Reload (Metallica album)

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Reload
Metallica - Reload cover.jpg
Studio album by
Metallica
ReleasedNovember 18, 1997 (1997-11-18)
Recorded
  • May 1995 – February 1996
  • July–October 1997 [1]
Studio The Plant (Sausalito, California)
Genre
Length76:04
Label Elektra
Producer
Metallica chronology
Load
(1996)		Reload
(1997)		 Garage Inc.
(1998)
Metallica studio album chronology
Load
(1996)		Reload
(1997)		 St. Anger
(2003)
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Fuel"
4:30
2."The Memory Remains" (with Marianne Faithfull)
  • Hetfield
  • Ulrich
4:39
3."Devil's Dance"
  • Hetfield
  • Ulrich
5:19
4."The Unforgiven II"
  • Hetfield
  • Ulrich
  • Hammett
6:36
5."Better Than You"
  • Hetfield
  • Ulrich
5:21
6."Slither"
  • Hetfield
  • Ulrich
  • Hammett
5:13
7."Carpe Diem Baby"
  • Hetfield
  • Ulrich
  • Hammett
6:12
8."Bad Seed"
  • Hetfield
  • Ulrich
  • Hammett
4:05
9."Where the Wild Things Are"
6:53
10."Prince Charming"
  • Hetfield
  • Ulrich
6:05
11."Low Man's Lyric"
  • Hetfield
  • Ulrich
7:36
12."Attitude"
  • Hetfield
  • Ulrich
5:17
13."Fixxxer"
  • Hetfield
  • Ulrich
  • Hammett
8:15
Total length:76:04

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

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Certifications and sales for Reload
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [65] Platinum60,000^
Australia (ARIA) [66] 2× Platinum140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [67] Gold25,000*
Belgium (BEA) [68] Gold25,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [69] 2× Platinum200,000^
Estonia—5,000 [70]
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [71] Platinum45,271 [71]
France (SNEP) [72] Gold100,000*
Germany (BVMI) [73] 5× Gold1,250,000‡
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong) [74] Gold10,000*
Japan (RIAJ) [75] Platinum200,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [76] Gold50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [77] Platinum15,000^
Poland (ZPAV) [78] Platinum100,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [79] Platinum100,000^
Sweden (GLF) [80] Platinum80,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [81] Platinum50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [82] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [83] 3× Platinum4,480,000 [84]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [85] 2× Platinum2,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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