How bad do you think St. Anger was?

I do not love ST. Anger, i think for an album that they spent a million plus dollars on , it sounds like crap especially the drum sound. But after all the reviews saying what a waste of magnetic tape it was, I found that I somewhat liked it, and maybe because I was expecting this to be the worst album released since William Shatner dropped acid and recorded a Beatles cover, it wasn't that bad, it wasn't audio cancer for the ears as some critics made it out to be, and IMO it was certaintly better than Reload, I think there are some good songs but the production on the album or lack of production just makes it all sound like a demo tape that someone didnot properly mix. I have heard demo booltlegs from Metallica that sounded more produced than St. Anger.

It stinks so bad flies would leave a fresh pile of steaming poo to land on it.

Tall Tyrion wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

It's clearly not the worst album ever made, though.

Yes, but not everyone has heard Firehouse.

Firehouse kicks ass, you turd!

Fat Freddy wrote:

It's the only Metallica CD I ever got rid of...

It's the only one I never bought. And I'm the kind of collector that will buy albums that I know I won't really like, if it's a band I'm a big fan of. I usually give the album the benefit of the doubt, knowing how often I've first not liked an album, then years later really found myself enjoying it.

But St. Anger is another thing altogether. I wouldn't even go so far as to say it's a terrible album musically, if it were not simply unlistenable. It's assaulting on the ears. It just sounds like a three-year-old kid mixed it. Terrible guitar tones, James's horrendous, cracking, out of tune vocals, and if that weren't bad enough, the drum sound. BLAH!

When they say that Metallica's music was played to torture prisoners in Gitmo, or wherever that was, I have no doubt they were referring to St. Anger. It is audio torture.

But it still doesn't suck as bad as Load or Re-Load.

detuned wrote:

But it still doesn't suck as bad as Load or Re-Load.

Man, Load and Reload are excellent albums. Rock albums, sure, but still great.

Well I wasnt going to join in on this but im bored so I picked eh, this isnt too bad. Because I actually do like 2 or 3 songs off of it. The sound is horrible, but it came with a bonus dvd with them performing the whole album live. The sound of that disc sounds more produced than the actual album and makes it a little more listenable. The songs are still bad but atleast you can listen to it. Lars' snare even sounds better.

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Man, Load and Reload are excellent albums. Rock albums, sure, but still great.

Well, I'll just agree to disagree. I really can't find anything that works about either of those records, lyrically, musically, to me they are embarrassing. Even if they weren't "Metallica" records I still wouldn't like them. But, that's just my opinion.

St Anger was a failed experiment, a calculated attempt to sound "raw" and to try and fit in with the then-current musical landscape (no guitar solos, etc). The experiment backfired and now they've changed tactics again.

Not the worst album ever made, by any means, but it was terrible. I went with option 3.



ARttie

Eyesore wrote:

detuned wrote:

But it still doesn't suck as bad as Load or Re-Load.

Man, Load and Reload are excellent albums. Rock albums, sure, but still great.

i liked St Anger better than Load & Reload as well.

Huh, I thought ReLoad was excellent. At least it had guitar solos.

Not the worst but definatly . I listened to it when I heard people claim that they were trying to get back to the classic Metallica sound. That was BS and to me it sounded like a former metal band trying to re-capture heaviness but not knowing really how. There may have been some redeeming qualities in it but I couldn't get past the tin can drums to hear any.

I mercifully spared my ears the torture of this album. I gave up on this band after Reload.

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STOP TALKING ABOUT METALLICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OR AT LEAST STOP TALKING ABOUT ST. ANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, we need more Kiss threads.

tohostudios wrote:

Yeah, we need more Kiss threads.

not until we get more women.

sam wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

Yeah, we need more Kiss threads.

not until we get more women.

Even Gene Simmons will be long dead by then.

Wow, that was impressive, Spec.

Suck a turd, kid.

Schbopo wrote:

Wow, that was impressive, Spec.

Not really.

He had about one tenth the number of "pleases" originally.

Most people I talk to say "SUCKS BALLS"

Yeah, I know, I'll post it for ya.


"Suck a turd old fart!"

Okay, no more Metallica. Got it.

So, who's up for some Vanilla Ice?

I think that could get you banned.