Album: Ride the Lightning
Release: August, 1984
Sold: 5x Platinum
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1-Fight Fire With Fire 4:44 Lyrics
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton)
2-Ride the Lightning 6:36 Lyrics
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton/Mustaine)
3-For Whom the Bell Tolls 5:10 Lyrics
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton)
4-Fade to Black 6:56 Lyrics
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton/Hammett)
5-Trapped Under Ice 4:30 Lyrics
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
6-Escape 4:23 Lyrics
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
7-Creeping Death 6:36 Lyrics
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton/Hammett)
8-The Call of Ktulu 8:52 Lyrics
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton/Mustaine)
Cliff Burton - Bass
James Hetfield - Rhythm Guitar/Vocals
Kirk Hammett - Lead Guitar
Lars Ulrich - Drums
Produced by Metallica
Assisted by Flemming Rasmussen and Mark Whitaker
Engineered by Flemming Rasmussen
Mastered at Masterdisk by Bob Ludwig
Cover Concept: Metallica
Cover Design: Ad Artists
Management: Q Prime
Ride The Lightning was Metallica's second studio album.
Released by Elektra on November 16, 1984.
Recorded at Sweet Silence Studio in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Peaked at #100 in Spring 1985 on Billboard.
Creeping Death released as single November 23, 1984.
Call of Ktulu originally known as "When Hell Freezes Over."
Call of Ktulu inspired by HP Lovecraft stories.
Fade To Black written as a response to theft of band equipment.
Creeping Death inspired by the last half of "The Ten Commandments" movie.
Elektra, 1984 (U.S) [9 60396-2]
Elektra?, ?? (U.S.) In cardboard box.
Music For Nations, 1984 (U.K)
Music For Nations, 1988 (U.K.) [CD MFN 27]
CBS/Sony, 1986 (Japan) With OBI strip.
Vertigo, 1991 (International) Re-release.
Vertigo, May, 1989 (U.K.) [838 410-2]
Vertigo, 1993 (Australia) With gold CD.
Vertigo, May, 1989 (France) [838 410-2]
Vertigo, May, 1989 (Germany) [838 410-2]
Young/Vertigo, 1988? (Brazil) Portuguese titles.
R.T.B./Vertigo, 1988? (Yugoslavia) Re-release.
WEA/Elektra, ?? (Canadian) [CD-06113]
Elektra? 2/1/2000 (U.S) Gold CD
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