Ride the Lightning

~ Release by Metallica (see all versions of this release, 58 available)

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#	Title	Rating	Length
A1	Fight Fire With Fire producer: Metallica recording of: Fight Fire With Fire lyricist: James Hetfield composer: Cliff Burton, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich publisher: Creeping Death Music		4:46
A2	Ride the Lightning producer: Metallica recording of: Ride the Lightning lyricist: James Hetfield composer: Cliff Burton, James Hetfield, Dave Mustaine and Lars Ulrich publisher: Creeping Death Music		6:38
A3	For Whom the Bell Tolls engineer: Flemming Rasmussen assistant producer: Flemming Rasmussen and Mark Whitaker producer: Metallica drums (drum set) [drums]: Lars Ulrich (from 1984-02-20 until 1984-03-14) electric bass guitar [bass]: Cliff Burton (from 1984-02-20 until 1984-03-14) electric guitar [lead guitar]: Kirk Hammett (from 1984-02-20 until 1984-03-14) electric guitar [rhythm guitar] and lead vocals: James Hetfield (from 1984-02-20 until 1984-03-14) drums (drum set) technician: Tim Sweeney (technician) electric guitar technician: Dan Lee (technician) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Precious Metal Music (in 1984) and Blackened Recordings Inc. (copyrights holder, do not use as label!) (in 2016) recorded at: Sweet Silence Studios (at Strandlodsvej, 1976–1999) in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark (from 1984-02-20 until 1984-03-14) mixed at: Sweet Silence Studios (at Strandlodsvej, 1976–1999) in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark part of: Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 39) recording of: For Whom the Bell Tolls (from 1984-02-20 until 1984-03-14) lyricist: James Hetfield composer: Cliff Burton, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich publisher: Creeping Death Music	4.4	5:10
A4	Fade to Black engineer: Flemming Rasmussen assistant producer: Flemming Rasmussen and Mark Whitaker producer: Metallica drums (drum set) [drums]: Lars Ulrich (from 1984-02-20 until 1984-03-14) electric bass guitar [bass]: Cliff Burton (from 1984-02-20 until 1984-03-14) electric guitar [lead guitar]: Kirk Hammett (from 1984-02-20 until 1984-03-14) electric guitar [rhythm guitar] and lead vocals: James Hetfield (from 1984-02-20 until 1984-03-14) drums (drum set) technician: Tim Sweeney (technician) electric guitar technician: Dan Lee (technician) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Precious Metal Music (in 1984) and Blackened Recordings Inc. (copyrights holder, do not use as label!) (in 2016) recorded at: Sweet Silence Studios (at Strandlodsvej, 1976–1999) in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark (from 1984-02-20 until 1984-03-14) mixed at: Sweet Silence Studios (at Strandlodsvej, 1976–1999) in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark part of: Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 35) recording of: Fade to Black (from 1984-02-20 until 1984-03-14) lyricist: James Hetfield composer: Cliff Burton, Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich publisher: Creeping Death Music	4.3	7:00
B1	Trapped Under Ice producer: Metallica recording of: Trapped Under Ice lyricist: James Hetfield composer: Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich publisher: Creeping Death Music is based on: Impaler		4:06
B2	Escape producer: Metallica recording of: Escape lyricist: James Hetfield composer: Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich publisher: Creeping Death Music		4:25
B3	Creeping Death producer: Metallica recording of: Creeping Death lyricist: Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield composer: Cliff Burton, Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich publisher: Creeping Death Music and Take Out Music Ltd. is based on: Die By His Hand		6:36
B4	The Call of Ktulu producer: Metallica recording of: The Call of Ktulu composer: Cliff Burton, James Hetfield, Dave Mustaine and Lars Ulrich publisher: Creeping Death Music version of: When the Hell Freezes Over		8:56

Credits

Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/2604501 [info]

Release group

artist & repertoire support:	Michael Alago (music produer) Dave Henson, Jr.
creative direction:	Metallica

associated singles/EPs:	Creeping Death
covers:	Metallica: A Tribute to Ride the Lightning by Various Artists (add compilations to this artist)
live performances:	2012-06-23: Orion Music + More: Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ, USA
included in:	Limited‐Edition Vinyl Box Set The Metallica Collection

part of:	Z-Trip’s Top Nine 80s Records (number: 9) (order: 9) Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time (number: 11) (order: 11) Loudwire: Top 80 Hard Rock + Metal Albums of the 1980s (number: 13) (order: 13) Consequence of Sound: 75 Best Metal Albums of All Time (2025) (number: 14) (order: 14)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/6440 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Metallica/Ride-the-lightning [info]
other databases:	http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/1507 [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/metallica/ride-the-lightning/ [info] https://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/metallica/ride-the-lightning [info] https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-details-5985 [info] https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=19918 [info] https://www.spirit-of-metal.com/en/album/Ride_the_Lightning/621 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000190995 [info]
Wikidata:	Q190989 [info]

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Barcode:: [none]
Format:: 12" Vinyl
Length:: 47:37

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Cardboard/Paper Sleeve
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

NEXUS
K25P 501

Release events

Japan
1984-12-21

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