Tracks
Side A
- 11986Battery5:12E major
- 21986Master Of Puppets8:35F major
- 31986The Thing That Should Not Be6:36G♯ minor
- 41986Welcome Home (Sanitarium)6:27F major
Side B
- 11986Disposable Heroes8:17E major
- 21986Leper Messiah5:40E major
- 31986Orion8:27E major
- 41986Damage, Inc.5:32F major
Sound of Master Of Puppets
Master Of Puppets sounds brighter and more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 104 bpm.
Quietest track: Orion · most energetic: Damage, Inc.
Across 8 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
The five members of Metallica around the time of Master Of Puppets, 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. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
James Hetfield
Lars Ulrich
Cliff Burton
Kirk Hammett
Jason Newsted198519901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumStill a member
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Frequently asked questions
When was Master Of Puppets by Metallica released?
Master Of Puppets came out in 1986.
How many tracks are on Master Of Puppets?
Master Of Puppets has eight tracks, 55 minutes in total, spread over two vinyl sides.
Which category is Master Of Puppets in?
Master Of Puppets 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: …And Justice for All (1988), Metallica (1990), Load (1996) and Garage Inc. (1998).
Who was in Metallica when Master Of Puppets came out?
In 1986, Metallica consisted of James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton, 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 Master Of Puppets 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 Master Of Puppets?
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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