# Best song on Metallica's Kill 'Em All (original release)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-metallicas-kill-em-all-original-release/554146 "2010-09-17T23:36:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-metallicas-kill-em-all-original-release/554146/1 "2010-09-17T23:36:46Z")
Truly, there can be only one. Let the selection process commence! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-metallicas-kill-em-all-original-release/554146/2 "2010-09-18T00:25:22Z")
The correct answer is, of course, the entire damn album front to back. Shame they never managed more than one or two songs (if any at all) on any their subsequent albums that come anywhere near the intensity. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-metallicas-kill-em-all-original-release/554146/3 "2010-09-18T03:05:31Z")
Listening to it right now. One of my go-to songs on my MP3 player when I listen to music on my long runs is “Whiplash”, really helps me get through tough spots. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-metallicas-kill-em-all-original-release/554146/4 "2010-09-18T03:09:34Z")
Yes! I’m sure Seek and Destroy and Four Horsemen will get the most votes, but I’ve always had a soft spot for Phantom Lord. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-metallicas-kill-em-all-original-release/554146/5 "2010-09-18T03:09:38Z")
Once again, \*\*Hal \*\*is right. This is one of the few albums (off the top of my head) that can be played from start to finish without skipping a track. I remember when this album came out, way back when. A friend of mine wanted to go to the record store in the mall because this new band he heard was doing an autograph session. I asked who it was and he replied “Metallica. They’re great. Check it out” and he proceeded to play the tape. I thought it was a bunch of sloppy speed metal. “These guys are just a flash in the pan” I said. “They’ll never make it.” I didn’t want to go, but he dragged me anyway. When we got there, you couldn’t even get within 100 feet of the store entrance, the place was so packed. Yup, when I’m wrong, I’m \*way \*wrong. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-metallicas-kill-em-all-original-release/554146/6 "2010-09-18T03:24:10Z")
Seek & Destroy. It was the popular song on that album for a reason. You want to try some freaky? Listen to Kill Em All, and then listen to one of Metallica’s new albums. James’s voice drops at least an octave a decade. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-metallicas-kill-em-all-original-release/554146/7 "2010-09-18T03:38:58Z")
“Am I Evil?” is my favorite song from this era, which is included as a bonus track on some CD versions (along with “Blitzkrieg”). ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-metallicas-kill-em-all-original-release/554146/8 "2010-09-20T19:27:48Z")
The Misfits influence is strong on this album. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-metallicas-kill-em-all-original-release/554146/9 "2010-09-20T19:38:31Z")
Tough one. I voted “Four Horsemen” (aka “the Mechanix”) but “Seek and Destroy” is right up there as well, and all of them are good. This is one of those albums. like Slayer’s _Reign in Blood_, that is really all-of-a-piece, though. I think it’s really best enjoyed in its entirety, not as individual songs.