On November 18, 1997, “Vertigo” and “Elektra” labels released “Reload”, the seventh Metallica studio album. It was recorded May – October 1997, at “The Plant Studios” in Sausalito, California, and was produced by James Hetfield, Bob Rock and Lars Ulrich. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, 2 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, Platinum in Finland by “Musiikkituottajat”, Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”, Platinum in Poland by “ZPAV”, Platinum in Sweden by “GLF”, and 3 x Platinum in US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

• James Hetfield– vocals, guitar
• Kirk Hammett– guitar
• Jason Newsted– bass
• Lars Ulrich– drums, percussion
• Marianne Faithfull– additional vocals
• Bernardo Bigalli – violin
• David Miles – hurdy-gurdy
• Jim McGillveray – percussion
• Brian Dobbs – engineer
• Randy Staub – engineer, mixing
• Darren Grahn – engineer assistant, digital editing
• Kent Matcke, Gary Winger, Bernardo Bigalli – engineer assistant
• Mike Fraser– mixing
• George Marino – mastering
• Paul DeCarli, Mike Gillies – digital editing
• Andie Airfix – design
• Andres Serrano– cover design
• Anton Corbijn– photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by James Hetfield.

1. Fuel – music by Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield
2. The Memory Remains – music by Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield
3. Devil’s Dance – music by Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield
4. The Unforgiven II – music by Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield
5. Better Than You – music by Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield
6. Slither – music by Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield
7. Carpe Diem Baby – music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett
8. Bad Seed – music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett
9. Where the Wild Things Are – music by Lars Ulrich, Jason Newsted, James Hetfield
10. Prince Charming – music by Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield
11. Low Man’s Lyric – music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich
12. Attitude – music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich
13. Fixxxer – music by Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett