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Topic	My journey through "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" topic 3
trentpac 08/22/25 9:20:13 PM #49:	Album #173 Metallica-Metallica (1991) USA Runtime: 62:31 Heard it before/own it Recommend a listen? Yes I got into metal sometime in 1991, so this was my first Metallica album. I hadn't gotten around to them yet, as I was mostly busy exploring Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Megadeth, and Black Sabbath. After I picked up this album, I almost immediately picked up all of their other albums. I was instantly hooked, although Megadeth was and would still remain to be my favorite trash metal band. All these early Metallica albums take me back and I instantly think about cruising around with my boys. This is Metallica at the peak of their popularity and they would remain trash metal royalty to me until they released their Load and Reload albums. What a mess those albums are and they'd only get worse going forward. I do think there's a good record between Load and Reload if you cut out all the absolute trash on them. Giving us 1 50+ minute album. But I'm getting sidetracked here... The first of the album is excellent, but the album does lose some steam for the last of the record. It's not that those last 3 songs are bad, in fact they're pretty good, but they're probably the 3 weakest tracks on the album. Personally I would've preferred if the album ended after The God that Failed and left the final 2 songs off the album entirely and used them as B-sides for singles. Most of these songs have been beyond overplayed at this point, but it's still a fun album to return to from time to time. Being a guitarist and this being my 1st Metallica album, I would end up learning a bunch of these songs at the time. (Enter Sandman, Sad but True, The Unforgiven, Wherever I May Roam, and Nothing Else Matters) I still enjoy playing Nothing Else Matters to this day. I have lots of fond memories of this album for that reason as well. It's certainly not my favorite Metallica album, but it's a good one, and a must to get if you have been living under a rock. Recommended. Highlights: Enter Sandman Sad But True Hollier than Thou The Unforgiven Wherever I May Roam Don't Tread on Me Through the Never Nothing Else Matters Of Wolf and Man https://youtu.be/qby6DlZlG3s?si=Fh4upucZvINbvEw- Recommended out of the 1001 so far: 152/173 New album listens for me so far: 66 Heard it before: 107 --- "I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance."-Samuel Taylor Coleridge <cite>trentpac posted [p:986179219] in My journey... [t:81025750]...</cite> <quote>Album #173Metallica-Metallica (1991)USARuntime: 62:31Heard it before/own it Recommend a listen? YesI got into metal sometime in 1991, so this was my first Metallica album. I hadn't gotten around to them yet, as I was mostly busy exploring Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Megadeth, and Black Sabbath. After I picked up this album, I almost immediately picked up all of their other albums. I was instantly hooked, although Megadeth was and would still remain to be my favorite trash metal band. All these early Metallica albums take me back and I instantly think about cruising around with my boys.This is Metallica at the peak of their popularity and they would remain trash metal royalty to me until they released their Load and Reload albums. What a mess those albums are and they'd only get worse going forward. I do think there's a good record between Load and Reload if you cut out all the absolute trash on them. Giving us 1 50+ minute album. But I'm getting sidetracked here...The first of the album is excellent, but the album does lose some steam for the last of the record. It's not that those last 3 songs are bad, in fact they're pretty good, but they're probably the 3 weakest tracks on the album. Personally I would've preferred if the album ended after The God that Failed and left the final 2 songs off the album entirely and used them as B-sides for singles. Most of these songs have been beyond overplayed at this point, but it's still a fun album to return to from time to time. Being a guitarist and this being my 1st Metallica album, I would end up learning a bunch of these songs at the time. (Enter Sandman, Sad but True, The Unforgiven, Wherever I May Roam, and Nothing Else Matters) I still enjoy playing Nothing Else Matters to this day. I have lots of fond memories of this album for that reason as well. It's certainly not my favorite Metallica album, but it's a good one, and a must to get if you have been living under a rock. Recommended. Highlights:Enter Sandman Sad But True Hollier than ThouThe Unforgiven Wherever I May RoamDon't Tread on MeThrough the NeverNothing Else MattersOf Wolf and Manhttps://youtu.be/qby6DlZlG3s?si=Fh4upucZvINbvEw-Recommended out of the 1001 so far: 152/173New album listens for me so far: 66Heard it before: 107 --- "I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance."-Samuel Taylor Coleridge</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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