Band Members:
Jason Newsted - Bass
James Hetfield - Rhythm Guitar/Vocals
Kirk Hammett - Lead Guitar
Lars Ulrich - Drums
Album Credits:
All lyrics by Hetfield, except "To
Live is to Die" by Burton
All arrangements by Hetfield, Ulrich
All harmony, melody, and acoustic guitars on all songs, and the second
solo in "To Live is To Die" by Hetfield
All songs ©1988 Creeping Death Music, ASCAP.
Produced by Metallica with Flemming Rasmussen.
Engineered by Flemming Rasmussen.
Recorded Jan.-May 1988 at 'One on One,' Los Angeles.
Assistant and additional engineering: Toby 'Rage' Wright.
Special thanx to Mike Clink for engineering drum trax on "Straw" and "Harvester."
Mixed by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero at Bearsville Studios, New
York. June '88.
Assistant mixing engineer: George Cowan.
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, New York.
Cover concept: Hetfield & Ulrich.
Cover Illustration: Stephen Gorman
All Photos: Ross 'Tobacco Road' Halfin.
Hammer Illustration: Pushead
Design & Layout: Reiner Design Consultants, Inc.
Management: Cliff Burnstein & Peter Mensch for Q Prime Inc.
Management Staff: George Knemeyer & Linda Walker.
Agency Representation: ICM/Marsha Vlasic, New York. Fair Warning/John
Jackson, London.
Accounting Joni Schneider & Fred Duffin.
Legal representation: Peter Paterno, Los Angeles
Merchandising: Brockum/New York, Toronto, London.
Immigration: Gail Leibowitz, New York.
Photographer: Ross Halfin.
T-Shirt & Art Guy: Pushead.
Album Curiosities:
- This was Jason Newsted's first full
length album as the "new guy."
- Released by Elektra in August 8,1988 in USA Peaked at #6 on Billboard
on 10-9-89.
- Band earns first Grammy nomination for AJFA, and performs on Grammy
Award show.
- Metallica loses Grammy award to Jethro Tull.
- As of 1997, AJFA has sold over 10 million copies.
- Harvester of Sorrow released as 12" single in England on 8-19-88.
- Eye of The Beholder released as a single on 10-30-88 in US.
- One released as a single on 1-9-89; peaks at #35 on April 8.
- Two European singles released (Harvester of Sorrow & "One").
- One became the bands first music video.
Track Listing:
1 - Blackened
6:40
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Newsted)
(lyrics)
(tabs:
bass
guitar)
2 - ...And Justice for All
9:44
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
(lyrics)
(tabs:
bass
drums
guitar)
3 - Eye of the Beholder
6:25
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
(lyrics)
(tabs:
bass
guitar)
4 - One
7:24
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
(lyrics)
(tabs:
bass
drums
guitar)
5 - The Shortest Straw
6:35
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
(lyrics)
(tabs:
bass
guitar)
6 - Harvester of Sorrow
5:42
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
(lyrics)
(tabs:
bass
drums
guitar)
7 - The Frayed Ends of Sanity
7:40
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
(lyrics)
(tabs:
bass
guitar)
8 - To Live is to Die 9:48
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton)
(lyrics)
(tabs:
bass
guitar)
9 - Dyers Eve
5:12
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
(lyrics)
(tabs:
bass
guitar)
