Ranking the Discographies

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
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The cringing starts at around Easy Come, Easy Go.
Surely you jest!
Yeah, forgot about your fondness for the Greatest Shit album.
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Hmmm, I actually think Charro! is a bit underrated
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Olaf wrote:
18 Jun 2022, 7:57am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
18 Jun 2022, 7:51am
Olaf wrote:
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The cringing starts at around Easy Come, Easy Go.
Surely you jest!
Yeah, forgot about your fondness for the Greatest Shit album.
It’s an amazing document about how Hollywood could work to neuter rock n roll. It’s easy to use it to mock Elvis, but I value it as sinister evidence.
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Flex wrote:
18 Jun 2022, 8:28am
Hmmm, I actually think Charro! is a bit underrated
Probably. I just don't like bearded Elvis.

To be fair, I only remember the title song. And that one, for me, is trying a bit too hard. Just like Elvis in the movie.
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Olaf wrote:
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Hmmm, I actually think Charro! is a bit underrated
Probably. I just don't like bearded Elvis.

To be fair, I only remember the title song. And that one, for me, is trying a bit too hard. Just like Elvis in the movie.
Bearded Elvis and Bearded Spock should get together for shenanigans, imho.

It's been a while since I saw it, but I remember liking Elvis' performance. Felt like he was actually trying which was sort of unusual for his movies by that point. I should watch it again soon and see if my impression still holds or if I think he's overdoing it.
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Metallica...

Ride the Lightning
Master of Puppets
Kill 'Em All
…And Justice for All
Metallica
Death Magnetic
Hardwired…. To Self-Destruct
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WestwayKid wrote:
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Metallica...

Ride the Lightning
Master of Puppets
Kill 'Em All
…And Justice for All
I would just stop right here.

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revbob wrote:
07 Jul 2022, 2:30pm
WestwayKid wrote:
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Metallica...

Ride the Lightning
Master of Puppets
Kill 'Em All
…And Justice for All
I would just stop right here.
I concur.
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WestwayKid wrote:
07 Jul 2022, 3:30pm
revbob wrote:
07 Jul 2022, 2:30pm
WestwayKid wrote:
07 Jul 2022, 8:52am
Metallica...

Ride the Lightning
Master of Puppets
Kill 'Em All
…And Justice for All
I would just stop right here.
I concur.
I'd jump kill em all up a spot, otherwise hard agree.
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If you can't enjoy Black Album, at least the big songs from it, I don't know what to tell you.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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07 Jul 2022, 3:46pm
If you can't enjoy Black Album, at least the big songs from it, I don't know what to tell you.
I have to listen to it again. That album came out when I was 14 and it hit my high school big. My friends and I played it a lot and I eventually got sick of it.
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matedog wrote:
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If you can't enjoy Black Album, at least the big songs from it, I don't know what to tell you.
Othet than that it truly sucks? Yeah notmuch else to say than that.

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WestwayKid wrote:
07 Jul 2022, 3:51pm
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If you can't enjoy Black Album, at least the big songs from it, I don't know what to tell you.
I have to listen to it again. That album came out when I was 14 and it hit my high school big. My friends and I played it a lot and I eventually got sick of it.
The one thing you have to give that album is that the mix is amazing. "One" is my all time favorite Metallica song, but And Justice sounds like absolute garbage.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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matedog wrote:
07 Jul 2022, 4:06pm
WestwayKid wrote:
07 Jul 2022, 3:51pm
matedog wrote:
07 Jul 2022, 3:46pm
If you can't enjoy Black Album, at least the big songs from it, I don't know what to tell you.
I have to listen to it again. That album came out when I was 14 and it hit my high school big. My friends and I played it a lot and I eventually got sick of it.
The one thing you have to give that album is that the mix is amazing. "One" is my all time favorite Metallica song, but And Justice sounds like absolute garbage.
The mix is terrible. Bob Rock reached out to produce the Black Album because he thought the mixing on ...And Justice was so awful.
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Has any originally cult band that achieved mainstream success been so wrecked by it? I'm struggling to think of a better example.
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