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Track Listings
| 1. Fight Fire With Fire |
| 2. Ride The Lightning |
| 3. For Whom The Bell Tolls |
| 4. Fade To Black |
| 5. Trapped Under Ice |
| 6. Escape |
| 7. Creeping Death |
| 8. The Call Of Ktulu |
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Don't let that classical-guitar-ish opening to "Fight Fire with Fire" fool you--Ride the Lightning packs a heavy-metal wallop. While not as ambitious as the subsequent Master of Puppets, this early Metallica album is indubitably one of their best. Thematically, it explores death and dying from myriad points of view: nuclear war ("Fight Fire with Fire"), electric-chair execution (the title track), and drowning ("Trapped Under Ice"). Interestingly, the best track on this album is probably "Fade to Black," a slower, more introspective song about suicide. There's also "Creeping Death," which remains a concert favorite. An excellent mix of rapid-fire guitar riffs, rip-roaring solos, and singer James Hetfield's trademark growl, this is thrash metal at its finest. Very highly recommended. --Genevieve Williams
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2008 reissue of Metallica's sophomore 1984 album which was recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 1984 album was ranked #35 among Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Albums Of The 80's. Kill 'Em All may have revitalized Heavy Metal's underground, but Ride The Lightning was even more stunning, exhibiting staggering musical growth and boldly charting new directions that would affect Heavy Metal's future. The standard LPs consist of one regular weight 33rpm vinyl disc in Stoughton jacket, produced at RTI. The pressings are half-speed mastered from the original analog tapes at Mobile Fidelity for the ultimate audiophile listening experience.
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By MILLARMAN
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
MY REVIEW IS BASED ON PRODUCTION OF THIS SHM-CD ONLY.WE ALL KNOW WHAT AN AMAZING CD THIS IS.FROM WHAT I CAN GATHER FROM THIS RELEASE PRODUCTION WISE. I WOULD HAVE TOO AGREE WITH ANOTHER REVIEW, THIS SOUNDS LIKE THE ALBUM, IN PRODUCTION VALUES. NO HISSES OR CRACKS OF COURSE. EVERY INSTRUMENT HAS CLEAN QUALITIES TOO THEM. THE VOLUME LEVELS HAVENT BEEN RAISED. - MAKE THIS CLEAR, THIS IS NOT A REMASTERED CD. THE COMPRESSION SOUND IS NOT ON THIS CD, LIKE IT IS ON THE "REGULAR CD" . AT 40 BUCKS THIS IS REALLY TOO HIGH A PRICE CONSIDERING CDS ARE GOING BY THE WAYSIDE. STILL WERE ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR THAT "BEST" SOUND POSSIBLE.SO ITS UP TOO YOU, TAKE A CHANCE AND HEAR SOMETHING YOU NEVER HEARD ON THIS CD OR STICK WITH YOUR OLD COPY.
By Andrew
Format:LP Record|Amazon Verified Purchase
This album will give you a bulge in your pants - right before the executioner flips the switch and fries your brain...
When listening to this album, you'll be greeted with numerous fast, heavy hitting classics such as Ride The Lightning, For Whom The Bell Tolls and Fade To Black and greeted with a few not so classic, but still very enjoyable tracks. I have to give it to Metallica though, their sound had echoed through the ears of ages unlike any other. I remember being 12 or 13 and hearing the likes of Nothing Else Matters and Enter Sandman and thinking to myself, 'I need to hear more'. The rest, for me, is history. I've been rocking to Metallica for over a decade now and have taken every opportunity to pick up my guitar and wail out some of their tunes till my fingers are left bloodied and bruised - Only to get up the next morning to do it all again.
You really cannot go wrong buying this album or any other album up to and including the black album. In my humble opinion though, I would not waste a cent on anything Metallica has produced as of late, especially Lulu and St. Anger. Trust me when I say there is a great sense of irony in the fact that Metallica chose St. Anger as the title of that record. When I listen to it, I can't help but want to punch Lars in the face for the sound of his snare drum, rip out James' vocal chords and chop off Hammet and Hetfield's fingers... I truly am, "Madly in anger" with them for their recent efforts...
When listening to this album, you'll be greeted with numerous fast, heavy hitting classics such as Ride The Lightning, For Whom The Bell Tolls and Fade To Black and greeted with a few not so classic, but still very enjoyable tracks. I have to give it to Metallica though, their sound had echoed through the ears of ages unlike any other. I remember being 12 or 13 and hearing the likes of Nothing Else Matters and Enter Sandman and thinking to myself, 'I need to hear more'. The rest, for me, is history. I've been rocking to Metallica for over a decade now and have taken every opportunity to pick up my guitar and wail out some of their tunes till my fingers are left bloodied and bruised - Only to get up the next morning to do it all again.
You really cannot go wrong buying this album or any other album up to and including the black album. In my humble opinion though, I would not waste a cent on anything Metallica has produced as of late, especially Lulu and St. Anger. Trust me when I say there is a great sense of irony in the fact that Metallica chose St. Anger as the title of that record. When I listen to it, I can't help but want to punch Lars in the face for the sound of his snare drum, rip out James' vocal chords and chop off Hammet and Hetfield's fingers... I truly am, "Madly in anger" with them for their recent efforts...
Format:Audio CD
I know there are a lot of "metal" fans that rave about this band, and if they only produced the first few albums- up to "Master of Puppets"- I would agree and say that they are one of the best metal bands ever; however, after that Puppets it's been nothing more than a bunch of laxative commercials. So, this is one of their really great albums, I would say that Kill 'em all is the best, and if you don't like this album, then you are just a wannabe poser wearing spandex.
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Their first album in their progressive metal trilogy of the 1980s,...
RIDE THE LIGHTENING, Metallica's second album, is notable for its musical direction, combining thrash metal with more symphonic, and much more complex, songwriting than previously... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mike London
5.0 out of 5 stars
This rocks!
One of the five albums that permit to Metallica to enter the Rock'n Roll Hall of Fame. You can hear classics like "For whom the bell tolls" but also pieces of anthology of metal... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Louitch
5.0 out of 5 stars
10/10
merci beaucoup le cd est arrivé a temps comme prevu et il est en bonne etat. je recommence ce vendeur
Published 20 months ago by imback313
5.0 out of 5 stars
Still a great ride after all those years, genuine classic Metal album
Metallica are truly one of the forces to be reckoned with in their genre of music whether you call it Metal, Heavy-Metal or Thrash is of little importance, they're one of the... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Tommy Sixx Morais
5.0 out of 5 stars
RTL>MOP
This is one of Metallica's top 2 albums right here folks! You can decide if its #1 or #2. Stay far away from Load/Reload/St. Anger!
Published on April 23 2010
5.0 out of 5 stars
RIDE THE LIGHTNING ROCKS. ONE OF THE BEST METAL ALBUMS AROUND!!
Ride the Lightning has to be considered one of the best metal albums of all-time. Fade to BLack, For WHOM THE BELL TOLLS and Creeping death are the best songs on the album and one... Read more
Published on July 21 2006 by Vader
5.0 out of 5 stars
Metallica is the sh***t
Greatest metal album ever recorded.
Hammett's solo in the title track has to be faster than the speed of light itself.
Published on Jun 9 2005
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very Well Done.
FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE- a great opener, suberb riffs from james 9.5/10
RIDE THE LIGHTNING- all around awesome song, drags on a little long 9. Read more
RIDE THE LIGHTNING- all around awesome song, drags on a little long 9. Read more
Published on April 3 2005 by Arodgerson
5.0 out of 5 stars
This albums rockssss !!!!!!!!!
Well, I have no words to say how I like this album..! I can't stop listening to it, it makes me feel so good! Read more
Published on Mar 21 2005 by Stéphanie P...
5.0 out of 5 stars
Old school Metal
I am 100% convinced that this is the greatest metal album ever made. If your new to Metallica, this is the one to get. Read more
Published on Nov 14 2004 by no1metalfan
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