Master Of Puppets
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 | Product Details: Release Date: 01 May 1989 Record Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London) Rating:  Sales Rank: 1153 | | Look for similar items by category:
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| | Customer Reviews: so so album (31 December 2008)Not a bad album, but for me their previous album Ride the Lightning is better, hence 3 stars. In terms of song writing (music more than lyrics) the songs are a little dull and not immediately accessible. Guitar solos are a little random in terms of notes and scales played. Distortion bass starts to get a little boring after hearing the first two Metallica albums, not really doing anything new here. Drums, well we all know Lars isn't the greatest technical drummer around (St Anger has pretty much demonstrated this), but he does the job more or less. Vocals and lyrics are the best thing about MoP, pretty good effort from James, who was still on top of his game here, and perhaps that's why people forgive the musical deficits and give it 5 stars. A close 2nd to their best album - but still one of the best Metal albums of all time (31 August 2008)Widely thought of now as Metallica's masterpiece............but not by me. Still, this is a terrific album, furious, ferocious and chock full of the huge riffery, solos and downright Metal-ness that, by that point in time, people expected from the 4 piece. It has a sadness too though that this was Cliff Burton's last album before his untimely death. But for me there is a lingering problem with 'Master' - some of the songs are overlong! I know that sounds silly, but 'Leper Messiah' is the worst example, an overlong jam, with not a lot musically going on, apart from an 11th hour time change that is good, but too little too late. The other is 'Orion' This might offend people because it's been the 'signature' theme to the Metallica videos where footage of Cliff is shown ('Cliff 'Em All'), but is is a boring, repetitive exercise - one that they repeated on the 'Justice' album with 'To Live Is To Die'. But the high points are the awesome opener 'Battery', 'Damage Inc.' and 'Welcome Home (Sanitarium)'. It was the album that allowed Metallica to crossover from the underground to the mainstream. Joint best with Ride The Lightning (27 June 2008)'Master of Puppets' is Metallica's best work as everyone knows. Full of powerful riffs and awesome lyrics. This is what really got Metallica noticed. Tracks: 'Battery': Awesome start to the album. This starts with a great piece of guitar work and then builds into one of Metallica's best known songs. A great riff and a track that is great to play live. 5/5 'Master of Puppets': One of my favourite Metallica tracks. Some may ay this is too long but I think it's just right. Awesome riff, awesome lyrics, and a very good solo part in the middle. Another great track to play live. This has to be played loud. 5/5 'The Thing That Should Not Be': Another awesome riff. No real chorus to this track but some of the best lyrics I have ever heard. Fits this album perfectly. 5/5 'Sanitarium': Like 'Fade To Black', a slower Metallica track but one of their classics. Again, great lyrics and everyone sings to this! 5/5 'Disposable Heroes': This is slightly too long but still an awesome track. Good lyrics, good bass line. 4/5 'Leper Messiah': Another classic. Just brilliant overall. More great lyrics. 5/5 'Orion': Ive never been a big fan of instrumentals but this is good. Some words would be nice but without lyrics its almost relaxing and fits the album and the track list well. 4/5 'Damage Inc.': Great end to the album with more wonderful riffs and lyrics. Not much more to say just awesome. 5/5 I wont say to much as this has been reviewed so many times but simply, if you dont own this album, you dont truly like heavy metal. This is a landmark and has to be owned if you are a metal head. Buy! Heroes of metal in the 80s! ! ! ! A Classic peice of Thrash Metal! ! ! ! (07 June 2008)To put this album in words this album is the definition off Thrash/Metal. When people think of Heavy Metal, they just simply think of screaming vocals and plain simple noise. Which is obviously Bulls**t, as we know there is much much more to Thrash/Metal then noise, this album for example. It shows that Thrash Metal/Metal can be clever to lyrically and musically. This is the album that probably started most Nu - Metal bands like Slipknot, Disturbed and sadly Korn. Here are my thoughts on this one hell off an amazing album. 1. Battery - A fantastic intro, starts of acoustic then goes into a blasting thrash riff which is amazing, the whole song itself is excellent and one of Kirks best solos, this is only the beginning. 10/10 2. Master Of Puppets - One of THE best metal songs EVER considerd by almost ever Heavy Metal fan if you don't like this you shouldn't be listening to this music. This has one of the best mid sections ever, again Kirks solo is amazing, a great live song. 10/10 3. The Thing That Should Not Be - This is great not the best on the album but no less then awesome. Slow and heavy song, Slow verse and heavy chorus, and a great solo aswell. 10/10 4. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - Similar to "The Thing That Should Not Be" Slow verse and heavy chorus but two completely different song and both amazing. 10/10 5. Disposable Heroes - One of my favourite Metallica songs and the best on this album (besides Master Of Puppets Of Course). Great riffs, awesome vocals, brilliant drumming and the vocals are amazing. Fast and heavy all throughout the song. 10/10 6.Leper Messiah - Awesome song with a great chorus, excellent vocals, great drumming and the whole song is brilliant. 10/10 7. Orion - The instrumental of the album, a fantastic one indeed, the riffs are amazing. 10/10 8. Damage Inc. - Ah this is one awesome album closer, short fast and heavy with great vocals, lyrics, and everything else. 10/10 Overall this is a classic album, this is not just your average Metal album it has something special about something very very creative (I'm not saying metal aint creative because it's one of the most creative musical styles there is but this is amazing). This is a lesson in Metal aint just braindead idiots making noise with their instruments, it's got intellegence. This is a perfect place to start with the Heavy Metal genre. It's a classic. Simply buy this album then after that buy their new album "Death Magnetic or buy that first" as their both masterpieces in Metal. Long Live Metallica!!!!!!!!! It's true... (25 May 2008)...that this is Metallica's greatest masterpiece. Personally I'd rate it just a little more that Ride The Lightning, due to its more momentuous moments, although they are both equally fantastic. Master Of Puppets at first scared me. It's dark, forboding and definitely evil. The lyrics to Battery, Welcome Home and The Thing That Should Not Be are incredibly sinister, yet the rest of the songs' lyrics display great meaning. Vocally, Hetfield matured on Puppets and refined his trademark growl! As for the musicianship, it is just phenomenal! Hetfield's rhythms are tight, powerful, punchy and quite simply perfect. Kirk's soloing is magnificent and he conjures some truly memorable licks (*queue the title track's solo*). Cliff's bass playing, notably on Orion and the intro to Damage, Inc. is simply superb and incredibly intuitive. Finally, Lar's drumming is tight and thunderous. If you don't own this album, make sure that you acquire a copy very quickly. In fact I think I shall listen to it myself right now... |
