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{{Infobox album
| name       = ...And Justice for All
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Metallica]]
| cover      = Metallica - ...And Justice for All cover.jpg
| border     = yes
| alt        = A painting of Justice as a woman with a sword in her hand, a blindfold and scales in her other hand.
| released   = {{start date|1988|8|25}}
| recorded   = January 28 – May 1, 1988
| studio     = [[Extasy Records#Extasy Recording Studios|One on One]] ([[Los Angeles]])
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Thrash metal]]|[[progressive metal]]}}
| length     = 65:24
| label      = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
| producer   = {{hlist|[[James Hetfield]]|[[Flemming Rasmussen]]|[[Lars Ulrich]]}}
| prev_title = [[The $5.98 E.P. – Garage Days Re-Revisited]]
| prev_year  = 1987
| next_title = [[The Good, the Bad & the Live]]
| next_year  = 1990
| misc       = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[Metallica]] studio album
 | type       = studio
 | prev_title = [[Master of Puppets]]
 | prev_year  = 1986
 | title      = ...And Justice for All
 | year       = 1988
 | next_title = [[Metallica (album)|Metallica]]
 | next_year  = 1991
}}
{{Singles
 | name        = ...And Justice for All
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Harvester of Sorrow]]
 | single1date = August 28, 1988<ref name = Harvester2011-08-15/>
 | single2     = [[Eye of the Beholder (song)|Eye of the Beholder]]
 | single2date = October 30, 1988<ref name=Beholder2013-08-13/>
 | single3     = [[One (Metallica song)|One]]
 | single3date = January 10, 1989<ref name = One2011-08-15/>
}}
}}

'''''...And Justice for All''''' is the fourth studio album by American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Metallica]], released on August 25, 1988, by [[Elektra Records]]. It was Metallica's first full length studio (LP) album to feature bassist [[Jason Newsted]], following the death of their previous bassist [[Cliff Burton]] in 1986. Burton received posthumous co-writing credit on "To Live Is to Die" as Newsted followed bass lines Burton had recorded prior to his death.<ref>{{Cite book |last=McIver |first=Joel |title=To Live Is to Die: The Life and Death of Metallica's Cliff Burton |publisher=Jawbone Press |year=2016 |isbn=978-1911036128 |edition=2nd |pages=(226–227)}}</ref>

Metallica recorded the album with producer [[Flemming Rasmussen]] over four months in early 1988 at [[Extasy Records#Extasy Recording Studios|One on One Recording Studios]] in Los Angeles. It features aggressive complexity, fast tempos, and few verse-chorus structures. It contains lyrical themes of political and legal injustices, such as governmental corruption, censorship, and war. The cover, designed by Roger Gorman with illustration by Stephen Gorman and based on a concept by Metallica guitarist [[James Hetfield]] and drummer [[Lars Ulrich]], depicts [[Lady Justice]] bound in ropes, being pulled by them to the point of breaking, with dollar bills piled upon and falling off her scales. The album title is derived from the last four words of the American [[Pledge of Allegiance]]. Three of its songs were released as singles: "[[Harvester of Sorrow]]", "[[Eye of the Beholder (song)|Eye of the Beholder]]", and "[[One (Metallica song)|One]]"; the title track, "[[...And Justice for All (song)|...And Justice for All]]", was released as a promotional single.{{Not verified in body|date=May 2025}}

''...And Justice for All'' was acclaimed by music critics for its depth and complexity, although its dry mix and nearly inaudible bass guitar were criticized. It was included in ''[[The Village Voice]]''{{'}}s annual [[Pazz & Jop]] critics' poll of the year's best albums, and was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] in 1989, controversially losing out to [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] in the [[Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental|Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental]] category. The single "One" backed the band's debut music video, and earned Metallica their first Grammy Award in 1990 (and the first ever in the [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance|Best Metal Performance]] category). It was successful in the United States, peaking at number six on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], and was certified [[RIAA certification|8× platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) in 2003 for shipping eight million copies in the U.S.

The album was reissued on November 2, 2018, in vinyl, CD, and cassette formats, as well as receiving a deluxe box set treatment with bonus tracks and unreleased video footage.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Metallica announce deluxe reissue of ...And Justice For All|date=September 6, 2018|magazine=Consequence of Sound|access-date=January 12, 2019|author=Spencer Kaufman|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/09/metallica-deluxe-reissues-and-justice-for-all/|archive-date=January 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113182304/https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/09/metallica-deluxe-reissues-and-justice-for-all/|url-status=live}}</ref> The reissue reached number 37 and 42 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Top Album Sales]] and [[Top Rock Albums]] charts, respectively.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/metallica/chart-history/tsl/|title=Metallica Chart History (Top Album Sales)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 19, 2018|archive-date=March 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302144234/https://www.billboard.com/artist/metallica/chart-history/tsl/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/metallica/chart-history/rck/|title=Metallica Chart History (Top Rock Albums)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 19, 2018|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117145446/https://www.billboard.com/artist/metallica/chart-history/rck/|url-status=live}}</ref>