Garage Inc. is a cover album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released in 1998. Over 5 million copies have been sold in the US as certified by the RIAA. It includes recorded cover versions of songs, all of their b-side covers released up to that point, and the entire The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited, which had gone out of print since its original release in 1987. The title is a combination of Garage Days Re-Revisited and their song Damage, Inc. [edit] Reception - Rolling Stone (12/10/99, p.122) - 4 Stars (out of 5) -"Gloriously hard as the album is, you can't miss Metallica's good natured side coming through."
- Entertainment Weekly (12/18/98, p.84) - "We'll have to wait until Metallica's next 'proper' album to find out if this trip to the garage recharges their batteries. Still, all things considered, Garage Inc. is an intermittently exhilarating joyride." - Rating: B-
- CMJ (12/21/98, p.29) - "Those who still relate to the adolescent angst of the 'Metallicats' earliest days will find plenty to like on Garage Inc."
[edit] Track listing [edit] Disc one These tracks were recorded in September-October 1998 for the Garage Inc. album. | Writer(s) | Original artist (date) | | 1. | "Free Speech for the Dumb" | Garry Maloney, Kevin "Cal" Morris, Tony "Bones" Roberts, Roy "Rainy" Wainwright | Discharge (1982) | 2:36 | | 2. | "It's Electric" | Sean Harris, Brian Tatler | Diamond Head (1980) | 3:34 | | 3. | "Sabbra Cadabra" (also covers part of the Black Sabbath song "A National Acrobat") | Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward | Black Sabbath (1973) | 6:20 | | 4. | "Turn the Page" | Bob Seger | Bob Seger (1973) | 6:06 | | 5. | "Die, Die My Darling" | Glenn Danzig | Misfits (1984) | 2:29 | | 6. | "Loverman" | Nick Cave | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1994) | 7:53 | | 7. | "Mercyful Fate" (a medley of the songs "Satan's Fall", "Curse of the Pharaohs", "A Corpse Without Soul", "Into the Coven", and "Evil") | King Diamond, Hank Shermann | Mercyful Fate (1982) | 11:12 | | 8. | "Astronomy" | Joe Bouchard, Albert Bouchard, Sandy Pearlman | Blue Öyster Cult (1974) | 6:38 | | 9. | "Whiskey in the Jar" | (traditional) | Thin Lizzy (1973) | 5:05 | | 10. | "Tuesday's Gone" (recorded in 1997 as Metallica hosted a radio program out of San Jose, CA (KSJO)) | Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington, Allen Collins | Lynyrd Skynyrd (1973) | 9:06 | | 11. | "The More I See" (contains a short segment of the Robin Trower song "Bridge of Sighs", from the album of the same name) | Maloney, Morris, Purtill, Wainwright | Discharge (1984) | 4:49 | [edit] Disc two These tracks are a collection of B-sides from artists Metallica were inspired by throughout the early years of the band. | Writer(s) | Original artist | | 6. | "Am I Evil?" | Harris, Tatler | Diamond Head (1980) | 7:50 | | 7. | "Blitzkrieg" | Ian Jones, Jim Sirotto, Brian Ross | Blitzkrieg (1981) | 3:37 | | Writer(s) | Original artist | | 8. | "Breadfan" | Bourge, Phillips, Shelley | Budgie (1973) | 5:41 | | 9. | "The Prince" | Harris, Tatler | Diamond Head (1980) | 4:26 | | 10. | "Stone Cold Crazy" | Mercury, May, Taylor, Deacon | Queen (1974) | 2:19 | | 11. | "So What" | Nick "Animal" Kulmer, Chris "Magoo" Exall, Clive "Winston" Blake | Anti-Nowhere League (1981) | 3:09 | | 12. | "Killing Time" | Vivian Campbell, Trevor Fleming, Raymond Haller, Davy Bates | Sweet Savage (1981) | 3:04 | | Writer(s) | Original artist | | 13. | "Overkill" | Eddie Clarke, Ian Kilmister, Phil Taylor | Motörhead (1979) | 4:05 | | 14. | "Damage Case" | Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor, Mick Farren | Motörhead (1979) | 3:40 | | 15. | "Stone Dead Forever" | Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor | Motörhead (1979) | 4:52 | | 16. | "Too Late Too Late" | Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor | Motörhead (1979) | 3:12 | [edit] Personnel [edit] Guest artists on "Tuesday's Gone" [edit] Production - Bob Rock, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich – producers
- Mike Clink, Brian Dobbs, Jeffrey Norman, Csaba Petocz, Randy Staub, Toby Wright – engineers
- Leff Lefferts, Chris Manning, Kent Matcke – assistant engineers
- Michael Fraser, Flemming Rasmussen, Randy Staub – mixing
- George Marino – mastering
- George Marino – remastering
- Paul DeCarli, Mike Gillies – digital editing
- Andie Airfix – design
- Ross Halfin – cover design
- Anton Corbijn, Ross Halfin, Mark Leialoha – photography
- David Fricke – liner notes
[edit] Charts | Year | Chart | Position | | 1998 | The Billboard 200 | 2 | | 1998 | Top Canadian Albums | 3 | | 2009 | Mexico Album Chart | 97 | [edit] Singles | Year | Single | Chart | Position | | 1998 | "Turn the Page" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 | | 1999 | "Die, Die My Darling" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 26 | | 1999 | "Turn the Page" | Modern Rock Tracks | 39 | | 1999 | "Whiskey in the Jar" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 4 | [edit] Certification | Country | Certification | | United States | 5x Platinum[3] | [edit] Awards [edit] Grammy Awards [edit] References [edit] External links |
