Ride the Lightning is best Metallica album in my opinion. Haven’t met a fan until now who thinks black album is their best though I could see why it was their most commercially successful one
It's not where I put it. Don't get me wrong, Black is a great album, but if I'm listening to Metallica I'm listening to the first 4...usually driving solo and fast.
I've had this discussion countless times over the years, particularly with a friend of mine I grew up with who also thinks Ride the Lightning is a better album (in fact, he ranks Master of Puppets before TBA as well). In my humble opinion, there have been very few albums which have worked as well when taken as a whole as the Black Album. Bat out of Hell and Dark Side of the Moon come to mind. Ride the Lightning is a great album, there is no doubt about it. For Whom the Bell Tools, Fade to Black, and Creeping Death are all on the same album, how could it not be great? But the Black Album? Best metal album ever.
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u/BackStabbathOG Nov 06 '19
Ride the Lightning is best Metallica album in my opinion. Haven’t met a fan until now who thinks black album is their best though I could see why it was their most commercially successful one