I CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING
CAN'T TELL IF THIS IS
TRUE OR A DREAM
DEEP DOWN INSIDE
I FEEL THE SCREAM
THIS TERRIBLE SILENCE STOPS ME
I'M WAKING UP
I CANNOT SEE
THAT THERE'S NOTHING MUCH
LEFT OF ME
NOTHING IS REAL
BUT THE PAIN NOW
...And Justice for All
is the fourth
studio album
by American
Heavy Metal band
released on
September 7, 1988,
by Elektra Records.
It was Metallica's
first full-length
studio album
to feature bassist
Jason Newsted
following the death of
Cliff Burton
in 1986.
Burton received
posthumous
co-writing credit on
"To Live Is to Die"
as Newsted
followed bass lines
Burton had
recorded prior
to his death.
Metallica
recorded the album
with producer
Flemming Rasmussen
over four months
in early 1988
at
One on One
Recording Studios
in Los Angeles.
It features
aggressive complexity,
fast tempos,
and few
verse-chorus structures.
It contains lyrical themes
of political
and legal injustices,
such as
governmental corruption,
censorship,
and war.
The cover,
designed by
Roger Gorman
with illustration by
Stephen Gorman
and based on
a concept by
Metallica guitarist
James Hetfield
and drummer
Lars Ulrich,
depicts Lady Justice
bound in ropes,
being pulled by them
to the point of breaking,
with dollar bills
piled upon
and falling off her scales.
The album title
is derived from
the last four words
of the
American Pledge of Allegiance.
Three of its songs
were released as singles:
"Harvester of Sorrow",
"Eye of the Beholder",
and
"One";
the title track, "
...And Justice for All",
was released as
a promotional single.
...And Justice for All
was acclaimed by
music critics for its
depth and complexity,
although its dry mix
and nearly inaudible
bass guitar
were criticized.
It was included in
The Village Voice's
annual
Pazz & Jop critics' poll
of the year's
best albums,
and was nominated for a
Grammy Award
in 1989,
controversially losing out to
Jethro Tull
in the Best
Hard Rock/Metal
Performance Vocal
or
Instrumental category.
The single
"One"
backed the band's
debut music video,
and earned Metallica
their first
Grammy Award in 1990
and the first ever
in the
Best Metal
Performance category
It was successful in
the United States,
peaking at number six
on the Billboard 200,
and was
certified 8× platinum
by the
Recording Industry
Association of America
(RIAA)
in 2003
for shipping
eight million copies
in the U.S.
BONUS
ONE
(MAXI SINGLE PLUS)
One
(1987, From James' Riff Tapes)
One
(October 1987, Writing In Progress)
One
(November 1987 Demo)
One
(November 1987, Writing In Progress)
One
(Live At Seattle Coliseum)
One
(Live At Hammersmith Odeon)
Welcome Home
(Sanitarium)
(Live)
Eye of the Beholder
(Vocals, Bass, Drums)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
(Vocal, Bass, Drums)
Breadfan
(Vocal, Bass, Drums)
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