Metallica - Anesthesia(Pulling Teeth)

R.I.P Cliff Burton

Track #5 of Metallicas 1983 album Kill Em All

Track listing
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Hit the Lights" James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, 4:16
2. "The Four Horsemen" James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Dave Mustaine 7:11
3. "Motorbreath" James Hetfield 3:08
4. "Jump in the Fire" James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Dave Mustaine 4:39
5. "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth" (Instrumental) Cliff Burton 4:14
6. "Whiplash" James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich 4:10

Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Phantom Lord" James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Dave Mustaine 4:57
2. "No Remorse" James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich 6:26
3. "Seek & Destroy" James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich 6:53
4. "Metal Militia" James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Dave Mustaine 5:10

Bonus tracks (1988 Elektra reissue)
No. Title Writer(s) Length
11. "Am I Evil?" (Diamond Head cover) Sean Harris, Brian Tatler 7:50
12. "Blitzkrieg" (Blitzkrieg cover)

(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth
"(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth" is a bass solo by Cliff Burton. An instrumental track, with some accompaniment on drums by Ulrich, it features Burton's distinctive "lead bass" style of playing, incorporating heavy distortion, use of the wah-wah pedal, and tapping. At the beginning of the track, a voice says, "Bass solo, take one," likely to inform fans that the song is, in fact, played on bass guitar. This is also the bass solo that Burton was playing when Hetfield and Ulrich first saw him at a gig: We heard this wild solo going on and thought, 'I dont see any guitar player up there.' We were both counting the strings, and I finally turned to Lars and said, 'Dude, that's a bass!' Cliff was up there on stage with his band Trauma with a wah wah pedal and his huge mop of red hair. He didn't care whether people were there. He was looking down at his bass, playing", recounts Hetfield

Personnel
Metallica
James Hetfield — lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Kirk Hammett — lead guitar
Cliff Burton — bass, backing vocals, bass solo in "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth"
Lars Ulrich — drums, percussion

Elektra Records

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