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Master of Puppets
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
After Kill 'Em All and Ride the Lightning, Metallica wanted to make an album that would win over critics and fans. The group recorded Master of Puppets from September to December 1985 at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, with producer Flemming Rasmussen. The musicians deliberately chose against the slick production and the synthesizers of glam metal and stayed sober on recording days. The sleeve shows a graveyard full of crosses on strings, moved by two hands.
The album was released on 3 March 1986 on Elektra Records. Instead of a single or video, an American tour with Ozzy Osbourne followed. During it, bassist Cliff Burton died on 27 September 1986 in a bus accident in Sweden. Critics praised the music and the political lyrics. The album is regarded as one of the most influential metal records and as the record that consolidated American thrash metal. In 2015 the Library of Congress added it to the National Recording Registry, the first metal album to be included.
Listening
Track list
- 1Battery5:12Apple Music ↗
- 2Master of Puppets8:35Apple Music ↗
- 3The Thing That Should Not Be6:36Apple Music ↗
- 4Welcome Home (Sanitarium)6:27Apple Music ↗
- 5Disposable Heroes8:17Apple Music ↗
- 6Leper Messiah5:40Apple Music ↗
- 7Orion8:27Apple Music ↗
- 8Damage, Inc.5:32Apple Music ↗
30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗