Master of Puppets (KNK timeline)
| Master of Puppets | ||||
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| Studio album by James Hetfield | ||||
| Released | March 3, 1986 | |||
| Genre | Thrash Metal • progressive Metal | |||
| Length | 54:52 | |||
| Label | Megaforce Records | |||
| Producer | Flemming Rasmussen | |||
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Master of Puppets is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal Singer James Hetfield, released on March 3, 1986, by MegaForce Records. The album was recorded with producer Flemming Rasmussen at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen . It was The First Studio album Made by James Hetfield right after the disbandment of Cliff Burton’s Band BURTON that was disbanded when Cliff was offered the Bass Guitar duties in Megadeth
The album's artwork, designed by James Hetfield and Peter Mensch and painted by Don Brautigam, depicts a cemetery field of white crosses tethered to strings, manipulated by a pair of hands in a clouded, blood-red sky, with a fiery orange glow on the horizon. The album is the band’s most recent to date to feature a runtime of under an hour. .
Master of Puppets peaked at number 29 on the Billboard 200 and received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised its music and political lyrics. It is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential metal albums of all time, and is credited with consolidating the American thrash metal scene. It was certified six times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2003 for shipping six million copies in the United States, and was later certified six times platinum by Music Canada and platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). In 2015, Master of Puppets became the first metal recording to be selected by the Library of Congressfor preservation in the National Recording Registryfor being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The Song Welcome Home (Sanitarium) became a hit. A sucessful Song which would lead to