Metallica - Master Of Puppets
| Release date: | 21 February 1986 |
| Style: | Bay Area thrash metal |
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01. Battery
02. Master Of Puppets
03. The Thing That Should Not Be
04. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
05. Disposable Heroes
06. Leper Messiah
07. Orion
08. Damage, Inc.
Top 20 albums of 1986: 1
Top 200 albums of all time: 5
02. Master Of Puppets
03. The Thing That Should Not Be
04. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
05. Disposable Heroes
06. Leper Messiah
07. Orion
08. Damage, Inc.
Top 20 albums of 1986: 1
Top 200 albums of all time: 5
Reviews 
Lyrics James Alan Hetfield - vocals, guitars
Kirk Hammett - guitars, backing vocals
Lars Ulrich - drums
Clifford Lee Burton - bass, backing vocals
Additional info
Produced by Metallica and Flemming Rasmussen
Engineered by Flemming Rasmussen
Recorded, Sept.-Dec. 1985 at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mixed by Michael Wagener at Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Assistant mixing engineer: Mark Wilzcak
Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound
All lyrics by Hetfield. All arrangements by Hetfield/Ulrich
Cover concept: Metallica and Peter Mensch
Cover illustration: Don Brautigam
Back cover photos: Cliff - Rich Likong / Kirk - Ross Halfin / Lars - Rob Ellis / James - Ross Halfin
Rating:
9.3
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Rating: 9.3 |
Master of Puppets is a master class in structuring an album, The tracks and the way they're ordered is near perfection. A landmark album. Master Of Puppets is a timeless classic, A hybrid, Which features the best characteristics of many different kinds of metal. Many people consider it one of the greatest albums of all time and for good reason. Read more ›› |
Guest review by
Cal Wolvington
Cal Wolvington
Rating:
8.3
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Rating: 8.3 |
I know I am in the minority here, but I don't care. Coffee is not as bad for you as everyone says it is, ten million Coldplay fans are wrong and Master Of Puppets is not Metallica's best album. This album is considered to be a classic and it is a great effort, but it is no Ride The Lightning. Master Of Puppets may have become more popular than Metallica's first two albums and it may be every critic's darling but that alone does not make it a better album or the greatest thrash record of all time. What matters is the music itself and therein lies my problem with considering this album a mind blowing masterpiece, which it is not. Read more ›› |
Guest review by
Iced Iñigo
Iced Iñigo
Rating:
10
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Rating: 10 |
A classic between classics and the top of Metallica like a band. The album that made history, the cd of the cds, the best album of the best band. The album that any person who wants to know what is that world called Metal music needs to have, and listen to. From the intro of "Battery" to the last guitar riff of "Damage Inc." the cd is just perfect, incredible and all the adjectives you want. In this album Metallica composed the song of songs: "Master of Puppets", astonishing. 8 minutes 38 seconds of pure Metal. The virtuosity on composing of Metallica appears clearly in that song. In Master of Puppets [maybe influenced by Black Sabbath] some songs are really dark and paranoid like "The Thing that should not Be". A ballad is also included, which is called "Welcome Home [Sanitarium]" and Metallica still includes in this album an instrumental track: "Orion" [with an intense and melodically brute bass line, perfectly played and composed by bass-God Cliff Burton] Read more ›› |
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by @gent_-_orange on 06.05.2012 at 17:55 Simple, you don't 
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| neiluria Posts: 119  |
MASTER OF PUPPETS, This is the key to eternal enjoyment! The best album ever!
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Account deleted Written by HELL BENT FOR JU on 06.05.2012 at 00:41  I am your biggest fan.
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| RokBoks Posts: 7  |
I'm not gonna knock one of the biggest thrash bands of the 80's because i'd be talkin out of my ass. This album really is amazing in several aspects. The way the tracks are laid out is perfect, the sound and atmosphere of the album just ooze badassery, and the songs themselves are all classics. It might seem out of date in todays day and age but that doesn't make it any lesser of a masterpiece.  /5
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| Egigantea Posts: 79  |
Written by HELL BENT FOR JU on 06.05.2012 at 00:41 Poor Trolling, what you're doing is the equivalent of someone throwing rocks at a tank, it just won't do any damage.
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My favorite Metallica album! No fillers at all!  Although this is not the "Best metal album of all time", it's one hell of an album! Best songs: 1. Disposable Heroes 2. Damage, Inc. 3. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
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| Xenomorph1001 Posts: 5 |
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| CobiWan1993 Secundum Filium Posts: 1365  |
Even though I'm not a huge thrash metal fan, I have to admit, this album is pretty damn awesome, and one of the first to get me into metal music in the first place. RIP Cliff, you will always be the band member I have the most respect for. 
---- Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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| master 666 King of Arizona Posts: 55  |
 Cliff" Burton why you go. James Hetfield -Kirk Hammett -Lars Ulrich- fuck all of them
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10096  |
Needlework the way, never you betray life of death becoming clearer Pain monopoly, ritual misery chop your breakfast on a mirror This band used to write some of the best lyrics conceived in metal. It's astonishing to me how this band has decayed through the years to the point of crapping out abominations like Saint Anger and Lulu. Thankfully Death Magnetic was a decent album.
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| Jaeryd Nihil's Maw Posts: 1062  |
Written by Valentin B on 26.01.2013 at 13:30 Yup, I'm with you. Unlike some other people, I thought that Death Magnetic was actually a pretty decent comeback. Hopefully whatever they do next will continue what they had with that, and Lulu will have no influence on the future of their music.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62294  |
It use to be my fav album from band, but seems not anymore, I like prev 2 better than this , ok Wellcome Home Sanitarium will always be my fav song from this band,. but somehow this dont work to me so emotionaly like it worked some 5-8 years ago .... so It is not my fav band album anymore
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"  I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Jaeryd Nihil's Maw Posts: 1062 |
Written by Bad English on 26.02.2013 at 22:27 So you're still gonna keep this one a 10 and Ride the Lightning and Kill 'em All are going to stay at a 9, even though you like those other two better?
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Jaeryd on 12.04.2013 at 20:04 that's total K7 logic, for you there. He called an Iron Maiden perfect yet gave it a 7 and another by them had some shitty songs on it yet rated it 10
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62294 |
Written by Jaeryd on 12.04.2013 at 20:04 I vote about this album maybe 4-5 years ago I post my post some montrhs ago
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die" I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Ace Frawley The Spaceman Posts: 1459  |
Written by [user id=130727] on 12.04.2013 at 21:08 I suppose the reason for this is that it's one of the most influential and popular metal albums of all time. For anyone who wasn't around in the mid-80s, it's hard to convey to them how influential this album was.
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| Jaeryd Nihil's Maw Posts: 1062 |
I still think that after the first two absolutely stunning tracks, the album kinda gets a little bit dull. Ride the Lightning was far more enjoyable; there's an album that's good front to back, with not a dull moment in between. I don't understand how everyone thinks that this is the best Metallica album when RtL is far superior.
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| Ace Frawley The Spaceman Posts: 1459 |
Written by Jaeryd on 24.04.2013 at 01:03 We'll have to agree to disagree because I think "Trapped Under Ice" is one of the weakest Metallica tracks from the first four albums. That said, I do prefer RtL to Puppets, but both are wonderful albums.
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| MetalAce The Eternal Posts: 99  |
If we talk about thrash metal, metallica shown thrash is all about! but something true, i like those first two albums more.those two are real thrash.awo0ouh! MASTER OF PUPPETS! YEAH!
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| ArminEnayat Posts: 1  |
I Love this Album Because it is so heavy and and it is so hard to imagine that which young people like them could ever create such a super HEAVY stuff!
---- Metal up you a**!
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| Toxik Posts: 133  |
My favourite album. James voice is perfect, Cliff bass is perfect, Solos are perfect, riff's are perfect
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| taset9 Posts: 2  |
PPL this album is not heavy my grandma can listen this. This is lullaby for me. BTW Metallica sold ton of shit record and made metal more mainstream, I would accused them for defiling the pure metal.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306  |
Written by taset9 on 21.06.2014 at 18:17 I agree. This is false metal for the poseurs who are not real fans of true metal. Metallica are the biggest sellouts of all-time, the only reason people like them is because they disguise their pop music with distorted guitars. Lars Ulrich can't even keep a simple rhythm and James Hetfield doesn't even growl (wtf?!). 1/10
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| Ilham Giant robot Posts: 5161  |
^ And have you seen the triangle formed by the crosses? I say the Illuminati are behind all this.
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^My grandmother also listens to this album. Then again, she also listens to Opeth. 
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| Karlabos Posts: 5769  |
Written by taset9 on 21.06.2014 at 18:17 Sounds criminal of them heh? Written by taset9 on 21.06.2014 at 18:17 You totally convinced me. I'm not gonna listen to this
---- "Aah! The cat turned into a cat!" - Reimu Hakurei
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