‘Reload’ Album Review
Thursday, March 26th, 2009The sister of Load, ‘Reload’ is a suitable follow up to load. ‘Fuel’ a high octane adrenaline rushing opener takes our breath away completely. Then comes ‘The Memory Remains’, another great track which deals about coping with fame and the after effects of fame. A great video on a revolving set on L.A. airport and support vocals by Marianne Faithfull made the track special. ‘The Unforgiven2’ is a worthy sequel to ‘The Unforgiven’ with great lyrics. ‘Devil’s Dance’ has become a concert favorite over a period of time. ‘Low Man’s Lyric’ a soulful Irish bar song is a real surprise on the album. Though ‘Reload’ has some great songs one can’t help but feel we had an album that were to have the best of ‘Load’ and ‘Reload’ that album would have been a real stunner. Nevertheless both the videos for ‘The Unforgiven2’ and ‘The Memory Remains’ were really top stuff and the album was as good, if not better than her sister ‘Load’. The real highlight is the final track ‘Fixxxer’ which is, in my opinion, the best finishing song in a Metallica album. Polished vocals, the occasional ‘wah-wah’ of the guitar makes this album stylish. On the whole this was an under-rated album.