Metallica - Kill 'Em All (1983) [Italian 2nd press CD MFN 7]

Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Label:Music For Nations
Catalog#:CD MFN 7
Format:CD, Album, Repress
Country:UK
Released:1983
Genre:Rock
Style:Speed Metal, Heavy Metal

Tracklist
1 Hit The Lights 4:17
2 The Four Horsemen 7:08
3 Motorbreath 3:03
4 Jump In The Fire 4:50
5 (Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth 3:27
6 Whiplash 4:06
7 Phantom Lord 4:52
8 No Remorse 6:24
9 Seek & Destroy 6:50
10 Metal Militia 5:11

Credits
Bass - Cliff Burton
Drums - Lars Ulrich
Engineer - Chris Bubacz
Executive Producer - Jon Zazula
Guitar [Lead] - Kirk Hammett
Producer - Paul Curcio
Vocals, Guitar [Rhythm] - James Hetfield

Notes
There are 3 pressings. This is No.2.
1st pressing: england 83 with carnaby street address on back cover.
2nd pressing: england 83 with barcode on back cover.
3rd pressing: france 83 with barcode on back cover, no address listed.

From "Wikipedia":

Kill 'Em All is the debut album by American heavy metal band Metallica. The album was recorded in only two weeks on a small budget. Only 1500 copies were initially printed, however it has now been certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA, having sold over 3 million copies in the U.S. alone.

Released in 1983, the record's release set the band on the path to "world domination," as drummer Lars Ulrich would put it in the following year.

The album is acclaimed for combining high-speed (especially "Motorbreath," which has a tempo of 168 bpm, and the Cliff Burton bass solo "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth" of which the fastest section is played at 200 bpm) and a tribute to the band's early NWOBHM influences: Diamond Head, Iron Maiden, Motörhead and Venom, all English bands who combined the heaviness and technicality of Black Sabbath with the speed and aggression of punk. It is one of the first and most influential thrash metal albums.

Metallica's original lineup featured James Hetfield (guitar/vocals), Lars Ulrich (drums), Ron McGovney (bass) and Dave Mustaine (lead guitar). Due to tensions between McGovney and Mustaine, McGovney left the band. Castro Valley-born bassist Cliff Burton was recruited as a replacement.

Mustaine and Hetfield had personality conflicts, with Mustaine later blaming the rivalry on the fact that "there was too much personality" in the band.[3] These tensions led to a fist-fight that broke out between Mustaine and Hetfield,[4] after Mustaine accused Hetfield of kicking his dog.[5]

Despite their differences, Mustaine's contribution to the early years of Metallica were not completely neglected; he received co-writing credits on four of the songs in Kill 'Em All. One song, "The Four Horsemen" was originally written by Mustaine and titled "The Mechanix". It was performed at many early Metallica shows. Following Mustaine's exit, replacement lead guitarist Kirk Hammett added a mid-paced, melodic middle section.[citation needed] Hetfield also wrote new lyrics and the band renamed it The Four Horsemen. Mustaine kept the faster paced original version of the song, renamed it simply "Mechanix", and included it on the first Megadeth album, Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!. Mustaine's other writing credits on Kill 'Em All are for the songs "Jump in the Fire", "Phantom Lord" and "Metal Militia". Mustaine claims he had asked the other members not to use music he had written; Hetfield and Ulrich dispute this.[6]

Mustaine was fired in early 1983, just prior to the recording of Kill 'Em All. Hetfield and Ulrich stated that they fired Dave because of his alcohol and drug problems, as well as his overly-aggressive behavior. Mustaine initially denied this, but in Metallica's 2004 movie Some Kind of Monster, Mustaine stated that he wished Metallica had told him to go to AA. After Mustaine's departure, Metallica recruited Hammett, who previously played for Exodus and was a one-time student of Joe Satriani. The band started recording Kill 'Em All with Hammett barely a month after him joining. Mustaine went on to form the band Megadeth, who also achieved multi-million selling success.

The band initially planned to title the album Metal Up Your Ass, and the cover would have featured a toilet bowl with a hand clutching a dagger emerging from it. However, Megaforce urged them to change this,[7] and they agreed, switching to Kill 'Em All. This time the cover featured the shadow of a hand letting go of a bloodied hammer. Cliff Burton is credited with coming up with the name Kill 'Em All (referring to timid record distributors) as a response to the whole situation.[8] Even though the album title Metal Up Your Ass was unused, the band did later release a Metal Up Your Ass t-shirt with the proposed artwork.

* In 1989, the album was ranked #35 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 100 Greatest Albums of the '80s.
* The album would reach #120 on the charts, according to Metallica.com
* The album was deemed the #1 underground album by Hit Parader
* Q magazine (Summer/01, p.127) - 5 stars out of 5 - "Reaffirms their status as the pre-eminent metal band of the modern era....combining the power of classic rock with the raw speed and DIY attitude of punk. Thrash metal had arrived."




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Note about the covers included: covers are of a more recent edition with different catalog numbers. I haven't got a scanner, so i posted the covers i've found on the net. BE PATIENT!!!