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re: Unpopular opinion: Metallica's Load is a great album
Posted on 11/9/15 at 7:45 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Posted on 11/9/15 at 7:45 pm to Draconian Sanctions
King Nothing is a damn fine tune. We used that one as our run out/warm up song for basketball when I was in high school. We whites were almost dunking it got us so jacked up.
The version of Hero of the Day with the orchestra gives me chills to this day from some really good memories listening to it when I was younger.
Load got a lot of crap from the diehards who thought even the Black album sucked and was too poppy. So... that's the narrative most who'd never listened to it ran with following its release. I thought all Metallica was good Metallica when I was younger, so I was a fan.
The version of Hero of the Day with the orchestra gives me chills to this day from some really good memories listening to it when I was younger.
Load got a lot of crap from the diehards who thought even the Black album sucked and was too poppy. So... that's the narrative most who'd never listened to it ran with following its release. I thought all Metallica was good Metallica when I was younger, so I was a fan.
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Posted on 11/10/15 at 1:54 pm to MasCervezas
They were trying to go a different direction and actually succeeded IMO, which they haven't been able to do since. Successfully changing your sound is something that is a pretty rare accomplishment in popular music, period. It got hated on by the '80s thrash metal fans who wanted them to put out the same thing forever. Bear in mind that those same people disliked the Black Album! I think it's a good album.
This post was edited on 11/10/15 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 11/11/15 at 11:29 am to MasCervezas
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I remember everybody being pissed because they got their haircut.
Yep, they did. And actually, a lot of fans got pissed when they released the Black Album a few years earlier because their musical style changed from the previous album (And Justice For All). Artists evolve and their music changes.
Posted on 11/11/15 at 11:52 am to DrewTheEngineer
hardcore Metallica fans thinks they soldout with the Black Album. It is they're masterpiece (but the MTV era)
Load was another successful reinvention. Great albums.
St. Anger sucks.
Load was another successful reinvention. Great albums.
St. Anger sucks.
Posted on 11/11/15 at 12:06 pm to musick
Ive always loved Load and Reload. Just because it isnt thrash doesnt mean its not good music. I also love blues and their bluesly elements really shined through on both of those albums. The guitar tone was pretty good and they had a ton of fantastic heavy rock riffs throughout both of those albums. I also think it's James' strongest vocal performance of all of their efforts. Anytime I hear a song from either of these albums, it brings me back to my childhood.
This post was edited on 11/11/15 at 12:07 pm
Posted on 11/11/15 at 2:46 pm to BCMCubs
Until It Sleeps is one of the worst songs of all time, IMO. Metallica took the riff to "Push It" by Salt and Peppa and then played rehashed metal all around it.
It's not because it was a "changed Metallica" -- it's because I just hate the song. I never understood its popularity.
It's not because it was a "changed Metallica" -- it's because I just hate the song. I never understood its popularity.
Posted on 11/11/15 at 2:48 pm to PiscesTiger
Fair enough
Posted on 11/11/15 at 3:00 pm to Honest Tune
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diehards who thought even the Black album sucked and was too poppy.
Ride the Lightning was the first Metallica album I owned, and I dug the shite out of it, Kill, Master, and Justice.....however, The Black Album was their masterpiece IMO.
Bands evolve......shite, listen to Tool's progression from the EP to Undertow to Aenima to Lateralus (didn't really dig 10,000 Days). Or Radiohead's progression from Pablo Honey to The Bends to OK Computer to Kid A.
Pink Floyd is another stark contrast...listen to early Floyd (Piper at the Gates of Dawn/Saucerful of Secrets) and compare it to Darkside/Animals/Wish You Were Here.
Sometimes bands evolve in the wrong direction tho....(I'm looking at you 311 and Incubus)
Posted on 11/11/15 at 3:37 pm to MasCervezas
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Metallica's Load is a great album
Agree 100%
Track by track:
Ain't My Bitch - sort of fun, but kind of a throwaway track
2X4 - I like it, but it's not terribly special
The House Jack Built - classic
Until It Sleeps - classic
King Nothing - classic
Hero of the Day - classic
Bleeding Me - Top 5 classic
Cure - the only one I actively dislike
Poor Twisted Me - awesome
Wasting My Hate - very good
Mama Said - classic
The Thorn Within - classic
Ronnie - top 3 classic (I know this will generate substantial outrage, but it is one of my favorite grooves of all time)
The Outlaw Torn - very good
It's a great album and I listen to it a lot. Re-load and Garage Inc. are great too. St. Anger has some good songs, but horrific production. Death Magnetic is a modern-day masterpiece.
When's the next one coming out?
Posted on 11/11/15 at 7:11 pm to MasCervezas
load is a great album, bleeding me, until it sleeps, hero of the day are underrated songs.
Posted on 5/5/16 at 9:08 pm to Cooter Davenport
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They were trying to go a different direction and actually succeeded IMO, which they haven't been able to do since
Disagree with that last part. Death Magnetic was a damn fine album, although they could have released a cover of Disney songs and it would have been a masterpiece compared to St. Anger.
Posted on 5/5/16 at 9:44 pm to musick
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the Black Album. It is they're masterpiece
Posted on 5/6/16 at 1:32 am to RabidTiger
Outlaw Torn is great.
Posted on 5/6/16 at 7:53 am to Marciano1
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Load and Reload are masterpieces compared to St. Anger
FTFY
Posted on 5/6/16 at 8:44 am to Ace Midnight
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Load and Reload are masterpieces compared to St. Anger
At least with St. Anger they tried to do something interesting.
Posted on 5/6/16 at 2:56 pm to Big Scrub TX
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When's the next one coming out?
Later this year or early 2017. I'm ready for new Metallica songs
Posted on 5/6/16 at 3:00 pm to Marciano1
Did you like Beyond Magnetic?
Posted on 5/6/16 at 4:16 pm to MasCervezas
If Cliff was around it wouldn't have happened.
Posted on 5/6/16 at 4:24 pm to Zappas Stache
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My opinion is even more unpopular...St. Anger is their best album.
That's not an opinion - that's anarchic insanity. I'm prepared to defend a lot of different stances, but this is not one of them. Please offer some sort of explanation that involves your phone's auto-correct screwing up or something.
Posted on 5/6/16 at 5:00 pm to MasCervezas
I'd say it's VERY good! It's aged better than people would've predicted when it was released.
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