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Product Review
For the last half decade, heavy-metal titans Metallica have strived to expand their musical palette while making heavy metal more palatable to the mainstream. They explored southern rock, blues, and psychedelia with LOAD (1996) and RELOAD (1997); they covered their favorite punk and popular artists (Misfits, Mercyful Fate, Nick Cave, Bob Seeger) on their double CD of covers, GARAGE INC. (1998); and they tinkered with electronica on remixes with Moby and DJ Spooky. But Metallica's most grandiose accomplishment took place last year when the band joined forces with Michael Kamen and the San Francisco Symphony to recontextualize much of Metallica's back catalog. The bold, unlikely pairing is captured in all its sonic glory on S&M, a two-disc live CD. Slow-burning tracks like "Until It Sleeps," "For Whom the Bell Tolls, "Nothing Else Matters," and the instrumental "The Call of Ktulu" are most effective, as their mid-paced tempos allow the orchestra the most breathing room. But the thundering fare of "Master of Puppets," "Battery," and "Of Wolf and Man" are also dynamic and undeniably ear-pleasing.
Condition:NEW. Marked upc
TRACK LISTINGS
Disc 1
1 The Ecstasy of Gold 2:30
2 The Call of Ktulu 9:34
3 Master of Puppets 8:54
4 Of Wolf and Man 4:18
5 The Thing That Should Not Be 7:26
6 Fuel 4:35
7 The Memory Remains 4:42
8 No Leaf Clover 5:43
9 Hero of the Day 4:44
10 Devil's Dance 5:26
11 Bleeding Me 9:01
Disc 2
1 Nothing Else Matters 6:47
2 Until It Sleeps 4:29
3 For Whom the Bell Tolls 4:52
4 Human 4:19
5 Wherever I May Roam 7:01
6 Outlaw Torn 9:58
7 Sad But True 5:46
8 One 7:53
9 Enter Sandman 7:39
10 Battery 7:24
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