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Ride the Lightning
7x Digital Media (deluxe edition, Metallica store)

Ride the Lightning

Album by Metallica

Released 27 July 1984
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thrash metalheavy metalmetal
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Tracklist

  • Digital Media 1: Ride the Lightning (remastered)
  • 1
    Fight Fire With Fire
    4:45
    3.7 ★
  • 2
    Ride the Lightning
    6:37
    4.0 ★
  • 3
    For Whom the Bell Tolls
    5:10
    4.5 ★
  • 4
    Fade to Black
    6:57
    4.4 ★
  • 5
    Trapped Under Ice
    4:04
    3.9 ★
  • 6
    Escape
    4:24
    3.2 ★
  • 7
    Creeping Death
    6:36
    4.2 ★
  • 8
    The Call of Ktulu
    8:53
    4.3 ★
  • Digital Media 2: Live at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA – March 10th, 1985
  • 1
    The Ecstasy of Gold
    1:36
  • 2
    Fight Fire With Fire (live)
    4:39
  • 3
    Ride the Lightning (live)
    7:08
  • 4
    Phantom Lord (live)
    5:05
  • 5
    (Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth (live)
    3:35
  • 6
    For Whom the Bell Tolls (live)
    4:29
  • 7
    No Remorse (live)
    6:24
  • 8
    Fade to Black (live)
    7:15
  • 9
    Seek & Destroy (live)
    7:06
  • 10
    Creeping Death (live)
    5:55
  • 11
    Am I Evil? (live)
    3:39
  • 12
    Motorbreath (live)
    3:19
  • Digital Media 3: Creeping Death EP
  • 1
    Creeping Death
    6:36
    4.2 ★
  • 2
    Am I Evil?
    7:50
    3.8 ★
  • 3
    Blitzkrieg
    3:37
    3.7 ★
  • Digital Media 4: Demos & Rough Mixes From Lars’ Vault
  • 1
    Ride the Lightning (studio demo)
    6:48
  • 2
    When Hell Freezes Over (“The Call of Ktulu”) (studio demo)
    8:42
  • 3
    Creeping Death (studio demo)
    7:11
  • 4
    Fight Fire With Fire (studio demo)
    5:01
  • 5
    Ride the Lightning (garage demo)
    7:34
  • 6
    When Hell Freezes Over (“The Call of Ktulu”) (garage demo)
    9:22
  • 7
    Fight Fire With Fire (garage demo)
    5:28
  • 8
    Ride the Lightning (boom box demo)
    7:44
  • 9
    Blitzkrieg (rhythm track rough mix)
    3:38
  • 10
    Am I Evil? (rhythm track rough mix)
    8:06
  • Digital Media 5: Live at Kabuki Theatre, San Francisco, CA – March 15th, 1985
  • 1
    Fight Fire With Fire (live)
    3:45
  • 2
    Ride the Lightning (live)
    6:48
  • 3
    Phantom Lord (live)
    4:45
  • 4
    The Four Horsemen (live)
    6:01
  • 5
    (Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth (live)
    1:40
  • 6
    For Whom the Bell Tolls (live)
    4:16
  • 7
    No Remorse (live)
    6:15
  • 8
    Fade to Black (live)
    6:43
  • 9
    Creeping Death (live)
    5:33
  • 10
    Guitar Solo (live)
    2:48
  • 11
    Am I Evil? (live)
    3:34
  • 12
    Motorbreath (live)
    3:03
  • Digital Media 6: Live at the Lyceum Theatre, London, UK – December 20th, 1984
  • 1
    Phantom Lord (live)
    4:13
  • 2
    The Four Horsemen (live)
    6:29
  • 3
    (Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth (live)
    4:16
  • 4
    For Whom the Bell Tolls (live)
    4:32
  • 5
    No Remorse (live)
    6:07
  • 6
    The Call of Ktulu (live)
    7:47
  • 7
    Seek & Destroy (live)
    7:03
  • 8
    Whiplash (live)
    4:35
  • 9
    Creeping Death (live)
    5:14
  • 10
    Guitar Solo (live)
    1:23
  • 11
    Metal Militia (live)
    9:01
  • Digital Media 7: Live at Castle Donington, UK – August 17th, 1985
  • 1
    Creeping Death (live)
    5:52
  • 2
    Ride the Lightning (live)
    7:07
  • 3
    For Whom the Bell Tolls (live)
    4:43
  • 4
    The Four Horsemen (live)
    5:57
  • 5
    Fade to Black (live)
    7:08
  • 6
    Seek & Destroy (live)
    6:59
  • 7
    Whiplash (live)
    4:30
  • 8
    Motorbreath (live)
    4:04

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Jman16 Jan 2026
★★★★★
This is the one that started it all for me. Simply put, the best metal album of all time. This album is an absolute masterpiece and classic in every sense of the word. I remember first hearing it back in my teens, 20 something years ago, and it completely blowing my mind. The iconic riffs, solos, vocals and songwriting all came together to create magic. Which Metallica has somehow done on multiple occasions with other 5/5 albums MOP & AJFA. But I believe RTL stands above them all. 🤘🏼⚡️🤘🏼
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JHSuth184313 Oct 2025
★★★★½
Ride The Lightning is everything Kill ‘Em All is done better, it’s raw but with better production, it’s angst with even angstier riffs and it’s still somewhat written by Dave Mustaine… a must-listen to any fan of hard rock/metal.
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Release credits

  • bass [4.1-10, 5.1-7, 5.11-12, 6.1-9, 6.11, 7.1-8], electric bass guitar [1.1-8, 5.8-9, 3.1]
  • electric guitar [1.1-8, 3.1]
  • artists and repertoire
  • assistant [3.1, 1.1-8], engineer [3.1, 1.1-8]
  • electric guitar [5.8-9, 1.1-8, 3.1], guitar [4.1-10, 5.1-7, 5.11-12, 6.1-9, 6.11, 7.1-8], lead vocals [3.1, 5.8, 1.1-7], vocal [7.1-8, 4.1-10, 5.1-7, 5.9, 5.11-12]
  • engineer [3.2-3, 4.9-10]
  • electric guitar [5.8-9, 3.1, 1.1-8], guitar [6.1-11, 4.1-10, 7.1-8, 5.1-7, 5.10-12]
  • drums (drum set) [4.1-10, 5.1-9, 5.11-12, 1.1-8, 7.1-8, 3.1, 6.1-9, 6.11]
  • assistant [3.1, 1.1-8], phonographic copyright [2-3], producer [4.9-10, 3.2-3]
  • creative direction, phonographic copyright [1.7, 3.1-3], producer [1.1-8, 4.9-10, 3.1-3]
  • artists and repertoire
  • vocal [1-9, 11]
  • drums (drum set) [3.1, 1.1-8]

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