Honestly, I really didn't have to listen to this top-selling album for this project, because it's still burned into my head from a fall, winter, spring, summer, and fall of constantly playing this CD. Yeah, for those that care about this sort of thing, this was my entry point into Metallica, got me to go to my first concert in Hamilton, saw them again later in the year with Guns N' Roses and Faith No More (I'll be honest: by that point I was there more for FNM), and I went back to the beginning of their records and have been an easy target for them since (I saw them again in 2025 for a couple of nights in Toronto: 1, 2).
So, this may be the most familiar disc that I'll listen to through this whole thing. This is not a problem.
Meanwhile, the Album of the Year at the next Junos, Mad Mad World, was simply not spun as many times in my life. I also went to see Cochrane in Toronto as he toured this album around, and what I unfortunately remember is that the sound system was pretty choppy that night.
It's an album bolstered by a hit, a humungous hit, really, and since Life is a Highway is the opening track, everything else just kind of tags along (although Sinking Like a Sunset was a great single, too).
And The Secret is to Know When to Stop is good. And Brave and crazy is fun.
Actually, this is a pretty good album.
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