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#ANDJUSTICEFORJASON. Episode 17 covers the 1988 landmark album “…and Justice for All” by the Bay Area trash/heavy metal band Metallica.
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Quick Reviews
Mark A progressive metal masterpiece at least full 10 years before progressive metal was even really a thing.
Chris Probably the most accessible progressively composed metal record ever recorded. Not as well represented in the live set and radio, which endures it a little more for me, and hasn’t been played out.
Alex My favorite 80s Metallica record. Incredibly tight performances. Used to the production at this point and do love it but… some bass would’ve been cool. ’89 Seattle show is crucial Metallica live watching. Fav tracks: “HOS”, “Shortest Straw.”
Kevin I think we’re just overdoing it here a little bit.
Love It or Flush It
| M | C | A | K | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Blackened" | 6:41 | L | B | B | L | |
| 2 | "...and Justice for All" | 9:47 | L | L | L | L | |
| 3 | "Eye of the Beholder" | 6:30 | L | L | L | F | |
| 4 | "One" | 7:27 | F | L | L | L | |
| 5 | "The Shortest Straw" | 6:36 | L | T | L | T | |
| 6 | "Harvester of Sorrow" | 5:46 | L | L | B | L | |
| 7 | "The Frayed Ends of Sanity" | 7:44 | L | L | F | F | |
| 8 | "To Live Is to Die" | 9:49 | T | F | T | L | |
| 9 | "Dyers Eve" | 5:13 | B | B | L | B |
Love It or Flush It Legend
L = Love. As many as you like.
F = Flush. Must flush at least one track per album.
B = Buy. Purchased for the ultimate LTS “Best Of” playlist for each of us. One per album.
T = Terminate. Should have never even existed. One per album.
The Rules
Each of us must Love, Flush, Buy, and Terminate AT LEAST ONE track on an album, no matter how great or terrible the album is. Whoever wins the “7 for the Buy” section gets an extra Buy or Terminate to use on the album. Because Chris hosts this section and thus cannot win, he gets an extra Buy or Terminate every 4 albums.
Album Information
…And Justice for All is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on September 7, 1988[4] by Elektra Records. It was the first album following the death of bassist Cliff Burton in 1986, and the first to feature his replacement Jason Newsted.
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, with an oft-criticized dry and bass-light mix. The lyrical themes of political and legal injustice project through the prisms of censorship, war, and nuclear brinkmanship.[clarification needed] The cover, designed by Stephen Gorman based on a concept by Metallica guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, depicts Lady Justice bound in ropes. The album title is derived from 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 was released as a promotional single.
And Justice for All was acclaimed by music critics. 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 ill-fated Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental category. The single “One” backs the band’s debut music video, and earned Metallica its first Grammy Award in 1990 (and the first ever in the Best Metal Performance category). It is the first underground metal album to achieve chart success 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.
The album was reissued on November 2, 2018 on vinyl, CD, and cassette formats, as well as receiving a deluxe box set treatment with bonus tracks and unreleased video footage.[5] The reissue reached number 37 and 42 on Billboard‘s Top Album Sales and Top Rock Albums charts, respectively.[6][7]
