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Title: A Weak Effort From Metallica
Review: I first listened to this album with some expectation of it being good. I was let down. Metallica's songs don't mesh very well with the orchestration, probably because the songs weren't composed with an orchestra in mind. Maybe if Metallica wrote some songs and arranged them musically with James, Lars, Kirk, Jason, and Michael Kamen (who conducted the orchestra here), we would get some songs that actually fit with orchestration. With the exception of "No Leaf Clover," the orchestrations sound arbitrary.The idea of a rock band playing with an orchestra isn't terribly original, and I admire Metallica's effort to create something different from today's mainstreme music, but this "S & M" just doesn't succeed musically.
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