Reload [LP]

by Metallica

Overview

Metallica recorded so much material for Load -- their first album in five years -- that they had to leave many songs unfinished, otherwise they would have missed their deadline. During the supporting tour for Load, they continued to work on the unfinished material, as well as write new songs, and they soon had enough material for a new album, Reload. The title suggests that Reload simply is a retread of its predecessor, and in many ways that's correct -- there's still too much bone-headed, heavy Southern rock for it to be anything other than the sequel to Load -- but there's enough left curves to make it a better record. Marianne Faithfull's backing vocals on "The Memory Remains" complement the weird, uneasy melody, and "Where the Wild Things Are" has an eerie menace that Metallica never achieved on Load. There are also a couple of ballads and country-rockers that don't work quite so well (it's never a good idea to have an explicit sequel, as on "The Unforgiven II"), and that, along with a few plodding Metallica-by-numbers, is what keeps Reload from being a full success. Still, the towering closer, "Fixxxer," along with handful of cuts that successfully push the outer edges of Metallica's sound, make the record worthwhile. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	08/25/2014
Label:	Blackened Recordings / Rhino
UPC:	0856115004651
Rank:	18961

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Fuel
2. The Memory Remains
3. Devil's Dance
4. The Unforgiven II
5. Better Than You
6. Slither
7. Carpe Diem Baby

Disc 2

8. Bad Seed
9. Where the Wild Things Are
10. Prince Charming
11. Low Man's Lyric
12. Attitude
13. Fixxxer

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Metallica   Primary Artist
Marianne Faithfull   Guest Artist,Vocals
Kirk Hammett   Guitar
Lars Ulrich   Drums
James Hetfield   Guitar,Vocals
Jason Newsted   Bass
David Miles   Hurdygurdy
Jim McGillveray   Percussion
Bernardo Bigalli   Violin

Technical Credits

Kent Matcke   Assistant Engineer
Kirk Hammett   Composer
Lars Ulrich   Composer,Producer
James Hetfield   Composer,Producer
Jason Newsted   Composer
Randy Staub   Mixing,Engineer
Mike Fraser   Mixing
Bob Rock   Producer
George Marino   Mastering
Anton Corbijn   Photography
Darren Grahn   Digital Editing,Assistant Engineer
Mike Gillies   Digital Editing
Paul DeCarli   Digital Editing
Brian Dobbs   Engineer
Gary Winger   Assistant Engineer
Andie Airfix   Design
Bernardo Bigalli   Assistant Engineer
Andres Serrano   Artwork