In a new interview with Wired In The Empire, Kittie’s Morgan Lander was asked which album she prefers, ‘Ride The Lightning’ or ‘Master Of Puppets.’
“I think ‘Ride The Lightning’ is actually my favorite over ‘Master Of Puppets,’ she responded. “I mean, all of ’80s Metallica is pretty incredible, but ‘Ride The Lightning’, for me, I think is an album that I’m a bit more into. Mercedes [Lander] and I definitely listened to that album a lot, driving around town in her Cadillac at full blast. She had an ’80s Cadillac and the stereo rumbling.”
“I know. But there is also a little bit of charm to it and charm to sometimes when the production isn’t quite… I certainly wouldn’t want to hear those songs re-recorded,” she continued when the interviewer noted that the production could have been better. “They’re amazing songs and if they were, I’m sure that they would sound incredible, but there’s just something about that time capsule of the sound and what was available to them in the studio and everything like that and just their abilities at that time. It all sort of shines through. But I think there’s something magical about capturing in that moment.”
Similarly, Accept’s Mark Tornillo also answered the same question and his pick was both. However, he didn’t understand one of Metallica’s albums when he first listened to it.
“Wow, that’s tough, that’s really tough because I like them both,” Tornillo said during an interview with KCAL 96.7 radio station. “I like ‘Kill ‘Em All’ too. At the time I didn’t understand it, and now when I hear it it’s like, ‘God damn, they were ahead of their time.’ Crazy. I’d have to say ‘Ride The Lightning.’ ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls,’ boom. I mean I like ‘Master [Of Puppets]’ too. So that’s like comparing apples and oranges.”
Metallica began recording on February 20, 1984, at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark. Flemming Rasmussen, the founder of Sweet Silence Studios, produced the album. Drummer Lars Ulrich selected Rasmussen due to his work on Rainbow’s ‘Difficult to Cure’ and his desire to record in Europe.
