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S&M [VINYL] by: Metallica With Michael Kamen.. List Price: £17.99 Price: £9.80 You Save: £8.19 (46%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Vinyl EAN: 0075596246316 Format: Explicit Lyrics, Live, Import, Box set Label: Elektra Manufacturer: Elektra Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Elektra Release Date: December 13, 1999 Studio: Elektra Sales Rank: 98924 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: As if to accentuate their fundamental hugeness, Metallica (arguably the most consistently innovative metal band of the 80s and 90s) stretched yet further into the arena of the titanic with this immense cohesion of the orchestral and the truly seismic. Recorded live at California's Berkeley Community Theatre with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra under the direction of composer and arranger Michael Kamen, S & M showcases over two hours of the band's best known material including the muscular thrash of "Master Of Puppets" and the devastating power of "Enter Sandman". Also featuring a pair of brand new compositions--the pounding menace of "Human" and chest-beating nihilism of "No Leaf Clover"--S & M steers clear of pompous self-indulgence in favour of sheer blistering intensity. Kamen's orchestral arrangements perfectly complement the underlying subtlety of Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett and Newsted's singularly bombastic muse and the end result is nothing short of awesome. --Ian Fortnam Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Metallica and, what? An Orchestra?!It's one of those things that, when you first think about it, it really doesn't and shouldn't work. Ever. But after coming across this album's version of "Nothing Else Matters" on Kerrang! TV, I was shocked and also intrigued by what else the album may have in store. Now, most people know Metallica as one of the most influencial and outstanding metal bands of all-time, so when fans heard that they would be combining themselves with the San Francisco Symphony, as you can imagine, assumptions were made before they music was even heard. This is one of the most beautifully constructed albums that I have ever heard, and the fact that it is a live recording just adds to the charm of it all. It holds all the amazing ... Read More: Rating:  - Should have been the best ever CD but doesn't workLike S.Hammond in an earlier review I too am a huge Metallica fan and consider myself very open minded musically, and I too have tried again and again to get out of this CD what it should be - but it just isn't. Every now and then a bit works really well, but the vast majority does not - it just sounds like two completely different pieces of music are playing at the same time. The orchestra should add weight and emotion to the songs we know and love (check out Dream Theater's 'Score' DVD for an example of how it should be done) but it just makes them sound messy. Very disappointed. Rating: - Masterpiece of Symphonic Metal...CHANGED MY MUSICAL LIFE!!This 1999 release changed my musical tastes and pointed me in a whole new genre of music - without this cd I may not have discovered the like of Therion, Nightwish, Emperor, Dimmu Borgir and all the many symphonic metal artists out there!! Much has been said about this album but Metallica should be applauded for having the courage to step out of their comfort zone and play LIVE with a full piece Orchestra (something that the likes of the above bands have yet to do) Metallica are on the top of their game here and Michael Kamen composed many excellent passages for the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra to accompany them, adding light and shade to a plethora of established classics. Hardly surprising for a composer who scored the Die ... Read More: Rating: - Pure blissThis is a fantastic album with a perfect mix of orchestral power and speed mixed with grunging distorted guitars and haunting singing. It just works and it does it brilliantly. It is a real treat for the ears. The sound recording is top notch and not compressed to oblivion as so many CD's are these days. The reviewer below that said they couldn't hear it because there was too much going on- listen to it on a decent hi-fi it will blow your socks off. It gives your speakers a work out that's for sure due to the large dynamic range between the orchestra, the guitars, drums and the vocals. I've come to think it's a sin to try play this in the car or on small headphones because it just doesn't do it justice. Just buy it, you will ... Read More: Rating:  - Metal starting to rust?I have been a fan of Metallica for years, I listen to all kinds of music, so am not closed-minded with regard to the orchestra being on this cd. My main gripe about this c.d. is that there is FAR too much going on...there's FAR too much noise. O.K. I am not a conductor or musical arranger, but this sounds like it really is all over the place, with the orchestra sounding for the most part like it's playing just ANYTHING!!! On occasions turning the whole thing into a cacophany of din. I have tried listening to this on and off since it came out, desperately trying to like it...I really really can't! I think this was a BAD BAD idea!! |
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