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Ride the Lightning
Metallica
- Type:
- Full-length
- Release date:
- July 27th, 1984
- Catalog ID:
- MRI 769
- Label:
- Megaforce Records
- Format:
- 12" vinyl (33⅓ RPM)
- Reviews:
- 32 reviews (avg. 93%)
| Side A | |||
| 1. | Fight Fire with Fire | 04:45 | Show lyrics |
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| 2. | Ride the Lightning | 06:36 | Show lyrics |
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| 3. | For Whom the Bell Tolls | 05:10 | Show lyrics |
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| 4. | Fade to Black | 06:57 | Show lyrics |
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| Side B | |||
| 5. | Trapped Under Ice | 04:04 | Show lyrics |
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| 6. | Escape | 04:24 | Show lyrics |
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| 7. | Creeping Death | 06:35 | Show lyrics |
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| 8. | The Call of Ktulu | 08:53 | instrumental |
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| 47:24 | |||
| Band members | |
| James Hetfield | Vocals (lead), Guitars (rhythm), Lyrics (tracks 1-7), Songwriting (tracks 1-8) |
| Kirk Hammett | Guitars (lead), Lyrics (track 7), Songwriting (tracks 4, 5, 7) |
| Cliff Burton (R.I.P. 1986) | Bass, Vocals (backing), Songwriting (tracks 2-4, 7, 8) |
| Lars Ulrich | Drums, Songwriting (tracks 1-8) |
| Miscellaneous staff | |
| Fin Costello | Photography |
| Anthony D. Sommella | Photography |
| Robert Hoetink | Photography |
| Tom Coyne (R.I.P. 2017) | Mastering |
| Harald Oimoen | Photography |
| Mark Whitaker | Producer |
| Dave Mustaine | Songwriting (tracks 2, 8) |
| Flemming Rasmussen | Producer, Engineering, Mixing |
| Pete Cronin | Photography |
| Rick Brackett | Photography |
| James Hetfield | Vocals (lead), Guitars (rhythm), Lyrics (tracks 1-7), Songwriting (tracks 1-8) |
| Kirk Hammett | Guitars (lead), Lyrics (track 7), Songwriting (tracks 4, 5, 7) |
| Cliff Burton (R.I.P. 1986) | Bass, Vocals (backing), Songwriting (tracks 2-4, 7, 8) |
| Lars Ulrich | Drums, Songwriting (tracks 1-8) |
| Fin Costello | Photography |
| Anthony D. Sommella | Photography |
| Robert Hoetink | Photography |
| Tom Coyne (R.I.P. 2017) | Mastering |
| Harald Oimoen | Photography |
| Mark Whitaker | Producer |
| Dave Mustaine | Songwriting (tracks 2, 8) |
| Flemming Rasmussen | Producer, Engineering, Mixing |
| Pete Cronin | Photography |
| Rick Brackett | Photography |
| By Far Metallica's Best... | 98% | Anus_Canis | December 21st, 2020 | |
| A Point of No Return | 55% | ballcrushingmetal | September 21st, 2020 | |
| The best thrash metal album... | 100% | Slater922 | June 3rd, 2020 | |
| I’m not a thrash guy, but... | 95% | Bent__Canoe | July 22nd, 2019 | |
| One Small Step For... | 84% | Diesel 11 | March 8th, 2019 | |
| Stands the test of 30+... | 99% | TrooperEd | February 15th, 2018 | |
| Time Marches On, A Classic... | 95% | psychoticnicholai | January 5th, 2018 | |
| I don't like this album | 68% | gasmask_colostomy | October 20th, 2016 | |
| Yes, it really IS that good | 100% | BlackMetal213 | June 3rd, 2016 | |
| The Holy Grail of Guitar Sound | 98% | tidalforce79 | January 11th, 2016 | |
| Ride the lightning or DIE | 100% | Thrash Maniac | September 8th, 2015 | |
| The Pinnacle Of Metallica's... | 100% | Drummerboy25 | November 21st, 2014 | |
| Riding Lightning (an... | 100% | McTague97 | November 14th, 2014 | |
| The arguable best moment of... | 100% | Superreallycool | October 8th, 2014 | |
| Fill the switches, boys. | 95% | megadeth1986 | May 28th, 2014 | |
| An electrifying album | 100% | ViciousFriendlyFish | December 6th, 2013 | |
| The Pinnacle Of Thrash | 95% | beardovdoom | November 25th, 2013 | |
| The last one everyone can... | 87% | Ibanezmancons | June 7th, 2013 | |
| Metallica - Ride the Lightning | 95% | Orbitball | February 7th, 2012 | |
| Probably the perfect thrash... | 96% | kluseba | August 20th, 2011 | |
| The Blue Mile | 95% | grain_silo | July 24th, 2011 | |
| Weighing In On A Classic | 90% | corviderrant | July 17th, 2009 | |
| Not Quite the Apex of the... | 87% | DawnoftheShred | July 16th, 2009 | |
| This is the best thrash... | 100% | caspian | May 9th, 2008 | |
| Thrash metal done perfectly. | 99% | IWP | March 21st, 2007 | |
| Metallica's best | 93% | Mikesn | February 20th, 2007 | |
| Metallica's Zenith. | 94% | hells_unicorn | September 27th, 2006 | |
| Metallica's second triumph | 80% | TableofHELL | February 23rd, 2005 | |
| Happy Birthday, Mr. Thrash... | 98% | Nazareth | April 11th, 2004 | |
| The revolution | 100% | OlympicSharpshooter | January 12th, 2004 | |
| Has moments of greatness.... | 87% | Estigia666 | February 14th, 2003 | |
| Metallica moves into new... | 93% | raZe | October 17th, 2002 |
The first 10,000 copies include a "Metal Militia" insert.
Dave Mustaine gets a co-songwriting credit for "Ride the Lightning" and "The Call of Ktulu."
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" is titled after the book by Ernest Hemingway, and borrows its subject matter from one passage.
"Creeping Death" is lyrically about the biblical story of the plagues of Egypt.
"The Call of Ktulu" is titled after a H.P. Lovecraft story, although the original spelling is "Cthulhu".
Recording information:
Recorded and mixed at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark during the spring of 1984.
Mastered at Frankford Wayne in New York City, New York.
Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 1): A-1 MRI-769
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 1): A-2 MRI-769
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 2): MRI-769-A ▻ MASTERED BY FRANKFORD/WAYNE NEW YORK ¢ L.I.✩ A-1
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 2): MRI-769-B ▻ A-1
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