| Year Rank |
Decade Rank | All Time Rank | Buy at Amazon | Sample | ||
| Kill 'Em All | 1983 | 7 | 104 | 601 | 
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| Ride the Lightning | 1984 | 25 | 229 | 1193 |
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| Master of Puppets | 1986 | 3 | 25 | 157 |
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| ...And Justice for All | 1988 | 24 | 215 | 1129 |
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| Metallica ("The Black Album") | 1991 | 7 | 30 | 185 |
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| Death Magnetic |
2008 | 41 | 451 | 2686 |
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| Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: | ||||||
| St. Anger | 2003 |
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| Year Rank |
Decade Rank | All Time Rank | Sample | |||
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Battery |
1986 | 41 | 447 | 2463 | Listen | |
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Master of Puppets |
1986 | 13 | 181 | 1056 | Listen | |
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One |
1988 | 34 | 274 | 1552 | Listen | |
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Enter Sandman |
1991 | 7 | 33 | 417 | Listen | |
| Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: | ||||||
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Fade to Black | 1984 |
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Nothing Else Matters |
1991 | Listen | ||||
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