Best Metallica Album?

[The Link]

I'm curious about the consensus for this one. My choice...

[Zcustom]

Def Justice

[jasonluckydog]

Master of Puppets is one of the greatest albums of all time and Justice was a close 2nd.

[Doyle]

My favorite track on AJFA:

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[mmmbeans]

puppets.

[Lumps]

Metallica was an alright band. As a drummer however their drummer was always horrible. Just horrible. Decent Lyrics, great vocals and an amazing guitarist how can you leave out an elite drummer? The drummer simple style numbs my brain. It is fun to play the Metallica songs they way you would. I'd rather the band die than fade out but that's just me.

Anything before the mid 90s by Metalllica is great. I loved the lighting and kill em all. Puppets and JFA is good too...

[Doyle]

And Justice is probably my favorite but I wouldn't argue with anyone that said Master of Puppets is better.

[SCP]

M of P and Justice are 1 and 2.

I like Ride the Lightning just for this song

[GritsRgreat]

And it goes alitte something like this....

HIT IT!!

[rayzor]

ride the lightning for sure, but i'm partial to any of the cliff burton ones.

[Zaximus]

AJFA for me. But really, that, and Master/Lightning are super close. I like to really think of them as a trilogy and put them together. Kill em' All is also amazing, but a first album. I liked Black too, and I even liked Load/Reload, but not "loved" like the earlier ones. I really dig S&M though, it's really cool and Garage Inc, wasn't bad for a cover album.

St. Anger was the worst thing they have ever, ever done. So terrible. It could have been decent if the drums weren't so bad and they actually put... solo's in there. Death Magnetic was a step in the right direction, I think it was the best thing they did since Black, and sometimes I like it better than Black.

Oh and this band is amazing live, and still is. I seen them at Summer Sanitarium in 2000 and they were amazing, and then the Death Magnetic tour in Charlotte like, 2 years ago I think, and STILL were amazing.

[GritsRgreat]

Saw Metallica open for ozzy waaaaaay back when. All i really remember is Load, fast.

[hank pimple butt]

Hmmmm....now that is a tuff question. each one of they're albums have great songs (excluding ST. Anger) I guess it would have to be M.O.P. seems like everything came together on that album. Justice is a great album....but lack of bass hurts it. Hell i even like Load and Re-load. It is way more easy to say which is your least favorite, and that would be ST.Anger.

[Anybodyhome]

When the music of Metallica becomes a discussion, there is always a line drawn at the black album. Most people fall on one side or the other- pre-Black or post-Black- because that was the album that brought them into the "mainstream."

At 55, I'd still go see a Metallica show tomorrow and my iPod is loaded with their music.

That being said, Justice, Kill, and Puppets are phenomenal albums... just as Black is, but for different reasons. Anger is easily the worst while Death Magnetic I think in many ways is better that Black, but shouldn't be compared to the early stuff. It was a different band, a different age and a different generation.