Master of Puppets is the third studio album by American heavy metal band
Metallica, released on March 3, 1986, by Elektra Records. It was the
first Metallica album released on a major label, and the last to feature
bassist Cliff Burton, who died in a bus crash in Sweden during the
album's promotional tour. It was recorded at the Sweet Silence Studios
with producer Flemming Rasmussen. Master of Puppets received critical
acclaim for its atmospheric and meticulous approach to American thrash
metal, and has been included in several publications' best album lists.
Its driving music and angry, political lyrics drew praise from critics
outside the metal community. The album is considered the band's
strongest effort of the period, and remains one of the most influential
heavy metal albums. It peaked at number 29 on the Billboard 200 and
became the first thrash metal album to be certified platinum. In 2003
the Recording Industry Association of America certified at least six
million copies shipped, and in 2012 Music Canada certified 600,000
copies.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Puppets>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1776:
American Revolutionary War: Samuel Nicholas and the Continental
Marines successfully landed on New Providence and captured Nassau in the
Bahamas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nassau>
1875:
French composer Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, based on the
novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, premiered at the Opéra-
Comique in Paris.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen>
1924:
The Free State of Fiume, a short-lived independent free state
located in the modern city of Rijeka, Croatia, was annexed by the
Kingdom of Italy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_State_of_Fiume>
1951:
Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, recorded "Rocket
88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips'
recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_88>
2009:
The building housing the Historical Archive of the City of
Cologne, one of the largest communal archives in Europe, collapsed
(ruins pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_Archive_of_the_City_of_Cologne>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
trenchant:
1. (obsolete) Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.
2. (figuratively) Keen; biting; vigorously effective and articulate;
severe.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trenchant>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
One must preach life, not death; spread hope, not fear and
cultivate joy, man's most valuable treasure. That is the secret of the
greatest of the wise, and it wil be the light of tomorrow.
--Émile Chartier
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Chartier>