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It’s a funny thing with Rockabye Baby’s Lullaby Renditions of Metallica–the disc is both all about the music and it’s not. Consider it: on the one hand, here is a righteous, fully recognizable assortment of vintage Metallica tunes, including “Master of Puppets,” “Enter Sandman,” and “Nothing Else Matters.” On the other, what’s to stop a suburban massage parlor from passing it off as another generic, therapeutically new-age soundtrack to release tension by? Not a lot. The point being that this is a strangely versatile disc, but one no Metallica-loving new parent should be without. Starting, appropriately enough, at “One,” producer and performer Michael Armstrong reduces Kirk Hammett’s once rib-crushing riffs to xylophone and toy piano; “Fade to Black” becomes powder-puff pink, “(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth” becomes more like “(Band-Aid) Kissing a Boo-Boo.” Somewhat miraculously, what once was suitable listening for leather-wearers only becomes music to fasten Pampers by. Enjoyably. Upping the gift-appeal factor is Metallica’s inarguably cool liner notes: scissors, string, tape, and a hole punch turns them into a heavy-metal mobile to hang over baby’s bed. –Tammy La Gorce buy

1. …And Justice for All2. Enter Sandman3. Wherever I May Roam4. Nothing Else Matters5. Fade to Black6. Master of Puppets7. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)8. The Unforgiven9. One10. Battery11. (Anesthesia) Pulling TeethSystem Requirements:Exit light enter night.The heavy metal sounds of Metallica s best-known anthems have been turned into shimmering lullabies for your little metalhead pride and joy. They will enjoy songs like Enter Sandman and One without the pesky earplugs you didn t bother to wear growing up. We have traded the guitars and drums for chimes and harp turned down the volume from an eleven to a two and made the bed ourselves. Say your prayers little one. Tonight the sandman will be gently rocking you to sleep.dFormat: CD

Customer Reviews

AWESOME ~
Amazing CD ….. if you’re thinking of getting any of the CD’s from this line – this is definitely the one to get. We listen to it almost every night and it calms our little one down every time. Mom and Dad like it too

cool, but a little scary for a baby
I thought it was really cool and cleaver, but a little scary for a baby.

Beautiful re-imagination
As a MetallicA fan I was excited to be buying my young daughters these calming renditions of MetallicA songs. They have been impressively re-imagined and composed and it’s amazing such frenetic, loud music can be transposed in such a way.

My only wish was that some of the songs were a bit longer, or that instead of favouring the ‘hit songs’ they had re-worked some of MetallicA’s more musical numbers or perhaps done some medleys. But that aside, it is still a fantastic CD that all the family listens to when we need to chill out!

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