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St. Anger

by Metallica

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of 455,353

8,185
2000's

of 265,641

1,000
2003

of 34,566

153

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 2.7826 St. Anger is ranked overall as 2.7826 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 2.4809 St. Anger has an avg. critic score of 2.4809 out of 4 stars

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Entertainment Weekly

''Don't worry about getting in touch with your anger -- it'll get in touch with you'' is a bit of advice that recovering addicts who've been drug-free for a while have been known to offer clean-and-sober neophytes. ...more

Yahoo! Music

Metallica's first new material in over five years arrives after a flurry of non-musical activity that included a much-publicized spat over Internet file sharing, the departure of bassist Jason Newsted, and a lengthy stay in rehab for James Hetfield that ...more

Entertainment Weekly

''St. Anger'' is arguably the season's finest metal offering -- and the band's best since 1991's ''Metallica. ...more

Rolling Stone

This is loud, expansive, unrepentant Metallica. ...more

Rolling Stone

Metallica released the best-selling album of their career, 1991'sBlack Album, in the middle of an identity crisis. That same year Nirvana releasedNevermind, a disc that immediately made the previous decade's worth of metal seem kitschy and outdated. ...more

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The Daily Vault Album Reviews

I went to Wal-Mart on Wednesday, June 4, 2003, and bought this CD. Happy as a clam, I was about halfway home when I noticed a little sticker that said "Edited."Metallica "censored"?Not in my house. I turned around, returned to Wal-Mart and got...read the complete review at The Daily Vault Album Reviews

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E! Online

While St. Anger doesn't go back to the speedy, epic-crafting days of yesteryear, it's all balls: bad-ass rock and blistering, visceral lyrics....read the complete review at E! Online

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CultureDose.net

The production on St. Anger is abysmal....read the complete review at CultureDose.net

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ShakingThrough.net

The guitars stumble in a monotone of mid-level, processed rattle; the drums don't propel as much as struggle to disguise an all-too-turgid pace; and the rage is both unfocused and leavened with too much narcissistic navel-gazing....read the complete review at ShakingThrough.net

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Pitchfork

What an utter mess....read the complete review at Pitchfork

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