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Summary: Classic Albums - Great Buy
Review: Definiltey worth the money for any diehard Metallica fan! Tells you so much stuff about the Black Album and Metallica that you do not know! Great buy!
Rating:
Summary: Excellently done.
Review: First my standard warning:
The Classic Album series by Eagle Eye Media is a series of DVD documentaries about the *making* of classic albums. These are not DVDs of videos and music. This series will probably be of highest interest to musicians and recordist. And it's an excellent series with quality production.Now the review:
The DVD actually documents the making of 7 tracks on the black album and touches on interesting aspects of the production of each song. There a hella lot of footage and interviews here since the bonus interviews actually comprise half the DVD. James & Lars discuss songwriting and drum recording techniques. Kirk talks about how Bob Rock pushed him to the brink of insanity to get some good solos on tape. What I love most about this DVD is seeing the band sit around the mixing console with engineer Randy Staub as they listen to the original mixes and solo things like the vocal and drum tracks. It's pretty cool to here the band members' tracks isolated like that. They also listen to some demos and discuss those. There's tons of comments about the many decisions that Rock and the band had to make to create this album and why they made those decisions. Also interesting was the story behind Michael Kamen's orchestral score of Nothing Else Matters and his later work with the band. And last but not least, there's a bunch of studio footage from the period and much praising of Bob Rock--you'll have to judge if the praising is justified. I know a lot about how Metallica works as a band so a lot of this info wasn't new to me, however I have to admit I gained more appreciation of the immense effort these guys made to put this album on tape--quite an incredible process. And I'm looking forward to more documentaries in this series, especially the making of Nirvana's Nevermind.
Rating: 
Summary: a good one, but it could've been a lot better
Review: first of all i wanna say that i think it would be really better if metallica had produced this dvd. but they didn't, so lets start.
they could've added the videos. i mean all the videos, the divide the dvd in 7 chapters: enter sandman, sad but true, holier than thou, the unforgiven, wherever i may roam, nothing else matters, and the end credits. and they should have added the video of each song.
well actually that's it. the another things of the dvd are great. the band around the console, the demos, the stories, all that stuff is great. and its also great when they play again enter sandman, like recording again, but you hear the different style and the different voices, and that's really great
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Summary: Metallica - Metallica
Review: For all you metallica fans out there who didnt get this yet i bet you wanna know whats written on the back of the box...so here it is:The story of the making of this remarkable album is told here via exclusive interviews,archive footage and performance,with contributions from preducer Bob Rock,band members James Hetfield,Lars Ulrich,Kirk Hammett and Jason Newsted. We revisit the original multi-tracks of the album,as well as listen to previously unheard demo recordings. Featuring the five singles from the album, Enter Sandman, Sad But True, The Unforgiven, Wherever I May Roam and Nothing Else Matters, this is the compelling story of one of the biggest selling albums of all time,a true Classic Album. I guess this will help know more about what your buying...
Rating: 
Summary: Replay factor zero
Review: For metallica fans it may be a source of a whole lot of new information but in the end when you have seen it once maybe twice there is nothing to go back to it for. Its basically a set of interviews with short clips of the five singles in the background.
Rating: 
Summary: WHAAT
Review: How the f%&ยค can this dvd rate so good... there is not one single complete track on it... Sure its cool to see all the guys from mitalca hang around in the studio but seriously... I felt cheated when i bought the dvd
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Summary: The making of a great album
Review: I actually got this dvd for my birthday, and i wasnt really sure if it would be good coz i'm not a huge fan of documenteries, but i gotta say i was not disappointed with it.
Although i would've liked to see maybe more of the video clips for the singles instead of just little clips from them it was interesting hearing them talk about songwriting and how they wrote the album etc.
It's also their 1st album with producer Bob Rock and he has some interesting things to say.
Some highlights are Kirk's solo on wherever i may roam, watching them at the mixing boards playing around with the sound and hearing all the seperate guitar parts, and all the little clips of their live shows. It also explains what inspired the S&M concert.
If you're a die-hard Metallica fan or interested in songwriting and good music, then i reccomend this dvd.
Rating:
Summary: Good, but a bit dull
Review: I bought this video expecting it to have the videos to all the Black Album singles, but nope, just a documentary on the album. It's still a good video however, some good coverage on all the songs, and plenty of footage of them in the studios. But like I said, it's just, kinda dull. It could've been a little more interesting, and I wish it could've included the videos to all the songs on there. So in the end, if you're a HUGE Metallica fan looking for a GOOD video, eh, you might not wanna try this.
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Summary: THIS AIN'T WORTH THE $$$$$
Review: I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE GOOD. BOY, WAS I WRONG I AM A DIE HARD METALLICA FAN. THEY DON'T NEED TO REPEAT THE SAME VIDEOS OF INTERVIEWS. I WILL KEEP IT SINCE I HAVE IT. I COULD DO BETTER WITH THE VIDEOS I HAVE. I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE THE MAKING OF THE ALBUM AND THEN THE VIDEOS. A YEAR AND HALF WAS MUCH BETTER. IF YOU CAN DON'T BUY THIS. IT [stinks]
Rating:
Summary: Decent DVD
Review: I watched this at a friends and will probably eventually buy it but I have a few other Metallica videos I want to replace with DVD first. First off, this DVD doesn't get ratings for the videos from the Black Album, it's a documentary...if you want music videos or sessions, buy A Year and A Half... There's no comparison between the two. ;) If it contained most of the same material, I think that would be a bigger waste of money.
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