Editing ...And Justice for All (album) (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| MC = 93/100<br />{{small|(expanded edition)}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/and-justice-for-all-30th-anniversary-expanded-edition/metallica |title=...And Justice for All [30th Anniversary Expanded Edition] by Metallica Reviews and Tracks |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=15 October 2021 |archive-date=October 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031200110/https://www.metacritic.com/music/and-justice-for-all-30th-anniversary-expanded-edition/metallica |url-status=live }}</ref>
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|last=Huey|first=Steve|title=Metallica: ...And Justice for All|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/and-justice-for-all-mw0000196917|work=AllMusic|access-date=July 13, 2013|archive-date=October 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025165631/http://www.allmusic.com/album/and-justice-for-all-mw0000196917|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
|rev2Score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}<ref name="Kot">{{cite news|last=Kot|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Kot|date=December 1, 1991|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1991-12-01/entertainment/9104180330_1_star-cliff-burton-classic-status|title=A Guide to Metallica's Recordings|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=July 28, 2013|archive-date=September 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927224542/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1991-12-01/entertainment/9104180330_1_star-cliff-burton-classic-status|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|year=2006|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=725|isbn=0-19-531373-9|edition=4th|volume=5}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Metal Forces]]''
|rev4Score = 10/10<ref name="Metal Forces">{{cite journal|last=Krgin|first=Borivoj|title=Metallica&nbsp;– ''...And Justice For All''|url=http://www.metalforcesmagazine.com/site/album-review-metallica-and-justice-for-all/|journal=[[Metal Forces]]|publisher=Rockzone Publications Ltd|year=1988|issue=31|access-date=August 9, 2013|archive-date=August 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827003653/http://www.metalforcesmagazine.com/site/album-review-metallica-and-justice-for-all/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
|rev5score= 9.3/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Collins |first=Sean T. |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/metallica-and-justice-for-all/ |title=Metallica – ...And Justice for All |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=November 3, 2018 |archive-date=April 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417124727/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/metallica-and-justice-for-all/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[Q magazine|Q]]''
|rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Qmag">{{cite journal|title=Review: ''...And Justice for All''|journal=[[Q magazine|Q]]|publisher=Bauer Media Group|location=London|issue=Summer|year=2001|page=127|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7767058&style=music&fulldesc=T|access-date=April 29, 2013|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224202303/http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7767058&style=music&fulldesc=T|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]''
|rev7Score = 9.5/10<ref name="Rock Hard">{{cite web|last=Stratmann|first=Holger|language=de|title=''...And Justice For All''|url=http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen/6193-and-justice-for-all.html|work=Rock Hard|publisher=Holger Stratmann|access-date=February 1, 2014|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221024043/http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen/6193-and-justice-for-all.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev8Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine|first=Michael|last=Azerrad|author-link=Michael Azerrad|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/and-justice-for-all-19881103|title=''And Justice for All'' by Metallica {{pipe}} Rolling Stone Music|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=November 3, 1988|access-date=August 15, 2011|archive-date=April 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406065625/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/and-justice-for-all-249897/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev9Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brackett|first1=Nathan|last2=Hoard|first2=Christian David|title=[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|date=2004|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/538 538]}}</ref>
|rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
|rev10Score = C+<ref name="Christgau">{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=March 14, 1989|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv289-89.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|location=New York|access-date=April 29, 2013|archive-date=March 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317154905/http://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv289-89.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

Released on August 25, 1988,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.metallica.com/releases/and-justice-for-all.asp| title=…And Justice for All| publisher=Metallica | access-date=August 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103113522/http://www.metallica.com/releases/and-justice-for-all.asp |archive-date=November 3, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> by [[Elektra Records]],<ref name="us cert">{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=and+justice+for+all#search_section|title=American album certifications&nbsp;– Metallica&nbsp;– ''And Justice for All''|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|access-date=July 28, 2013|archive-date=May 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515135606/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=and+justice+for+all#search_section|url-status=live}}</ref> ''...And Justice for All'' was acclaimed by [[music journalism|music critics]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Tim|last=Louie|url=http://www.theaquarian.com/2013/05/22/interview-with-newsted-returning-with-his-own-metal/|title=Interview with Newsted: Returning With His Own "Metal"|newspaper=[[The Aquarian Weekly]]|date=May 22, 2013|access-date=June 9, 2013|archive-date=October 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012133504/http://www.theaquarian.com/2013/05/22/interview-with-newsted-returning-with-his-own-metal/|url-status=live}}</ref> In a contemporary review for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', Michael Azerrad said that Metallica's compositions are impressive and called the album's music "a marvel of precisely channeled aggression".<ref name="RS"/> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' magazine's Sharon Liveten called it a "gem of a double record" and found the music both edgy and technically proficient.<ref name="Spin">{{cite journal|last=Liveten|first=Sharon|page=97|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ffg2qNLJucC&pg=PA97|title=Spins|journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|publisher=Spin Media|location=New York|volume=4|issue=8|access-date=May 9, 2013|date=November 1988}}</ref> Simon Reynolds, writing in ''[[Melody Maker]]'', said that "other bands would [[wikt:give one's eye-teeth|give their eye teeth]]" for the songs' riffs and found the album's densely complicated style of metal to be distinct from the monotonous sound of contemporary rock music: "Everything depends on utter punctuality and supreme surgical finesse. It's probably the most incisive music I've ever heard, in the literal sense of the word."<ref name="Reynolds">{{cite journal|title=...And Justice for All|journal=[[Melody Maker]]|last=Reynolds|first=Simon|author-link=Simon Reynolds|page=36|volume=64|issue=37|date=September 10, 1988}}</ref> Borivoj Krgin of ''[[Metal Forces]]'' said that it was the most ideal album he has heard because of typically exceptional production and musicianship that is more impressive than that of ''Master of Puppets''.<ref name="Metal Forces"/> In a less enthusiastic review for ''[[The Village Voice]]'', [[Robert Christgau]] believed that the band's compositions lack song form and that the album "goes on longer" than ''Master of Puppets''.<ref name="Christgau"/> In 1988, ''...And Justice for All'' was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental|Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance]], but controversially lost to [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]'s ''[[Crest of a Knave]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Rockin' on an Island|url=http://www.tullpress.com/k30sept89.htm|journal=[[Kerrang!]]|issue=258|publisher=[[Bauer Media Group]]|date=September 30, 1989|access-date=September 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514210838/http://www.tullpress.com/k30sept89.htm|archive-date=May 14, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2007, ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', named this one of the 10 biggest upsets in Grammy history.<ref>{{cite magazine|year=2007|title=Grammy's 10 Biggest Upsets|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|url=https://ew.com/gallery/grammys-10-biggest-upsets/|access-date=February 13, 2007|archive-date=November 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108061504/http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0%2C%2C20010795%2C00.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In a retrospective review, [[Greg Kot]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' said that ''...And Justice for All'' was both the band's "most ambitious" and ultimately "flattest-sounding" album.<ref name="Kot"/> [[AllMusic]]'s Steve Huey noted that Metallica followed the blueprint of the previous two albums, with more sophisticated songs and "apocalyptic" lyrics that envisioned a society in decay.<ref name="Allmusic"/> Music journalist [[Mick Wall]] was critical of the progressive elements on the album and believed that, apart from "One" and "Dyers Eve", most of the album sounded clumsy.<ref name="M.Wall">{{cite book|last=Wall|first=Mick|author-link=Mick Wall|title=Enter Night: A Biography of Metallica|pages=10, 296|year=2010|publisher=Orion Publishing Group|location=New York|isbn=978-1-4091-1296-9}}</ref> [[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]], writing in the ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' (2006), noted that, apart from the praiseworthy "One", the album diminished the band's creativity by concentrating the songs with too many riffs.<ref name="Larkin"/> Ulrich said in retrospect that the album has improved with time and it is well-liked among their contemporaries.<ref name="MTV"/>

===Accolades===
In ''The Village Voice''{{'}}s annual [[Pazz & Jop]] critics poll, it was voted the 39th best album of 1988, having received 117 points within 12 top-ten votes.<ref>{{cite news|title=The 1988 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres88.php|newspaper=The Village Voice|location=New York|date=February 28, 1989|access-date=January 12, 2014|archive-date=December 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224162931/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres88.php|url-status=live}}</ref> The album was ranked at number nine on [[IGN]]'s "Top 25 Metal Albums".<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 25 Metal Albums|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/01/20/top-25-metal-albums?page=5|work=[[IGN]]|date=January 20, 2007|access-date=June 14, 2013|archive-date=June 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618042600/http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/01/20/top-25-metal-albums?page=5|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Guitar World]]'' lists all of its tracks on "The 100 Greatest Metallica Songs of All Time".<ref>{{cite journal|author=''Guitar World'' staff|title=The 100 Greatest Metallica Songs of All Time|url=http://www.guitarworld.com/100-greatest-songs-by-metallica|access-date=June 13, 2013|journal=Guitar World|date=June 7, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705174923/http://www.guitarworld.com/100-greatest-songs-by-metallica|archive-date=July 5, 2013}}</ref> ''[[Kerrang!]]'' listed the album at number 42 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rhodes|first=Al|journal=[[Kerrang!]]|title=Metallica '...And Justice for All'|volume=222|publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd.|date=January 21, 1989|location=London, UK}}</ref> Martin Popoff ranks it at number 19 in his book ''The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time'', the fourth highest ranked Metallica album on the list.<ref name="500 Albums">{{cite book|last=Popoff|first=Martin|title=The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time|year=2004|publisher=ECW Press|location=Toronto, Canada|isbn=978-1-55022-600-3|pages=Chapter 19}}</ref> It is featured in Robert Dimery's ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref name="1001albums">{{cite book|title=[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]|year=2005|editor1-first=Robert|editor1-last=Dimery|editor2-first=Joel|editor2-last=McIver|edition=1st|publisher=Universe Publishing|isbn=978-0-7893-1371-3|page=596}}</ref> In 2017, it was ranked 21st on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'s}} list of "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Epstein|first1=Dan|title=100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-100-greatest-metal-albums-of-all-time-w486923/pantera-far-beyond-driven-1994-w487081|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|publisher=Wenner Media LLC|access-date=June 22, 2017|date=June 21, 2017|archive-date=August 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810090739/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-100-greatest-metal-albums-of-all-time-w486923/pantera-far-beyond-driven-1994-w487081|url-status=live}}</ref>

After years of refusing to release music videos, Metallica released its first for "One".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Metallica&nbsp;– "One"|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/readers-poll-the-10-greatest-videos-of-the-1980s-20131030/8-metallica-one-0777523|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 28, 2013|access-date=January 5, 2013|archive-date=November 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101194508/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/readers-poll-the-10-greatest-videos-of-the-1980s-20131030/8-metallica-one-0777523|url-status=live}}</ref> The video was controversial among fans, who had valued the band's apparent opposition to [[MTV]] and other forms of mainstream music. ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' ranked it number 48 on their list of the "100 Greatest Music Videos", saying that Metallica "evoke a revolution of the soul far more devastating than that presented in the original text".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|title=100 Greatest Music Videos (No. 50 to No. 40)|magazine=[[Slant Magazine]]|date=June 30, 2003|location=London, UK}}</ref> The guitar solo was ranked number seven in ''Guitar World''{{'}}s compilation of the "100 Greatest Guitar Solos" of all time.<ref name=100solos>{{cite journal|title=100 Greatest Guitar Solos|url=http://guitar.about.com/library/bl100greatest.htm|journal=Guitar World|access-date=April 17, 2011|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160305022334/http://guitar.about.com/od/guitaristsatoz/tp/100-Greatest-Guitar-Solos.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Additionally, heavy metal website [[Noisecreep]] classed the song ninth among the "10 Best '80s Metal Songs".<ref name="Noisecreep">{{cite web|title=10 Best '80s Metal Songs|last=Crawford|first=Allyson B.|work=[[Noisecreep]]|url=http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/01/18/top-10-best-80s-metal-songs/|access-date=June 9, 2013|archive-date=May 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524215510/http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/01/18/top-10-best-80s-metal-songs/|url-status=live}}</ref>