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I really thought this album was the beginning of the end for Metallica. It just doesn't have the fire of the first three albums.

A lot of people like to trash this album, including Metallica. This album is so different from all their other albums, but it still rocks out. I like every song on the album, including the long instrumental "To Live is to Die". "Blackened", "Eye of the Beholder", "One" and "Harvester of Sorrow" are the best tracks, but like I said eariler, the whole album is an easy listen.

It is a classic of the genre. . .a great album. . .

my fav album ever

This what happens when bands start trying to be too clever for their own good..they get lost up their own backsides. The trouble here is that they've clearly spent too much time on being smartarsed, what with alternating time signatures and meaningful lyrics that they forgot to write any tunes.

This was the last good Metallica album.

Everything by this band is terrible. They actually covered a Bob Seger song for god's sake.

Very great. I am a very big geek when it comes to music. Metallica demonstrated their true music theory skills in this album. For instance, the first song, blackened, it changes time from 7/4 to 6/4 to 2/4 to 4/4 and i think it even has 5/4 in one spot but i'm not shure. Metallica has one of their greatest songs on this album, One. My favorite song with my second favorite solo. My favorite solo is also on this CD. I shortest straw, Kirk engages in an all out kick ass solo. Lastley, my favorite instrumental, to live is to die. Many people get confused when they see that Cliff Burton helped to write this song because he died in the middle of the puppets tour. Cliff actually had part of the song written down on paper. They happened to find that paper after the bus accident and they wrote the rest of the sond as sort of a tribute to Cliff. This is one of Metallicas most orchestrated songs in their whole collection. This is the best (in my opinion) Metallica CD. I play guitar and my opinion is somewhat biased, but im shure there are true music lovers out there who will agree with me. By the waay,AutoJC, Metallica is not a band of dolts and being a stron Conservative republican, i still think that Metallica did a good job of expressin themselves, even though i might not agree with some of the lyrics Metallica puts out.

A classic...

What happens when a band of dolts gets into politics. Metallica sucks.

My favorite Metallica album.

...And Justice For All was not as widely accepted by underground and mainstream rock due to the length of each song and the production mix included on the album. Overtime, the album would recieve much credit and appreciation for the great craftsmanship within the entire album. This album features drummer Lars Ulrich's best drum stylings to date. Out of the bleak side of political and social life comes a speed metal juggernaut.