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ReLoad Studio album by Metallica Released November 18, 1997 Recorded May 1995 – February 1996, June 1997 - October 1997 at The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California Genre Heavy metal, hard rock, blues rock Length 76:04 Label Elektra, Vertigo Producer Bob Rock
James Hetfield
Lars UlrichMetallica chronology Load
(1996)ReLoad
(1997)St. Anger
(2003)Singles from ReLoad - "The Memory Remains"
Released: November 11, 1997[1] - "The Unforgiven II"
Released: February 23, 1998[2] - "Fuel"
Released: June 22, 1998[3] - "Better than You"
Released: July 16, 1998
ReLoad is the seventh studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on November 18, 1997 through Elektra Records. The album is a sequel or counterpart to the band's previous album, Load. It debuted number 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 417,000 copies in its first week. Only five of the thirteen songs have ever been played live. These songs include "Fuel", "The Memory Remains", "Devil's Dance", "The Unforgiven II", and "Low Man's Lyric". There are also occasional jam sessions of songs including "Bad Seed", "Better Than You" and "Fixxxer". ReLoad is currently certified 4x platinum by the RIAA.[4] It was the final Metallica studio album to feature bassist Jason Newsted, though it was not his last release with the band. ReLoad also marked the second and the last appearance of a new Metallica logo on an album, until the release of Garage Inc.
The original idea was to make Metallica's sixth album a double album. But with problems recording so many songs at one time, the band decided that half of the songs were to be released and the band would continue to work on the remaining songs and release them the following year. Drummer Lars Ulrich stated that "it's the second half of Load. It's just coming out a year and a half later."[5] This was the second album to feature all songs in E♭ tuning, though "Bad Seed" was played in D♭ tuning and "Devil's Dance" was played in D tuning which was earlier used for "Sad but True" on Metallica and later used for "Whiskey in the Jar" from Garage Inc..
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Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [6] Rolling Stone [7] - 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
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Fuel" Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich 4:30 2. "The Memory Remains" Hetfield, Ulrich 4:39 3. "Devil's Dance" Hetfield, Ulrich 5:19 4. "The Unforgiven II" Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett 6:37 5. "Better Than You" Hetfield, Ulrich 5:22 6. "Slither" Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett 5:13 7. "Carpe Diem Baby" Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett 6:12 8. "Bad Seed" Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett 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" Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett 8:15 Total length:76:04 Personnel
- James Hetfield – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Kirk Hammett – lead guitar, rhythm guitar
- Lars Ulrich – drums, percussion
- Jason Newsted – bass, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Marianne Faithfull – additional vocals on "The Memory Remains"
- Bernardo Bigalli – violin on "Low Man's Lyric"
- David Miles – hurdy gurdy on "Low Man's Lyric"
- Jim McGillveray – percussion
Production
- Bob Rock; James Hetfield; Lars Ulrich – producers
- Brian Dobbs; Randy Staub – engineers
- Bernardo Bigalli; Darren Grahn; Kent Matcke; Gary Winger – assistant engineers
- Mike 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
ReLoad sold 435,500 units in first week of release[8] and debuted at number 1 and as of 2010 it has sold over 4 million copies in U.S thus achieving a certification of 4x platinum.
Album
Year Chart Position 1997 Billboard 200 1 Top Canadian Albums 2 The UK Album Chart 4 Finnish Albums Chart[9] 1 Singles
Year Single Chart Position 1997 "The Memory Remains" Canadian Singles Chart 4 Mainstream Rock Tracks 3 UK Singles Chart 13 The Billboard Hot 100 28 "The Unforgiven II" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1 1998 "Better than You" Mainstream Rock Tracks 7 "The Unforgiven II" The Billboard Hot 100 59 UK Singles Chart 15 "Fuel" UK Singles Chart 31 Certification
Country Sales Certification United States 4,036,000[10] 4x Platinum United Kingdom 100,000 Gold Canada 200,000 2x Platinum[11] Finland 45,271 2x Platinum[12] Germany 500,000 Platinum[13] IFPI Europe 2.000.000 2x Platinum[14] Awards
Year Winner Award 1999 "Better than You" Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance Preceded by
Higher Ground by Barbra StreisandBillboard 200 number-one album
December 6–12, 1997Succeeded by
Sevens by Garth BrooksReferences
- ^ The Memory Remains release date
- ^ The Unforgiven II release date
- ^ Fuel release date
- ^ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=ReLoad&artist=Metallica&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
- ^ "Lars Ulrich Interview "Re-load" 1997". Metallicaworld.co.uk. 1996-06-22. http://www.metallicaworld.co.uk/Interviews/1997_reload.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r318608
- ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/reload-19971120
- ^ http://books.google.com.pk/books?id=8A0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA57&lpg=RA1-PA57&dq=metallica+s%26m+first+week+sales&source=bl&ots=Lt9pHJyuq6&sig=nVYs_hlwely4IGQ3LSJtUmrfhgI&hl=en&ei=VZBPToyvH4LNrQen8eCsAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=metallica%20s%26m%20first%20week%20sales&f=false
- ^ Finnish Albums Chart - Search. Retrieved on 2009-07-08.
- ^ "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - METALLICA's 'Black' LP Is Top-Selling Album Of SOUNDSCAN Era". Roadrunnerrecords.com. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=132493&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blabbermouth+%28Blabbermouth.net%27s+Daily+Headlines%29. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
- ^ "Gold & Platinum Certification – August 2001". Canadian Recording Industry Association. http://www.cria.ca/gold/0801_g.php. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
- ^ IFPI Finland Searchable database - Gold and Platinum. Retrieved July 7, 2009.
- ^ AT LEAST ONE OF artist or title MUST BE PROVIDED for GERMAN CERTIFICATION.
- ^ http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2007.html
Categories:- 1997 albums
- Metallica albums
- Albums produced by Bob Rock
- Elektra Records albums
- Hard rock albums
- Vertigo Records albums
- English-language albums
- "The Memory Remains"
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