METALLICA - MASTER OF PUPPETS - ORIGINAL 1986 VINYL LP LYRIC INNER - No Reserve
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INSANELY RARE and SUPER KOOL ORIGINAL PRESSING of the METALLICA MASTERPIECE "Master Of Puppets"!!! Holy Sh*t !!!
SUPER NMINT +++ VINYL BORDERING ON MINT PLAYS MINT, YES IT"S THAT CLEAN. THE CLEANEST ONE I'VE EVER HAD IN MY HANDS.
GLOSSY NMINTY COVER includes ORIGINAL LYRIC INNER SLEEVE (SEE PICS.)
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ALL MUSIC 5 STAR REVIEW ... Even though Master of Puppets didn't take as gigantic a leap forward as Ride the Lightning, it was the band's greatest achievement, hailed as a masterpiece by critics far outside heavy metal's core audience. It was also a substantial hit, reaching the Top 30 and selling three million copies despite absolutely nonexistent airplay. Instead of a radical reinvention, Master of Puppets is a refinement of past innovations. In fact, it's possible to compare Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets song for song and note striking similarities between corresponding track positions on each record (although Lightning's closing instrumental has been bumped up to next-to-last in Master's running order). That hint of conservatism is really the only conceivable flaw here. Though it isn't as startling as Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets feels more unified, both thematically and musically. Everything about it feels blown up to epic proportions (indeed, the songs are much longer on average), and the band feels more in control of its direction. You'd never know it by the lyrics, though -- in one way or another, nearly every song on Master of Puppets deals with the fear of powerlessness. Sometimes they're about hypocritical authority (military and religious leaders), sometimes primal, uncontrollable human urges (drugs, insanity, rage), and, in true H.P. Lovecraft fashion, sometimes monsters. Yet by bookending the album with two slices of thrash mayhem ("Battery" and "Damage, Inc."), the band reigns triumphant through sheer force -- of sound, of will, of malice. The arrangements are thick and muscular, and the material varies enough in texture and tempo to hold interest through all its twists and turns. Some critics have called Master of Puppets the best heavy metal album ever recorded; if it isn't, it certainly comes close.
Metallica ?– Master Of Puppets
Label: Elektra ?– 60439-1 Format: Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry: US Released: 03 Mar 1986 Genre: Rock Style: Thrash, Speed Metal
Tracklist
A1 Battery 5:10 A2 Master Of Puppets Written-By – Burton*, Hammett* 8:38 A3 The Thing That Should Not Be Written-By – Hammett* 6:32 A4 Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Written-By – Hammett* 6:28 B1 Disposable Heroes Written-By – Hammett* 8:14 B2 Leper Messiah 5:38 B3 Orion Written-By – Burton* 8:12 B4 Damage, Inc. Written-By – Burton*, Hammett* 5:08price rating
