Master Of Puppets

I bought my son a Victrola for Christmas. He didn’t have any records so for his birthday in January I bought him this record. It has high-quality and sounds terrific on his Victrola.

My favorite Metallica album and the last album The Cliff Burton was featured on he died during this tour which was very sad and a great loss for the world let alone the band ana

Changed metal forever!!

The more I listen to this the better it gets. I'm an oddball and I always liked "...And Justice for All" best of the Metallica albums, but "Master of Puppets" has won me over. It is perfectly conceived. There is not a single bad track, not a single bad portion of a track, and everything is memorable. Metallica's ability to combine classical compositions with heavy metal is brilliant and matched by none. Musically beautiful to listen to and lyrically compelling. Metallica takes the same format they used when recording "Ride the Lightning" and import it to "Master of Puppets," so you can see similarities in the types of songs of each album, song by song, until the end, when "Master of Puppets" decides to put its instrumental, "Orion," as the second to last track. Thematically "Master of Puppets" looks at the psychology of powerlessness, and at the cruelty of those who hold power over others. "Battery" begins similarly to "Fight Fire with Fire" by opening up with a soft acoustic and then blaring into thrash. This is a great song. I still recall, when I first listened to this track, that I used to think they sang "Manta Ray" "Master of Puppets" is the longest song on the album and Metallica's best songs ever recorded. This eight and a half minute behemoth still gets significant radio play, and that's a testament to greatness. The feeling of helplessness and cruelty is made most visceral here, especially as the singer belts "Where's the dreams that I've been after" and "All I hear or see is laughter." This is brilliant songwriting. "The Thing That Should Not Be" seems to be a precursor to what Metallica will do in their "Black Album," using a repetitive, catchy guitar riff to cement their song. In this song, the subject to held powerless to his/her own unraveling mind. "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" is in the same slot held by "Fade to Black" in "Ride the Lightning," yet it plays a bit differently. It isn't dominated by sorrow as "Fade to Black" is, but with rage against what seems to be an unfair imprisonment. This begins slowly and ends with a brilliant, thrashy guitar solo. "Disposable Heroes" rails against the powerlessness of soldiers with its memorable "Back to the front" repeated over and over, the command for boys to throw themselves in front of machine gun fire. "Leper Messiah" is a critique of blindly following a master, and seems a critique of organized religion. Like "Thing" this relies on a repetitive, memorable, head-banging guitar riff. "Orion" is one of the best metal instrumentals ever created, hands-down. "Damage, Inc." is a brilliant way to end the album, with some heavy thrash, which Metallica would do on their following album as well.

This was part of my boyfriend’s birthday gift and he absolutely loved it. Master of Puppets is his favorite Metallica album, and this remastered version sounds great. The presentation is also very nice. A perfect gift for any Metallica fan!

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One of the best from them

Its exactly as described, my son loved it!

Chegou muito mais rápido do que eu esperava e veio bem embaladinho, adorei, compraria de novo com certeza!! Qualidade do disco é muito boa também.

Llegó en buen estado, muy protegido, también llegó muy rápido por cierto, a un excelente precio, lo recomiendo!!

La obra maestra de Metallica. Una obra maestra del thrash metal y uno de los mejores álbumes de la historia del rock. Poco más que añadir.

Low quality unlike international records

The Best Heavy Metal Album Ever. A must for every old and new Metallica fan.