| Year Rank |
Decade Rank | All Time Rank | Buy at Amazon | Sample | ||
| Kill 'Em All | 1983 | 6 | 112 | 630 | 
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| Ride the Lightning | 1984 | 25 | 226 | 1135 |
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| Master of Puppets | 1986 | 3 | 25 | 153 |
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| …And Justice for All | 1988 | 24 | 204 | 1053 |
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| Metallica ("The Black Album") | 1991 | 7 | 30 | 192 |
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| Death Magnetic |
2008 | 41 | 386 | 2696 |
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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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Master of Puppets |
1986 | 16 | 219 | 1235 | Listen | |
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One |
1988 | 40 | 365 | 1959 | Listen | |
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Enter Sandman |
1991 | 5 | 24 | 263 | Listen | |
| Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: | ||||||
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Battery | 1986 |
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Nothing Else Matters |
1991 | Listen | ||||
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