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ReLoad
Studio album by Metallica
Released November 18, 1997
Recorded May 1995 – February 1996, June - October 1997 at The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California
Genre Heavy metal, hard rock
Length 76:12
Label Elektra, Vertigo
Producer Bob Rock, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich
Metallica chronology
Load
(1996)		 ReLoad
(1997)		 Garage Inc.
(1998)
Singles from ReLoad
  1. "The Memory Remains"
    Released: November 11, 1997[1]
  2. "The Unforgiven II"
    Released: February 23, 1998[2]
  3. "Fuel"
    Released: June 22, 1998[3]

ReLoad is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on November 18, 1997 through Elektra Records. It is a sequel or counterpart to the band's previous album, Load. ReLoad debuted #1 on the Billboard 200, selling 417,000 copies in its first week. Only six of the thirteen songs have ever been played live. They include "Fuel", "The Memory Remains", "Devil's Dance", "The Unforgiven II", "Low Man's Lyric", and "Carpe Diem Baby". There are also occasional jam sessions of songs including "Bad Seed", "Better Than You" and "Fixxxer". ReLoad is currently certified triple platinum by the RIAA.[4] It was the final Metallica studio album to feature bassist Jason Newsted, though it was not his last release with the band. ReLoad also marked the second and the last appearance of a new Metallica logo on an album, until the release of Garage Inc..

The original idea was to make Metallica's sixth album a double album. However, with problems recording so many songs at one time, the band decided that half of the songs were to be released and the band would continue to work on the remaining songs and release them the following year. Drummer Lars Ulrich stated that "it's the second half of Load. It's just coming out a year and a half later."[5] This was the second album to feature all songs in E♭ tuning, though "Bad Seed" was played in D♭ tuning and "Devil's Dance" was played in D tuning which was earlier used for "Sad but True" on Metallica and later used for "Whiskey in the Jar" from Garage Inc. Recently the song "Carpe Diem Baby" premiered at the "Metallica's 30th Anniversary Party" in 2011. The songs that have never been played are "Better than You", "Slither", "Bad Seed", "Where the Wild Things Are", "Prince Charming", "Attitude", and "Fixxxer".

Contents

[edit] Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[6]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[7]
  • Entertainment Weekly (11/21/97, p. 136) - "...the boys are back in frown, gnarling their way through bristly thrashers and slithery ballads recorded during and after the Load sessions. ReLoad continues their journey into stripped-down maturity while toying with fresh melodic textures." - Rating: B
  • Musician (2/98, p. 83) - "...greasy, driving, full of fat grooves, lyric and rhythmic hooks, and sonic curveballs....captures one of rock's greatest bands at its peak."

[edit] Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Fuel"   James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett 4:30
2. "The Memory Remains" (feat. Marianne Faithfull) Hetfield, Ulrich 4:39
3. "Devil's Dance"   Hetfield, Ulrich 5:19
4. "The Unforgiven II"   Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett 6:37
5. "Better Than You"   Hetfield, Ulrich 5:22
6. "Slither"   Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett 5:13
7. "Carpe Diem Baby"   Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett 6:12
8. "Bad Seed"   Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett 4:05
9. "Where the Wild Things Are"   Hetfield, Ulrich, Jason Newsted 6:54
10. "Prince Charming"   Hetfield, Ulrich 6:05
11. "Low Man's Lyric"   Hetfield, Ulrich 7:37
12. "Attitude"   Hetfield, Ulrich 5:16
13. "Fixxxer"   Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett 8:15
Total length:
 76:04

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Additional musicians

  • Marianne Faithfull – additional vocals on "The Memory Remains"
  • Bernardo Bigalli – violin on "Low Man's Lyric"
  • David Miles – hurdy gurdy on "Low Man's Lyric"
  • Jim McGillveray – percussion

[edit] Production

  • Bob Rock, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich – producers
  • Brian Dobbs, Randy Staub – engineers
  • Bernardo Bigalli, Darren Grahn, Kent Matcke, Gary Winger – assistant engineers
  • Mike Fraser, Randy Staub – mixing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Paul DeCarli, Mike Gillies, Darren Grahn – digital editing
  • Andie Airfix – design
  • Anton Corbijn – photography
  • Andres Serrano – artwork

[edit] Charts

ReLoad sold 435,500 units in first week of release[8] and debuted at #1.

[edit] Album

Year Chart Position
1997 Billboard 200 1
Top Canadian Albums 2
The UK Album Chart 4
Finnish Albums Chart[9] 1

[edit] Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1997 "The Memory Remains" Canadian Singles Chart 4
Mainstream Rock Tracks 3
UK Singles Chart 13
The Billboard Hot 100 28
"The Unforgiven II" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
1998 "Better than You" Mainstream Rock Tracks 7
"The Unforgiven II" The Billboard Hot 100 59
UK Singles Chart 15
"Fuel" UK Singles Chart 31

[edit] Certification

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[10] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[11] Platinum 45,271[11]
Germany (BVMI)[12] Platinum 500,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[14] 3× Platinum 4,036,000[15]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[16] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

[edit] Awards

Year Winner Award
1999 "Better than You" Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance
Preceded by
Higher Ground by Barbra Streisand		 Billboard 200 number-one album
December 6–12, 1997		 Succeeded by
Sevens by Garth Brooks

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Memory Remains release date
  2. ^ The Unforgiven II release date
  3. ^ Fuel release date
  4. ^ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=ReLoad&artist=Metallica&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 2009-12-31. 
  5. ^ "Lars Ulrich Interview "Re-load" 1997". Metallicaworld.co.uk. 1996-06-22. http://www.metallicaworld.co.uk/Interviews/1997_reload.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-13. 
  6. ^ ReLoad at Allmusic
  7. ^ By Lorraine Ali (1997-11-20). "ReLoad | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/reload-19971120. Retrieved 2012-03-06. 
  8. ^ "Billboard - Google Books". Books.google.com.pk. 2003-06-21. http://books.google.com.pk/books?id=8A0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA57&lpg=RA1-PA57&dq=metallica+s%26m+first+week+sales&source=bl&ots=Lt9pHJyuq6&sig=nVYs_hlwely4IGQ3LSJtUmrfhgI&hl=en&ei=VZBPToyvH4LNrQen8eCsAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=metallica%20s%26m%20first%20week%20sales&f=false. Retrieved 2012-03-06. 
  9. ^ Finnish Albums Chart - Search. Retrieved on 2009-07-08.
  10. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Metallica – Re-Load". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Re-Load&sa=Metallica&smt=0. 
  11. ^ a b "Finnish album certifications – Metallica – ReLoad" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/artistit/Metallica. 
  12. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Metallica; 'ReLoad')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=ReLoad&strInterpret=Metallica&strTtArt=alben&strAwards=checked. 
  13. ^ "British album certifications – Metallica – Re-Load". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Re-Load in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  14. ^ "American album certifications – Metallica – ReLoad". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22ReLoad%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  15. ^ "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - METALLICA's 'Black' LP Is Top-Selling Album Of SOUNDSCAN Era". Roadrunnerrecords.com. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=132493&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blabbermouth+%28Blabbermouth.net%27s+Daily+Headlines%29. Retrieved 2010-11-13. 
  16. ^ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2007". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2007.html. 
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