Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Battery	5:12
2	Master Of Puppets Guitar [1st Solo] – James Hetfield	8:35
3	The Thing That Should Not Be	6:36
4	Welcome Home (Sanitarium)	6:27
5	Disposable Heroes	8:16
6	Leper Messiah	5:40
7	Orion (Instrumental) Bass [4th Solo] – Cliff BurtonGuitar [2nd Solo] – James Hetfield	8:27
8	Damage, Inc. Bass [Intro] – Cliff Burton	5:32

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Metallica
• Copyright (c) – Metallica
• Published By – PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd.
• Recorded At – Sweet Silence Studios
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound
• Mixed At – Amigo Studios
• Made By – EDC, Germany – 51672391

Credits

• Arranged By [All Arrangements] – Hetfield*, Ulrich*
• Bass, Backing Vocals – Cliff Burton
• Cover [Cover Concept] – Metallica, Peter Mensch
• Drums – Lars Ulrich
• Engineer [Assistant Mixing Engineer] – Mark Wilzcak*
• Engineer [Engineered By] – Flemming Rasmussen
• Illustration [Cover Illustration] – Don Brautigam
• Lead Guitar – Kirk Hammett
• Lyrics By [All] – James Hetfield
• Management – Q Prime Inc.
• Management [Accounting For Siegel & Feldstein, San Francisco] – Fred Duffin, Joni Schneider
• Management [Agency Representation; Fair Warning, London] – John Jackson
• Management [Agency Representation; ICM, New York] – Marsha Vlasic
• Management [Legal Representation] – Peter Paterno
• Mastered By – George Marino
• Mixed By – Michael Wagener
• Photography By [All Inner Sleeve Pix] – Ross Halfin
• Photography By [Back Cover Photos - Cliff] – Rich Likong
• Photography By [Back Cover Photos - James] – Ross Halfin
• Photography By [Back Cover Photos - Kirk] – Ross Halfin
• Photography By [Back Cover Photos - Lars] – Rob Ellis*
• Producer [Produced By] – Flemming Rasmussen, Metallica
• Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – James Hetfield
• Written-By – Burton* (tracks: 2, 7, 8), Hetfield*, Hammett* (tracks: 2 to 5, 8), Ulrich*

Notes

Recorded September-December 1985 at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark.

All songs published by PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd.

℗ 1986 Metallica
© 1989 Metallica

Total running time: 54:47

This version was pressed in 2005 or later, according to EDC, Germany catalogue number.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (String): 042283814127
• Barcode (Text): 0 42283 81412 7
• Label Code: LC 1633
• Rights Society: BIEM / MCPS
• Price Code: PG 900
• SPARS Code: AAD
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): [Four Universal logos] 00422 838 141-2 03 ✳ 51672391
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Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
60439-1, 9 60439-1	Metallica	Master Of Puppets ‎(LP, Album)	Elektra, Elektra	60439-1, 9 60439-1	US	1986
838 141-4	Metallica	Master Of Puppets ‎(Cass, Album)	Vertigo	838 141-4	Philippines	1986
838 141-1	Metallica	Master Of Puppets ‎(LP, Album, RE, Unofficial, Blu)	Vertigo	838 141-1	UK & Europe	Unknown
838 141-4, CP 1439	Metallica	Master Of Puppets ‎(Cass, Album, RE, Chr)	Vertigo, PolyGram	838 141-4, CP 1439	South Korea	1989
838 141-2	Metallica	Master Of Puppets ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Vertigo	838 141-2	Argentina	Unknown