| ...And Justice for All | 
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Sales Rank: 1752
Category: Music
Artist: Metallica
Publisher: Elektra / Wea
Studio: Elektra / Wea
Brand: Metallica
Label: Elektra / Wea
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.3
MPN: 60812
UPC: 075596081221
EAN: 0075596081221
ASIN: B000002H6C
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | Blackened | | • | ...And Justice for All | | • | Eye of the Beholder | | • | One | | • | Shortest Straw | | • | Harvester of Sorrow | | • | Frayed Ends of Sanity | | • | To Live Is to Die | | • | Dyers Eve |
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Album Description
Japanese edition of their top 10 & triple platinum 1988 album with the unmarked bonus track 'The Prince'. 10 tracks total, also featuring the singles 'One' and 'Harvester Of Sorrow'. A CBS/ Sony Records release.
Amazon.com essential recording
This record has so much good material that it's a shame the production is so shoddy. Songwise, this is probably Metallica's most sophisticated album, exploring the theme of justice and perversions thereof with a vengeance. "One" is one of their best songs ever, building from a slow, edgy beginning into effortless overdrive. The title track is excellent and never boring, despite clocking in at more than nine minutes. It's the epic of the album, but all of the songs are long, displaying impressive chops and songwriting. Metallica took a commercial turn after ...And Justice for All, and it's interesting to speculate on what would have happened to their music had they continued in the direction suggested by this album. --Genevieve Williams
Amazon.com
Having already established themselves as the streetwise saviors of heavy metal's oft-tainted legacy in the '80s, Metallica rebounded from the accidental death of original bassist Cliff Burton to produce their most thematically challenging, musically accomplished album to date. Despite James Hetfield's dank, extended portraits of a world collapsing from corruption and decadence--themes that virtually guaranteed it little radio or television exposure--the album was nonetheless a muscular commercial success. Even "One," its complex, seven-and-a-half-minute adaptation of Dalton Trumbo's "Johnny Got His Gun," managed to scale the singles charts. Other highlights include "Blackened," "Eye of the Beholder," and the sweeping "To Live Is to Die," tracks that underscore a sense of musical ambition that's often downright prog-centric, yet never merely self-indulgent. --Jerry McCulley
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 Great Album, poor production June 6, 2009
And Justice For All is a good album, musically speaking but sonically it's dead in the water. Dynamics, other than some rests in between riffs, are no where to be found. From my understanding Lars wanted Mike Clink to produce the album. He liked his work with Gun's & Roses. But for some unknown reason Clink became separated from the project half way through so Flemming had to come back in and complete what Clink started. I think that has a lot to do with the bad production plus I have noticed that when ever James and Lars get behind the console the results tend to be on the saturated side and over compressed side.
Many claim this album was Metallica's best or at least one of their best albums. My belief is that the single "One" and the accompanying video exposed them to a wider audience of MTV watching/following posers and that's why this album has a larger following. But beside the dumb masses opinion I do like this album. Metallica wrote some clever hooks, beautiful harmonies, smart lyrics, and honored Cliff with a writing credit.
Strong points are:
"One" the machine gun ending was unique and served the lyrical theme of the song though they had covered this ground previously in RTL's "Fight Fire With Fire". But like I sad before the MTV generation hadn't caught on until this song was endlessly rotated.
"Eye of The Beholder" great syncopation catchy unpredictable riffs and an interesting spin on our idea of American freedom.
"Blackened" just a killer song and one of Jason's few writing credits. I wish they would have respected him more and used more of his material.
"To Live Is To Die" great instrumental with a short but sweet spoken poem written by their previous bass player and song writer whom died tragically.
"Harvester Of Sorrow" this song has the hole BA Baracus thing going for it. The staccato rhythm in the verse really creates an angry yet terrorizing mood which greatly reflect the lyrical content of abusive family relationships. This song did set a rhythmic trend that people copy like crazy to this day.
"Frayed Ends Of Sainty" I love the Wizard of Oz "March of the Winkies" rip off. The solos in this song is awesome and creates anticipation while adding dimension.
"Dyer's Eve" The cool thing about this song is the drums do way more then the guitar. While James is singing the guitars are just holding whole notes. But in-between verses the guitars get more interesting and then just sit back and rest.
All in all I recommend this album but because of production, mixing, and mastering I can only give 4 stars. I wish the engineer would have done a better job and James and Lars would have stayed away from the console.
Side note - Funny thing about Mike Clink is that he worked with Megadeth on "Rust in Peace" a year or so later and had no problems. My understanding is that Dave Mustaine is a very difficult person to work with but that aside my opinion is And Justice is a good album but Rust in Peace is a stronger album because of sonic clarity. Both albums have fairly logic and tasteful song structure that defined and expanded the genre.
Great Singles in this album! May 14, 2009
So this CD might not be the best but it's definetly awesome! The song One, The Shortest Straw, Blackened and a few others are some amazing master pieces or music!
 Not What I Expected From Metallica April 29, 2009
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
Hey hey whats good people?? I have been into Metallica longer than anyone I know, I got into them back in June 2003 when StAnger was dropped into an unsuspecting dull scene and set the world of music afire!! They soon had an MTV special dedicated to them as video pioneers where legendary metal bands like Sum 41, Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park played awesome versions of Metalica classiks that were better tan the originals!! Well after enjoying StAnger so much I decided to look back into their classic hits and came across this album. Wow, wha a mistake, they thought it was a good idea to let Kirk do these high pitched wails on his guitar, StAnger had none of this, James' lyrics are weird and I don't understand what they mean, Lars sounds like he's playing on cardboard boxes and not garbage cans, and worst of all is Rob's bass, its mixed wayyyyy too loud and overpowers the guitars and keyboards!! For good metal, just stick with StAnger, Limp Bizkit, KoRn, Linkin Park, Disturbed, Nickleback, Staind, Puddle Of Mudd, Atreyu, Mudvayne, Kidd Rokk, Drowning Pool and the All American Rejects!! Go Bengals, we are all Bengals fans and will see them at the Superbowl!!
Lousy Packaging April 19, 2009
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This review is for the album packaging, not the music. Cheap coarse paper sleeves had the records all marred and scratched before I even took them out of the sleeves. Garbage.
 Old March 19, 2009
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the album when Metallica first started to sell out; the song One was on MTV video r otation. but still not much radio play. Hard to think it's been 20 years and counting since this album was released. The Black album was a true sell out, one of the top selling album of all time. Load was an even bjgger sell out, if you could even call it heavy metal. As a generic heavy metal album it works, but don't expect much showmanship, for lack of a gimmick. A christian mrtal band? Sure they are.
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