Japanese-only double SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) paper sleeve pressing of this album from the Bay-Area Metal legends, originally released in 1999. SHM-CDs can be played on any audio player and delivers unbelievably high-quality sound. You won't believe it's the same CD! Universal. 2008.
At a point in their career when most bands would rest their laurels upon a greatest-hits package or live album, Metallica has done both, but with a decidedly loopy twist. They've recorded a double-live greatest-hits package with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra "sitting in." Rock history and cutout bins are littered with previous attempts at a rock-symphonic fusion, from Emerson, Lake & Palmer to Deep Purple to the Moody Blues and the Siegel-Schwall Blues Band. But while previous efforts at mixing the low-brow with the high-brow have mostly ended up browbeating the intended audience, S&M plays like a precarious joy ride. Set against the shrewd efforts of a team of orchestrators and arrangers (who employ enough taste to keep proceedings from sounding like one long "Live and Let Die" outtake), Metallica plays for their lives, undercutting their general somber tone by ratcheting up their musicianship several notches. The most underrated player here is SFO guest conductor and soundtrack vet Michael Kamen, whose attention to detail and nuance--and intuitive grasp of the Metallica canon--keeps this unlikely meeting of the minds focused and on track. -Jerry McCulley
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
This is an awesome concert and i'm not even a metallica fan:
I have this on CD I Found a long time ago, i'm not exactly a Metallica fan, I like Megadeth better, but this concert is amazing. The sound is perfect, Kirk Hammett's singing is excellent. Everyone is sounding their best. The guitars are toned down nicely.
I don't even like the Enter Sandman song but I love the version on this album.
I have this on DVD too because I liked it so much. This is possibly one of the best (if not the best) Metallica concerts out there.
one of my favorites of all time:
I have 2 of these - 1 for myself & 1 for my hubby to transport w/ him. I loved this the first time i viewed it @ a relative's home. amazon provided much better pricng and shipping than any other retailer! always buy books and music from amazon & have never regretted buying used items either
Review:
The album itself is great! The CD case was broken which wasn't mentioned in the advert (it was second hand) but otherwise all fine.
I couldn't have asked for better:
Great CD, got it used, but seller could have passed it off as new because it was in such good condition.
