Metallica (Black Album)

Album Credits:

Produced by Metallica and Bob Rock
Recorded by Randy Staub, assisted by Mike Tacci at One On One Recording, Los Angeles, October '90 - June '91

Orchestration on "Nothing Else Matters" arranged by Micheal Kamen.
©1991 Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
Management: Q-Prime

Track Listing:

1-Enter Sandman 5:32
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
2-Sad But True 5:25
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
3-Holier Than Thou 3:48
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
4-The Unforgiven 6:27
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
5-Wherever I May Roam 6:44
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
6-Don't Tread On Me 3:59
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
7-Through The Never 4:05
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
8-Nothing Else Matters 6:29
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
9-Of Wolf And Man 4:16
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
10-The God That Failed 5:09
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
11-My Friend of Misery 6:49
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Newsted)
12-The Struggle Within 3:54
(Hetfield/Ulrich)

Band Members:

James Hetfield - Rhythm Guitar/Vocals
Jason Newsted- Bass/Backup Vocals
Kirk Hammett - Lead Guitar
Lars Ulrich - Drums

Album Curiosities

- Listening party open to fans at Madison Square Garden
- Album listening party at Madison Square Garden.
- Album Released on 8/12/91.
- Debuts at #1, remains there for 4 weeks... and still remains on Billboards Top 200 in mid-97.
- Remains the biggest selling hard rock/metal album of the 90's; with some 16 million copies sold in the US.
- Performs "Enter Sandman" at Grammy Awards and wins Best Metal Award for the album.
- Band's tours in support of the album including shows in Moscow, a tour with the "Monsters of Rock," a huge headlining tour and co-headlining tour with Guns N' Roses.
- Releases singles/videos: Enter Sandman, The Unforgiven, Nothing Else Matters, Wherever I May Roam and Sad But True.
- Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica documents the making of TBA and tour.
- So What is the bonus track on Japanese pressings of TBA.

(Thanks to Themetsource.com for curiosities)

Albums Released

Elektra, 1991 (U.S) [9 61113-2]
CBS/Sony, 1991 (Japan) With x-tra track "So What" and OBI strip.
Vertigo, 1991 (International)
Vertigo, 1991 (Germany) With a leather CD cover
Vertigo, 1991? (Germany) [510 022-2]
Vertigo, 1991? (France) [510 022-2]
Vertigo, 1991? (U.K.) 2-way fold-out CD inlay on "swirl" Vertigo logo CD. [510 02202]
Vertigo? 1991 (Australia) w/bonus track.
Vertigo, 1993 (Australia) With gold CD and autographs on sleeve.
R.T.B./Vertigo, 1991 (Yugoslavia)