Metallica – Load (New Vinyl)

NEW DOUBLE LP

New sealed copy. Reissue. Gatefold jacket.

Load is the sixth studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released on June 4, 1996 by Elektra Records in the United States and by Vertigo Records internationally. The album showed more of a hard rock side of Metallica than the band's typical thrash metal style, which alienated much of the band's fanbase. It also featured influences from genres such as Southern rock, blues rock, country rock, and alternative rock. Drummer Lars Ulrich said about Load's more exploratory nature, "This album and what we're doing with it – that, to me, is what Metallica are all about: exploring different things. The minute you stop exploring, then just sit down and fucking die." At 79 minutes, Load is Metallica's longest studio album.

Load received mixed reviews from critics but was a commercial success, debuting and spending four consecutive weeks at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart. Load sold 680,000 units in its first week, making it the biggest opening week for Metallica as well as the biggest debut of 1996. It was certified 5× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping five million copies in the United States. Four singles—"Until It Sleeps", "Hero of the Day", "Mama Said", and "King Nothing"—were released as part of the marketing campaign for the album.

TRACKLIST:

A1 Ain't My Bitch 
A2 2 X 4 
A3 The House Jack Built 
A4 Until It Sleeps 
B1 King Nothing 
B2 Hero Of The Day 
B3 Bleeding Me 
C1 Cure 
C2 Poor Twisted Me 
C3 Wasted My Hate 
C4 Mama Said 
D1 Thorn Within 
D2 Ronnie 
D3 The Outlaw Torn