Album Rating: 4.5

in which world is eye of the beholder the weakest track on ajfa

Album Rating: 5.0

leper messiah has always been one of my fave mop tunes

I'd qualify To Live Is To Die as a bad song, even though it doesn't have bad riffs. It's just that it sounds like they're just playing all their leftover Cliff riffs randomly without developing them, just "here's this riff! here's this riff!" and it just kind of wanders with no purpose for ten minutes. The spoken word part is awesome though.

Leper Messiah's first section is only pretty good, not up to album standards I would say, but then that jumpy little riff in the middle is about my favorite on the album.

no metallica songs are bad

Album Rating: 4.5

well said

Album Rating: 5.0

This has to be the best review on sputnik for sure. Couldn't agree more. This review is just like metal, it's not just an album review, it's more than that.

Album Rating: 5.0

saying metallica wrote bad songs pre 1991 is just cray

Album Rating: 4.5

"in which world is eye of the beholder the weakest track on ajfa"



but... it really is

Album Rating: 5.0

Shortest Straw its the weakest link on AJFA, eye of the beholder is amazing

Album Rating: 5.0

"Eye Of The Beholder" is easily Metallica's most underrated 80's song, that or "Frayed Ends".

Album Rating: 4.5

Eye of the Beholder definitely isn't the worst on AJFA. Now that I think about it, it's hard to pick out which one is.

Album Rating: 5.0

It's hard to pick out a bad song on an album when there are no bad songs to pick out.

Album Rating: 5.0

agreed

I firmly believe ...And Justice For All is Metallica's highest point.

Album Rating: 5.0

Interesting opinion newbie. It was the first metal cd and Metallic record I bought so lotta nostalgia for me. RTL, MOP, and this are all literally dead even for me.

Metallica's progression into more complex and masterful songwriting is nothing short of immaculate.

Album Rating: 5.0

^yep And Justice rules. Not sure if it's their best though, that probably goes to RtL.

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

This is a really, really fucking great review.



Also, Metallica certainly evolved into masterful songwriters. I don't know if everyone would say that all their work demonstrates that trait, but I checked out Death Magnetic again one or two days ago, listening to it somewhat carefully, and I noticed that Cyanide flows really really well. Same for All Nightmare Long and The Day That Never Comes, the latter of which is fantastic for a track that's essentially blatant One worship. A few songs don't flow that well, but those all do.

Album Rating: 4.5

AJFA is only very slightly below this IMO, then MoP.



More or less how I feel about the three Metallica albums that are pretty unanimously loved.



Also, Frayed Ends of Sanity is probably the best track on AJFA.

Album Rating: 4.5

This is my definite favorite.