1986 album makes history.
Metallica 's classic 1986 album "Master Of Puppets" has been selected to become a United States National Historic Landmark, joining a select group of 450 albums with this status among the more than 3 million recordings held in the Library of Congress.
Each year, the American organization selects 25 albums that are culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant and that were released more than 10 years ago.
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“This collection contains records of blues, jazz, rock, country, and classical music, as well as recordings of important sporting events, speeches, and radio programs. This selection helps to preserve the record of what we have done and who we are,” commented David S. Mao, head of the Library of Congress, which was founded in 1800 and is the largest library in the world.
This year, the singles "Piano Man" by Billy Joel and "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor were also chosen to become Historic Heritage sites.
"Master Of Puppets" is the last album with bassist Cliff Burton, who passed away during the tour that same year .