Master of puppets - Metallica albums at SanitariuM

Band Members:

Cliff Burton - Bass
James Hetfield - Rhythm Guitar/Vocals
Kirk Hammett - Lead Guitar
Lars Ulrich - Drums

Album Credits:

Produced by Metallica and Flemming Rasmussen
Engineered by Flemming Rasmussen
Recorded, Sept.-Dec. 1985 at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Mixed by Michael Wagener at Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, CA.
Assistant mixing engineer: Mark Wilzcak
Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound
All lyrics by Hetfield. All Arrangements by Hetfield/Ulrich.
Cover Concept: Metallica and Peter Mensch/Cover Illustration: Don Brautigam.
All inner sleeve pics by Ross Halfin.
Back Cover photos: Cliff- Rich Likong/Kirk- Ross Halfin/Lars- Rob Ellis/James- Ross Halfin.
Agency representation: ICM/Marsha Vlasic, New York Fair Warning/John Jackson, London.
Legal representation: Peter Paterno, Los Angeles.
Accounting: Joni Schnieder and Fred Duffin for Siegel & Feldstein, San Francisco.
Management: Q-Prime

Album Curiosities:

- Master of Puppets was Metallica's 3rd album.
- Released in US on February 21, 1986.
- This album was Metallica's last with Cliff Burton.
- The subsequent tour for this album featured te band opening for heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne.
- Peaked at #29 on the charts in the US, on May 11, 1986.
- Kirk's guitar tech, John Marshall is forced to play James' parts when he suffers a broken wrist, due to a skating 'accident'.
- The album had a 72 week run on the US charts Certified Gold on 11-4-86

Track Listing:

1 - Battery 5:10
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
(lyrics) (tabs: bass guitar)

2 - Master Of Puppets 8:38
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton/Hammett)
(lyrics) (tabs: bass drums guitar)

3 - The Thing That Should Not Be 6:32
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
(lyrics) (tabs: bass guitar)

4 - Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 6:28
(Hetfield/Ulrich//Hammett)
(lyrics) (tabs: bass drums guitar)

5 - Disposable Heroes 8:14
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
(lyrics) (tabs: bass guitar)

6 - Leper Messiah 5:38
(Hetfield/Ulrich)
(lyrics) (tabs: bass guitar)

7 - Orion 8:12
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton)
(instrumental) (tabs: bass drums guitar)

8 - Damage, Inc. 5:08
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Burton/Hammett)
(lyrics) (tabs: bass drums guitar)