Product Description

Following the tragic death of bassist Cliff Burton, Metallica regrouped with Flotsam & Jetsam bassist Jason Newsted to record this ambitious double album. Metallica made their reputation playing complex music at superhuman speed, and when James Hetfield's lyrics caught up with his compositional skills, the band became a force to be reckoned with. Everythingcame together on 1986's MASTER OF PUPPETS, and JUSTICE picks up where PUPPETS left off.
Utilizing intricate yet crunching riffs, layered guitar melodies and intelligent lyrics,Metallica forged an identity as the leader of '80s metal. Hetfield's lyrics are often quite dark, touching on injustice(the title song), insanity ("The Frayed Ends Of Sanity") and his own troubled childhood ("Dyers Eve"). They also had a progressive streak a mile wide, as shown in the involved arrangements that often brought the song lengths close to 10 minutes. JUSTICE also marked a turning point for drummer Lars Ulrich, who began replacing his off-kilter playing with a more straightforward groove approach, and for the band, who made their first video (for "One") and thus scored their firsthit.

Track Listing

1. Blackened
2. ...And Justice For All
3. Eye Of The Beholder
4. One
5. The Shortest Straw
6. Harvester Of Sorrow
7. The Frayed Ends Of Sanity
8. To Live Is To Die
9. Dyers Eve

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #796 in Music
• Released on: 2007-07-02
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 65 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
This record has so much good material that it's a shame the production is so shoddy. Song-wise, 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

Customer Reviews

A Masterpiece, it may take you awhile to get into all of it.
I bought this album in january and i thought it was amazing the songs are really heavy, it's loud, the drumming and the drum sound is breathtaking, the solos are brilliant and lyrics are very political. To be honest i have no problem with the production i think the albums fine the way it is. I dont have a favourite track on this there all amazing though Too Live Is Too Die did take some listening to get into and so did harvester of sorrow, the rest of the tracks i loved straight away. From the awesome Blackend to really fast and heavy Dyers Eve the album is a masterpiece. I can't really fault this album i prefer this to the black album well i prefer most metallicas album to the black album. This is a great place to start with metallica and thrash metal this is metallicas last thrash metal album and they havn't made a thrash metal albumm since. This is recommended to every metalhead. METALLICA ROCK

Metallica's greatest album
... And Justice For All is the album that made me like Metallica. Metallica's earlier albums Kill'em All, Master of Puppets and ride the Lighting failed to make an impression on me, which is probably one of the reasons I liked Guns N'Roses more, back in the day (the 80's). Haha. ... And Justice For All is my favourite Metallica album, followed by the Black album. The reason I place these 2 albums in this order is quite simple. The Black album contains 12 tracks of which 4 are great (Sad But True, The Unforgiven, Through The Never, Nothing Else Matters). ... And Justice For All contains 9 tracks of which all 9 are great. No contest really. I've just purchased ... And Justice For All for the 2nd time as my other copy is vinyl.

Not as good as some people say
'...And Justice For All' was Metallica's first album after the death of bassist Cliff Burton. It was always going to be tough to follow. Espicially as the previous release was the brilliant 'Master of Puppets'. For me, 'Justice' just isn't as good as other Metallica albums. The three before this were amazing and had brilliant songs that would stay in your head for days. On this album, the only track that will stay in your head is 'One', and everone knows that song anyway. Most other Metallica albums don't have one bad song, but this is different. Only a couple of good tracks, while the rest are very poor. Tracks:

'Blackened': Ok opener to the album. When played you think its ok but when you think of it, you can't remember how it goes. 3/5

'And Justice For All': This track is just too long for me. Almost ten minutes. I don't mind long tracks at all, if they deserve to be that long. But this should be half the length. After about three minutes you want to skip it. 2/5

'Eye of the Beholder': Another track where you can't remember how it goes when its not being played. 2/5

'One': Easily the best track on here. One of Metallica's best ever and it really deserves to be on a better album. 5/5

'The Shortest Straw': At first, I mixed this up with a few other tracks on the album is it sounded slightly the same. But after about 5 listens it becomes a bit more unique. Only ok though. 3/5

'Harvester of Sorrow': The only other good track on this album. Good chorus and good lyrics overall. 4/5

'The Frayed Ends of Sanity': Only ok. Not a great riff like other Metallica tracks. 3/5

'To Live is to Die': Not much to say about this. Its ok. Very 'meh' like this whole album really. Too long. 3/5

'Dyers Eve': Good ending to the album. Still not really a standout track though. 3/5

Overall, this album should have been classic Metallica, but it wasn't. The Black Album after this was much better. This album was only really saved by the genius of 'One'. There were no great riffs like every other Metallica album, and the songs aren't better than ok. Borrow it of someone first and make your own judgement, but I wouldn't recommend purchasing.