Ride The Lightning

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Fight Fire With Fire Written-By – Burton*, Hetfield*, Ulrich*	4:44
2	Ride The Lightning Written-By – Burton*, Mustaine*, Hetfield*, Ulrich*	6:36
3	For Whom The Bell Tolls Written-By – Burton*, Hetfield*, Ulrich*	5:10
4	Fade To Black Written-By – Burton*, Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*	6:56
5	Trapped Under Ice Written-By – Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*	4:03
6	Escape Written-By – Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*	4:23
7	Creeping Death Written-By – Burton*, Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*	6:36
8	The Call Of Ktulu Bass [Lead] – Cliff BurtonWritten-By – Burton*, Mustaine*, Hetfield*, Ulrich*	8:52

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Sweet Silence Studios
• Mixed At – Sweet Silence Studios
• Mastered At – Masterdisk
• Published By – PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd.
• Published By – Polygram Music Publishing
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Metallica
• Copyright (c) – Metallica

Credits

• A&R [A&R Coordinator] – Michael Alago
• Bass – Cliff Burton
• Booking [Agency Representation, ATI] – Marsha Vlasic
• Booking [Agency Representation, The Agency, London] – Ian Sales, Neil Warnock
• Booking [Agency Representation] – ATI , The Agency*
• Design [Cover Design] – Ad Artists
• Design Concept [Cover Concept] – Metallica
• Drums – Lars Ulrich
• Engineer – Flemming Rasmussen
• Lead Guitar – Kirk Hammett
• Legal [Legal Representation, Los Angeles] – Peter Paterno
• Management – Q Prime Inc.
• Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
• Photography By [Back Cover, Cliff] – Harold O
• Photography By [Back Cover, James] – Rick Brackett
• Photography By [Back Cover, Kirk] – Rick Brackett
• Photography By [Back Cover, Lars] – Pete Cronin
• Photography By [Inner Sleeve, B&W Group] – Fin Costello
• Photography By [Inner Sleeve, Dressing Room] – Robert Hoetink
• Photography By [Inner Sleeve, Live Pix Group] – Anthony D. Sommella
• Producer – Metallica
• Producer [Assisted By] – Flemming Rasmussen, Mark Whitaker
• Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – James Hetfield

Notes

Recorded and mixed at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark during spring 1984.
Mastered at Masterdisk

All songs published by PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd.

℗ 1984 Metallica.
© 1989 Metallica.

[CD]
Published by Polygram Music Publishing.
℗ 1984 Metallica.
Original sound recording made by Metallica.
© 1989 Metallica.

[Rear]
℗ 1984 Metallica.
© 1989 Metallica.

Printed duration for track 5 in booklet: 4:30

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 42283 81402 8
• Rights Society: BIEM MCPS
• Label Code: LC 1633
• Distribution Code: PG 899
• SPARS Code: AAD
• Matrix / Runout: 8381402 02 5
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L135
• Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 04AD
• Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 04AA

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MRI 769	Metallica	Ride The Lightning ‎(LP, Album)	Megaforce Records	MRI 769	US	1984
T-169	Metallica	Ride The Lightning ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	Tango Music	T-169	Poland	Unknown
838 140-2	Metallica	Ride The Lightning ‎(CD, Album, RE, Unofficial)	Vertigo , Phonogram	838 140-2	Russia	Unknown
none	Metallica	Ride The Lightning ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	Not On Label (Metallica)	none	Bulgaria	Unknown
BLCKND004R-1	Metallica	Ride The Lightning ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM)	Blackened Recordings	BLCKND004R-1	US	2016

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