Ride The Lightning

Album Credits:

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

Track Listing:

1-Fight Fire With Fire 4:44
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton)
2-Ride the Lightning 6:36
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton/Mustaine)
3-For Whom the Bell Tolls 5:10
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton)
4-Fade to Black 6:56
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton/Hammett)
5-Trapped Under Ice 4:30
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
6-Escape 4:23
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
7-Creeping Death 6:36
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton/Hammett)
8-The Call of Ktulu 8:52
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton/Mustaine)

Band Members:

Cliff Burton - Bass
James Hetfield - Rhythm Guitar/Vocals
Kirk Hammett - Lead Guitar
Lars Ulrich - Drums

Album Curiosities:

- 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.

Albums Released

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