Needles & Grooves

It’s also funny because even though the drumming starts dumbing down with black, Lars is still hitting the toms on Load. I wonder when he stopped.

@CrazyDiamond84 THANK YOU FOR THAT VIDEO!!!!

I've never actually listened to LuLu. I've always been way too scared to given its reputation.

Load was new to me. Reload will be new to me and Lulu will be new to me.

Marianne Faithfull is the best part of Reload for sure.

It's the best Metallica with semen album art that they ever released. The fact they they released multiple albums with spooge artwork really says it all.

Been tempted to do this. I haven’t bought a Metallica album since the Black album, and I’ve always judged their new stuff. I was given a CD copy of the last album and it just made me want to go back and listen to the first 4 albums.

Okay, on to Reload. Had definitely heard Fuel and The Memory Remains before. @Sonicpharmacist interestingly enough, I thought Fuel was a nickelback song.

Omg that’s hilarious

May as well be an ol’ Cranky Kroeger song.

In the 33 1/3 podcast for Black, they said that there was a rule in the band about not criticizing any one in the band. So they had Bob Rock tell Hetfield that the lyrics to enter Sandman sucked. So what happened with ALL of Where the Wild Things Are?

As I finish up reload, it’s a mixed bag. I think I like the first half better than Load but the back half is dreadful. Anyhow onward to St Anger

Oh god, it’s so much worse than I remember.

St. Danger

Once the 5-year-old has his head fully wrapped around Stranger Danger I'm going to have to teach him about St. Anger Danger.

I mean, these are their oddest and weakest songs. PLUS THE PRODUCTION IS ATRCIOUS. I mean it is bad and sounds bad. Like what the hell kit was Lars using and what pedals were Hammet and Hetfield using, because these things should either not be sold any more or only sold to people with some kind of education and promise to use for good clause.

I vaguely remember saying it wasn't that bad back in the day... I was wrong, it's worse.

It’s their world…..SUCKAAAA

Hardwired probably held up the best of their post Black material. All of the “thrash” albums starting with Justice do better if you don’t try to slog through the whole thing in one listen. Well with exception of Black which just feels like a lot of fuller in between the hits.

That’s good way to put it. 72 Seasons in one sitting is a bit much. The thrash wears you down, which is why I like their 80s output that mixes in melodies.