Let's make it eight. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock… Studio album by Metallica Released on August 25,1988 Recorded on January 28 - May 1,1988 Genre: Thrash metal • Progressive metal [6][7], ...And Justice for All is the first Metallica album to feature bassist Jason Newsted after the death of Cliff Burton in 1986; Newsted had previously played on the 1987 Metallica EP The $5.98 E.P. [69] The group broke through on radio in early 1989 with "One", which was released as the third single from the record. 45. hét", "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart", Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry, "Najpopularniejsze single radiowe i najlepiej sprzedające się płyty 2020 roku", Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas, "The ARIA Report: Issue 969 (Week Commencing 22 September 2008)", Australian Recording Industry Association, "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Metallica; 'And Justice for All')", "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart – 27 September 2010", "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011", "Polish album certifications – Metallica – ...And Justice for All", "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Metallica; 'Justice for All')", "British album certifications – Metallica – Justice for All", The $5.98 E.P. …And Justice for All is the biggest metal band’s best album. [24] It is featured in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. This is the first Metallica studio album to feature bassist Jason Newsted, since it is the first after the tragic death of the group's former bassist Cliff Burton. Size Small Medium Large XL 2XL 3XL 4XL ... Reissue of Metallica's 1988 classic T-Shirt . [55] Guitar World lists it 12th on the "100 Greatest Guitar Albums" from a 2006 reader poll,[56] and lists all of its tracks on "The 100 Greatest Metallica Songs of All Time". ...And Justice for All was Metallica's breakthrough album and reached number six on the Billboard 200. [5] The reissue reached number 37 and 42 on Billboard's Top Album Sales and Top Rock Albums charts, respectively. Another reason was frontman James Hetfield's arm injury in a skateboarding accident. The deluxe edition set includes the original album on vinyl and CD, with eleven CDs of live tracks, home demo recordings, B-sides, rough mixes, and radio edits recorded from 1986 to 1989, and four DVDs of unreleased footage of the band. [18] Hetfield explained: "Songwriting-wise, [the album] was just us really showing off and trying to show what we could do. [85] "The Frayed Ends of Sanity", the last song on the album to be performed live, debuted live in Helsinki on the Metallica By Request tour in 2014,[86] although the band had previously played segments during solos, impromptu jams, or in a "Justice" medley. listed the album at number 42 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time". [24] He saw the "synthetic" percussion as another reason for the album's compressed sound. $24.99...And Justice for All … [36] "One" was unofficially nicknamed an "antiwar anthem" for its lyrics, which portray the suffering of a wounded soldier. [29] They decided not to adjust the mix for the remastered 2019 reissue, saying: "These records are a product of a certain time in life; they’re snapshots of history and they’re part of our story … And Justice for All could use a little more low end and St. Anger could use a little less tin snare drum, but those things are what make those records part of our history. The most immediately noticeable aspect of ...And Justice for All isn't Metallica's still-growing compositional sophistication or the apocalyptic lyrical portrait of a society in decay. ...And Justice for All is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on September 7, 1988[4] by Elektra Records. [54] The album was ranked at number nine on IGN's "Top 25 Metal Albums". [43] In a less enthusiastic review for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau believed that the band's compositions lack song form and that the album "goes on longer" than Master of Puppets. [9], Metallica's previous studio album, Master of Puppets (1986), was their last under their contract with the record label Music for Nations. [37] "Dyers Eve" is a lyrical rant from Hetfield to his parents. Blackened...And Justice for All; Eye of the Beholder; One; The Shortest Straw [13] The experience differed from his previous band, Flotsam and Jetsam, whose style he described as "basically everybody playing the same thing like a sonic wall". Though it was over-shadowed commercially by the band's following album Metallica (1991), ...And Justice for Allconfirmed Metallica's large-scale arena status. This is the title track off of Metallica’s 4th album. [27], Newsted was not satisfied with the final mix: "The Justice album wasn't something that really felt good for me, because you really can't hear the bass. Producer: Metallica with Flemming Rasmussen Engineer: Flemming Rasmussen Assistant Engineer: Toby Wright Special Thanks to Mike Clink for engineering drum tracks on “The Shortest Straw” and “Harvester of Sorrow” Mixed by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero . ...And Justice for All is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica.Elektra Records released the album on August 25, 1988. One accurate version. [23] Music journalist Mick Wall was critical of the progressive elements on the album and believed that, apart from "One" and "Dyers Eve", most of the album sounded clumsy. Metallica recorded the album with producer Flemming Rasmussen over four months in early 1988 at One on One Recording Studios in Los Angeles. Add all three to Cart Add all three to List. "[35], Concerns about the state of the environment ("Blackened"), corruption ("And Justice for All"), and blacklisting and discrimination ("The Shortest Straw") are emphasized with traditional existential themes. Let's go crazy with it. [8] Metallica had intended to record the album earlier, but was sidetracked by the large number of festival dates scheduled for the summer of 1987, including the European leg of the Monsters of Rock festival. ...And Justice For All Tab by Metallica with free online tab player. [70] According to Billboard, the accompanying Damaged Justice Tour evolved the band into arena headliners, while significant airplay was garnered by "One" and by the group's first music video. [38], The artwork was created by Stephen Gorman, based on a concept developed by Hetfield and Ulrich. The first line was actually written by German poet Paul Gerhardt ("When a man lies, he murders some part of the world. [64], Although Metallica's music was considered unappealing for mainstream radio, ...And Justice for All became the first underground metal album to achieve chart success in the US. It was the first album following the death of bassist Cliff Burton in 1986, and the first to feature new bassist Jason Newsted. Blackened (Remastered), ...And Justice for All (Remastered), Eye of the Beholder (Remastered) Rasmussen assumed that, in his absence from the mixing process, Thompson and Barbiero used only the close microphones on the mix and none of the room microphones, thus causing the "clicking", thin drum sound. [74][75][76] It was awarded gold by the British Phonographic Industry in 2013 for shipping 100,000 copies in the UK. And Justice For All (the album) is a master piece. [52] In 2007, Entertainment Weekly, named this one of the 10 biggest upsets in Grammy history. The album was reissued on November 2, 2018 in vinyl, CD, and cassette formats, as well as receiving a deluxe box set treatment with bonus tracks and unreleased video footage. "[11] In 2009, Hetfield said that the bass was obscured as the basslines often doubled his rhythm guitar, making the instruments indiscernible, and because the low frequencies were competing in the mix with his "scooped", bassy guitar sound. [9], ...And Justice for All was recorded from January to May 1988 at One on One Recording Studios in Los Angeles. It is Metallica's fifth longest song, clocking in at 9:47 minutes. [42] Ulrich said in retrospect that the album has improved with time and it is well-liked among their contemporaries. [26] Rasmussen said in 2018: "I’m probably one of the only people in the world, including Jason and Toby Wright, the assistant engineer, who heard the bass tracks on And Justice for All, and they are fucking brilliant. (“Justice” has since gone on to sell over seven million more copies in the U.S. James Hetfield – Guitar, Vocals Lars Ulrich – Drums Kirk Hammett – Guitar Jason Newsted – Bass, Producer: Metallica with Flemming Rasmussen Engineer: Flemming Rasmussen Assistant Engineer: Toby Wright Special Thanks to Mike Clink for engineering drum tracks on “The Shortest Straw” and “Harvester of Sorrow”, Mixed by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero, Recorded & Mixed at One on One, Los Angeles, CA from January to May of 1988 Mastered by Bob Ludwig Remastered in 1995 by George Marino. – Garage Days Re-Revisited, Orgullo, Pasión, y Gloria: Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México, A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...And_Justice_for_All_(album)&oldid=1013180095, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from September 2019, Certification Table Entry usages for Argentina, Pages using certification Table Entry with shipments figures, Certification Table Entry usages for Australia, Certification Table Entry usages for Canada, Certification Table Entry usages for Finland, Certification Table Entry usages of salesamount without salesref, Certification Table Entry usages for Germany, Pages using certification Table Entry with streaming figures, Certification Table Entry usages for New Zealand, Certification Table Entry usages for Norway, Pages using certification Table Entry with sales figures, Certification Table Entry usages for Poland, Certification Table Entry usages for Switzerland, Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom, Certification Table Entry usages for United States, Pages using certification Table Entry with sales footnote, Pages using certification Table Entry with shipments footnote, Pages using certification Table Entry with streaming footnote, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz release group identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Reiner Design Consultants, Inc. – design, layout, This page was last edited on 20 March 2021, at 13:46. Three of its songs were released as singles: "Harvester of Sorrow", "Eye of the Beholder", and "One"; the title track was released as a promotional single. [87] The bonus tracks on the digital re-release were recorded live at the Seattle Coliseum, Seattle, Washington on August 29 and 30, 1989, and later appeared on the live album Live Shit: Binge & Purge (1993). View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2021 Vinyl release of "...And Justice For All" on Discogs. https://www.metallica.com/store/and-justice-for-all-remastered-deluxe-digital/REAJFADLXD.html Digital download featuring hours upon hours of music from the …And Justice for All -era including the remastered album, unrelesed demos and rough mixes and four live shows. When performed live, the opening war sound is lengthened from seventeen seconds to approximately two minutes. Recorded & Mixed at One on One, Los Angeles, CA from January to May of 1988 Rasmussen listened to Clink's rough mixes for the album on his February 14 flight to Los Angeles, and upon his arrival, Clink was fired. [23] Rasmussen said that was not his intention, as he tried for an ambient sound similar to the previous two albums. [32] The lyrics address political and legal injustice as seen through the prism of war, censored speech, and nuclear brinksmanship. [80] Other songs from ...And Justice for All that have frequently been performed are "Blackened" and "Harvester of Sorrow", which were often featured during the album's promotional Damaged Justice Tour. One (Remastered)05. Marc from Niagara Falls, Canada this song is amazing and unique.Metallica was known for using a slow melodic intro at the second song of each of their first 4 albums.The Whole ...And Justice For All album is brilliant. [48] In 1988, ...And Justice for All was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance, but controversially lost to Jethro Tull's Crest of a Knave. [53], In a retrospective review, Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune said that ...And Justice for All was both the band's "most ambitious" and ultimately "flattest-sounding" album. It features aggressive complexity, fast tempos, and few verse-chorus structures. Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home?") ...And Justice for All (Remastered)03. "[11] Steve Thompson, who mixed the album, was also unhappy, and blamed Ulrich for the decision; he tried to quit the project, but was blocked by management. Recommended by The Wall Street Journal Metallica played the title track in the opening show of the Sick of the Studio '07 tour, for the first time since October 1989, and made it a set-fixture for the remainder of that tour. Hetfield wrote lyrics during the recording sessions; these were occasionally unfinished as recording began, and Rasmussen said that Hetfield "wasn't really interested in singing" but instead "wanted that hard vibe". [clarification needed] Phonogram manager Martin Hooker offered them "well over £1 million, which at that time was the biggest deal we'd ever offered anyone". [34] McIver noted that Hetfield, the band's main lyricist, wrote about topics that he had not addressed before, such as his revolt against the establishment. "[28], In 2019, Hetfield and Ulrich said they had mixed the bass low not to belittle Newsted, but because their hearing was "shot" following heavy touring and they "basically kept turning everything else up until the bass disappeared". [72] ...And Justice for All received a three times platinum certification from Music Canada for shipping 300,000 copies, a platinum certification from IFPI Finland for having a shipment of little over 50,000 copies, and was certified gold by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) for shipments of 250,000 copies. [25], At the instruction of Hetfield and Ulrich, Newsted's bass guitar was made almost inaudible. [10] He had been initially unavailable for the planned start on January 1, 1988, and the band hired Mike Clink, who had caught their attention for producing the debut Guns N' Roses album Appetite for Destruction (1987). was amazing and Metallica were sounding brilliant and this made me really excited about the new full length album to come. A guide track for the tempos and a click track for Ulrich's drumming were used. ...And Justice For All Tab by Metallica with free online tab player. alone.) ")[38] while the second line comes from Lord Foul's Bane, a fantasy novel by American writer Stephen R. Donaldson ("These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives."). Metallica produced the album with Flemming Rasmussen. $32.99 - $33.99 Variations. [11] Both were released as B-sides for singles from the album and were later included on the 1998 cover album Garage Inc.[12], Rasmussen's first task was to adjust and arrange the guitar sound, with which the band was dissatisfied. It's probably the most incisive music I've ever heard, in the literal sense of the word. It was the first underground metal album to achieve chart success in the United States, peaking at number six on the Billboard 200, and was certified 8× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2003 for shipping eight million copies in the U.S. [41] AllMusic's Steve Huey noted that Metallica followed the blueprint of the previous two albums, with more sophisticated songs and "apocalyptic" lyrics that envisioned a society in decay. Metallica released four singles, "Eye of the Beholder", "Harvester of Sorrow", "...And Justice for All" and "One". [51] Simon Reynolds, writing in Melody Maker, said that "other bands would give their eye teeth" for the songs' riffs and found the album's densely complicated style of metal to be distinct from the monotonous sound of contemporary rock music: "Everything depends on utter punctuality and supreme surgical finesse. Plans deteriorated, and Rasmussen became available three weeks after drummer Lars Ulrich had first called him. [15] BBC Music's Eamonn Stack wrote that ...And Justice for All sounds different from the band's previous albums, with longer songs, sparser arrangements, and harsher vocals by Hetfield. [81] "Eye of the Beholder" has not been played live since 1989; one such performance appears on Metallica's live extended play Six Feet Down Under. '"[79] Nevertheless, "One" quickly became a permanent fixture in the band's setlist. [14] Classic Rock explained that with this album, Metallica received substantial media exposure,[31] becoming a multi-platinum act by 1990. [17] Metallica decided to broaden its sonic range, writing songs with multiple sections, heavy guitar arpeggios and unusual time signatures. In 2018, the album was remastered and reissued in a limited edition deluxe box set with an expanded track listing and bonus content. All lyrics were written by James Hetfield, except for the spoken word section of "To Live Is to Die", posthumously attributed to Cliff Burton as it was adapted from four lines Burton authored. - Garage Days Re-Revisited, Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental, Recording Industry Association of America, "Metallica announce deluxe reissue of …And Justice For All", "Metallica Chart History (Top Album Sales)", "Metallica Chart History (Top Rock Albums)", "Jason Newsted on Inaudible '…And Justice for All' Bass Tracks: 'Water Under the Bridge, "Metallica Look Back At … And Justice For All", "Sound Mixer on Metallica's '…And Justice For All' Blames Lars Ulrich for Thin Bass Sound", "Metallica's 'And Justice for All': What Happened to the Bass? It was included in The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll of the year's best albums, and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1989, controversially losing out to Jethro Tull in the ill-fated Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental category. [71][72][73] The album managed to peak in the top 10 on the Norwegian and Swiss album charts. About “...And Justice for All”. [11] Metallica's recording process was new to Newsted, who questioned his impact on the overall sound and the lack of discussion with the rest of the team. I bought ..."And Justice For All" on the strength of "The Garage Days re-revisited" E.P. [13], —Lars Ulrich, on the band's direction for the album[14], —Simon Reynolds, on the album's music[15], ...And Justice for All is a musically progressive album featuring long and complex songs,[16] fast tempos and few verse-chorus structures. [10], Released on September 7, 1988, by Elektra Records,[49] ...And Justice for All was acclaimed by music critics. [72] It was less successful in Spain, Mexico, and France, where it peaked at number 92 on the former chart, number 130 on the latter, and number 64 in Spain. [19] According to journalist Martin Popoff, the album is less melodic than its predecessors because of its frequent tempo changes, unusual song structures and layered guitars. One day after we played 'Justice' and got off the stage one of us said, 'we're never fucking playing that song again. [61] The video was controversial among fans, who had valued the band's apparent opposition to MTV and other forms of mainstream music.