Ride the Lightning

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Ride the Lightning
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Studio album by Metallica
Released	July 27, 1984
Recorded	February 20 - March 14, 1984 at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	47:26
Label	Megaforce, Music for Nations, Elektra, Vertigo
Producer	Metallica, Flemming Rasmussen
Metallica chronology
Kill 'Em All (1983) Ride the Lightning (1984) Master of Puppets (1986)
Singles from Ride The Lightning
"Fade To Black" Released: 1984 "Creeping Death" Released: 1984 "For Whom The Bell Tolls" Released: 1985

Ride the Lightning is the second album released by American thrash metal band Metallica. It was released on July 27, 1984. It got good reviews. It has sold over six million copies in the US.

Songs from the album

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Fight Fire with Fire"	James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton	4:44
2.	"Ride the Lightning"	Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton, Dave Mustaine	6:36
3.	"For Whom the Bell Tolls"	Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton	5:09
4.	"Fade to Black"	Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton, Kirk Hammett	6:57

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Trapped Under Ice"	Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett	4:04
2.	"Escape"	Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett	4:24
3.	"Creeping Death"	Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton, Hammett	6:36
4.	"The Call of Ktulu" (Instrumental)	Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton, Mustaine	8:53

Ride The Lightning Media

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  Metallica appeared second and played ten songs at the sold-out show at New York City's Roseland Ballroom on August 3, 1984.

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  Metallica (pictured in 2009) began using Ennio Morricone's "Ecstasy of Gold" as its concert introduction music in 1984.