Metallica - Load

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1-1	Ain't My Bitch Written-By – Hetfield*, Ulrich*	5:04
1-2	2 X 4 Written-By – Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*	5:28
1-3	The House Jack Built Written-By – Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*	6:39
1-4	Until It Sleeps Written-By – Hetfield*, Ulrich*	4:30
1-5	King Nothing Written-By – Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*	5:28
1-6	Hero Of The Day Written-By – Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*	4:22
1-7	Bleeding Me Written-By – Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*	8:18
1-8	Cure Written-By – Hetfield*, Ulrich*	4:54
1-9	Poor Twisted Me Written-By – Hetfield*, Ulrich*	4:00
1-10	Wasting My Hate Written-By – Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*	3:57
1-11	Mama Said Written-By – Hetfield*, Ulrich*	5:19
1-12	Thorn Within Written-By – Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*	5:51
1-13	Ronnie Written-By – Hetfield*, Ulrich*	5:17
1-14	The Outlaw Torn Written-By – Hetfield*, Ulrich*	9:53
The Interview
2-1	Was Load A Difficult Album To Put Together?
2-2	It's Been 5 Year Since The "Black" Album, Why Has It Taken So Long To Come Up With Load?
2-3	With The 5 Year Gap Between Albums Did You Lose Any Songs You Had Written In The Meantime?
2-4	When Did You Start Recording Load?
2-5	Why Did You Choose To Work With Bob Rock Again?
2-6	How Did The Album Start To Take Shape While You Were Recording?
2-7	Having Had Such A Huge Success With The "Black" Album, Did The Band Feel They Should Stick To The Same Formula In The Writing The Songs For Load?
2-8	Do You Ever Face Blank Periods When You're Writing Songs For Your Albums?
2-9	Load Has A Very Live Feel To It, Was This A Conscious Decision By The Band?
2-10	Did Load Take A Long Time To Write?
2-11	What Can You Tell Us About The Song "Cure".
2-12	Can You Tell Us About The Track 'The Outlaw Torn"?
2-13	Can You Tell Us About The Song 'Until It Sleeps"?
2-14	How Did You Feel When The Album Was Finished?
2-15	Why Did You Choose "Load" As The Title For The New Album?
2-16	How Do You Feel About The Forthcoming Tour?
2-17	Hpw Do The Band Cope With Being On The Road These Days?
2-18	As Each Album Seems To Get Bigger And Bigger, Do You Ever Hanker For The Days When Life Was Simpler?
2-19	How Long Have The Band Been Together Now, And Have Attitudes Towards Each Other Changed?

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – The Plant Studios
• Recorded At – Right Track Recording
• Mixed At – Right Track Recording
• Mixed At – Quad Recording Studios
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Metallica
• Copyright (c) – Metallica
• Published By – Polygram Music Publishing Ltd.
• Published By – Creeping Death Music
• Licensed To – PolyGram International Music B.V.
• Marketed By – PolyGram Records Pty. Limited
• Licensed To – PolyGram Records Pty. Limited
• Made By – PMI

Credits

• Bass – Jason Newsted
• Cover [Front Cover Artwork By] – Andres Serrano
• Design [Album] – Andie Airfix
• Drums – Lars Ulrich
• Edited By [Assisted By] – Chris Vrenna, Mike Gillies
• Edited By [Digital Edits] – Paul DeCarli
• Engineer [Additional Recording Assisted By] – Jason Goldstein
• Engineer [Additional Recording Engineered By] – Brian Dobbs
• Guitar [Guitars] – Kirk Hammett
• Guitar [Guitars], Vocals – James Hetfield
• Management – Q Prime Inc.
• Mastered By – George Marino
• Mixed By – Randy Staub
• Mixed By [Additional Mixing Assisted By] – Mike Rew
• Mixed By [Additional Mixing] – Mike Fraser
• Mixed By [Assisted By] – Matt Curry
• Photography By – Anton Corbijn
• Producer [Produced By] – Bob Rock
• Producer [Produced With] – Hetfield*, Ulrich*
• Recorded By – Randy Staub
• Recorded By [Assisted By] – Brian Dobbs, Kent Matcke

Notes

Disc 1 Recorded at The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California at various points in time between May '95 & February '96.
Additional recording at Right Track Recording, New York.
Mixed at Right Track Recording, New York, March-April '96.
Additional mixing at Quad Recording Studios, New York.
Mastered at Sterling Sound.

Fan Club address:
P.O. 18327, Knoxville, TN 37928-2327

All songs © 1996 PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd./Creeping Death Music

℗ 1996 Metallica
© 1996 Metallica. The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Metallica under license to PolyGram International Music BV

Total running time: 78:57

Design credit for Andie Airfix is written "Andie Airfix at Satori"

Disc 2 is made up of a short interview with the members of Metallica.

It has an additional catalogue number of: MET INT1

Marketed in Australasia by PolyGram under exclusive license.
Made in Australia.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 31453 26182 2
• Barcode: 731453261822
• Other (Disc 2 catalog number): MET INT 1
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, Variant 1 & 2): MADE BY PMI * 532618-2 * #04
• Mastering SID Code (Disc 1, Variant 1 & 2): IFPI L281
• Mould SID Code (Disc 1, Variant 1): IFPI 4621
• Mould SID Code (Disc 1, Variant 2): IFPI 4606
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, Variant 1 & 2): MADE BY PMI * METINT 1 * #01
• Mastering SID Code (Disc 2, Variant 1 & 2): IFPI L281
• Mould SID Code (Disc 2, Variant 1 & 2): IFPI 4620

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
61923-2	Metallica	Load ‎(CD, Album)	Elektra	61923-2	US	1996
532 618-2	Metallica	Load ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Vertigo	532 618-2	Chile	2000
532 618-2	Metallica	Load ‎(CD, Album)	Vertigo, Helicon Records	532 618-2	Israel	1996
M 1029	Metallica	Load ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	Mad Vox	M 1029	Poland	Unknown
532 618-2	Metallica	Load ‎(CD, Album, RE, RP)	Vertigo, Universal Music	532 618-2	Brazil	Unknown

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