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first single?

Wasn't Memory Remains the first single? hence it should be placed above Fuel on the list of singles chart peformances —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.11.233.97 (talk) 20:12, 6 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

ReLoad or Reload?

Should the name not be Reload rather than ReLoad? Googling shows Reload to be the most common form, followed by Re-Load and then ReLoad. Alternatively, the article should be moved from "ReLoad (album)" to "ReLoad". --82.182.24.17 09:30, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I prefer the spelling ReLoad as its a nod toward the fact its the second part of Load, rather than an unconnected album named Reload. The album cover and the official metallica site both go for the ReLoad spelling too. I've a strong feeling that the 'Reload' and 'Re-load' spellings have come from them being easier to type or corrupted by people who don't have an intimate knowledge of the band. (unsigned)

Even though there are no lower-case letters on the cover, Metallica's website lists it as "ReLoad," so I'd go with that. Tim Long 23:24, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Genre

I have always said that Load and Reload are Hard Rock albums. Heavy Metal works for me, though I don't like it. However, Alternative Rock? I get that they were trying new things, but that's not really what alt rock is. Anyone else have a comment? I'd love to change this but I'm not interested in seeing yet another war of sorts. marnues 02:26, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like someone else agrees with me. marnues 18:42, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I agree. If you want alternative, listen to Green Day shit, this is NOT alternative. Hyukan 04:22, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe it would be best just to label the Genre as "Rock" - That'd fit both alternative and Metal. --Pail 09:19, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Personally I'd classify ReLoad as somewhere between Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. It has elements of both really and its hard to classify the whole album as one or the other. Its definitely not alternative rock. LostCelestial 18:06, 8th June 2006 (GMT)

what about blues rock, there is alot of bluesy influence on the album. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.238.33.106 (talk) 21:50, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Problem there is... there is no blues-rock on the album. There's heavy metal. There's hard rock... and that's it. All covered. No superfluity required. The Real Libs-speak politely 22:32, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Phrase "Selling Out"

This is just my opinion, so I don't really expect it to be up here for a long time, as Wikipedia is more about facts rather then opinions, but does anyone else feel that in alot of cases, the phrase selling out is a load of bullshit?

Bands make music to make money...plain and simple...if they were not wishing to make money, they would donate all they get to charity or somesuch. As soon as a band gets a big hit, or makes alot of money, or alters the style of music, then they are labelled "sell-outs". What a crock of shit. It's only a natural that a bands sound would change over time. They get influenced more other bands, other forms of music that may interest them more then they had in the past, and they get influenced by life experiences.

Also, one last tidbit for thought. Should a band change its sound and naturally "evolve" its music due to these factors and become "sell-outs", or should they continually produce the exact same style of music and become stale? J

You can either sell-out or become stale, every band comes to an end

Album Sales

Does anybody know the album sales statistic? I'm having trouble finding it. Thanks. Wikipediarul e s 2221 01:08, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cover

What's that on the cover? I know all about LOAD's cover but what's on this one? Hanz ofbyotch (talk) 23:10, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The cover is blood and urine to go with load's blood and semen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.21.46.113 (talk) 00:16, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Southern rock (?)

i deleted southern rock from the genres because there isn't more than one southern sounding song on reload. MasterOfBucket (talk) 22:00, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Songs Played Live

Is it worth mentioning that the tune of Bad Seed is played live at Fort Worth (cunning stunts DVD) when the band come on stage, although no lyrics are sung? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.10.140.199 (talk) 13:52, 9 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Singles from ReLoad

The Memory Remains (released on November 11, 1997)
The Unforgiven II (released on February 23, 1998)
Fuel (released on June 22, 1998)

"Better Than You" is not a single. --SuperVirtual (talk) 12:24, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: not moved. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:22, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reload (Metallica album) → Reload (album) – Per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, this appears to be the main album article, due to its traffic statistics and coverage on Google Books compared to the Tom Jones album. Retrohead (talk) 14:05, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support - I'll support this unless someone can name another notable album which goes by the name "Reload". IJA (talk) 17:35, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Oppose, and request speedy close as contrary to WP:SONGDAB - no such thing as WP:PRIMARYALBUM, this kind of ambiguous disambiguation has been rejected, and is not how WP:DAB works, a couple of outlier song examples aside. And the next fan could easily propose that Reload (Tom Jones album) is way better than Metallica. In ictu oculi (talk) 01:48, 24 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Oppose this is not a primary topic discussion, since the requested name is not Reload. Disambiguation should not be ambiguous. -- 65.94.171.126 (talk) 05:41, 24 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - There is another album by the same name and there is no evidence to suggest that the Metallica album is the primary topic. IJA (talk) 10:21, 24 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Please note that the request is to move the page to "Reload (album)". The topic is not about what fans think, but whether the media considers this album to be more important than the other. Google Books and Wiki's traffic statistics support my point.--Retrohead (talk) 07:57, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please read WP:SONGDAB. Partial disambiguation is never used on Wikipedia if more than one topic needs to be disambiguated. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 15:39, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per songdab. I am surprised there aren't more albums called Reload, sooner or later there will be one "more famous" than either Metallica or Jones, so everything would have to be changed again which is why PT amongst similar products (i.e. albums) just does not work. --Richhoncho (talk) 01:44, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Ambiguous disambiguation is a big no. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 15:39, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Last album with Jason Newsted?

How should the cover album be handled? Garage Inc that is. One disc is newly recorded covers with Newsted on bass. And while its covers, in broadest terms Garage Inc is a studio album right? Tapio1994 (talk) 13:30, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tapio1994, no, Garage Inc. is a cover album; while different people and publications have called it an unofficial Metallica studio album over the years, that's not what it is. This means that the current wording at this article ("...Metallica's last studio album to feature bassist Jason Newsted") is correct. 4TheWynne^{(talk)(contribs)} 22:17, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki-trolls

A couple of trolls, whose father didn't love them enough, keep messing up the tracklist order, Fuel is track 1, and Unforgiven II is track 4. 2001:1C07:194:A100:D9F:3C82:764D:DF87 (talk) 23:00, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, fixed --FMSky (talk) 23:27, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]