Ride the Lightning (remastered deluxe edition)

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Annotation

Deluxe Edition
Remastered

Annotation last modified on 2016-09-24 20:09 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶Digital Media: Ride the Lightning (Remastered)

2▶Digital Media: Live At The Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA - March 10th, 1985

3▶Digital Media: Creeping Death & Demos & Rough Mixes from Lars’ Vault

4▶Digital Media: Live at The Kabuki Theatre, San Francisco, CA - March 15th, 1985

5▶Digital Media: Live at The Lyceum Theatre, London, UK - December 20th, 1984

6▼Digital Media: Live at Castle Donington, UK - August 17th, 1985
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Creeping Death (Live at Castle Donington, UK / August 17th, 1985) bass: Cliff Burton (on 1985-08-17) drums (drum set): Lars Ulrich (on 1985-08-17) guitar: Kirk Hammett (on 1985-08-17) and James Hetfield (on 1985-08-17) vocals: James Hetfield (on 1985-08-17) recorded at: Monsters of Rock England 1985 (1985-08-17) recorded at: Donington Park (Monsters of Rock / Download location) in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1985-08-17) live recording of: Creeping Death (on 1985-08-17) lyricist: Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield composer: Cliff Burton, Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich publisher: Creeping Death Music and Take Out Music Ltd. is based on: Die By His Hand		5:52
2	ExplicitRide the Lightning (Live at Castle Donington, UK / August 17th, 1985) bass: Cliff Burton (on 1985-08-17) drums (drum set): Lars Ulrich (on 1985-08-17) guitar: Kirk Hammett (on 1985-08-17) and James Hetfield (on 1985-08-17) vocals: James Hetfield (on 1985-08-17) recorded at: Monsters of Rock England 1985 (1985-08-17) recorded at: Donington Park (Monsters of Rock / Download location) in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1985-08-17) live recording of: Ride the Lightning (on 1985-08-17) lyricist: James Hetfield composer: Cliff Burton, James Hetfield, Dave Mustaine and Lars Ulrich publisher: Creeping Death Music		7:07
3	ExplicitFor Whom the Bell Tolls (Live at Castle Donington, UK / August 17th, 1985) bass: Cliff Burton (on 1985-08-17) drums (drum set): Lars Ulrich (on 1985-08-17) guitar: Kirk Hammett (on 1985-08-17) and James Hetfield (on 1985-08-17) vocals: James Hetfield (on 1985-08-17) recorded at: Monsters of Rock England 1985 (1985-08-17) recorded at: Donington Park (Monsters of Rock / Download location) in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1985-08-17) live recording of: For Whom the Bell Tolls (on 1985-08-17) lyricist: James Hetfield composer: Cliff Burton, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich publisher: Creeping Death Music		4:42
4	The Four Horsemen (Live at Castle Donington, UK / August 17th, 1985) bass: Cliff Burton (on 1985-08-17) drums (drum set): Lars Ulrich (on 1985-08-17) guitar: Kirk Hammett (on 1985-08-17) and James Hetfield (on 1985-08-17) vocals: James Hetfield (on 1985-08-17) recorded at: Monsters of Rock England 1985 (1985-08-17) recorded at: Donington Park (Monsters of Rock / Download location) in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1985-08-17) live recording of: The Four Horsemen (Metallica) (on 1985-08-17) writer: James Hetfield, Dave Mustaine and Lars Ulrich publisher: Creeping Death Music version of: The Mechanix		5:57
5	ExplicitFade to Black (Live at Castle Donington, UK / August 17th, 1985) bass: Cliff Burton (on 1985-08-17) drums (drum set): Lars Ulrich (on 1985-08-17) guitar: Kirk Hammett (on 1985-08-17) and James Hetfield (on 1985-08-17) vocals: James Hetfield (on 1985-08-17) recorded at: Monsters of Rock England 1985 (1985-08-17) recorded at: Donington Park (Monsters of Rock / Download location) in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1985-08-17) live recording of: Fade to Black (on 1985-08-17) lyricist: James Hetfield composer: Cliff Burton, Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich publisher: Creeping Death Music		7:08
6	ExplicitSeek & Destroy (Live at Castle Donington, UK / August 17th, 1985) bass: Cliff Burton (on 1985-08-17) drums (drum set): Lars Ulrich (on 1985-08-17) guitar: Kirk Hammett (on 1985-08-17) and James Hetfield (on 1985-08-17) vocals: James Hetfield (on 1985-08-17) recorded at: Monsters of Rock England 1985 (1985-08-17) recorded at: Donington Park (Monsters of Rock / Download location) in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1985-08-17) live recording of: Seek & Destroy (on 1985-08-17) writer: James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich publisher: Creeping Death Music		6:59
7	ExplicitWhiplash (Live at Castle Donington, UK / August 17th, 1985) bass: Cliff Burton (on 1985-08-17) drums (drum set): Lars Ulrich (on 1985-08-17) guitar: Kirk Hammett (on 1985-08-17) and James Hetfield (on 1985-08-17) vocals: James Hetfield (on 1985-08-17) recorded at: Monsters of Rock England 1985 (1985-08-17) recorded at: Donington Park (Monsters of Rock / Download location) in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1985-08-17) live recording of: Whiplash (on 1985-08-17) writer: James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich publisher: Creeping Death Music and PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd.		4:30
8	ExplicitMotorbreath (Live at Castle Donington, UK / August 17th, 1985) bass: Cliff Burton (on 1985-08-17) drums (drum set): Lars Ulrich (on 1985-08-17) guitar: Kirk Hammett (on 1985-08-17) and James Hetfield (on 1985-08-17) vocals: James Hetfield (on 1985-08-17) recorded at: Donington Park (Monsters of Rock / Download location) in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1985-08-17) live recording of: Motorbreath (on 1985-08-17) lyricist and composer: James Hetfield publisher: Creeping Death Music		4:03

Credits

Release

purchase for download:	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id1103055744 [info]

Release group

artist & repertoire support:	Michael Alago (music produer) Dave Henson, Jr.
creative direction:	Metallica

associated singles/EPs:	Creeping Death
covers:	Metallica: A Tribute to Ride the Lightning by Various Artists (add compilations to this artist)
live performances:	2012-06-23: Orion Music + More: Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ, USA
included in:	Limited‐Edition Vinyl Box Set The Metallica Collection

part of:	Z-Trip’s Top Nine 80s Records (number: 9) (order: 9) Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time (number: 11) (order: 11) Loudwire: Top 80 Hard Rock + Metal Albums of the 1980s (number: 13) (order: 13) Consequence of Sound: 75 Best Metal Albums of All Time (2025) (number: 14) (order: 14) Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s (number: 69) (order: 69)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/6440 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Metallica/Ride-the-lightning [info]
other databases:	http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/1507 [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/metallica/ride-the-lightning/ [info] https://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/metallica/ride-the-lightning [info] https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-details-5985 [info] https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=19918 [info] https://www.spirit-of-metal.com/en/album/Ride_the_Lightning/621 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000190995 [info]
Wikidata:	Q190989 [info]

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Release information

Format:: 6×Digital Media
Length:: 5:56:48

Additional details

Type:: Album
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Blackened

Release events

United States
2016-04-15

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