I think Master of Puppets has better songs overall, but as an <b>album</b>, I will put The Black Album at #1. Load and Reload are okay, but they're really just collections of songs. And they both have some pretty shitty ones. For example, Ronnie on Load... I fucking hate that song with all my might. I will never listen to it again, as it is a horrid piece of fucking ass. I tried to get into it, but I just can't. As for Reload, what the fuck is up with track 3? I don't even remember the name, it sucks so bad. What the fuck were they thinking?
Ideally they would just have made one album and it would have had:
Ain't My Bitch
2x4
The House That Jack Built
Until it Sleeps
King Nothing
Bleeding Me
Cure
Wasted My Hate
Mama Said
Thorn Within
The Outlaw Torn
Fuel
The Memory Remains
The Unforgiven II
Carpe Diem Baby
Where The Wild Things Are
Prince Charming
Low Man's Lyric
Fixxxer
It could have been a double-disc set, and the rest of the songs could have been the shitty B-sides that I would have never had to buy or listen to. The only one that's listenable that I left off is Attitude, but it still isn't all that great.
Instead, you get shit like Ronnie and Devil's Dance (I just checked, that's track 3) and Slither and Bad Seed... what the fuck? Metallica is usually *good*, not *sucky*.
St. Anger really only has a few tracks that I think suck, and the worst is Invisible Kid. What a fucking gay track. Every fucking line rhymes. Great, a fourth grader took over lyrical duty. What a steaming turd. And Purify isn't that much better. Nix those two from the album and I'd like it a hell of a lot more. As it is, Sweet Amber and The Unnamed Feeling are the best songs (in my very not humble opinion) and they happen to be tracks 8 and 9, meaning I can just listen to those two, then pop it back 2 tracks and have another go. God.
Anyway, Master of Puppets obviously has great songs, but I think The Black Album is a better album. Even though Master of Puppets has better songs. It's hard to explain. But I don't think they'll top The Black Album as far as an actual album goes.
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