Metallica: Ride the Lightning - 1984

[Janky]

Released today in 1984... GOAT?

 

[shar-vell Dan]

Before the sellout.

 

[romanianreaper]

Released today in 1984... GOAT?

I wish MOP and RTL had a baby.

 

[WizardAmpIphoneClip]

I wish MOP and RTL had a baby.

They mirror each other track for track. Probably intentional

 

[angelspade]

Those boosted Marshall tones were way ahead of the times...

 

[RaceU4her]

I remember hearing “Fight Fire With Fire” for the first time and thinking oh fuck!!

 

[angelspade]

I remember hearing “Fight Fire With Fire” for the first time and thinking oh fuck!!

I literally could not believe what I was hearing...

 

[watson503]

Forty years....??? It feels like yesterday I was browsing the albums at Sound Warehouse and saw the album for the first time and ended-up buying it.

 

[Techdeth]

Not the goat . It’s guitar sound is cool but the production is lacking alot. If the production was better and they used a mess it would be the best album

 

[Beyond Black]

Not the goat . It’s guitar sound is cool but the production is lacking alot. If the production was better and they used a mess it would be the best album

Disagree. I assure you at the time the production sounded massive and the guitar tone was one of most brutal ever recorded. People make the mistake of listening to vintage recordings with modern ears.

 

[WizardAmpIphoneClip]

Not the goat . It’s guitar sound is cool but the production is lacking alot. If the production was better and they used a mess it would be the best album

For the time period.....this was a next level release production wise. Guitars weren't thrashy or really distorted, tight and massive sounding before this. And I'm not a Metallica fan whatsoever but its the truth

 

[WizardAmpIphoneClip]

Disagree. I assure you at the time the production sounded massive and the guitar tone was one of most brutal ever recorded. People make the mistake of listening to vintage with recordings modern ears.

Agreed

 

[Beyond Black]

I remember hearing “Fight Fire With Fire” for the first time and thinking oh fuck!!

I remember it like it was yesterday

 

[Beyond Black]

For the time period.....this was a next level release production wise. Guitars weren't thrashy or really distorted, tight and massive sounding before this. And I'm not a Metallica fan whatsoever but its the truth

Absolutely. That was the first of it’s kind, next level aggression and brutality.

 

[rsm]

RTL guitar sound was game changer for me.

...then there was Cliff Burton. If he lived, I think we would have seen more RTL, MoP,...

 

[thegame]

8/8 album. Even if I went full on trans, that wouldn’t be as game changing as this album was

 

[Techdeth]

Disagree. I assure you at the time the production sounded massive and the guitar tone was one of most brutal ever recorded. People make the mistake of listening to vintage recordings with modern ears.

I been a fan since the 80s , I just hate the soft drum sound .

 

[Techdeth]

For the time period.....this was a next level release production wise. Guitars weren't thrashy or really distorted, tight and massive sounding before this. And I'm not a Metallica fan whatsoever but its the truth

I just always disliked the drums sound and production always . I do love the guitar tones

 

[Techdeth]

Disagree. I assure you at the time the production sounded massive and the guitar tone was one of most brutal ever recorded. People make the mistake of listening to vintage recordings with modern ears.

I hate modern production btw . I just always disliked this production too . Great songs and guitar tone of course .

 

[shar-vell Dan]