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TRACK PROFILE · 1987

Crash Course in Brain Surgery

By Metallica

From The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re‐Revisited

Hard rockHeavy metalSpeed metalThrash metal

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Released
1987
Disc / track
1 / 2
Label
Vertigo
Duration
3:10
Artist
Metallica

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About this track

“Crash Course in Brain Surgery” appears on Metallica’s The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re‐Revisited, first released in 1987. This recording is listed with a 1987 release. It is track 2 on disc 1 in the listing below.

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The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re‐Revisited

Main track listing: The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited (1987), an official release cataloged by MusicBrainz. Additional recordings from other official editions are listed separately.

Disc 1

  1. 01Helpless
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  2. 02Crash Course in Brain Surgery
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  3. 03The Small Hours
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  4. 04Last Caress / Green Hell
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Other edition: The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited (1987)

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  1. 03The Wait
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Other edition: The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re‐Revisited (2018)

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  1. 01Helpless
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  2. 02The Small Hours
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  3. 03The Wait
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  4. 04Crash Course in Brain Surgery
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  5. 05Last Caress/Green Hell
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