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title: "Mandatory Metallica by Metallica"
type: "MusicAlbum"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/album/02546843-b2b1-4c7f-a31a-23c31e8133bc"
artist: "Metallica"
year: 1988
label: "Elektra"
---

# Mandatory Metallica

**Mandatory Metallica** is a compilation by Metallica, released in 1988 on Elektra.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Title | Mandatory Metallica |
| Artist | Metallica |
| Type | Compilation |
| Year | 1988 |
| Label | Elektra |
| Catalog number | PR 8020-2 |
| Tracks | 7 |
| Place in discography | 34 of 1041 |

## Tracklist

| # | Track | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Master of Puppets | 8:38 |
| 2 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | 5:10 |
| 3 | Seek & Destroy | 6:50 |
| 4 | Fade to Black | 6:56 |
| 5 | Welcome Home (Sanitarium) | 6:28 |
| 6 | The Thing That Should Not Be | 6:32 |
| 7 | Creeping Death | 6:36 |

## Genres

[Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal) · [Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal)

## In the discography

- Previous release: […And Justice for All (1988)](https://themetalnet.com/album/67553e23-8dad-3792-b6f2-8fedd5650ff3)
- Next release: [1989‐05‐13: Damaged Justice Tour ’88‐’89: Yoyogi Olympic Pool, Tokyo, Japan (1989)](https://themetalnet.com/album/e1843637-99e1-38a9-968d-e4b663fe89d7)

## Artist

- [Metallica](https://themetalnet.com/band/metallica)

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/album/02546843-b2b1-4c7f-a31a-23c31e8133bc](https://themetalnet.com/album/02546843-b2b1-4c7f-a31a-23c31e8133bc). Catalog compiled from open music-metadata sources. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt