The Frayed Ends of Sanity

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"The Frayed Ends of Sanity"
Cover of ...And Justice for All
Cover of ...And Justice for All
Song by Metallica
from the album ..And Justice for All
Released September 6, 1988
Recorded January-May, 1988
Genre Thrash metal
Length 7:43
Label Elektra Records
Producer(s) Metallica, Flemming Rasmussen
..And Justice for All track listing
  1. "Blackened"
  2. "...And Justice for All"
  3. "Eye of the Beholder"
  4. "One"
  5. "The Shortest Straw"
  6. "Harvester of Sorrow"
  7. "The Frayed Ends of Sanity"
  8. "To Live is to Die"
  9. "Dyers Eve"

"The Frayed Ends of Sanity" is the seventh track on Metallica's 1988 album ...And Justice for All. Lyrically it deals with paranoia. The chanted melody heard near the beginning is the "marching cadence" of the palace guards in the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz.

Metallica
Members
James Hetfield - Kirk Hammett - Robert Trujillo - Lars Ulrich
Former members: Cliff Burton - Dave Mustaine - Ron McGovney - Jason Newsted
Discography
Albums and extended plays: No Life 'Til Leather - Kill 'Em All - Ride the Lightning - Master of Puppets - Garage Days Re-Revisited - ...And Justice for All - Metallica - Load - ReLoad - Garage Inc. - S&M - St. Anger - Some Kind of Monster - Ninth studio album
Videography
DVDs and videos: Cliff 'em All - 2 of One - A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica - Live Shit: Binge & Purge - Cunning Stunts - S&M - Classic Albums: Metallica - The Black Album - Some Kind of Monster - The Videos 1989-2004
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