Solid Metal... I like One, To Live is to die, and Dyers Eve.

Awesome Metallica work. This is probably their most technically proficient album, but why can't we hear the bass!!

A little overrated. I just can't get over the poor production - the lack of bass and the flat sound of the guitars and drums just kill it for me. The songwriting is quite good though.

Metallica slackens the pace and gets more gritty. I actually think the raw production suits the music.

If you enjoy Metallica's more progressive side then odds are this is your favorite album by them. This is definitely their most complex work.

Probably Metallica's last really great album. The first half is one of metal's best 30 minutes or so. The second half can drag, but at their pinnacle few could match their raw power. Let's also not forget that by the hair band standards of the time Metallica stood out as actually a fairly intelligent band with songs about something other than partying and getting laid. The songs are long but on the better tracks I don't mind it. Those who do should note the deterioration in quality when they shortened their songs for radio friendliness... results not great.

Some great tracks (Blackened, ...And Justice for All and One), but the rest of the album, especially the second half, is lacking.

Favorite Track: One

Really...this isn't even close to the top 100? Blackened, One...And Justice-are you f'ing kidding me! Great album by one of the greatest bands ever. Agree with other posts though that songs are too long.

I'm agreeing with an Outlaw. I don't mind 12, 13, even 20 minutes long songs, if they are needed to be that long. But these songs only need to be about 5 minutes each. You get a bit bored. One is the only song deserving of length, and is easily the best track. If the nine songs, excluding One, were only, say, 5 minutes long, it'd be a more enjoyable 45 minute album. Guitar, drums, etc... are still amazing as usual though.

The length of the songs puts me off a little. Is there really need to break the 9 minute mark when the song is more suited to 3 minutes?