What is Master of Puppets?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox album | name = Master of Puppets | type = studio | artist = [[Metallica]] | cover = | alt = | released = {{Start date|1986|3|3}} | recorded = {{Start date|1|9}} – {{Start date|1985|12|27}} | venue = | studio = [[Sweet Silence Studios]] in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark | genre = [[Thrash metal]] | length = 54:47 | label = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] | producer = {{hlist|[[Flemming Rasmussen]]|Metallica}} | prev_title = [[Ride the Lightning]] | prev_year = 1984 | next_title = [[The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited]] | next_year = 1987 | misc = {{Singles | name = Master of Puppets | type = studio | single1 = [[Master of Puppets (song)|Master of Puppets]] | single1date = July 2, 1986 }} }} '''''Master of Puppets''''' is the third album by [[Metallica]]. Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The album was released by [[Elektra Records]] on March 3, 1986. The album has 8 songs, which many feel made a permanent impact on [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] music. Several of its songs are still played on the radio. It is one of the best selling heavy metal albums ever made. Many people think it is also one of the best heavy metal albums ever made. Before the album came out, Metallica went on tour with [[Ozzy Osbourne]] for five months. It is the band's last album with [[Bass guitar|bassist]] [[Cliff Burton]]. This is because Burton died in a bus accident on September 27, 1986 while [[Concert|touring]] in Sweden for the album.<ref>{{cite web|title=26 Years Ago: Metallica Bassist Cliff Burton Dies in a Bus Accident|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/metallica-bassist-cliff-burton-dies-in-a-bus-accident/|accessdate=2014-07-04}}</ref> After he died, the band canceled the concerts they were going to play. They went back to the United States to find a new bassist. ==Track listing== {{tracklist | title1 = Battery | length1 = 5:12 | title2 = [[Master of Puppets (song)|Master of Puppets]] | length2 = 8:36 |