Garage Inc.

Garage, Inc.
A monochrome (blue, black, white) photo of 4 men with the album then band name
Compilation album of cover songs by Metallica
Released November 23, 1998
Recorded
  • September 14 – October 1, 1998 (disc one)
  • 1984–95 (disc two)
Studio
Genre
Length 136:38
Label
Producer
Metallica chronology
Reload
(1997)Reload1997		 Garage Inc.
(1998)		 S&M (Symphony & Metallica)
(1999)S&M (Symphony & Metallica)1999
Singles from Garage Inc.
  1. "Turn the Page"
    Released: November 16, 1998[1]
  2. "Whiskey in the Jar"
    Released: February 1, 1999[2]
  3. "Die, Die My Darling"
    Released: June 7, 1999[3]

Garage Inc. is a compilation album of cover songs by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on November 23, 1998 through Elektra Records. Over 2.5 million copies have been sold in the U.S. as certified by the RIAA. It includes cover songs, B-side covers, and The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited, which had gone out of print since its original release in 1987. The title is a combination of Garage Days Revisited and their song "Damage, Inc.", from Master of Puppets, and the album's graphical cover draws heavily from the 1987 EP. The album features songs by artists that have influenced Metallica, including many bands from the new wave of British heavy metal movement, hardcore punk bands and popular songs. As of August 2013, the album has sold more than 6 million copies worldwide.

Production

The day after Metallica finished the North American leg of the Poor Re-Touring Me Tour in San Diego's Coors Amphitheatre, they hit the studio to start recording a new album of cover versions.[4] As Lars Ulrich explained, the band wanted to do something different after "three pretty serious albums in a row, starting with the Black album and then Load and ReLoad", and the process would be easier by working with covers, especially as the band had a tradition of taking other people's songs and "turn them into something very Metallica, different from what the original artist did".[5] Given the band had recorded many covers that were spread across various releases, such as B-sides of their singles and the 1987 EP The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited, the band would "put them all in a nice little packaging for easy listening" along with the newly recorded cover versions, chosen through a group decision.[5][6] Only one of the eleven songs in the "New Recordings '98" disk was not done in the three-week sessions, a version of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Tuesday's Gone" the band recorded for a radio broadcast along with friends such as Les Claypool, John Popper and Gary Rossington.[7]

Packaging

The cover for Garage Inc. had a Ross Halfin photograph of Metallica dressed as mechanics. The band wanted the booklet to hold a detailed account of the contents of the project, and designer Andy Airfix was allowed to search through Ulrich's catalogue of Metallica memorabilia in San Francisco to create a 32-page booklet. Airfix also did the back cover, where the front of Garage Days Re-Revisited was modified with headshots of Metallica in 1998 and the track list written on tracing paper.[8]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[9]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[10]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[11]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[12]
NME5/10[13]
Q
Rolling Stone[14]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[15]
  • Rolling Stone (12/10/98, print edition, p. 122) – 4 Stars (out of 5) – "Gloriously hard as the album is, you can't miss Metallica's good natured side coming through."[14]
  • Entertainment Weekly (12/18/98, p. 84) – "We'll have to wait until Metallica's next 'proper' album to find out if this trip to the garage recharges their batteries. Still, all things considered, Garage Inc. is an intermittently exhilarating joyride." – Rating: B−[12]
  • CMJ (12/21/98, p. 29) – "Those who still relate to the adolescent angst of the 'Metallicas' earliest days will find plenty to like on Garage Inc."
  • In 2005, the album was ranked number 500 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[16]

Track listing

Disc one

These tracks were recorded in September–October 1998 for the Garage Inc. album.

No.TitleWriter(s)Original artist (date)Length
1."Free Speech for the Dumb"Garry Maloney, Kevin "Cal" Morris, Tony "Bones" Roberts, Roy "Rainy" WainwrightDischarge (1982)2:36
2."It's Electric"Sean Harris, Brian TatlerDiamond Head (1980)3:34
3."Sabbra Cadabra"Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill WardBlack Sabbath (1973)6:20
4."Turn the Page"Bob SegerBob Seger (1973)6:06
5."Die, Die My Darling"Glenn DanzigMisfits (1984)2:29
6."Loverman"Nick CaveNick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1994)7:53
7."Mercyful Fate (originally Satan's Fall)"King Diamond, Hank ShermannMercyful Fate (1982, 1983)11:11
8."Astronomy"Joe Bouchard, Albert Bouchard, Sandy PearlmanBlue Öyster Cult (1974)6:37
9."Whiskey in the Jar"Traditional arr. Eric Bell, Brian Downey, Phil LynottTraditional (inspired by Thin Lizzy's version in 1972)5:05
10."Tuesday's Gone"Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington, Allen CollinsLynyrd Skynyrd (1973)9:06
11."The More I See"Maloney, Morris, Peter "Pooch" Purtill, WainwrightDischarge (1984)4:49
Total length:65:42
  • "Sabbra Cadabra" also covers part of the Black Sabbath song "A National Acrobat".
  • "Mercyful Fate" is a medley of the songs "Satan's Fall", "Curse of the Pharaohs", "A Corpse Without Soul", "Into the Coven" and "Evil".
  • "Tuesday's Gone" was recorded December 18, 1997 during the "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" radio broadcast on KSJO.[17]
  • "The More I See" ends at 03:23 and, after a period of silence, contains a short segment of the Robin Trower song "Bridge of Sighs", from the album of the same name, as a hidden track.
  • "Free Speech for the Dumb", "Loverman", "Astronomy", "The More I See" and "Bridge of Sighs" have never been performed live.[18]

Disc two

These tracks are a collection of B-sides from artists Metallica were inspired by, throughout the early years of the band.

The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited (1987)
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Helpless"Harris, TatlerDiamond Head (1980)6:38
2."The Small Hours"John Mortimer, John McCullim, Bryan Bartley, Ron LevineHolocaust (1983)6:43
3."The Wait"Jaz Coleman, Kevin "Geordie" Walker, Martin "Youth" Glover, Paul FergusonKilling Joke (1980)4:55
4."Crash Course in Brain Surgery"Burke Shelley, Tony Bourge, Ray PhillipsBudgie (1974)3:10
5."Last Caress/Green Hell"Glenn DanzigMisfits (1980/1983)3:30
Garage Days Revisited ("Creeping Death" B-sides) (1984)
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
6."Am I Evil?"Harris, TatlerDiamond Head (1980)7:50
7."Blitzkrieg"Ian Jones, Jim Sirotto, Brian RossBlitzkrieg (1981)3:37
B-sides & one-offs (1988–1991)
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
8."Breadfan"Bourge, Phillips, ShelleyBudgie (1973)5:41
9."The Prince"Harris, TatlerDiamond Head (1980)4:26
10."Stone Cold Crazy"Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John DeaconQueen (1974)2:19
11."So What"Nick "Animal" Kulmer, Chris "Magoo" Exall, Clive "Winston" BlakeAnti-Nowhere League (1981)3:09
12."Killing Time"Vivian Campbell, Trevor Fleming, Raymond Haller, Davy BatesSweet Savage (1981)3:04
Motörheadache ("Hero of the Day" limited edition CD single B-sides) (1996)
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
13."Overkill"Eddie Clarke, Ian Kilmister, Phil TaylorMotörhead (1979)4:05
14."Damage Case"Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor, Mick FarrenMotörhead (1979)3:40
15."Stone Dead Forever"Clarke, Kilmister, TaylorMotörhead (1979)4:52
16."Too Late Too Late"Clarke, Kilmister, TaylorMotörhead (1979)3:12
Total length:70:51
  • "Last Caress/Green Hell" contains a parody of Iron Maiden's song "Run to the Hills" at the end; Iron Maiden responded to this on a B-side cover of the Montrose song titled "Space Station No. 5".
  • "Am I Evil?" and "Blitzkrieg" were initially B-sides to the International "Creeping Death" single and were also bonus tracks on the 1988 Elektra reissue of their first album, Kill 'Em All; they have since been removed from that album (together these covers were known as Garage Days Revisited).
  • "Breadfan" is taken from the "Harvester of Sorrow" single.
  • "The Prince" is the B-side to the "One" single, as well as the bonus track on the Japanese pressing of …And Justice For All.
  • "Stone Cold Crazy" originally appeared on the Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary album and was later included on the "Enter Sandman" single.
  • "So What" is taken from the "Sad But True" single, as well as the bonus track on the Japanese pressing of Metallica.
  • "Killing Time" is taken from "The Unforgiven" single.

Personnel

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1998 U.S. Billboard 200 2
1998 Canadian Albums Chart 3
1998 Danish Albums Chart[19] 21
1998 Spanish Albums Chart[20] 11
2009 Mexican Albums Chart 97

Year-end charts

Chart (1999) Position
German Albums Chart[21] 21

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1998 "Turn the Page" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
1999 "Die, Die My Darling" Mainstream Rock Tracks 26
1999 "Turn the Page" Modern Rock Tracks 39
1999 "Whiskey in the Jar" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1

Sales and certification

In the U.S., Garage Inc. sold 426,500 units in the first week of release, making Metallica's fourth straight debut surpassing 400,000 copies.[22] Still, the million-plus record breaking debut of Garth Brooks' Double Live made Garage Inc. land only at second on the Billboard 200.[23] As of 2003 the album has sold over 2.5 million copies and has been certified 5× Platinum.

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[24] Gold 27,446[24]
Greece (IFPI Greece)[25] Platinum 30,000^
Germany (BVMI)[26] Gold 250,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[27] Platinum 100,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[28] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[29] 5× Platinum 5,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
2000 "Whiskey in the Jar" Best Hard Rock Performance

Release history

Region Date
Worldwide (except North America) November 23, 1998
United States November 24, 1998

References

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  4. ↑ Metallica: Justice for All, p.333-4
  5. 1 2 Inc, Nielsen Business Media (14 November 1998). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 24 January 2018 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "Metallica Compile Rarities, B-Sides For Release". Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Just Some Cover Band ..." Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "42. METALLICA Part Three – 'Re–Re-Re-Re-Re Visiting Inc.'". 4 March 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  9. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Metallica - Garage Inc. review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  10. ↑ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  11. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). Encyclopedia of Popular Music. 5 (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 725. ISBN 0-19-531373-9.
  12. 1 2 Sinclair, Tom (1998-12-18). "Garage Inc. Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
  13. ↑ "Garage Inc - Metallica". NME. 1998-11-17. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  14. 1 2 Ratliff, Ben (1998-11-17). "Garage Inc". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
  15. ↑ "Metallica: Album Guide Rolling Stone Music". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  16. ↑ [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 7. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
  17. ↑ "Metallica Unplugged at KSJO Radio Station 1997 (Don't Call Us, We'll Call You)". www.bootlegs.ws. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  18. ↑ "Metallica Album Statistics - setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  19. ↑ "Listen - Danmarks Officielle Hitliste - Udarbejdet af AIM Nielsen for IFPI Danmark - Uge 49". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Copenhagen. 1998-12-06.
  20. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959-2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  21. ↑ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  22. ↑ "A Rock Trifecta". Billboard.
  23. ↑ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (12 December 1998). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 24 January 2018 – via Google Books.
  24. 1 2 "Metallica" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  25. ↑ "Greek album certifications – Metallica – Garage Inc" (in Greek). IFPI Greece.
  26. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Metallica; 'Garage Inc.')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  27. ↑ "Polish album certifications – Metallica – Garage Inc" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.
  28. ↑ "British album certifications – Metallica – Garage Inc". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Garage Inc. in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  29. ↑ "American album certifications – Metallica – Garage Inc". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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