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.
10x Digital Media (deluxe box set)
Master of Puppets
Album by Metallica
Tracklist
- Digital Media 1
- 1Battery (remastered)5:124.2 ★
- 2Master of Puppets (remastered)8:354.6 ★
- 3The Thing That Should Not Be (remastered)6:363.7 ★
- 4Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (remastered)6:274.3 ★
- 5Disposable Heroes (remastered)8:164.0 ★
- 6Leper Messiah (remastered)5:393.6 ★
- 7Orion (remastered)8:273.9 ★
- 8Damage, Inc. (remastered)5:324.1 ★
- Digital Media 2
- 1Battery3:51
- 2Master Of Puppets8:18
- 3For Whom The Bell Tolls4:14
- 4Welcome Home (Sanitarium)7:06
- 5The Thing That Should Not Be6:14
- 6(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth2:57
- 7Damage, Inc.4:25
- 8Fade To Black6:47
- 9Seek & Destroy7:21
- 10Creeping Death6:22
- 11The Four Horsemen5:20
- 12Guitar Solo3:11
- 13Am I Evil?3:42
- 14Whiplash4:44
- Digital Media 3
- 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
- Digital Media 4
- 1Battery - 1985 / From James’ Riff Tapes0:16
- 2Battery - 1985 / From James’ Riff Tapes 21:07
- 3Master Of Puppets - 1985 / From Kirk’s Riff Tapes0:37
- 4Master Of Puppets - 1985 / From James’ Riff Tapes1:40
- 5Master Of Puppets - 1985 / From James’ Riff Tapes 20:29
- 6The Thing That Should Not Be - 1985 / From James’ Riff Tapes0:34
- 7Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - 1985 / From James’ Riff Tapes2:07
- 8Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - 1985 / From James’ Riff Tapes 21:57
- 9Disposable Heroes - 1985 / From Kirk’s Riff Tapes1:26
- 10Disposable Heroes - 1985 / From James’ Riff Tapes0:32
- 11Leper Messiah - 1985 / From James’ Riff Tapes0:53
- 12Leper Messiah - 1985 / From James’ Riff Tapes 20:54
- 13Orion - 1985 / From James’ Riff Tapes1:15
- 14Damage, Inc. - 1985 / From James’ Riff Tapes1:53
- 15Disposable Heroes - May 1985 / Writing In Progress4:11
- 16Battery - May 1985 / Writing In Progress6:25
- 17Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - May 1985 / Writing In Progress6:16
- 18Disposable Heroes - May 1985 / Writing In Progress 25:40
- 19Battery - Early June 1985 Demo4:41
- 20Disposable Heroes - Early June 1985 Demo8:38
- 21Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - Early June 1985 Demo5:04
- 22Master Of Puppets - Mid‐June 1985 / Writing In Progress1:30
- 23Master Of Puppets - Mid‐June 1985 / Writing In Progress 212:08
- 24Master Of Puppets - Mid‐June 1985 Demo8:44
- Digital Media 5
- 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
- Digital Media 6
- 1The Ecstasy of GoldEnnio Morricone1:35
- 2Battery4:40
- 3Master of Puppets8:42
- 4For Whom the Bell Tolls4:24
- 5Ride the Lightning6:33
- 6Welcome Home (Sanitarium)5:40
- 7Seek & Destroy3:49
- 8Creeping Death6:47
- 9Am I Evil?4:13
- 10Damage, Inc.5:05
- Digital Media 7
- 1Battery4:25
- 2Master of Puppets7:59
- 3For Whom the Bell Tolls5:09
- 4Bass Solo0:59
- 5Welcome Home (Sanitarium)9:26
- 6Seek & Destroy7:49
- 7Creeping Death8:19
- 8Am I Evil?3:45
- 9Damage, Inc.5:56
- Digital Media 8
- 1Master of Puppets (Jason's First Audition)7:36
- 2Battery (Jason's First Audition)4:13
- 3Seek & Destroy (Jason's First Audition)6:10
- 4Creeping Death (Jason's First Audition)5:37
- 5Fight Fire With Fire (Jason's First Audition)4:02
- 6Master of Puppets7:51
- 7For Whom the Bell Tolls4:50
- 8Welcome Home (Sanitarium)6:04
- 9Ride the Lightning6:20
- 10Guitar Solo2:29
- 11Whiplash4:07
- 12Seek & Destroy6:34
- 13The Four Horsemen5:02
- 14Am I Evil? 63:44
- 15Damage, Inc.4:38
- Digital Media 9
- 1Master of Puppets4:45
- 2For Whom the Bell Tolls4:30
- 3Welcome Home (Sanitarium)5:48
- 4Ride the Lightning6:24
- 5Bass Solo5:05
- 6Whiplash3:59
- 7The Thing That Should Not Be5:42
- 8Creeping Death7:41
- 9The Four Horsemen4:58
- 10Guitar Solo2:46
- 11Am I Evil?3:41
- 12Damage, Inc.5:09
- 13Blitzkrieg4:25
- Digital Media 10
- 1The Ecstasy of Gold - Metallica Show (intro)Ennio Morricone1:41
- 2Battery (Fan Recording)4:27
- 3Master of Puppets (Fan Recording)7:39
- 4For Whom the Bell Tolls (Fan Recording)4:19
- 5Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (Fan Recording)5:51
- 6Ride the Lightning (Fan Recording)6:12
- 7(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth (Fan Recording)5:11
- 8Whiplash (Fan Recording)3:45
- 9The Thing That Should Not Be (Fan Recording)5:57
- 10Fade to Black (Fan Recording)6:42
- 11Seek & Destroy (Fan Recording)6:48
- 12Creeping Death (Fan Recording)7:00
- 13The Four Horsemen (Fan Recording)4:46
- 14Guitar Solo (Fan Recording)1:05
- 15Am I Evil? (Fan Recording)3:34
- 16Damage, Inc. (Fan Recording)4:35
- 17Blitzkrieg (Fan Recording)4:05
- 18Fight Fire With Fire (Fan Recording)4:40
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Release credits
- bass [10.2-13, 10.15-18, 7.1-9, 2.1-11, 2.13-14, 6.2-10], electric bass guitar [1-8], performer [10], solo [7.4, 2.6]
- artists and repertoire
- engineer [1-8], mix [1-8], producer [1-8]
- mix [9-10]
- arranger [1-8], electric guitar [1-8], guitar [9.1-4, 9.6-9, 9.11-13, 2.1-5, 2.7-11, 2.13-14, 6.2-10, 8.1-9, 8.11-15, 10.2-13, 10.15-18], keyboard [7], lead vocals [1.1-6, 1.8, 2.1-5, 2.7-11, 2.13-14], performer [9-10], spoken vocals [6, 12], vocal [6.2-10, 9.1-4, 9.6-9, 9.11-13, 8.1-9, 8.11-15, 10.2-13, 10.15-18, 7.1-3, 7.5-9]
- bass [8.1-9, 8.11-15, 9.1-9, 9.11-13], solo [5]
- guitar [1-3, 5-9]
- mix [2.1-14, 3.9-10]
- electric guitar [1-8], guitar [10.2-18, 7.1-3, 7.5-9, 2.1-5, 2.7-14, 6.2-10, 8.1-15, 9.1-4, 9.6-13], solo [8.10, 9.10, 10.14, 2.12]
- arranger [1-8], drums (drum set) [2.1-11, 2.13-14, 7.1-3, 7.5-9, 10.2-13, 10.15-18, 6.2-10, 9.1-4, 9.6-9, 9.11-13, 8.1-9, 8.11-15, 1.1-8], performer [9-10]
- assistant [1-8]
- creative direction, phonographic copyright [1-8], producer [1-8]
- mix [1-8]
- creative direction
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