S&M2
by Metallica & San Francisco Symphony
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Metallica & San Francisco Symphony bestography
S&M2 is ranked 17th best out of 30 albums by Metallica on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Metallica is Master Of Puppets which is ranked number 92 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 12,154.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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S&M2 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (20 out of 22 tracks have been rated).
S&M2 rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 6 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 98 Music Albums of 2020 | 43/98 | 3 |
| 2026 | DJStuart79 | Top 49 Music Albums of 2020 | 46/49 | 0 |
| 2025 | tiger555 | Top 47 Music Albums of the 2020s | 20/47 | 12 |
| 2025 | POWER18 | Top 33 Music Albums of the 2020s | 26/33 | 5 |
| 2025 | VINYLGUY7788 | Top 24 Music Albums of the 2020s | 18/24 | 6 |
| 2023 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Metallica (US) - Ranked | 8/30 | - |
| 2023 | xhitmanx | Top 31 Music Albums of 2020 | 5/31 | 4 |
| 2022 | xhitmanx | Top 33 Music Albums of the 2020s | 18/33 | 10 |
| 2020 | Classic Rock | The 50 Best Albums of 2020 | 18/70 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 44 | |||
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S&M2 ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/16/2026 18:11 | Adhura | 1,694 | 77/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2026 07:25 | Charlesd | 110 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/23/2025 09:57 | Musicmister9988 | 202 | 96/100 |
| ! | 06/20/2025 17:04 | Invader666 | 2,622 | 65/100 |
| ! | 06/03/2025 05:47 | Skippyrocks | 505 | 65/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.1.
S&M2 comments
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I hated the first version (S&M1), but I loved what I heard of the second version from hearing clips on YouTube, so I had to have S&M2. Absolutely loved every second of this!
The songs that were awesome to begin with - "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "Wherever I May Roam", "One", "Master of Puppets", etc. - remained just that. But there were several songs that felt like dramatic upgrades from the SF Symphony Orchestra, such as "Moth Into Flame" and "The Outlaw Torn." The Cliff Burton bass solo instrumental "(Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth" was done beautifully by SF Symphony Orchestra member Scott Pungel and moved me to tears. Upon seeing reviews of the performance, I'm not the only one that felt this way.
S&M2 was so well done and a significant improvement over the original S&M from 20 years ago. If you didn't like the first one, give this one a try, and if you did like the first, what are you waiting for? Highly recommended.
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