Garage Inc.

Garage Inc.
Compilation album of cover songs by Metallica
Released	November 24, 1998[1]
Recorded	December 18, 1997, and September 14 – October 1, 1998 (disc 1) October 1984[2] – February 1996[3] (disc 2)
Studio	The Plant (Sausalito, California) – disc 1
Genre	Heavy metal hard rock thrash metal
Length	136:38
Label	Elektra
Producer	James Hetfield Bob Rock Lars Ulrich Metallica Mark Whitaker
Metallica chronology
Reload (1997) Garage Inc. (1998) St. Anger (2003)
Singles from Garage Inc.
"Turn the Page" Released: November 16, 1998[4] "Whiskey in the Jar" Released: February 1, 1999[5] "Die, Die My Darling" Released: June 7, 1999[6]

Garage Inc. is a compilation album of cover songs by American heavy metal band, Metallica. It was released on November 24, 1998, through Elektra Records. It includes cover songs, B-side covers, and The $5.98 E.P. - Garage Days Re-Revisited, which had gone out of print since its original release in 1987. The title is a combination of Garage Days Revisited and Metallica's song "Damage, Inc.", from Master of Puppets. The album's graphical cover draws heavily from the 1987 EP. The album features songs by artists that have influenced Metallica, including many bands from new wave of British heavy metal, hardcore punk bands and popular songs.

Production

The day after Metallica finished the North American leg of the Poor Re-Touring Me Tour in San Diego's Coors Amphitheatre, they hit the studio to start recording a new album of cover versions.^[7] As Lars Ulrich explained, the band wanted to do something different after "three pretty serious albums in a row, starting with the Black album and then Load and ReLoad", and the process would be easier by working with covers, especially as the band had a tradition of taking other people's songs and "[turning] them into something very Metallica, different from what the original artist did".^[8] Given that the band had recorded many covers that were spread across various releases, such as B-sides of their singles and the 1987 EP The $5.98 E.P. - Garage Days Re-Revisited, the band would "put them all in a nice little packaging for easy listening" along with the newly recorded cover versions, chosen through a group decision.^[8][9] Only one of the eleven songs in the "New Recordings '98" disk was not done in the three-week sessions, a version of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Tuesday's Gone" the band recorded for a radio broadcast along with friends such as Les Claypool, John Popper and Gary Rossington.^[10]

Garage Barrage Tour

Metallica played five shows in November 1998 to support the album's release. Embracing the cover song concept, the band's setlist consisted entirely of cover songs from throughout their career. Metallica's own music was presented by the opening band, Battery, a Metallica tribute band.

Packaging

The cover for Garage Inc. had an Anton Corbijn photograph of Metallica dressed as mechanics. The band wanted the booklet to hold a detailed account of the contents of the project, and designer Andy Airfix was allowed to search through Ulrich's catalogue of Metallica memorabilia in San Francisco to create a 32-page booklet. Airfix also did the back cover, where the front of Garage Days Re-Revisited was modified with headshots of Metallica in 1998 and the track list written on tracing paper.^[11]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10[12]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[13]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[14]
NME	5/10[15]
Q	[16]
Rolling Stone	[17]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[18]

• Rolling Stone (12/10/98, print edition, p. 122) – 4 Stars (out of 5) – "Gloriously hard as the album is, you can't miss Metallica's good natured side coming through."^[17]
• Entertainment Weekly (12/18/98, p. 84) – "We'll have to wait until Metallica's next 'proper' album to find out if this trip to the garage recharges their batteries. Still, all things considered, Garage Inc. is an intermittently exhilarating joyride." – Rating: B−^[14]
• CMJ (12/21/98, p. 29) – "Those who still relate to the adolescent angst of the 'Metallicas' earliest days will find plenty to like on Garage Inc."
• In 2005, the album was ranked number 500 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.^[19]

Track listing

Disc one

These tracks (except "Tuesday's Gone"; see below) were recorded in September–October 1998 for the Garage Inc. album.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist (date)	Length
1.	"Free Speech for the Dumb"	Garry Maloney, Kevin "Cal" Morris, Tony "Bones" Roberts, Roy "Rainy" Wainwright	Discharge (1982)	2:36
2.	"It's Electric"	Sean Harris, Brian Tatler	Diamond Head (1980)	3:34
3.	"Sabbra Cadabra"	Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward	Black Sabbath (1973)	6:20
4.	"Turn the Page"	Bob Seger	Bob Seger (1973)	6:06
5.	"Die, Die My Darling"	Glenn Danzig	Misfits (1984)	2:29
6.	"Loverman"	Nick Cave	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1994)	7:53
7.	"Mercyful Fate" (Medley)	King Diamond, Hank Shermann	Mercyful Fate (1982, 1983)	11:11
8.	"Astronomy"	Joe Bouchard, Albert Bouchard, Sandy Pearlman	Blue Öyster Cult (1974)	6:37
9.	"Whiskey in the Jar"	Traditional arr. Eric Bell, Brian Downey, Phil Lynott	Traditional (inspired by Thin Lizzy's version in 1972)	5:05
10.	"Tuesday's Gone"	Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant	Lynyrd Skynyrd (1973)	9:06
11.	"The More I See"	Maloney, Morris, Peter "Pooch" Purtill, Wainwright	Discharge (1984)	4:49
Total length:				65:42

• "Sabbra Cadabra" also covers part of the Black Sabbath song "A National Acrobat".
• "Mercyful Fate" is a medley of the songs "Satan's Fall", "Curse of the Pharaohs", "A Corpse Without Soul", "Into the Coven" and "Evil".
• "Tuesday's Gone" was recorded December 18, 1997, during the "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" radio broadcast on KSJO.^[20]
• "The More I See" ends at 03:23 and, after a period of silence, contains a short segment of the Robin Trower song "Bridge of Sighs", from the album of the same name, as a hidden track.
• "Free Speech for the Dumb", "Loverman", "Astronomy", "The More I See" and "Bridge of Sighs" have never been performed live.^[21]

Disc two

These tracks are a collection of B-sides from artists Metallica were inspired by, throughout the early years of the band.

The $5.98 E.P. - Garage Days Re-Revisited (1987)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
1.	"Helpless"	Harris, Tatler	Diamond Head (1980)	6:38
2.	"The Small Hours"	John Mortimer, John McCullim, Bryan Bartley, Ron Levine	Holocaust (1983)	6:43
3.	"The Wait"	Jaz Coleman, Kevin "Geordie" Walker, Martin "Youth" Glover, Paul Ferguson	Killing Joke (1980)	4:55
4.	"Crash Course in Brain Surgery"	Burke Shelley, Tony Bourge, Ray Phillips	Budgie (1974)	3:10
5.	"Last Caress/Green Hell"	Glenn Danzig	Misfits (1980/1983)	3:30

"Creeping Death" B-sides (1984)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
6.	"Am I Evil?"	Harris, Tatler	Diamond Head (1980)	7:50
7.	"Blitzkrieg"	Ian Jones, Jim Sirotto, Brian Ross	Blitzkrieg (1981)	3:37

B-sides and one-offs (1988–1993)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
8.	"Breadfan"	Bourge, Phillips, Shelley	Budgie (1973)	5:41
9.	"The Prince"	Harris, Tatler	Diamond Head (1980)	4:26
10.	"Stone Cold Crazy"	Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon	Queen (1974)	2:19
11.	"So What"	Nick "Animal" Kulmer, Chris "Magoo" Exall, Clive "Winston" Blake	Anti-Nowhere League (1981)	3:09
12.	"Killing Time"	Vivian Campbell, Trevor Fleming, Raymond Haller, Davy Bates	Sweet Savage (1981)	3:04

Motörheadache ("Hero of the Day" limited edition CD single B-sides) (1996)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
13.	"Overkill"	Eddie Clarke, Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor	Motörhead (1979)	4:05
14.	"Damage Case"	Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor, Mick Farren	Motörhead (1979)	3:40
15.	"Stone Dead Forever"	Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor	Motörhead (1979)	4:52
16.	"Too Late Too Late"	Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor	Motörhead (1979)	3:12
Total length:				70:51

• "Last Caress/Green Hell" contains a parody of Iron Maiden's song "Run to the Hills" at the outro; Iron Maiden responded to this on a B-side cover of the Montrose song titled "Space Station No. 5". The original CD edition has a mastering error in "Green Hell" at 2:01 where the left channel glitches and is out of sync with the right channel for a second. This error does not exist on the original EP release, nor the remastered EP edition.
• "Am I Evil?" and "Blitzkrieg" were originally released in November 1984 as B-sides contained on the "Creeping Death" single. They were later included as bonus tracks on the 1988 Elektra re-issue of Metallica's debut album Kill 'Em All; subsequent re-issues of Kill 'Em All did not contain the two bonus tracks.
• "Breadfan" and "The Prince" were originally released by Metallica in September 1988 as B-sides to the "Harvester of Sorrow" single. "Breadfan" was also included on the "Eye of the Beholder" single. "The Prince" was also the B-side to the "One" single, as well as the bonus track on the Japanese pressing of …And Justice For All.
• "Stone Cold Crazy" was originally released by Metallica in September 1990 on the Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary compilation album, and was later included on the "Enter Sandman" single.
• "So What" and "Killing Time" were originally released by Metallica in November 1991 as B-sides to "The Unforgiven" single. "So What" was also on the "Sad but True" single, as well as the bonus track on the Japanese pressing of Metallica.
• "Motörheadache" was recorded live at The Plant Studios in December, 1995

Personnel

Metallica James Hetfield – vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar on "Whiskey in the Jar" and "Stone Dead Forever" Lars Ulrich – drums Kirk Hammett – lead guitar, backing vocals Jason Newsted – bass, backing vocals Cliff Burton – bass on "Am I Evil?" and "Blitzkrieg"

Guest musicians on "Tuesday's Gone" Pepper Keenan – co-lead vocals Jerry Cantrell – guitar Sean Kinney – additional percussion Jim Martin – guitar John Popper – harmonica Gary Rossington – additional guitar Les Claypool – banjo

Technical personnel

Disc I Bob Rock, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich – production Randy Staub – engineering Brian Dobbs – additional engineering Kent Matcke, Leff Lefferts, Chris Manning – assistant engineers Paul DeCarli, Mike Gillies – digital editing Randy Staub, Mike Fraser – mixing George Marino – mastering

Disc II Tracks 1–5: "Not very produced" by Metallica (Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett, Newsted) Csaba "The Hut" Petocz – engineering Tracks 6–7: Metallica (Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton, Hammett), Mark Whitaker – production Jeffrey "Nick" Norman – engineering Tracks 8–9 Not produced Mike Clink, Toby "Rage" Wright – engineering Flemming Rasmussen – rough mixing Track 10 "Kind of produced" by Metallica (Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett, Newsted) Toby "Rage" Wright – engineering Tracks 11–12 "Roughly produced" by Bob Rock with Hetfield & Ulrich Randy Staub – engineering Tracks 13–16 Not produced Randy Staub – mixing George Marino – remastering

Andie Airfix – album design Anton Corbijn – front cover photography, additional photography Ross Halfin – back cover photography, additional photography Mark Leialoha – additional photography David Fricke – liner notes

Charts

Album Weekly chart performance for Garage Inc. Chart (1998–99) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[22] 2 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[23] 3 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[24] 9 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[25] 31 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[26] 3 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[27] 21 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[28] 8 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[29] 1 French Albums (SNEP)[30] 9 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[31] 1 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[32] 19 Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)[33] 22 Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[22] 97 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[34] 3 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[35] 1 Scottish Albums (OCC)[36] 37 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[37] 11 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[38] 10 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[39] 1 UK Albums (OCC)[40] 29 US Billboard 200[41] 2

Year-end charts 1998 year-end chart performance for Garage Inc. Chart (1998) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[42] 36 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[43] 73 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[44] 59 1999 year-end chart performance for Garage Inc. Chart (1999) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[45] 33 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[46] 74 Canadian Albums (RPM)[47] 77 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[48] 68 German Albums Chart[49] 21 US Billboard 200[50] 27

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1998	"Turn the Page"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	1
1999	"Die, Die My Darling"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	26
1999	"Turn the Page"	Modern Rock Tracks	39
1999	"Whiskey in the Jar"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	4

Sales and certifications

In the U.S., Garage Inc. sold 426,500 units in the first week of release, making Metallica's fourth straight debut surpassing 400,000 copies.^[51] Still, the million-plus record breaking debut of Garth Brooks' Double Live made Garage Inc. land only at second on the Billboard 200.^[52]

Certifications and sales for Garage Inc.

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[53]	Gold	30,000^^
Australia (ARIA)[54]	3× Platinum	210,000^‡
Austria (IFPI Austria)[55]	Gold	25,000^*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[56]	2× Platinum	40,000^‡
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[57]	Gold	27,446[57]
Germany (BVMI)[58]	Gold	250,000^^
Greece (IFPI Greece)[59]	Platinum	30,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[60]	Platinum	15,000^^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[61]	Gold	25,000^*
Poland (ZPAV)[62]	Platinum	100,000^*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[63]	Gold	50,000^^
Sweden (GLF)[64]	Platinum	80,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[65]	Gold	25,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[66]	Gold	100,000^^
United States (RIAA)[68]	5× Platinum	3,350,000[67]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[69]	Platinum	1,000,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Winner	Category
1999	"Whiskey in the Jar"	Best Hard Rock Performance

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External links

• Information about the album on the official website