Tracks
Side A
- 11996Ain't My Bitch5:04D♯ minor
- 219962 x 45:28D♯ minor
- 31996The House Jack Built6:39D♯ minor
- 41996Dutch Top 40: peak position 9 in week 23 of 1996, 5 weeks in the chartUntil It Sleeps4:30G♯ minor
Side B
- 11996King Nothing5:28D♯ minor
- 21996Dutch Top 40: peak position 19 in week 40 of 1996, 4 weeks in the chartHero of the Day4:22F minor
- 31996Bleeding Me8:18D♯ minor
Side C
- 11996Cure4:54D♯ major
- 21996Poor Twisted Me4:00G♯ minor
- 31996Wasting My Hate3:57D♯ minor
- 41996Mama Said5:20
Side D
- 11996Thorn Within5:52D♯ minor
- 21996Ronnie5:17D♯ minor
- 31996The Outlaw Torn9:49D♯ minor
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of Load
Load sounds darker than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 126 bpm.
Quietest track: Thorn Within · most energetic: Mama Said
Across 14 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
The four members of Metallica around the time of Load, with the years they belonged to the group. This is the band line-up around that time, not necessarily who is heard on the album. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
James Hetfield
Lars Ulrich
Kirk Hammett
Jason Newsted198519901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
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Frequently asked questions
When was Load by Metallica released?
Load came out in 1996.
How many tracks are on Load?
Load has 14 tracks, 79 minutes in total, spread over four vinyl sides.
Which tracks from Load made the Dutch Top 40?
Two tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Until It Sleeps and Hero of the Day. The highest was Until It Sleeps, at number 9 in week 23 of 1996.
Which category is Load in?
Load is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Metallica.
Which other albums by Metallica are in the collection?
The collection holds four more albums by Metallica: Master Of Puppets (1986), …And Justice for All (1988), Metallica (1990) and Garage Inc. (1998).
Who was in Metallica when Load came out?
In 1996, Metallica consisted of James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Jason Newsted. That is the line-up of the group in that year, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of Load mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play Load?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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