Load

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All time favorite the song that made me love Metallica on there would recommend all starters.

this is one of the best metal albums of the 1990s. this is the follow up to the black album in 1991 and it proves that metallica are the hard rock masters!

Great product

I'm a fan of metal, and a fan of Metallica. But I'm also a fan of MUSIC. It's easy to argue that Metallica lost some of their heavy metal edge with this album - the guitars aren't as thick, and the album is lacking in speed. However, the actual MUSIC on the album is still just fine. With the Load album, Metallica alienated a lot of fans who weren't already alienated by the Black Album (a masterpiece I might add). Metal purists hate this album - and it is understandable. There are songs that would be rather disheartening to fans of the first four Metallica albums, such as the radio-ready hit singles "Until It Sleeps" (Metallica's first and only top 10 hit and a rock chart topper) and "Hero Of The Day" (only peaked at number 60, but also topped the rock chart). Even more disheartening to those fans would be "Mama Said," a full-phledged ballad with a country twang to it; at first listen that one came as quite the shock to me. Aside from those really, the material on this album is not all that different from the template they created for a sound on the Black Album, so why the fuss?Personally, I say if you find those 3 particular tracks bad then skip 'em and try and enjoy the rest of it for what it is. The opening trio of "Ain't My B*tch," "2x4" and "The House Jack Built" all fit right in with the Black Album sound. "King Nothing," another hit (only peaked at number 90 but also made it to number 3 on the rock chart), basically sounds like "Enter Sandman" backwards; I might have a problem with this if not for the fact that it ends with a somewhat humorous nod to that. The remainder of the album does sometimes tend to drag a bit; I will admit that songs like "Bleeding Me" and "The Outlaw Torn" feel a bit overly long. At the same time, there are some brilliant album tracks buried in between them: the bluesy "Poor Twisted Me," and the rockin' "Wasting My Hate" and "Thorn Within." The two more bloated compositions slightly weigh the album down, although if I'm in the right mood they will satisfy me. Also, "Cure" and "Ronnie" feel kinda like filler, they are among the less memorable tracks in Metallica's catalog.Honestly, after listening to this several times through I just don't understand the fuss. Arguments can be made against this era of Metallica like, "They sold out," "They cut their hair," "They abandoned their roots," "It's not a full-on metal album" - but I don't care. Metallica's early material is undeniably the best work they put out, but the fact that they were able to move on from it and make music that appeals to a more commercial audience without completely destroying themselves in the process says a lot. Load, if taken for what it is, is not a GREAT album by any means. But it is a GOOD album, at the very least, and one that should not be shunned as it is by so many people who swear by the first four albums.

perfect packaging and no warp!very good audio qualityplayed on the Rega planar 2 and Audiotechnica LP5xonto a cambridge audio Axr100IFI Zen phono preampDali oberon 1 bookshelf speakerPolk audio HTS12 sub

Excelente sonido de un gran album... Recordando época del colegio 🤟🖖🤘✌️

One of my all time favorites by this band. love them. They rock