Metallica - Master Of Puppets

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Battery Written-By – Hetfield*, Ulrich*	5:10
A2	Master Of Puppets Soloist, Guitar [1st Guitar Solo] – Hetfield*Written-By – Burton*, Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*	8:38
A3	The Thing That Should Not Be Written-By – Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*	6:32
A4	Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Written-By – Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*	6:28
B1	Disposable Heroes Written-By – Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*	8:14
B2	Leper Messiah Written-By – Hetfield*, Ulrich*	5:38
B3	Orion Soloist, Bass [4th Solo/Bass] – Burton*Soloist, Guitar [2nd Guitar Solo] – Hetfield*Written-By – Burton*, Hetfield*, Ulrich*	8:12
B4	Damage, Inc. Bass [Intro/Bass] – Burton*Written-By – Burton*, Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*	5:08

Companies, etc.

• Marketed By – Roadrunner Records
• Licensed From – Music For Nations
• Licensed From – Megaforce Records
• Distributed By – CBS
• Distributed By – Indisc
• Distributed By – SPV GmbH
• Distributed By – EMP
• Distributed By – Disctrade
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Roadrunner Productions B.V.
• Copyright (c) – Creeping Death Music
• Published By – Creeping Death Music
• Mixed At – Amigo Studios
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound
• Recorded At – Sweet Silence Studios

Credits

• Arranged By – Hetfield*, Ulrich*
• Bass, Backing Vocals – Cliff Burton
• Design Concept [Cover Concept] – Metallica, Peter Mensch
• Drums – Lars Ulrich
• Engineer – Flemming Rasmussen
• Illustration [Cover Illustration] – Don Brautigam
• Lacquer Cut By – Timtom*
• Lead Guitar – Kirk Hammett
• Legal [Legal Representation] – Peter Paterno
• Lyrics By – Hetfield*
• Management – Q-Prime, Inc.*
• Management [Agency Representation: Fair Warning] – John Jackson
• Management [Agency Representation: ICM] – Marsha Vlasic
• Mastered By – George Marino
• Mixed By – Michael Wagener
• Mixed By [Assistant Mixing Engineer] – Mark Wilzcak*
• Other [Accounting, For Siegel & Feldstein] – Fred Duffin, Joni Schneider
• Photography By [All Inner Sleeve Pix] – Ross Halfin
• Photography By [Back Cover Photos, Cliff] – Rich Likong
• Photography By [Back Cover Photos, James] – Ross Halfin
• Photography By [Back Cover Photos, Kirk] – Ross Halfin
• Photography By [Back Cover Photos, Lars] – Rob Ellis*
• Producer – Flemming Rasmussen, Metallica
• Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – James Hetfield

Notes

Released with printed inner sleeve with lyrics and credits.
All songs published by Creeping Death Music, ASCAP
Marketed by Roadrunner Records
Issued under licence from Music For Nations/Megaforce Records.
Distributed in the Netherlands by CBS, Heemstede
in Belgium by Indisc, Brussels
in Germany by S.P.V., Hanover
in Austria by EMP, Graz
in Switzerland by Disctrade, Zurich

℗1986 Roadrunner Prod. B.V.

All lyrics © 1985 Creeping Death Music, ASCAP

Recorded, Sept.-Dec. 1985 at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark.

All songs published by Creeping Death Music, ASCAP

Marketed by Roadrunner Records
Issued under licence from Music For Nations/Megaforce Records.
Distributed in the Netherlands by CBS, Heemstede
in Belgium by Indisc, Brussels
in Germany by S.P.V., Hanover
in Austria by EMP, Graz
in Switzerland by Disctrade, Zurich

℗1986 Roadrunner Prod. B.V.

All lyrics © 1985 Creeping Death Music, ASCAP

Recorded, Sept.-Dec. 1985 at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Mixed [...] at Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Mastered [...] at Sterli
Mixed [...] at Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Mastered [...] at Sterling Sound

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society (Publishing): ASCAP
• Matrix / Runout (Machine Pressed Runout Groove Side A): RR 9717 A1
• Matrix / Runout (Machine Pressed Runout Groove Side B): RR 9717 B1
• Matrix / Runout (Machine Pressed Runout Groove Side A, Variant 2): RR 9717 A2
• Matrix / Runout (Machine Pressed Runout Groove Side B, Variant 2): RR 9717 B2
• Matrix / Runout (Etched Runout Side A): A2 Timtom
• Matrix / Runout (Etched Runout Side B): B2
• Matrix / Runout ((variant 1 Etched Runout Side A): RR 9717 A1 Timtom
• Matrix / Runout ((variant 1 Etched Runout Side B): RR 9717 B1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
60439-1, 9 60439-1	Metallica	Master Of Puppets ‎(LP, Album)	Elektra, Elektra	60439-1, 9 60439-1	US	1986
none	Metallica	Master Of Puppets ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	Not On Label (Metallica)	none	Russia	Unknown
838 141-4	Metallica	Master Of Puppets ‎(Cass, Album)	Vertigo	838 141-4	Philippines	1986
50 107-2	Metallica	Master Of Puppets ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Popron	50 107-2	Czechoslovakia	1991
none	Metallica	Master Of Puppets ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	Not On Label (Metallica)	none	Bulgaria	Unknown

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