Metallica - Ride The Lightning

Released July 27, 1984

Guitar, Vocals: James Hetfield
Drums: Lars Ulrich
Bass: Cliff Burton
Guitar: Kirk Hammett

Produced by Metallica
Assisted by Flemming Rasmussen & Mark Whitaker
Engineered by Flemming Rasmussen

Recorded & Mixed at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark — Spring 1984

Mastered by Tom Coyne
Remastered by Bob Ludwig (1984)
Remastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York, NY (1995)
Remastered by Howie Weinberg at Howie Weinberg Mastering, Los Angeles, CA (2016)

Cover Concept: Metallica
Cover Design: Ad Artists

Photographers: Peter Cronin (Lars/Back Cover), Rick Brackett (Kirk/Back Cover & James/Back Cover), Harald O (Cliff/Back Cover), Fin Costello (B&W Group), Anthony D. Sommella (Live Pix Group), Robert Hoetink (Dressing Room)

Management: Q Prime, Inc.

All songs © 1984 Creeping Death Music (Global Music Rights)
℗ & © 1984 Blackened Recordings

Ride the Lightning is the second studio album by American heavy metal