Metallica – Ride The Lightning (1984/2016) (6 CD Box Set) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Genre: Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Year of Edition: 2016
Publisher (label): Blackened Recordings / Virgin EMI
Catalog Number: BLCKND004RD-1 / BLCKND004RD-2~7
Country: USA
Audio codec: FLAC (*.flac)
Rip type: image+.cue
Audio bitrate: lossless
Duration: 04:57:59

Ride the Lightning is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released on July 27, 1984, by the independent record label Megaforce Records. The album was recorded in three weeks with producer Flemming Rasmussen at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark. The artwork, based on a concept by the band, depicts an electric chair being struck by lightning flowing from the band logo. The title was taken from a passage in Stephen King’s novel The Stand, in which a character uses the phrase to refer to execution by electric chair.

Although rooted in the thrash metal genre, the album showcased the band’s musical growth and lyrical sophistication. Bassist Cliff Burton introduced the basics of music theory to the band and had more input in the songwriting. Beyond the fast tempos of its debut Kill ‘Em All, Metallica broadened its approach by employing acoustic guitars, extended instrumentals, and more complex harmonies. The overall recording costs were paid by Metallica’s European label Music for Nations because Megaforce was unable to cover it. It is the last album to feature songwriting contributions from former lead guitarist Dave Mustaine, and the first to feature contributions from successor Kirk Hammett.

Ride the Lightning received a highly positive response from music critics, who saw it as a more ambitious effort than its predecessor. Metallica promoted the album on the Bang That Head That Doesn’t Bang European tour in late 1984, and on its North American leg in the first half of 1985. The band performed at major music festivals such as Monsters of Rock and Day on the Green later that year. Two months after its release, Elektra Records signed Metallica to a multi-year deal and reissued the album. Ride the Lightning peaked at number 100 on the Billboard 200 with virtually no radio exposure. Although 75,000 copies were initially pressed for the American market, the album sold half a million by November 1987. It was certified 6× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2012 for shipping six million copies in the United States. Many rock publications have ranked Ride the Lightning on their best album lists, saying it had a lasting impact on thrash metal.

https://www.discogs.com/ru/release/8438437-Metallica-Ride-The-Lightning

Tracklist

CD1: Ride The Lightning (00:47:26)
CD2: Interviews & Radio IDs (00:43:02)
CD3: Demos & Rough Mixes From Lars’ Vault (01:01:26)
CD4: Live At Kabuki Theatre, San Francisco, CA March 15th, 1985 (00:52:08)
CD5: Live At The Lyceum Theatre, London, UK December 20th, 1984 (00:51:39)
CD6: Live At Castle Donington, UK August 17th, 1985 (00:42:18)

Ride The Lightning
CD1-1 Fight Fire With Fire
CD1-2 Ride The Lightning
CD1-3 For Whom The Bell Tolls
CD1-4 Fade To Black
CD1-5 Trapped Under Ice
CD1-6 Escape
CD1-7 Creeping Death
CD1-8 The Call Of Ktulu

Interviews & Radio IDs
CD2-1 Metal Force Magazine Interview With Lars
CD2-2 WUSC Cleveland Radio Interview With Cliff & Kirk
CD2-3 Metal Madness Interview With Lars

Demos & Rough Mixes From Lars’ Vault
CD3-1 Ride The Lightning (Studio Demo)
CD3-2 When Hell Freezes Over (“The Call Of Ktulu”) (Studio Demo)
CD3-3 Creeping Death (Studio Demo)
CD3-4 Fight Fire With Fire (Studio Demo)
CD3-5 Ride The Lightning (Garage Demo)
CD3-6 When Hell Freezes Over (“The Call Of Ktulu”) (Garage Demo)
CD3-7 Fight Fire With Fire (Garage Demo)
CD3-8 Ride The Lightning (Boom Box Demo)
CD3-9 Blitzkrieg (Rhythm Track Rough Mix)
CD3-10 Am I Evil? (Rhythm Track Rough Mix)

Live At Kabuki Theatre, San Francisco, CA – March 15th, 1985
CD4-1 Fight Fire With Fire
CD4-2 Ride The Lightning
CD4-3 Phantom Lord
CD4-4 The Four Horsemen
CD4-5 (Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth
CD4-6 For Whom The Bell Tolls
CD4-7 No Remorse
CD4-8 Fade To Black
CD4-9 Creeping Death
CD4-10 Guitar Solo
CD4-11 Am I Evil?
CD4-12 Motorbreath

Live At The Lyceum Theatre, London, UK – December 20th, 1984
CD5-1 Phantom Lord
CD5-2 The Four Horsemen
CD5-3 (Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth
CD5-4 For Whom The Bell Tolls
CD5-5 No Remorse
CD5-6 The Call Of Ktulu
CD5-7 Seek & Destroy
CD5-8 Whiplash
CD5-9 Creeping Death
CD5-10 Guitar Solo
CD5-11 Metal Militia

Live At Castle Donington, UK – August 17th, 1985
CD6-1 Creeping Death
CD6-2 Ride The Lightning
CD6-3 For Whom The Bell Tolls
CD6-4 The Four Horsemen
CD6-5 Fade To Black
CD6-6 Seek & Destroy
CD6-7 Whiplash
CD6-8 Motorbreath

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