Reload

ReLoad
Studio album by Metallica
Released	November 18, 1997
Recorded	May 1995 – February 1996 and July – October 1997, at The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock
Length	76:07
Label	Elektra
Producer	Bob Rock, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone 12/11/97 Q magazine
Metallica chronology
Load (1996) ReLoad (1997) Garage Inc. (1998)

ReLoad is the seventh album by American heavy metal band Metallica, 4th with bassist Jason Newsted, released in 1997.

History

The album consists of material originally written during the writing sessions for the band\'s previous album, Load. Metallica had initially hoped to release the Load & ReLoad songs as a double album, but that idea proved untenable for a variety of reasons. Aside from the album title, ReLoad also shares similar artwork with Load (Load uses Andres Serrano\'s Blood and Semen III while Reload uses his Piss and Blood) and a similarly distinctive blues-rock feel in many of the songs.

The cover of the album is original artwork depicting urine and blood. It is one of three photographic studies by Andres Serrano created in 1990 by mingling the artist\'s own urine and bovine blood between two sheets of Plexiglas. As with Load, ReLoad included a booklet containing band photos and select lyrics for each song. ReLoad is the last original studio album with Jason Newsted.

Reception

Professional reviews:

• Rolling Stone (12/11/97, pp.75-76) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...more influenced by bluesy rock & roll than by any \'90s trend....strongly rooted in the group\'s apocalyptic metal sound....The biggest change is an increased emphasis on rhythm."

• Entertainment Weekly (11/21/97, p.136) - "...the boys are back in frown, gnarling their way through bristly thrashers and slithery ballads recorded during and after the Load sessions. Reload continues their journey into stripped-down maturity while toying with fresh melodic textures." - Rating: B

• Musician (2/98, p.83) - "...greasy, driving, full of fat grooves, lyric and rhythmic hooks, and sonic curveballs....captures one of rock\'s greatest bands at its peak."

Track listing

All songs written by James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich except where noted.

1. "Fuel" – 4:31
2. "The Memory Remains" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 4:39
3. "Devil\'s Dance" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 5:19
4. "The Unforgiven II" – 6:37
5. "Better Than You" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 5:21
6. "Slither" – 5:13
7. "Carpe Diem Baby" – 6:12
8. "Bad Seed" – 4:05
9. "Where the Wild Things Are" (Hetfield, Ulrich, Jason Newsted) – 6:54
10. "Prince Charming" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 6:05
11. "Low Man\'s Lyric" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 7:37
12. "Attitude" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 5:16
13. "Fixxxer" – 8:15

Personnel

Metallica

• James Hetfield – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Lars Ulrich – drums
• Kirk Hammett – lead guitar
• Jason Newsted – bass

Additional personnel

• Bernardo Bigalli – violin on "Low Man\'s Lyric"
• Marianne Faithfull – backing vocals on "The Memory Remains"
• Jim McGillveray – percussion
• David Miles – hurdy gurdy on "Low Man\'s Lyric"

Production

• Bob Rock, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich – producers
• Brian Dobbs, Randy Staub – engineers
• Bernardo Bigalli, Darren Grahn, Kent Matcke, Gary Winger – assistant engineers
• Michael Fraser, Randy Staub – mixing
• George Marino – mastering
• Paul DeCarli, Mike Gillies, Darren Grahn – digital editing
• Andie Airfix – design
• Anton Corbijn – photography
• Andres Serrano – artwork

Charts

Album

Singles

Awards

External links

• Official website

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