...And Justice For All
by Metallica

...And Justice For All by Metallica
Year: 1988
Release date: 1988-09-07
Overall rank: 337th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 1,183 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1988 (5th)
Award Top 50 albums of of the 1980s (45th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (337th)

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...And Justice For All is ranked 4th best out of 30 albums by Metallica on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Metallica is Master Of Puppets which is ranked number 94 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 12,142.

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...And Justice For All track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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...And Justice For All rankings

...And Justice For All rankings summary
Overall rank: 337th | 1980s rank: 45th | 1988 rank: 5th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 1,183 votes)
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35/100
From 07/17/2026 17:21 | #315319
One is an absolutely spectacular song, but the rest of the album was a real tough listen for me. I didn't enjoy the vocals or the thrash metal guitars on 200x speed. There were a few nice other moments too especially in Harvester of Sorrow but the tracks are too long and I lost interest unfortunately. Not sure I'm a thrash metal fan based on the Metallica albums I've listened to so far. Probably the biggest one-track wonder of an album I've listened to. (Edited)
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From 06/05/2025 07:50 | #309247
Probably Metallica’s most progressive and most underrated and overlooked album…despite it selling over 9 million copies in America in alone and being on the US Billboard 200 albums chart for a total of 123 weeks. (Edited)
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95/100
From 09/29/2024 00:34 | #305462
Classic metal/hard rock album that introduced the world to Metallica and got them out of the niche heavy metal gutter. (Edited)
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85/100
From 03/29/2023 20:43 | #295582
This album grew on me recently, altough nit as well mixed and as consistent as their previous works it's still solid and a good finish for their excellent 80s run. One is as moving as anti-war song can be, Blackened is amazingly aggressive and title track is great piece of progressive metal.
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80/100
From 02/21/2022 12:01 | #281658
Not best Met-Allica, the drum sounds on this album sucks, thin and the snare dominates.
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If this album had the production that Master Of Puppets had, it would easily be one of the greatest metal albums of all time. (Edited)
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90/100
From 01/16/2021 03:39 | #264504
This album suffers from it's long length, and abysmal production. Nonetheless, it's a classic of the thrash-metal subgenre. (Edited)
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65/100
From 12/01/2020 11:17 | #261727
One has to give them credit for coming up with this. First, they had to deal with the loss of Cliff Burton. Secondly, this signifies a change of direction adding progressive elements to their trademark thrash sound. It is an ambitious, complex and unique album. Despite that, I find this the least accessible of their albums. I can't put my finger on it, the length of it definintely is a factor, maybe the flaws production -wise and the glaring absence of bass that many have already mentioned , but in general I fail to connect with it anyhow. Overall, 65/100. (Edited)
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From 07/22/2019 15:04 | #240161
Favorite Tracks:Blackened, Eye Of The Beholder
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100/100
From 06/27/2019 13:37 | #238436
Awesome album.

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