Album: Master of Puppets
Release: Feb, 1986
Sold: 6x Platinum
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1-Battery 5:10
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
2-Master Of Puppets 8:38
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton/Hammett)
3-The Thing That Should Not Be 6:32
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
4-Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 6:28
(Hetfield/Ulrich//Hammett)
5-Disposable Heroes 8:14
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
6-Leper Messiah 5:38
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
7-Orion 8:12
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton)
8-Damage, Inc. 5:08
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton/Hammett)
Cliff Burton - Bass
James Hetfield - Rhythm Guitar/Vocals
Kirk Hammett - Lead Guitar
Lars Ulrich - Drums
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
All inner sleeve pics by Ross Halfin
Back Cover photos: Cliff- Rich Likong/Kirk- Ross Halfin/Lars- Rob Ellis/James- Ross Halfin
Agency representation: ICM/Marsha Vlasic, New York Fair Warning/John Jackson, London
Legal representation: Peter Paterno, Los Angeles
Accounting: Joni Schnieder and Fred Duffin for Siegel & Feldstein, San Francisco
Management: Q-Prime
Master of Puppets was Metallica's 3rd album.
Released in US on February 21, 1986.
This album was Metallica's last with Cliff Burton.
The subsequent tour for this album featured te band opening for heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne.
Peaked at #29 on the charts in the US, on May 11, 1986.
Kirk's guitar tech, John Marshall is forced to play James' parts when he suffers a broken wrist, due to a skating 'accident'.
The album had a 72 week run on the US charts Certified Gold on 11-4-86
CBS/Sony, 1986 (Japan) With OBI strip.
Elektra, 1986 (U.S) [9 60439-2]
Elektra? ?? (U.S.) In cardboard box.
Elektra? ?? (U.S?) Misprint "Leder Messiah" on back.
Music For Nations, 1986 (U.K)
Young/Vertigo, 1988? (Brazil) Portuguese titles
R.T.B./Vertigo, 1988 (Yugoslavia) Re-release.
Vertigo, 1991 (International) Re-release.
Vertigo, 1993 (Australia) With Gold CD.
Vertigo, May, 1989 (U.K.) [838 487-2]
Vertigo, May, 1989 (Germany) [838 487-2]
?? Dec, 1989 (UK?) [838 487-2]
??? (Germany?) Page 2 of CD inlay has no text, just pictures.
Elektra? 7/13/1999 (U.S.) Gold CD
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