Maître officiel des marionnettes par Metallica

Tracks:
Battery
Master of Puppets
Thing That Should Not Be, The
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Disposable Heroes
Leper Messiah
Orion
Damage, Inc.

Performer Notes:

• MASTER OF PUPPETS was Metallicas last album with bass player Cliff Burton. Burton was killed in a traffic accident. He was replaced by Jason Newsted.
• Metallica: James Hetfield (vocals, guitar); Kirk Hammett (guitar); Cliff Burton (bass); Lars Ulrich (drums).
• Recorded at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark from September through December, 1985.
• Personnel: James Hetfield (vocals, guitar); Kirk Hammett (guitar); Lars Ulrich (drums); Cliff Burton (background vocals).
• Audio Mixer: Michael Wagener .
• Audio Remasterer: George Marino.
• Recording information: Sweet Silence Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark (09/1985-12/1985).
• Illustrator: Don Brautigam.
• Photographers: Robert Ellis ; Ross Halfin.
• Unknown Contributor Roles: Cliff Burton; James Hetfield; Kirk Hammett; Lars Ulrich.
• Arrangers: James Hetfield; Lars Ulrich.

Professional Reviews: Q (7/01, p.88) - Included in Qs "50 Heaviest Albums of All Time" - "...Metallicas finest 55 minutes....showing them at their most acerbic...and at their most face-pullingly heavy..."

Kerrang (Magazine) (p.55) - "Fifty-four near-perfect minutes, MASTER OF PUPPETS is a genuine classic that will survive even the mortal lives of its creators."

Producer: Flemming Rasmussen, Metallica

Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Release Date: 1 October, 1990

Label: Elektra

Dimensions: 12.7 x 14.4 x 1 centimeters (0.09 kg)