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TRACK PROFILE · 2011

The Shortest Straw

By Metallica

From 2011-07-02: The Big Four: Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Hard rockHeavy metalSpeed metalThrash metal

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Released
2011
Disc / track
1 / 3
Duration
6:13
Artist
Metallica
2011-07-02: The Big Four: Gelsenkirchen, Germany album cover
Album artwork. (Credit: Metallica)

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About this track

“The Shortest Straw” appears on Metallica’s 2011-07-02: The Big Four: Gelsenkirchen, Germany, first released in 2011. This recording is listed with a 2011 release. It is track 3 on disc 1 in the listing below.

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2011-07-02: The Big Four: Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Main track listing: 2011-07-02: The Big Four: Gelsenkirchen, Germany (2011), an official release cataloged by MusicBrainz. Additional recordings from other official editions are listed separately.

Disc 1

  1. 01Hit The Lights
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  2. 02Master Of Puppets
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  3. 03The Shortest Straw
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  4. 04Seek And Destroy
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  5. 05Kirk Solo #1
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  6. 06Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
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  7. 07The Memory Remains
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  8. 08All Nightmare Long
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  9. 09Sad But True
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  10. 10Bass Solo
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  11. 11Wherever I May Roam
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  12. 12The Call of Ktulu
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Disc 2

  1. 01One
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  2. 02For Whom the Bell Tolls
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  3. 03Blackened
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  4. 04Kirk Solo #2
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  5. 05Fade to Black
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  6. 06Enter Sandman
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  7. 07Encore Jam
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  8. 08Helpless
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  9. 09Battery
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  10. 10Creeping Death
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Artwork (Credit: Metallica)

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