Some Kind of Monster

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Metallica

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First off let me say that 'Some Kind of Monster' was one of my favorite songs off the controversial 'St. Anger' album, and this here is the cd-single/EP of that track...the live tracks here document the band's early days, and are performed flawlessly with the band sound as energetic and vital as ever...but i have to say the real surprise and standout for me on this album, was the edit and remix of the title track: THIS is the way 'St. Anger' should have sounded! the song is punchier and just sounds a 1000 times better than the original version despite being cut down to about 4:15, buy this for that gem alone!...also, the added t-shirt is a nice addition, albeit a very wrinkled one when you first buy it lol...well this is a solid EP, with some great live tracks and a killer remix of 'Some Kind of Monster', let's hope they remix the rest of 'St. Anger' like this

All I can say is that I was very disappointed. It's not because of the number of songs or the song selection, but the fact that the aggression that James used to growl these songs is gone. He now wants to be a singer. There's no singing "Damage, Inc." or "Ride the Lightning". These songs have lost all of it's original feel of anger and aggression. And James forgets some of the lyrics to "Ride the Lightning" to boot! Lars' drums sound weak. They sound like a set of K-Mart children's drums. I realize they aren't young anymore but I think they would at least try to maintain some of the "fire" the got them going in the first place. If you really want a copy of this, I would suggest buying it used. Otherwise, don't waste your time.