ReLoad
by Metallica
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Metallica bestography
ReLoad is ranked 13th best out of 30 albums by Metallica on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Metallica is Master Of Puppets which is ranked number 93 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 12,148.
(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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ReLoad track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 71 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
ReLoad rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 93 Music Albums of 1997 | 31/93 | 3 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 8 Music Albums of 1997 | 6/8 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Repo | 1997: Metal | 20/23 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1990s Pt 3 | 2/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Milhaud | Top 50 Music Albums of 1997 | 36/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 42 Music Albums of 1997 | 10/42 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1997 | 23/100 | - |
| 2026 | kinginsomniac12 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 99/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 43 Music Albums of 1997 | 11/43 | 4 |
| 2026 |  TheDarkOrb | Top 56 Music Albums of 1997 | 33/56 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 93 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 164 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/10/2026 06:29 | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2026 14:02 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/02/2026 20:57 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 58.3/100, a mean average of 58.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 58.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.1.
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ReLoad forum mentions
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/29/2012 15:29 | #45583 | TOP COMMENT
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Like Load, it's been slammed by the purists. I applaud Metallica's attempt to change and grow. This album is inconsistent, but it's entirely listenable, with some pretty strong tracks. Way better than St. Anger. (Edited)
Anti TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/28/2014 05:17 | #130246 | TOP COMMENT
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I know, not the greatest Metallica album ever, but Fuel, UNFORGIVEN II, Low Man's Lyric, and Fixxxer are DAMN good songs. (Edited)
lightmyway TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/06/2012 02:05 | #41600 | TOP COMMENT
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For me this is their worst album. That said, it's not bad, and it has a lot of quality songs. It just didn't need to exist. The good songs from this and the (much more numerous) good songs from Load could have been combined into one disc fairly painlessly. (Edited)
Strangel TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/07/2024 01:29 | #301770 | TOP COMMENT
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It’s a bit of an insult that the utter dross that is St Anger is currently rated above this reasonably good album. I like some of the deviations here and if I try not to compare too much with the epic nature of their earlier iconic stuff this album comes off as a great listen. Unforgiven II also suffers from comparison with the first Unforgiven instalment. Not too many bands can write a song that is as good as that.
But yeah, there’s a lot of very average songs here which is something you could never say about their pre-load albums. (Edited)
RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/08/2013 06:09 | #71933 | TOP COMMENT
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Starts out stronger, but kinda fizzles out... much better than Load and might be in my top 5 of Metallica. (Edited)
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