| 1 | Free Speech For The Dumb - (originally recorded by Discharge) |
| 2 | It's Electric - (originally recorded by Diamond Head) |
| 3 | Sabbra Cadabra - (originally recorded by Black Sabbath) |
| 4 | Turn The Page - (originally recorded by Bob Seger) |
| 5 | Die Die My Darling - (originally recorded by the Misfits) |
| 6 | Loverman - (originally recorded by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) |
| 7 | Mercyful Fate - featuring Evil, Curse of the Pharaohs, Satan's |
| 8 | Astronomy - (originally recorded by Blue Oyster Cult) |
| 9 | Whiskey In The Jar - (originally recorded by Thin Lizzy) |
| 10 | Tuesday's Gone - (originally recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd) |
| 11 | The More I See - (originally recorded by Discharge) |
| 12 | Helpless - (originally recorded by Diamond Head |
| 13 | The Small Hours - (originally recorded by Holocaust) |
| 14 | The Wait - (originally recorded by Killing Joke) |
| 15 | Last Caress/Green Helll - (originally recorded by The Misfits) |
| 16 | Am I Evil? - (originally recorded by Diamond Head) |
| 17 | Blitzkrieg - (originally recorded by Blitzkrieg) |
| 18 | Breadfan - (originally recorded by Budgie) |
| 19 | The Prince - (originally recorded by Diamond Head) |
| 20 | Stone Cold Crazy - (originally recorded by Queen) |
| 21 | So What - (originally recorded by the Anti-Nowhere League) |
| 22 | Killing Time - (originally recorded by Sweet Savage) |
| 23 | Overkill - (originally recorded by Motorhead) |
| 24 | Damage Case - (originally recorded by Motorhead) |
| 25 | Stone Dead Forever - (originally recorded by Motorhead) |
| 26 | Too Late Too Late - (originally recorded by Motorhead) |
| 27 | Crash Course in Brain Surgery (originally recorded by Budgie) |
This double-disc, all-covers release could come to represent a vital turning point for Metallica. While disc 2 is a straightforward collection of every cover the group have recorded in its 16-year history, disc 1 comprises 11 new selections drawn from the oeuvres of such exciting and diverse artists as U.K. punks Discharge and nefarious Australian Nick Cave. The heavier songs, such as the Mercyful Fate medley, Black Sabbath's "Sabbra Cadabra," and the Misfits' "Die Die My Darling," prove that nobody delivers a crunching riff better than these metal veterans. But it is vocalist-guitarist James Hetfields's confident approach toward the likes of Cave's "Loverman" and Bob Seger's "Turn the Page" that delivers the most electricity; here his raw, heartfelt vocals are largely untouched. Given that the recharged group spent only three weeks in the studio recording these tracks, it appears that these guys have remembered the value of studio spontaneity over laborious pontificating. Hopefully, that mindset will resurface in future projects. --Steffan Chirazi
