Masters, The - Walter Becker & Donald Fagen

Advantages: Flawless Heavy Metal record, technically stunning time signature shifts with occasional classical structuring
Disadvantages: 20 year old production job, could do with a re-mastering

...Time for my ultimate review of what I feel is the finest metal record of all time, 'Master of Puppets' by the masters themselves, 'Metallica'. Myself, a fan of Heavy Metal entirely because of the music from these guys. It was the 'Black' album that started it all for me in the early 90's upon hearing 'Enter Sandman' on the radio; I was pulled out of my stupid Pop childhood, and taken away into a darker musical place I liked very much. I immediately purchased a copy of the 'Black' album and upon hearing this I read more into the band learning of their thrash roots and much more diverse heavier past. So I sought after their older material beginning with 'Master of Puppet's'. Which brings me to today, where I have quite a collection of 'Metallica's' music having trawled CD fairs for the rarities and odds and sods to build that collection... Read review

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Advantages: Very deep lyrics
Disadvantages: Last album with Cliff Burton

...The album Master of Puppets is the third studio album by America’s highest selling Metal band. It was released March 3rd 1986 and has since sold over 6 million copies in the USA alone. It is also the last album to be recorded with bassist Cliff Burton before a fatal bus accident while touring for the album. The album is considered one of the greatest thrash metal albums of all time and is considered a classic by critics and the band alike. The songs mainly focus on losing control and the intensity of the riffs really shows this. Lead vocals/ guitar: James Hetfield Drums: Lars Ulrich Bass: Cliff Burton Lead guitar: Kirk Hammet Battery- 5:15 The opening track begins with a very harmonic tune using three acoustic guitars until bass and drums come in to play a more distorted version of the harmony. But a minute in is the reason that... Read review

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Advantages: Good to pass half an hour
Disadvantages: Just half an hour long...

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