Garage, Inc. | 
| Artist: Metallica
Label: Elektra / Wea
Category: Music
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Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 62299
UPC: 075596229920
EAN: 0075596229920
ASIN: B00000FCBC
Release Date: November 24, 1998
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Disc 1
| • | Free Speech For The Dumb - (originally recorded by Discharge) | | • | It's Electric - (originally recorded by Diamond Head) | | • | Sabbra Cadabra - (originally recorded by Black Sabbath) | | • | Turn The Page - (originally recorded by Bob Seger) | | • | Die Die My Darling - (originally recorded by the Misfits) | | • | Loverman - (originally recorded by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) | | • | Mercyful Fate - featuring Evil, Curse of the Pharaohs, Satan's | | • | Astronomy - (originally recorded by Blue Oyster Cult) | | • | Whiskey In The Jar - (originally recorded by Thin Lizzy) | | • | Tuesday's Gone - (originally recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd) | | • | The More I See - (originally recorded by Discharge) |
Disc 2
| • | Helpless - (originally recorded by Diamond Head | | • | The Small Hours - (originally recorded by Holocaust) | | • | The Wait - (originally recorded by Killing Joke) | | • | Last Caress/Green Helll - (originally recorded by The Misfits) | | • | Am I Evil? - (originally recorded by Diamond Head) | | • | Blitzkrieg - (originally recorded by Blitzkrieg) | | • | Breadfan - (originally recorded by Budgie) | | • | The Prince - (originally recorded by Diamond Head) | | • | Stone Cold Crazy - (originally recorded by Queen) | | • | So What - (originally recorded by the Anti-Nowhere League) | | • | Killing Time - (originally recorded by Sweet Savage) | | • | Overkill - (originally recorded by Motorhead) | | • | Damage Case - (originally recorded by Motorhead) | | • | Stone Dead Forever - (originally recorded by Motorhead) | | • | Too Late Too Late - (originally recorded by Motorhead) | | • | Crash Course in Brain Surgery (originally recorded by Budgie) |
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This double-disc, all-covers release could come to represent a vital turning point for Metallica. While disc 2 is a straightforward collection of every cover the group have recorded in its 16-year history, disc 1 comprises 11 new selections drawn from the oeuvres of such exciting and diverse artists as U.K. punks Discharge and nefarious Australian Nick Cave. The heavier songs, such as the Mercyful Fate medley, Black Sabbath's "Sabbra Cadabra," and the Misfits' "Die Die My Darling," prove that nobody delivers a crunching riff better than these metal veterans. But it is vocalist-guitarist James Hetfields's confident approach toward the likes of Cave's "Loverman" and Bob Seger's "Turn the Page" that delivers the most electricity; here his raw, heartfelt vocals are largely untouched. Given that the recharged group spent only three weeks in the studio recording these tracks, it appears that these guys have remembered the value of studio spontaneity over laborious pontificating. Hopefully, that mindset will resurface in future projects. --Steffan Chirazi
Album Description
Limited Edition Japanese double disc pressing of this 1999 album by the Heavy Metal giants comes housed in a sturdy miniature LP sleeve. Mercury. 2006
Album Details
Two CDs Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.
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 THE GARAGE RE-REOPENS February 26, 2000
cd-heaven (ROCK CITY)
32 out of 33 found this review helpful
The return of Metallica as I like to call it. Yea these boys aren't as hard and heavy as they used to be, but the material on both CD's is their best since 1991's S/T effort, a.k.a.The Black Album. The new songs, all non-originals, sound convincingly enough like Metallica wrote them. They play the songs as though they wrote them which seperates a weak and lame cover album to those who perform the songs as if they were the bands own. Out of the new comes a ripper versions of Bob Seger's Turn The Page, Lizzy's Whiskey In The Jar, Nick Lowe's Loverman, another Diamond Head tune It's Electric and BOC's Astronomy. The centerpiece has to be the Mercyful Fate medley, clocking in at over 10 mins., it takes balls to do King Diamond, and James and Crew pull it off fantasticly. The down side of disc 1 is Tuesday's Gone, in acoustic form is fine, but it pales in comparison to the studio tracks. On disc 2, the band's covers and B-sides from the start of their career all the way up to Lemmy's 50th birthday party bash are all here. The 9.98 Garage Days Ep is here in it's entirety, making it an essential purchase for those who don't already own it. Other gems are pretty much all the rest of the songs as well, So What, Breadfan, Stone Cold Crazy and Killing Time. But the centerpiece of the 2nd CD is the Motorhead covers. Live, raw, energetic, and with the Lemmymeister himself sound amazingly awesome. Well I've bored you enough, buy it if you haven't already.
Great for a covers album October 26, 2005
A. Stutheit (Denver, CO USA)
15 out of 31 found this review helpful
After releasing two experimental and controversial albums which were deemed "sell-outs" by fans, it probably wasn't the wisest of moves to make a covers album. Thus, if you thought Metallica sold out with "Load" and "Reload," this won't change your mind. And like all covers albums, "Garage, Inc." won't go down in history as being a classic, and I think Metallica should have covered more heavy metal bands (maybe pay more homage to Iron Maiden or Black Sabbath), but it's still a great compilation. Everything from country (Lynyrd Skynyrd) to classic rock (Queen) to punk (The Misfits, Discharge) to hard rock (Thin Lizzy) and metal (Motorhead, Diamond Head) is covered here. Metallica usually do a great job covering the songs, and they make them their own about 75% of the time. Plus, some of the songs ("Turn The Page," "Breadfan," "Stone Cold Crazy") were good enough to even receive radio play. It's not a perfect album, though, as you'll see below:
Disc One:
1. "Free Speech For The Dumb:" It's catchy and has fast, chugging riffs, but it's too short. 8/10.
2. "It's Electric:" Also very catchy, with a nice Hammett solo. Rating: 9/10.
3. "Sabbra Cadabra:" It has some wailing guitar noise, but, other than that, this song is really quite boring. 7/10.
4. "Turn The Page:" James' voice really makes this song his own. I'd swear this was a "Load" b-side if I didn't know better. 10/10.
5. "Die Die My Darling:" I enjoy this song's catchy, skipping rhythm. 8/10.
6. "Loverman:" Aside from the loud choruses, this song is just flat-out annoying. James really doesn't do a good job delivering the lyrics, either. 3/10.
7. "Mercyful Fate:" Nice-and-energetic with some great guitar work, but this song is WAY too long. 7.5/10.
8. "Astronomy:" This song builds a little bit, but it doesn't really go anywhere. 6/10.
9. "Whiskey In The Jar:" Even though it also has a "Load" feel to it, this song is also pretty darn boring! 5.5/10.
10. "Tuesday's Gone:" If you've heard this song somewhere before, you probably used to watch the old T.V. show "The Wonder Years." I enjoy this song, it's slow, laid back, and has a southern country feel to it. Nice use of the harmonica, too. 8.5/10.
11. "The More I See:" Not a spectacular song, but its drum beat and churning guitars make it pretty catchy. 7.5/10.
Final rating: 80/110.
Disc Two:
1. "Helpless:" Pretty good. It's fast and has buzzing guitars, but it comes across sounding like Metallica tried to cover a punk song (not a hard rock one). And even though another nice guitar solo is included here, this song drags on for too long without ending. Rating: 7.5/10.
2. "The Small Hours:" It's too slow and repetitive, but the churning riffs and beeping bass make this song decent. 7/10.
3. "The Wait:" Nice, grinding guitars, but this song doesn't go anywhere. 6.5/10.
4. "Crash Course In Brain Surgery:" Good, pounding rhythm. 8/10.
5. "Last Caress/Green Hell:" Probably the fastest song on here. 8.5/10
6. "Am I Evil?:" James' vocals give this song an old school vibe. This song also has a cool, extended solo. 9/10.
7. "Blitzkrieg:" More catchy, chugging guitars on this song, and a three part guitar solo also flares up. 9/10.
8. "Breadfan:" A very catchy song with a great, memorable main riff. This track kind of sounds like a "Kill `Em All" b-side. 10/10.
9. "The Prince:" Good, fast, wild guitar work at the beginning. 8/10.
10. "Stone Cold Crazy:" Probably the catchiest and most famous song on here. 10/10.
11. "So What:" An extremely aggressive and surprisingly profane (therefore out of place) song. It sounds OK, though. 5/10.
12. "Killing Time:" Pretty catchy. 8/10.
13. "Overkill:" Except for James' vocals, this song sounds very much like the band that originally recorded this song (Motorhead). 8/10.
14. "Damage Case:" This song has another catchy rhythm, and a pair of superb Hammett solos. 9/10.
15. "Stone Dead Forever:" Quite catchy. 8/10.
16. "Too Late Too Late:" Also quite catchy, with another strong Motorhead vibe. 8/10.
Final rating: 129.5/160.
Final rating for both discs: 209.5/270=77%.
So, "Garage, Inc" definitely has its ups and downs. It's certainly not for metal casual fans, fans who think Metallica sold out, or people with short attention spans (because it's well over two hours long). But everybody else should definitely check this album out because the bottom line is "Garage, Inc." is great for what it is (a covers album). And if you don't like cover songs, at least buy this C.D. so you can say you have a complete Metallica collection.
Metallica's take on 27 covers October 13, 2006
R. Gorham
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
THE BAND: James Hetfield (lead vocals, guitar), Kirk Hammett (guitars), Jason Newsted (bass), Cliff Burton (bass on "Am I Evil" and "Blitzkrieg" only), Lars Ulrich (drums & percussion).
THE DISC: (1998) 27 total tracks clocking in at approximately 137 minutes (disc-1 approximately 66 minutes, disc-2 approximately 71 minutes). Included with the disc is a 28-page booklet containing song titles/credits, Metallica band pictures old & new, album covers and/or band photos of artists being covered, and 20-pages of written bio by David Fricke (Managing Editor, Rolling Stone Magazine). Disc-1 recorded Sept/Oct 1998 at The Plant Studios, Sausalito, CA. Disc-2 recorded at numerous locations from 1984-95. This is their 8th album. Label - Elektra.
COMMENTS: All cover tunes. Brilliant idea. Metallica pays homage to the bands they grew up with and admired. Many of the songs they cover here are hard to find - and you may not find them anywhere else but here. A few of my all-time favorite Metallica tracks are here... "Blitzkrieg", "Stone Cold Crazy", and "Killing Time". New classics from disc-1 include "Sabbra Cadabra" (Black Sabbath), "Astronomy" (Blue Oyster Cult), "Tuesday's Gone" (Lynyrd Skynyrd), and "It's Electric" (Diamond Head). Two great covers of "Turn The Page" (Bob Seger) and "Whiskey In The Jar" (Thin Lizzy) were also excellent, but sadly destroyed by being over played on the radio. Other artists being covered on "Garage Inc." include those listed above as well as Danzig, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Killing Joke, Motorhead (4 songs featured), Queen, Budgie (2 songs), Mercyful Fate (the track "Mercyful Fate" is a medley of their songs - "Satan's Fall", "Curse of the Pharaohs", "A Corpse Without Soul", "Into The Coven", "Evil"... at over 11 minutes, it's Metallica's longest song ever recorded), etc. "Garage Inc." enjoyed success on the charts - reached #2 on the Billboard Top 200 Album charts for 1998; singles "Turn the Page" (#1 on the Mainstream Rock charts), "Whiskey In The Jar" (#4 - also won a Grammy Award for best hard rock performance), and "Die, Die My Darling" (#26). This release - Great idea. Lots of music. Great songs (some more classic than others) played by one of the best metal bands of the '80's/90's. Something for old/new fans alike with plenty of thrash and mainstream heavy metal. Great sound production. Awesome set of discs (5 stars).
I have to give my 2cents January 10, 2000
Rim Jobber (Ohio, USA)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Many of these reviews are obviously biased to one of the two CD's as preferred. I'd like to say that I've been a huge Metallica fan since the beginning (and along with most of you, lost faith with Load/Reload...) and I think both discs rule in their own respects. I bought the CD set originally because I wanted a digital copy of the EP (my vinyl is showing the wear). All of these tracks are classic Metallica. The Prince is one of the most blistering hard-core Metallica tracks ever- check out the solo's. They don't make em like that anymore... It took me several months before I even tried disc one, which is now a favorite as much as disc two. Disc one really demonstrates Hetfields incredible vocal power and range that is not as apparent on some of the noisy stuff. While disc 2 is an incredible adrenalin rush a la early Metallica, disc 1 really sticks with you long after the listen if you give it a chance... (My faves: Whiskey, Astronomy, Die Die Die My Darling, and Loverman).
The band matures once more... November 29, 1998
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Unless you've been raised in a dark, bottomless pit, you've most likely encountered, in any various form, the rich, driving, passions of the band who were undoubtedly one of the pivotal instigators of not only thrash metal, but mainstream metal: Metallica. In their humble beginnings, the band raged, an endless barrage of furious riffs and soulful vocals. As they progressed, the band matured, ever more noticeably; by their second album, they were approaching profound issues, suicide, self-destruction, genocide, and as the years passed, they kept growing. ...And Justice For All's "One" hit us hard, and "Enter Sandman", claimed as the bands first assault into the Mainstream medium gave the band their first real taste of worldwide addulation. Gone were the complex riffage of "Master of Puppets", the symphonic intricacies of "To Live Is To Die"; the band had matured unexpectedly, and now favored the soul of the epic over the neckbreak speed of their founding fathers. Their 6th album, "Load", became their ultimate progression, and deviation. Tracks like "Mama Said" and "Ronnie", tributes to James Hetfield's lifelong love of Southern Rock, shocked us all. The band still rocked, as "Ain't My Bitch" and "The Thorn Within" showed, but for some the change was just too much. When the band released their 7th album, "ReLoad", we saw a mild return to the roots that birthed them. Tracks like "Fuel" and "Devil's Dance" were undoubted onslaughts of pure metal; and yet, other tracks, like "Low Man's Lyric", and even the heartfelt "Unforgiven II" were still considered offset. The band was growing up, and nobody quite knew why. They still knew how to rock, so why didn't they? Why were the magnificent stylings of "Battery" being discarded? Why couldn't the band just, well, rock? It's hard to say; it's all based on individual opinion, and some would argue that now, more than ever, the band has reached their ultimate capacity, and has never rocked harder. The new album, "Garage Inc.", is hailed in halves: Some leap in ecstatic joy, praising the return to the "Old Style" found on parts of the album. Others rejoice, finding the band has matured even more, as tracks like Seger's "Turn the Page" and Sabbath's "SabraCadabra" illustrate. They can still pound out the riffs, but they do it almost strategically now, however unconventionally. They explore new realms, and it's apparent that the band has never enjoyed themselves more. You can feel James Hetfield pouring his soul into his work; He's doing what he loves, and it's very self-evident. "Garage Inc." is sure to please both Metallica generations. Those who crave the old Metallica, who want to meet an endless barrage of metal in it's purest form, will find their desires fulfilled on this album. Those who need a matured perspective, a steady stream of soulful expression, will find their hopes were not in vain. The album is almost perfect, and will no doubt be one of the most momentous and provocative of Metallica's ventures.
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