Metallica (studio album) by Metallica

Metallica by Metallica
Year: 1991
Overall rank: 238th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 1,510 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1991 (9th)
Award Top 50 albums of the 1990s (47th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (238th)
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Metallica bestography

Metallica is ranked 3rd best out of 30 albums by Metallica on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Metallica is Master Of Puppets which is ranked number 105 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 13,244.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 1,510 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.3/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.

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From 04/20/2024 19:53
This has always been and always be Metallica’s Magnum Opus and the gold standard in which Metallica albums will always be compared to.

Yes, it is very polished sounding, yes it was all over radio and MTV, yes it sold millions of copies and yes the album made Metallica into a massive mainstream juggernaut…but that doesn’t make the album any less amazing than it already is.

This was Metallica at the peak of their powers and this album should at least be ranked #1 in their overall discography and in the Top 100 Albums Of All Time on this site.
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From 07/13/2023 00:10
Bought the vinyl recently, fantastic.
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75/100
From 07/05/2023 08:37
Not a bad album, but there are couple of filler tracks and it lacks the lyricism and energy from their previous records.
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80/100
From 06/16/2023 21:28
Probably their best album. 🤘🏻Drummer pulls
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85/100
From 03/05/2022 12:09
Five Classic METAL songs, 2 good, and 5 very mediocre Metallica songs.
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30/100
From 01/09/2022 10:27
There are some real highlights on this album (Enter Sandman, Sad But True, Nothing Else Matters), but as an album I didn't like it. Too long and too many similar tracks. I actually found it quite boring to listen to.
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95/100
From 04/20/2021 17:18
The perfect trash metal album and the most complete from Metallica. Every track is really good....
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85/100
From 03/12/2021 15:49
Rien que pour Nothing Else Matters cet album vaut le coup.
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75/100
From 01/16/2021 03:35
a perfect radio-metal album. It does have a host of flaws though
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85/100
From 01/03/2021 09:54
I was never sure if I liked Metallica but I like Diamond Head so thought I would give this, their most accessible offering a go. I like it, great riffery and guitar soloing in parts. 'Wherever I Roam' is a personal favourite with its Eastern influenced opening, heavy riff and blistering guitar soloing. I don't think I will head further into the Metallica catalogue as I am not a lover of all out thrash metal which I understand is what their core output has been. Good on Bill Bailey getting Enter Sandman an airing on Strictly!
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