“.And Justice For All” by Metallica

The title track of Metallica's 1988 album, "...And Justice for All" sits second in the running order and went out as a promotional single that year, its name taken from the closing four words of the Pledge of Allegiance. James Hetfield wrote the lyrics, a broadside against government corruption and justice bought with money, and sings lead; he, Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich share the music credit, and the main riff grew out of a drum pattern of Ulrich's.

Hetfield and Hammett handle the guitars over Jason Newsted's bass, with Metallica and Flemming Rasmussen producing and Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero mixing. Critic Cosmo Lee heard it as blocks bolted together rather than a prog epic, mid-tempo and easy to play. The band hauled it around the Damaged Justice tour, then vowed never to play it again.

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