Load by Metallica

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    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Ain't My Bitch 5:05 175,233
2 2 X 4 5:29 151,389
3 The House Jack Built 6:39 139,952
4 Until It Sleeps 4:28 308,842
5 King Nothing 5:30 186,332
6 Hero of the Day 4:22 287,097
7 Bleeding Me 8:19 233,773
8 Cure 4:55 138,524
9 Poor Twisted Me 4:00 143,151
10 Wasting My Hate 3:57 122,535
11 Mama Said 5:20 218,319
12 Thorn Within 5:52 125,941
13 Ronnie 5:17 131,691
14 The Outlaw Torn 9:50 135,155

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About this album

Elektra Records (2008) Released: 18 Aug 2008 14 tracks (79:03)
Load is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released June 4, 1996. To date, the album has sold over 5 million copies in America, and is certified Gold in the UK, having sold over 100,000 copies. It spent four consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard 200.

At 78:59 minutes, Load is Metallica’s longest studio album. Initial pressings of the album were affixed with stickers that boasted its long playtime, simply reading “78:59. ” Consequently, “The Outlaw Torn” had to be shortened by about one minute to fit on the album. The full version was released on a single for “The Memory Remains” as “The Outlaw Torn (Unencumbered by Manufacturing Restrictions Version)” with a running time of 10:48.

According to drummer Lars Ulrich: “This album and what we’re doing with it - that, to me, is what Metallica are all about: exploring different things. The minute you stop exploring, then just sit down and fucking die.”

The songwriting dispenses almost entirely with the thrash metal style that characterized the band’s sound in the 1980s. In place of staccato riffs, Hetfield and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett experimented with more blues-based tones and styles. Additionally, Ulrich adopted a minimalist approach to his drum recording, abandoning the speed and complex double bass patterns of previous albums.

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  • t0rrrben

    just as good as their 80s stuff. reload was really quite bad though.

    yesterday morning
  • RodrigoSousarj

    nada mal.

    11 days ago
  • honzzaq

    Oferthrash: why do you think people wanna read your shit?

    11 days ago
  • applehippy

    blood and semen nice picture!!!

    12 days ago
  • Oferthrash

    All the tracks suck on this album. Even combined with Reload. Never bought it.

    13 days ago
  • wormsaiboty

    there is not a single bad track here!

    14 days ago
  • wormsaiboty

    i dont see ways to compare load and lulu. you're just saying "hey man michael jackson is more dancing than beethoven" oh rly

    14 days ago
  • wormsaiboty

    201 plays!

    14 days ago
  • tcbp

    100 times better than Reload, St Anger & Lulu (well, anything is better than Lulu)

    24 days ago
  • maidenmetal1

    The House Jack Built and Until it Sleeps are fantastic, also some really good songs like Hero of the day, outlaw torn, ronnie, ain't my bitch, but tracks 8,9,10,12 are mediocre

    last month
  • hammerstrikebg

    This album completely owns Lulu. [2] and Reload ;d

    March 2012
  • vzakharov

    Best Metallica album

    March 2012
  • DyabeuPL

    Great album :)

    March 2012
  • smellslikemanga

    The House Jack Built > Hero of the Day > Mama Said <3

    February 2012
  • Piss-Christ

    The House Jack Built \m/

    February 2012
  • DarthDave

    "Bleeding Me" <3

    January 2012
  • silverlage

    t7b

    January 2012
  • Aru10

    Too damn underrated... [2]

    January 2012
  • Astheron_

    Fire made of blood and sperm. ;D

    December 2011
  • Jamie_Rae

    This album is pretty decent. Pretty good at best, but forgettable at worst. I also think the cover is fucking disgusting.

    December 2011
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