The quintessential 80s metal record, this is Metallica at their absolute best. Unfortunately the final release before the bus accident that tragically took Cliff Burton’s life, Master of Puppets’ “Orion” allowed Burton to have his unknowing swan song in the best way possible. A perfect album, cover to cover.
3x 12" Vinyl, Cassette, 10x CD, 2x DVD (deluxe edition)
Master of Puppets
Album by Metallica
Released 3 March 1986
Tracklist
- 12" Vinyl 1: Master of Puppets (remastered)
- 1Battery5:124.2 ★
- 2Master of Puppets8:354.6 ★
- 3The Thing That Should Not Be6:363.7 ★
- 4Welcome Home (Sanitarium)6:274.3 ★
- 5Disposable Heroes8:164.0 ★
- 6Leper Messiah5:403.6 ★
- 7Orion8:273.9 ★
- 8Damage, Inc.5:324.1 ★
- 12" Vinyl 2: Live at the Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL - May 25th, 1986
- 1Battery (live)3:54
- 2Master of Puppets (live)8:18
- 3For Whom the Bell Tolls (live)4:22
- 4Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (live)7:12
- 5The Thing That Should Not Be (live)6:15
- 6(Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth (live)2:57
- 7Damage, Inc. (live)4:14
- 12" Vinyl 3: Live at the Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL - May 25th, 1986
- 1Fade to Black (live)7:01
- 2Seek & Destroy (live)7:22
- 3Creeping Death (live)6:20
- 4The Four Horsemen (live)5:23
- 5Guitar Solo (live)3:12
- 6Am I Evil? (live)3:42
- 7Whiplash (live)4:44
- CD 4: Master of Puppets (remastered)
- 1Battery5:124.2 ★
- 2Master of Puppets8:354.6 ★
- 3The Thing That Should Not Be6:363.7 ★
- 4Welcome Home (Sanitarium)6:274.3 ★
- 5Disposable Heroes8:164.0 ★
- 6Leper Messiah5:393.6 ★
- 7Orion8:273.9 ★
- 8Damage, Inc.5:324.1 ★
- CD 5: Interviews
- 1Metal Forces Magazine Interview With Lars40:57
- 2Interview With Cliff18:33
- 3Metal Madness Magazine Interview With Cliff19:30
- CD 6: Interviews
- 1WYSP Philadelphia "Metal Shop" Radio Interview With Lars & James14:07
- 2Sounds Magazine Interview With Kirk, Cliff & Lars50:41
- 3Swedish Radio "Rockbox" Interview With Lars5:52
- 4Swedish Radio "Rockbox" Interview With Lars & Jason4:10
- CD 7: Rough Mixes From the Vault
- 1Battery (October 1985, work in progress rough mix)5:09
- 2Master of Puppets (November 1985, work in progress rough mix)8:43
- 3The Thing That Should Not Be (December 1985, work in progress rough mix)6:21
- 4Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (November 1985, work in progress rough mix)6:29
- 5Disposable Heroes (November 1985, work in progress rough mix)8:25
- 6Leper Messiah (December 1985, work in progress rough mix)5:45
- 7Orion (November 1985, work in progress rough mix)8:21
- 8Damage, Inc. (October 1985, work in progress rough mix)4:14
- 9The Money Will Roll Right In (work in progress rough mix)2:56
- 10The Prince (work in progress rough mix)4:46
- CD 8: Riffs, Demos & Outtakes From Lars' & James' Vaults
- 1Battery (1985, from James' riff tapes)0:16
- 2Battery (1985, from James' riff tapes II)1:07
- 3Master of Puppets (1985, from Kirk's riff tapes)0:37
- 4Master of Puppets (1985, from James' riff tapes)1:40
- 5Master of Puppets (1985, from James' riff tapes II)0:29
- 6The Thing That Should Not Be (1985, from James' riff tapes)0:34
- 7Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (1985, from James' riff tapes)2:07
- 8Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (1985, from James' riff tapes II)1:57
- 9Disposable Heroes (1985, from Kirk's riff tapes)1:26
- 10Disposable Heroes (1985, from James' riff tapes)0:32
- 11Leper Messiah (1985, from James' riff tapes)0:53
- 12Leper Messiah (1985, from James' riff tapes II)0:54
- 13Orion (1985, from James' riff tapes)1:15
- 14Damage, Inc. (1985, from James' riff tapes)1:53
- 15Disposable Heroes (May 1985, writing in progress)4:11
- 16Battery (May 1985, writing in progress)6:25
- 17Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (May 1985, writing in progress)6:16
- 18Disposable Heroes (May 1985, writing in progress II)5:40
- 19Battery (early June 1985 demo)4:41
- 20Disposable Heroes (early June 1985 demo)8:38
- 21Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (early June 1985 demo)5:04
- 22Master of Puppets (mid-June 1985, writing in progress)1:30
- 23Master of Puppets (mid-June 1985, writing in progress II)12:08
- 24Master of Puppets (mid-June 1985 demo)8:44
- CD 9: Riffs, Demos & Outtakes From Lars' & James' Vaults
- 1Disposable Heroes (late June 1985 demo)8:56
- 2Battery (late June 1985 demo)4:42
- 3Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (late June 1985 demo)8:59
- 4Master of Puppets (late June 1985 demo)8:18
- 5Damage, Inc. (late August 1985, writing in progress)2:40
- 6Leper Messiah (late August 1985 demo)5:34
- 7Damage, Inc. (late August 1985 demo)4:35
- 8Leper Messiah (late August 1985 demo II)5:55
- 9Orion (September 1985 drum room demo)8:17
- 10The Thing That Should Not Be (September 1985, writing in progress)4:17
- 11The Thing That Should Not Be (September 1985 drum room demo)6:20
- 12The Money Will Roll Right In (September 1985 drum room jam)2:49
- 13The Prince (September 1985 drum room jam)4:57
- 14Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (late 1985 guitar solo outtakes)1:22
- 15Orion (late 1985 guitar solo outtakes)0:54
- 16Orion (late 1985, Kirk & Lars in the control room)1:02
- CD 10: Live at the Meadowlands, East Rutherford, NJ - April 21st, 1986
- 1The Ecstasy of Gold1:35
- 2Battery (live)4:40
- 3Master of Puppets (live)8:42
- 4For Whom the Bell Tolls (live)4:24
- 5Ride the Lightning (live)6:33
- 6Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (live)5:40
- 7Seek & Destroy (live)3:49
- 8Creeping Death (live)6:47
- 9Am I Evil? (live)4:13
- 10Damage, Inc. (live)5:05
- CD 11: Live at Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA - August 3rd, 1986
- 1Battery (live)4:25
- 2Master of Puppets (live)7:59
- 3For Whom the Bell Tolls (live)5:09
- 4Bass Solo (live)0:59
- 5Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (live)9:26
- 6Seek & Destroy (live)7:49
- 7Creeping Death (live)8:19
- 8Am I Evil? (live)3:45
- 9Damage, Inc. (live)5:56
- CD 12: Jason's Audition & Live at the Country Club, Reseda, CA - November 8th, 1986
- 1Master of Puppets (first audition)7:36
- 2Battery (first audition)4:13
- 3Seek & Destroy (second audition)6:10
- 4Creeping Death (second audition)5:37
- 5Fight Fire With Fire (second audition)4:02
- 6Master of Puppets (live)7:51
- 7For Whom the Bell Tolls (live)4:50
- 8Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (live)6:04
- 9Ride the Lightning (live)6:20
- 10Guitar Solo (live)2:29
- 11Whiplash (live)4:07
- 12Seek & Destroy (live)6:34
- 13The Four Horsemen (live)5:02
- 14Am I Evil? (live)3:44
- 15Damage, Inc. (live)4:38
- CD 13: Live at Grugahalle, Essen, West Germany - January 25th, 1987
- 1Master of Puppets (live)4:45
- 2For Whom the Bell Tolls (live)4:30
- 3Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (live)5:48
- 4Ride the Lightning (live)6:24
- 5Bass Solo (live)5:05
- 6Whiplash (live)3:59
- 7The Thing That Should Not Be (live)5:42
- 8Creeping Death (live)7:41
- 9The Four Horsemen (live)4:58
- 10Guitar Solo (live)2:46
- 11Am I Evil? (live)3:41
- 12Damage, Inc. (live)5:09
- 13Blitzkrieg (live)4:25
- Cassette 14: Live at Solnahallen, Stockholm, Sweden - September 26th, 1986
- 1The Ecstasy of Gold1:42
- 2Battery (live)4:27
- 3Master of Puppets (live)7:40
- 4For Whom the Bell Tolls (live)4:20
- 5Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (live)5:52
- 6Ride the Lightning (live)6:12
- 7(Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth (live)5:11
- 8Whiplash (live)3:45
- 9The Thing That Should Not Be (live)5:58
- 10Fade to Black (live)6:43
- 11Seek & Destroy (live)6:48
- 12Creeping Death (live)7:00
- 13The Four Horsemen (live)4:47
- 14Guitar Solo (live)1:06
- 15Am I Evil? (live)3:35
- 16Damage, Inc. (live)4:36
- 17Blitzkrieg (live)4:05
- 18Fight Fire With Fire (live)4:41
- DVD 15: Live at Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI - April 4th, 1986 / Live at Roskilde Festival, Festivalpladsen, Roskilde, Denmark - July 6th, 1986 / MTV Heavy Metal Mania
- 1Master of Puppets (live)5:57
- 2For Whom the Bell Tolls (live)4:08
- 3Ride the Lightning (live)7:05
- 4Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (live)10:28
- 5Seek & Destroy (live)6:51
- 6Creeping Death (live)7:59
- 7Am I Evil? (live)3:56
- 8Damage, Inc. (live)5:36
- 9The Ecstasy of Gold1:43
- 10Battery (live)4:37
- 11Master of Puppets (live)8:24
- 12For Whom the Bell Tolls (live)4:12
- 13Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (live)6:20
- 14(Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth (live)3:25
- 15The Four Horsemen (live)4:59
- 16Fade to Black (live)7:25
- 17Seek & Destroy (live)3:12
- 18Creeping Death (live)6:07
- 19Am I Evil? (live)2:09
- 20Damage, Inc. (live)5:26
- 21Whiplash (live)4:07
- 22MTV Heavy Metal Mania, Part 119:03
- 23MTV Heavy Metal Mania, Part 214:16
- 24MTV Heavy Metal Mania, Part 318:16
- DVD 16: Live at Aichi Kinro Kaikan, Nagoya, Japan - November 17th, 1986 / Masa Ito Interview / MTV News Interviews
- 1Battery (live)4:32
- 2Master of Puppets (live)8:10
- 3For Whom the Bell Tolls (live)4:18
- 4Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (live)5:58
- 5Ride the Lightning (live)6:20
- 6Bass Solo (live)3:30
- 7Whiplash (live)3:57
- 8The Thing That Should Not Be (live)6:18
- 9Fade to Black (live)7:17
- 10Seek & Destroy (live)6:02
- 11Creeping Death (live)8:14
- 12The Four Horsemen (live)4:31
- 13Guitar Solo (live)4:09
- 14Am I Evil? (live)3:48
- 15Damage, Inc. (live)5:06
- 16Fight Fire With Fire (live)6:05
- 17Excerpt From "Music Tomato World"8:13
- 18James & Kirk8:34
- 19Lars & Jason, Part 117:09
- 20Lars & Jason, Part 214:15
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Release credits
- recording [9-21]
- spoken vocals [1]
- photography
- liner notes
- liner notes
- mastering
- bass [3.1-4, 3.6-7, 11.1-9, 10.2-10, 14.2-13, 14.15-18, 2.1-7], electric bass guitar [4.1-8, 1.1-8], performer [10], solo [11.4, 2.6], spoken vocals [5.2, 6.2]
- artists and repertoire
- liner notes
- artwork
- spoken vocals [1]
- liner notes, engineer [1.1-8, 4.1-8], mix [1-8], producer [1.1-8, 4.1-8]
- mastering
- executive, mix [9-10]
- spoken vocals [2]
- mastering
- arranger [1.1-8, 4.1-8], electric guitar [4.1-8, 1.1-8], guitar [10.2-10, 14.2-13, 14.15-18, 12.1-9, 12.11-15, 13.1-4, 13.6-9, 13.11-13, 2.1-5, 2.7, 3.1-4, 3.6-7], keyboard [7], lead vocals [1.1-6, 1.8, 3.1-4, 3.6-7, 4.1-6, 4.8, 2.1-5, 2.7], performer [9-10], spoken vocals [2.6, 16.17-18, 3.5, 6.1], vocal [12.1-9, 12.11-15, 11.1-3, 11.5-9, 14.2-13, 14.15-18, 10.2-10, 13.1-4, 13.6-9, 13.11-13]
- bass [12.1-9, 12.11-15, 13.1-9, 13.11-13], solo [5], spoken vocals [6.4, 16.17, 16.19-20]
- liner notes
- liner notes, guitar [1-3, 5-9]
- photography
- mix, mix [5.1-3, 7.9-10, 2.1-7, 3.1-7, 6.1-4]
- liner notes
- electric guitar [4.1-8, 1.1-8], guitar [10.2-10, 2.1-5, 2.7, 3.1-7, 12.1-15, 14.2-18, 11.1-3, 11.5-9, 13.1-4, 13.6-13], solo [13.10, 3.5, 12.10, 14.14], spoken vocals [16.17-18, 6.2]
- arranger [1.1-8, 4.1-8], drums (drum set) [4.1-8, 13.1-4, 13.6-9, 13.11-13, 1.1-8, 11.1-3, 11.5-9, 14.2-13, 14.15-18, 12.1-9, 12.11-15, 3.1-4, 3.6-7, 10.2-10, 2.1-7], performer [9-10], spoken vocals [16.17, 16.19-20, 5.1, 6.1-4]
- assistant [1.1-8, 4.1-8]
- creative direction, phonographic copyright [4.1-8, 1.1-8], producer [1.1-8, 4.1-8]
- liner notes, mix [1.1-8, 4.1-8]
- spoken vocals [2]
- recording [1-8]
- liner notes
- creative direction, liner notes
- spoken vocals [3]
- liner notes
- mastering
- photography
- liner notes
- liner notes, photography
- spoken vocals [3]
- liner notes
- liner notes
- photography
- liner notes
- spoken vocals [17]
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