The opening ("Fuel") and closing ("Fixxxer") tracks are especially strong, and intermixed with some slower, country-inflected tunes are the obnoxious rockers that made Metallica the long-running success they are. --Genevieve Williams
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
aaaarrrgghhh! head numbing drivel that should be thrown into a deep dark hole and left there to die. dear oh dear....
Deffinetly Metallicas worst album, and i loved St. Anger and Load. Well this is kind of a hard one to review as i only listend to it twice and it may grow on me soon. The best track by far is Fuel no doubt about. It's just something is missing from this album which made all other Metallica album awesome. I dont know what it is maybe it's lack of passion for the music i have no idea. The best songs other then Fuel are The Memory Remains, The Unforgiven II, Carpe Diem Baby(wicked chorus) & Attitude. Those are the only songs i think are awesome at the moment. Devil Dance... more info
A grower.... I think Metallica made a good decision by experimenting on the "load albums", but they could of been a little bit more careful and self aware when they decided to do this. They lost a huge part of their fan base because of their huge musical and physical transformation, ok, they became commercially successful when the "black" album came out but it was an amazing record and already its remembered as a classic album along with their 4 pre-1991 albums. I personally think ReLoad is a pretty good album, I... more info
sad decline of a legend After setting new and astonishing standards in metal since the early 80's, this shows the bands corporate sell-out and musical sterility hitting another low, after the terrible 'Load'. Not much more to say.
Tracks:
Fuel
The Memory Remains - Marianne Faithfull, Metallica
