S&M (album)

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S&M

Live album by Metallica
Released	November 23, 1999
Recorded	April 21-22, 1999, at Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California
Genre	Symphonic metal
Length	2:13:02
Label	Elektra Records
Producer(s)	Bob Rock, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Michael Kamen
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Metallica chronology
Garage Inc. (1998)	S&M (1999)	St. Anger (2003)

S&M is Metallica's ninth album, recorded live with the San Francisco Symphony on April 21-22 of 1999. The set list contains songs from Ride the Lightning through ReLoad, as well as two new songs: "− Human" and "No Leaf Clover". "− Human" ("Minus Human") has never been performed without the symphony, but "No Leaf Clover" has been played live with a tape of the orchestral prelude.

Composer Michael Kamen scored the symphonic arrangements, and conducted the orchestra during the concert.

The album's title is a play on words. The "S" (ostensibly for "symphony") is formed from a backwards treble clef, while the "M" (ostensibly for "Metallica") is taken from the band's classic logo. S&M is also a well-known abbreviation for sadism and masochism. Some fans think the title of the album may also be a homage to a song with the same title by Thin Lizzy, one of Metallica's influences.

During the show Hetfield re-named the song "Of Wolf And Man" to "Of Wolfgang And Man" in a reference to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

1 Track listing
- 1.1 Disc 1
- 1.2 Disc 2
2 The DVD/VHS
3 Credits
4 Production
5 Charts
6 Awards

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc 1

"The Ecstasy of Gold" (Morricone) – 2:30 (composed by Ennio Morricone for the soundtrack of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)
"The Call of the Ktulu" (Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton, Mustaine) – 9:34 (Original version on Ride the Lightning album)
"Master of Puppets" (Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton, Hammett) – 8:54 (Original version on Master of Puppets album)
"Of Wolf and Man" (Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett) – 4:18 (Original version on Metallica album)
"The Thing That Should Not Be" (Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett) – 7:26 (Original version on Master of Puppets album)
"Fuel" (Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett) – 4:35 (Original version on ReLoad album)
"The Memory Remains" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 4:42 (Original version on ReLoad album)
"No Leaf Clover" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 5:43 (Previously unreleased)
"Hero of the Day" (Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett) – 4:44 (Original version on Load album)
"Devil's Dance" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 5:26 (Original version on ReLoad album)
"Bleeding Me" (Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett) – 9:01 (Original version on Load album)

[edit] Disc 2

"Nothing Else Matters" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 6:47 (Original version on Metallica album)
"Until It Sleeps" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 4:29 (Original version on Load album)
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" (Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton) – 4:52 (Original version on Ride the Lightning album)
"- Human" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 4:19 (Previously unreleased)
"Wherever I May Roam" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 7:01 (Original version on Metallica album)
"Outlaw Torn" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 9:58 (Original version on Load album)
"Sad But True" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 5:46 (Original version on Metallica album)
"One" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 7:53 (Original version on ...And Justice For All album)
"Enter Sandman" (Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett) – 7:39 (Original version on Metallica album)
"Battery" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 7:24 (Original version on Master of Puppets album)

[edit] The DVD/VHS

Metallica also filmed and released the concert in DVD and VHS. The video was directed by Wayne Isham. The VHS set has only the concert video, while the double DVD set has 5.1 sound, 41 minute long documentary about the concert, and two No Leaf Clover music videos; "Cut & Slice" version and the "Maestro Edit." The DVD also contains four songs with multi-angles where each band member can be viewed individually (Of Wolf And Man, Fuel, Sad But True and Enter Sandman).

[edit] Credits

Jason Newsted during S&M

Metallica

James Hetfield - guitar, lead vocals
Lars Ulrich - drums
Kirk Hammett - guitar, vocals
Jason Newsted - bass, vocals

San Francisco Symphony

Conductor - Michael Kamen
Horn - Eric Achen, Joshua Garrett, Douglas Hull, Jonathan Ring, Bruce Roberts, Robert Ward, James Smelser
Cello -David Teie (principal), Richard Andaya, Barara Bogatin, Jill Rachuy Brindel, David Goldblatt
Violin - Jeremy Constant (concertmaster), Daniel Banner, Enrique Bocedi Paul Brancato, Catherine Down, Bruce Freifeld, Connie Gantsweg, Michael Gerling, Frances Jeffrey, Judiyaba, Yukiko Kamei, Naomi Kazama, Kum Mo Kim, Yasuko Hattori, Melissa Kleinbart, Chumming Mo Kobialka, Daniel Kobialka, Rudolph Kremer, Kelly Leon-Pearce, Diane Nicholeris, Florin Parvulescu, Anne Pinsker, Victor Romasevich, Philip Santos, Peter Shelton
Trumpet - Chris Bogios, Glenn Fischthal, Andrew McCandless, Craig Morris
Bassoon - Steven Braunstein, Stephen Paulson, Rob Weir
Bass - Charles Chandler, Laurence Epstein, Chris Gilbert, William Ritchen, Stephen Tramontozzi, S. Mark Wright
Percussion - Anthony J. Cirone, Ray Froelich, Thomas Hemphill, Artie Storch
Viola - Don Ehrlich, Gina Feinauer, David Gaudry, Christina King, Yun Jie Liu, Seth Mausner, Nanci Severance, Geraldine Walther
Trombone - John Engelkes, Tom Hornig, Paul Welcomer, Jeff Budin
Oboe - Julie Ann Giacobassi, Eugene Izotov, Pamela Smith
Tympani - David Herbert
Flute - Linda Lukas, Catherine Payne, Paul Renzi
Clarinet - Sheryl Renk, Anthony Striplen, Luis Beez
Harp - Douglas Rioth
Keyboards - Marc Shapiro
Tuba - Peter Wahrhaftig

[edit] Production

Producers: Bob Rock, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Michael Kamen
Engineers: Bob Rock, Randy Staub
Mixing: Randy Staub, Ovidiu Nistor
Mastering: George Marino
Digital editing: Billy Bowers, Paul DeCarli, Mike Gillies, Darren Grahn
Recording: Stephen McLaughlin
Technical assistance: John Vrtacic
Assistants: James Brett, Darren Grahn, Billy Konkel, Leff Lefferts, Kent Matcke, Stephen McLaughlin
Orchestration: Geoffrey Alexander, Ted Allen, Pete Anthony, Bruce Babcock, Chris Boardman, Bob Elhai, Michael Kamen, Blake Neely, Jonathan Sacks, Brad Warnaar
Music preparation: James Brett, Blake Neely, Michael Price
Music copyist: Vic Fraser, Blake Neely
Arranger: Michael Kamen
Design: Andie Airfix
Photography: Anton Corbijn
Liner notes: Michael Kamen