MetallicaRide The Lightning

Label:

Elektra – 9 60396-2

Format:

CD , Album, Reissue

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Thrash

Tracklist

1 Fight Fire With Fire 4:45
2 Ride The Lightning
Written-ByMustaine*
6:36
3 For Whom The Bell Tolls 5:09
4 Fade To Black 6:57
5 Trapped Under Ice 4:04
6 Escape 4:23
7 Creeping Death 6:36
8 The Call Of Ktulu
Bass [Lead Bass]Cliff Burton
Written-ByMustaine*
8:53

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyWarner Communications Inc.
  • Record CompanyWarner Communications
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Elektra/Asylum Records
  • Copyright ©Elektra/Asylum Records
  • Copyright ©Creeping Death Music
  • Published ByCreeping Death Music
  • Manufactured ByWEA Manufacturing Inc.
  • Recorded AtSweet Silence Studios
  • Mixed AtSweet Silence Studios
  • Mastered AtMasterdisk
  • Glass Mastered AtSpecialty Records Corporation

Credits

  • A&R [Coordinator]Michael Alago
  • BassCliff Burton
  • Booking [Agency Representation]Neil Warnock
  • Cover [Design]Ad Artists
  • DrumsLars Ulrich
  • EngineerFlemming Rasmussen
  • Lead GuitarKirk Hammett
  • Legal [Representation]Peter Paterno
  • ManagementQ Prime Inc.
  • Mastered ByBob Ludwig
  • Photography By [Back Cover, Cliff]Harold O
  • Photography By [Back Cover, James]Rick Brackett
  • Photography By [Back Cover, Kirk]Rick Brackett
  • Photography By [Back Cover, Lars]Pete Cronin
  • Photography By [Inner Sleeve, B&W Group]Fin Costello
  • Photography By [Inner Sleeve, Dressing Room]Robert Hoetink
  • Photography By [Inner Sleeve, Live Pix Group]Anthony D. Sommella
  • Producer [Assistant]Mark Whitaker
  • Producer, Design Concept [Cover]Metallica
  • Vocals, Rhythm GuitarJames Hetfield
  • Written-ByUlrich*

Notes

Original first pressing for US market.
Please, note: unlike all subsequent re-presses comes without Mother and Stamper identifiers (capital M and S letters), barcode or IFPI codes on matrix/runout.

Analog Source : "The Music on this Compact Digital Disc was originally recorded on analog equipment." on back insert.

Recorded and mixed at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark, during spring 1984.

(P)©1984 Elektra/Asylum Records, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10019,
9229 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90069/A Division of Warner Communications.,Inc.,

Catalog number 9 60396-2 on spine.
Catalog number 60396-2 on back cover, booklet, and compact disc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 0 7559 60396 2 8
  • Barcode (Scanned): 0075596039628
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): 60396-2 SRC-01
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): 60396-2 SRC-03

Other Versions (5 of 570)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Ride The Lightning (LP, Album) Roadrunner Records RR 9848 Europe 1984
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Ride The Lightning (LP, Album) Megaforce Records MRI 769 US 1984
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Ride The Lightning (LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Specialty Pressing) Megaforce Records, Inc. 9 60396-1, 60396-1 US 1984
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Ride The Lightning (LP, Album, White Label) Banzai Records BRC 1909 Canada 1984
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Ride The Lightning (LP, Album) Music For Nations MFN 27 UK 1984

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Reviews

  • dk2852's avatar
    dk2852
    Edited one year ago
    Ideal way to listen to the album, this CD sounds better than any vinyl pressing I've ever heard. Anyone who is skeptical about how good CDs can sound needs to listen to this.
    • skariot79's avatar
      skariot79
      Perfect thrash album from the nineteen eighties! Masterpiece! Holds up to this day!

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