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Ride the Lightning is the second studio album by Metallica, released in 1984 through Megaforce Records and reissued two months later through Elektra Records as the band's first release on the latter label. It has sold 6 million copies circa 2012.Fan favourites include "Fight Fire With Fire", the Title Track, "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "Fade to Black" and "Creeping Death". |
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Goodbye, Cruel World! |
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Goodbye, Cruel World!: "Fade to Black" is about someone on the verge of committing suicide in despair. |
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Protest Song |
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Protest Song: The title track could be taken as one against capital punishment. |
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Power Ballad |
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Power Ballad: "Fade to Black", Metallica's first one. |
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Ride the Lightning |
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Ride the Lightning: Not an example, but the Trope Namer. |
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New Sound Album |
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New Sound Album: The band noticeably slowed down their sound, but became much more technical as compared to Kill 'Em All, which had much faster but simpler riffs. This would continue through Master of Puppets and ...And Justice for All (1988), before their next New Sound Album Metallica (The Black Album). |
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As the Good Book Says... |
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As the Good Book Says...: "Creeping Death", about the ten plagues of Egypt. Though it was inspired by the band watching The Ten Commandments (1956), and got its title from Cliff saying "Whoa, it's like creeping death!" during the newborn slaughter scene. |
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Alliterative Title |
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Alliterative Title: "Fight Fire with Fire". |
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Longest Song Goes Last |
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Longest Song Goes Last: The album ends with "The Call of Ktulu" (8:55). |
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Concept Album |
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Concept Album: Almost all the lyrics on the album relate to death in some way. |
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Ambiguous Ending |
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Ambiguous Ending: The album's title track is about a prisoner sitting in the electric chair, and the unbearable anxiety of waiting for the executioner to finally throw the switch. The final lines (before a final repetition of the chorus), however, raise the possibility that it was All Just a Dream and that the protagonist wakes up safe and sound from his nightmare; alternatively, they can be read as the chair finally being powered on, with the protagonist screaming in pain as he's electrocuted. |
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Song Style Shift |
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Song Style Shift: "Fade to Black". "Escape" sports a somewhat poppier sound compared to the rest of the album, especially in its chorus. |
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Human Popsicle |
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Human Popsicle: "Trapped Under Ice", which is sung from the perspective of someone in a cryogenics chamber. |
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Metal Scream |
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Metal Scream: The end of each chorus to "Ride the Lightning". |
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Audience Participation Song |
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Audience Participation Song: In a live setting, "Creeping Death". |
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Non-Appearing Title |
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Non-Appearing Title: "Fade to Black", "Ride the Lightning". |
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Cosmic Horror Story |
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Cosmic Horror Story: "The Call Of Ktulu", in reference to The Call of Cthulhu. |
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Epic Instrumental Opener |
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Epic Instrumental Opener: "For Whom the Bell Tolls" has a two minute long intro. |
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Grey-and-Gray Morality |
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Grey-and-Gray Morality: "For Whom the Bell Tolls:" |
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Epic Rocking |
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Epic Rocking: The title track, "Fade to Black" and "Creeping Death" all top six minutes, while the instrumental "The Call of Ktulu" is nearly nine minutes. |
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Instrumentals |
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Instrumentals: "The Call of Ktulu". |
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Get It Over With |
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Get It Over With: "Ride the Lightning:" |
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Apocalypse How |
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Apocalypse How: "Fight Fire With Fire" is about this via nuclear annihilation. |
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Revenge |
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Revenge: "Fight Fire With Fire" is about how this would backfire in the context of nuclear warfare. |
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And I Must Scream |
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And I Must Scream: "Trapped Under Ice" is sung from the perspective of a Human Popsicle who is still conscious. The title track also incorporates this. |
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Isn't It Ironic? |
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Isn't It Ironic?: The use of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" in Zombieland. Again, not a bad offender, but the song is about war between humans and other humans, not between humans and zombies. |
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For Doom the Bell Tolls |
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For Doom the Bell Tolls: "For Whom the Bell Tolls", obviously. |
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Shout-Out |
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Shout-Out: "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is a reference to Ernest Hemingway's novel For Whom the Bell Tolls, about the Spanish Civil War. "The Call of Ktulu", references The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft. |
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One-Word Title |
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One-Word Title: "Escape". |
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The End of the World as We Know It |
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The End of the World as We Know It: "Fight Fire With Fire", where it is implied to violence to end violence will eventually lead everybody to their doom. |
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A God Am I |
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A God Am I: From "Ride the Lightning" which denounces capital punishment. |
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Surprisingly Gentle Song |
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Surprisingly Gentle Song: "Fade to Black" is not as heavy metal as all the other songs. |
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War Is Hell |
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War Is Hell: "For Whom the Bell Tolls:" |
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Death Row |
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Death Row: "Ride the Lightning" which is about execution by the electric chair. |
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