Product Description: No Description Available No Track Information Available Media Type: CD Artist: METALLICA Title: AND JUSTICE FOR ALL Street Release Date: 09/06/1988 Domestic Genre: HEAVY METAL
Amazon.com essential recording: This record has so much good material that it's a shame the production is so shoddy. Songwise, this is probably Metallica's most sophisticated album, exploring the theme of justice and perversions thereof with a vengeance. "One" is one of their best songs ever, building from a slow, edgy beginning into effortless overdrive. The title track is excellent and never boring, despite clocking in at more than nine minutes. It's the epic of the album, but all of the songs are long, displaying impressive chops and songwriting. Metallica took a commercial turn after ...And Justice for All, and it's interesting to speculate on what would have happened to their music had they continued in the direction suggested by this album. --Genevieve Williams
Amazon.com: Having already established themselves as the streetwise saviors of heavy metal's oft-tainted legacy in the '80s, Metallica rebounded from the accidental death of original bassist Cliff Burton to produce their most thematically challenging, musically accomplished album to date. Despite James Hetfield's dank, extended portraits of a world collapsing from corruption and decadence--themes that virtually guaranteed it little radio or television exposure--the album was nonetheless a muscular commercial success. Even "One," its complex, seven-and-a-half-minute adaptation of Dalton Trumbo's "Johnny Got His Gun," managed to scale the singles charts. Other highlights include "Blackened," "Eye of the Beholder," and the sweeping "To Live Is to Die," tracks that underscore a sense of musical ambition that's often downright prog-centric, yet never merely self-indulgent. --Jerry McCulley
Binding: Audio CD Brand: Metallica EAN: 0075596081221 Item Dimensions:20 Label: Elektra / Wea Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea MPN: 60812 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Elektra / Wea Release Date: October 25, 1990 Studio: Elektra / Wea
Customer Reviews
My favorite from this band
...And Justice For All (1988) is my favorite Metallica album. This album was the last true raw album that Metallica put out before they started to "sell out" a bit and became too commercialized beginning with the Black Album (1991). The music is just plain raw, heavy and fast. This was the first album that featured then-new bassist Jason Newsted, who was Cliff Burton's replacement. Jason Newsted's bass lines on this album are at a very low volume, almost to the point where you can't hear it. ... Read More