i own all of the metallica albums, and AJFA is my favorite one. all of the songs are good i can listen to the whole thing withour touching the skip button. It also has a variety of songs; you have "blackened," and "dyers eve," which are extremely fast songs then you have "one" which starts off slow and gets fast, and all the others are good too. the insturmental "to live is to die" is amazing, from the guitar work to the drumming i think it is metallicas best instrumental. It is not a cd you get tired of after listening it a few times either. go out and buy this cd, you wont be sorry.