Releaded in: 1988
Produced by: Metallica with Flemming Rasmussen
Preformed by: James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Jason Newsted
Recorded: January-May 1988 at "One on one" in Los Angeles.
Engineered by: Flemming Rasmussen
Assistant and additional engineering: Toby "Rage" Wright
Mixed by: Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero at
Bearsville studios New York, June 1988
Assistant mixing engineer: George Cowan
Mastered by: Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, New York.
Tracks: 9
Total disc time: 65:25
Longest track: To live is to die (9:48)
Shortest track: Dyers Eve (5:12)
- This was Jason Newsted's first full length albu m as the "new guy."
- Released by Elektra in August 8,1988 in USA
- Peaked at #6 on Billboard on 10-9-89
- Band earns first Grammy nomination for "justice", and performs on Grammy Award show.
- Metallica loses Grammy award to Jethro Tull
- As of 1997, "justice" has sold over 10 million copies
- Harvester of Sorrow released as 12" single in England on 8-19-88
- Eye of The Beholder released as a single on 10-30-88 in US
- One released as a single on 1-9-89; peaks at #35 on April 8.
- Two European singles released (Harvester of Sorrow (on 10 & "One").
- One became the bands first music video.
Cover:
Cover concept: Hetfield, Ulrich
Illustration: Stephen Gorman