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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0075596246323 Format: Explicit Lyrics, Live Label: Elektra / Wea Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea MPN: 62463 Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Elektra / Wea Release Date: November 23, 1999 Studio: Elektra / Wea Editorial Review: Amazon.com: At a point in their career when most bands would rest their laurels upon a greatest-hits package or live album, Metallica has done both, but with a decidedly loopy twist. They've recorded a double-live greatest-hits package with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra "sitting in." Rock history and cutout bins are littered with previous attempts at a rock-symphonic fusion, from Emerson, Lake & Palmer to Deep Purple to the Moody Blues and the Siegel-Schwall Blues Band. But while previous efforts at mixing the low-brow with the high-brow have mostly ended up browbeating the intended audience, S&M plays like a precarious joy ride. Set against the shrewd efforts of a team of orchestrators and arrangers (who employ enough taste to keep proceedings from sounding like one long "Live and Let Die" outtake), Metallica plays for their lives, undercutting their general somber tone by ratcheting up their musicianship several notches. The most underrated player here is SFO guest conductor and soundtrack vet Michael Kamen, whose attention to detail and nuance--and intuitive grasp of the Metallica canon--keeps this unlikely meeting of the minds focused and on track. -Jerry McCulley Album Description: Limited edition release (1,000 copies only) featuring Metallica's 1999 outing, a set of playing cards featuring the aces in the deck as specially designed caricatures of the band's members, plus a 2000-2001 calendar with all of the lyrics from the 'S&M' album, a silk screened black t-shirt (with the 'S&M' logo in red on the front & a soloist in red on the back) and a poster with the four aforementioned caricatures. Comes packaged in a fine weave, fabric-finished black box with silver lettering and a white satin interior (that doubles as a display case). Also contains a sheet music certificate. Black cloth covered box dimensions in inches 11x11x4 approximately. CD is packaged in double slim line jewel case. Plain slipcase covers entire package. 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great CD, stands the test of timeI wouldn't really rate this as a "true" live album as the symphony concept was a rare event, and not something that truly portrays the songs as you would here them if Metallica was touring today. S&M came out when i was in high school. Being a band dork, this was a great fusion of something I was fairly familiar with (classical ensembles) and Metallica, something I was just starting to get a taste for (its hard to dive right in when they were coming off of crapfests like Load and Re ... Read More Rating:  - Why???Metallica continues thier downward spiral with...A SYMPHONY??? Nothing like putting all your recent failures to the score of an orchestra. I'm besides myself even trying to review this tragedy. The new songs sound even worse. And classic Metallica is made a mockery of. And if you didn't think it could get worse. Metallica decided to inflict St. Anger upon the world. This album is completly irrevelant. Avoid like the plague. Rating: - MUCH BETTER THAN YOU EXPECT....When this album first came out, I wasn't sure I was going to like it. I wasn't entirely into the new directions the band had already followed, and I thought that this would be a new step down for the band. However, this is one of the better Metallica projects of the later years. It's not insane metal like any of the bands classic eighties outings, but it takes the goods and does a little something different with them. The SanFran Orchestra does a fine job arranging some classic Metallica ... Read More Rating: - awesome cd one of the better live albums I've heardLive albums usually aren't my thing, however I must disagree because I love every live Rush album and the Rage Against the Machine Live At the grand Olympic Auditorium, but now moving on to this cd it rocks. The orchestra gives these songs new life and it sounds great. I saw Metallica quite awhile ago and they were terrible so I always use to avoid this cd but a couple weeks ago I decide to give it another chance since this is there only live album and I don't see any sign of a greatest hits cd coming ... Read More Rating: - THIS ALBUM SUCKSICA!!I thought "LOAD" & "RELOAD" was as far as they would sink...Nope!! This one takes the cake, maybe they'll do a duet with the Dixie Chicks, Or maybe do a rap with M&M where does it stop? I rate this CD a 2 from 1to10!! |
