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| Single by Metallica | ||||||||||
| from the album Metallica | ||||||||||
| B-side | "Harvester of Sorrow" (live)/"So What?" "Nothing Else Matters" (Elevator Version)/"Creeping Death" (live)/"Sad But True" (Demo) |
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| Released | February 6, 1993 | |||||||||
| Format | CD single, vinyl | |||||||||
| Recorded | October 1990 - June 1991 at One on One Studios, Los Angeles, California | |||||||||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||||||||
| Length | 5:24 | |||||||||
| Label | Elektra | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | James Hetfield / Lars Ulrich | |||||||||
| Producer | Bob Rock, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich | |||||||||
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"Sad but True" is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the fifth and final single from their eponymous fifth album, Metallica.
Though the band had utilised the 'D standard' tuning for the recording and subsequent performances of covers such as "Crash Course in Brain Surgery" and The Small Hours, this was the second instance of the band utilising such a low guitar tuning for an original piece ("The Thing That Should Not Be" was the first). Bassist Jason Newsted tuned his 5-string bass down to 'A standard' for this song, which is essentially the equivalent of D standard, i.e. one whole step down.
In 2004, Guitar Player listed James Hetfield's tone (most likely produced by an ESP EXP with a Mark IIC+ along with a Danelectro Longhorn bass)[original research?] as one of the "50 Greatest Tones of All Time".[1]
The song was included on Metallica's live collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Michael Kamen), entitled S&M.
[edit] Track listing
- US Single
- "Sad But True"
- "So What"
- International Single Part 1
- "Sad But True" - 5:27
- "So What" - 3:09
- "Harvester of Sorrow (Live)" - 6:41
- International Single Part 2
- "Sad But True" - 5:27
- "Nothing Else Matters (Elevator Version)" - 6:31
- "Creeping Death (Live)" - 8:01
- "Sad But True (Demo)" - 4:53
- International 7-Inch Vinyl Single
- "Sad But True"
- "Nothing Else Matters (Live)"
- "Sad But True (Live)"
[edit] Personnel
- James Hetfield - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Kirk Hammett - lead guitar
- Jason Newsted - bass, backing vocals
- Lars Ulrich - drums
[edit] References
- ^ Blackett, Matt (October 2004). "The 50 Greatest Tones of All Time". Guitar Player: pp. 44–66.
