Album: The Black Album
Release: August, 1991
Sold: 13x Platinum
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1-Enter Sandman 5:32 Lyrics
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
2-Sad But True 5:25 Lyrics
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
3-Holier Than Thou 3:48 Lyrics
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
4-The Unforgiven 6:27 Lyrics
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
5-Wherever I May Roam 6:44 Lyrics
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
6-Don't Tread On Me 3:59 Lyrics
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
7-Through The Never 4:05 Lyrics
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
8-Nothing Else Matters 6:29
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
9-Of Wolf And Man 4:16 Lyrics
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
10-The God That Failed 5:09 Lyrics
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
11-My Friend of Misery 6:49
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Newsted)
12-The Struggle Within 3:54 Lyrics
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
James Hetfield - Rhythm Guitar/Vocals
Kirk Hammett - Lead Guitar
Jason Newsted - Bass/Backup Vocals
Lars Ulrich - Drums
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
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
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.
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)
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