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[GetOwnedBroski]

It has to be 20 songs, so I would pick

1.) Enter Sandman (obviously)
2.) Master of Puppets (obvious)
3.) Creeping Death
4.) One
5.) Sad But True
6.) Seek and Destroy
7.) Fade to Black
8.) Nothing Else Matters
9.) Unforgiven
10.) King Nothing
11.) Wherever I May Roam
12.) Battery
13.) Sanitarium
14.) Fuel
15.) For Whom The Bell Tolls
16.) Ride The Lightning
17.) Whiplash
18.) Until It Sleeps
19.) The Day That Never Comes
20.) I Disappear

Maybe not in that exact order, maybe a bit scrambled so the most popular ones aren't near the top

What would you change in my list?

[Breadfan Yeah]

St. Anger in its entirety, then when they think it's finally over, it plays again.

[Master of Cynicism]

Load and ReLoad sans Fuel, King Nothing, The Unforgiven II, The Memory Remains, and either the three other most known songs or Slither, Poor Twisted Me and Cure.

[mrbananaman]

In no order.

Master of Puppets
Fade to Black
One
The Four Horsemen
Pulling Teeth
Orion
Enter Sandman
Nothing Else Matters
The Unforgiven
The Day That Never Comes
St. Anger
Call of Ktulu
For Whom the Bell Tolls
...And Justice For All
Whiplash
Wherever I May Roam
King Nothing
Fuel
The Unforgiven II
Fixxxer

[Jen Ulrich]

St. Anger in its entirety, then when they think it's finally over, it plays again.

I am completely happy with S&M as it practically is a "best of", in my opinion. Yes there are some songs I would like to have seen on it (Fade, Sanitarium, Horsemen), but I am totally in love with that album.

[Dartht33bagger]

Their greatest hits obviously have to be their best known songs but I could never sign off on this album. For the past 3 years I haven't been able to stand listening to Enter Sandman. Seek & Destroy has always been boring to me. And anything put out between 1992-2007 is not a greatest hit in my book.

[MetSlayDeth]

My "greatest hits" triple album would be like this:
CD 1
01. That Was Just Your Life
02. All Nightmare Long
03. Just A Bullet Away
04. Rebel Of Babylon
05. Frantic
06. The Unnamed Feeling
07. No Leaf Clover
08. Fuel
09. The Memory Remains
CD 2
10. Ain't My Bitch
11. King Nothing
12. Bleeding Me
13. Enter Sandman
14. The Unforgiven
15. Nothing Else Matters
16. Blackened
17. ...And Justice For All
18. One
CD 3
19. Battery
20. Master Of Puppets
21. Disposable Heroes
22. Fight Fire With Fire
23. Fade To Black
24. Creeping Death
25. The Four Horsemen
26. Seek & Destroy

[flawless114]

In no particular order...

Hit the Lights
The Four Horsemen
Seek and Destroy
Ride the Lightning
Fade to Black
Creeping Death
Battery
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Disposable Heroes
Enter Sandman
The Unforgiven
My Friend of Misery
Nothing Else Matters
Sad But True
Until It Sleeps
Bleeding Me
The Outlaw Torn
Unforgiven II
Unforgiven III
All Nightmare Long

[michael500]

No particular order...

1. Enter Sandman
2. Nothing Else Matters
3. Master of Puppets
4. One
5. Seek and Destroy
6. The Four Horseman
7. For Whom The Bell Tolls
8. Fade To Black
9. The Unforgiven
10. Battery
11. Orion
12. The Call of Ktulu
13. King Nothing
14. Hero Of The Day
15. Until It Sleeps
16. Fuel
17. The Memory Remains
18. St. Anger
19. The Day That Never Comes
20. All Nightmare Long

Even if you don't like all these songs, it is a "Greatest Hits" album. So St. Anger needs to be included. This would be songs that the casual listener would listen to and think that they are a big Metallica fan. So you can include stuff like Just A Bullet Away or any other of your personal favorites.

[MetallicaFan247]

The four horsemen
Whiplash
Fade to black
For whom the bell tolls
Creeping Death
Master of puppets
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
One
To live is to die
Enter Sandman
Nothing else matters
Wherever i may roam
Sad but true
The Unforgiven
Until it sleeps
Hero of the day
Fuel
The Unforgiven II
Whiskey in the jar
Some Kind Of Monster
St. Anger
Frantic
All Nightmare Long
The Day that never comes

A little more than 20 but heres the list of greatest hits (A hit dosnt always mean the best song just the most successful)

[welshsteve]

Blimey, this a tough one, but here goes. In no particular order:


Fuel
Enter Sandman
Master Of Puppets
Nothing Else Matters
Sad But True
Broken, Beat & Scarred
Blackened
Harvester Of Sorrow
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Fade To Black
Creeping Death
The Four Horsemen
Seek & Destroy
Battery
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Am I Evil? (I know it's not there's but it's great :))
One
Wherever I May Roam
The Memory Remains
The Unforgiven

[TheAsh13SS]

St. Anger in its entirety, then when they think it's finally over, it plays again.

yeah! i like your order of the hits

[KrisFrosz133]

I actually made my very own Greatest Hits album that consists of three discs. I arranged them like so:

Disc 1

• Enter Sandman
• Sad but True
• Master of Puppets
• The Unforgiven
• Seek & Destroy
• Frantic
• Blackened
• Fuel
• The Memory Remains
• Hero of The Day
• Better Than You
• Creeping Death
• Bleeding Me

Disc 2

• Nothing Else Matters
• Until It Sleeps
• King Nothing
• The Unforgiven II
• All Nightmare Long
• For Whom The Bell Tolls
• Battery
• One
• I Disappear
• Wherever I May Roam
• Prince Charming
• Fade To Black
• Mama Said

Disc 3

• The Call of Ktulu
• ...And Justice for All (edit)
• Some Kind of Monster (radio edit)
• The Unforgiven III
• Turn The Page
• St. Anger
• No Leaf Clover
• Motorbreath
• Harvester of Sorrow
• 2 x 4
• My World
• The God That Failed
• Low Man's Lyric (edit)

I admit that there are songs that some fans may not agree but hey, it is my greatest hits, no?

[Cliffy]

no order:
Whiplash
Seek and Destroy
For whom the bell tolls
Fade to Black
Creeping death
Battery
Master of puppets
Blackened
Harvester of sorrow
One
Enter sandman
Sad but true
Nothing else matters
King nothing
The Memory Remains
Fuel
Frantic
St. Anger
The day that never comes
Hell and Back
i would have put "am i evil" or "stone cold crazy" on there but those are covers even though they're probably 2 of there bigger songs. and although (myself) and many people think "rebel" is the best song on "beyond magnetic" hell and back is more popular (live plays and radio plays)

[TWJYL]

no order:
Whiplash
Seek and Destroy
For whom the bell tolls
Fade to Black
Creeping death
Battery
Master of puppets
Blackened
Harvester of sorrow
One
Enter sandman
Sad but true
Nothing else matters
King nothing
The Memory Remains
Fuel
Frantic
St. Anger
The day that never comes
Hell and Back

Seems to be in chronological order to me :P

[batteryGO]

Considering greatest hits i.e. songs that non-hardcore metallica fans would know of, and not solely my personal favorites, I guess it would be these 20:

Seek & Destroy
The Four Horsemen
Whiplash
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Fade to Black
Creeping Death
Battery
Master of Puppets
Sanitarium
Blackened
One
Enter Sandman
Sad But True
Nothing Else Matters
Wherever I May Roam
The Unforgiven
Fuel
The Memory Remains
St. Anger (or Until It Sleeps)
The Day That Never Comes

Edited by batteryGO, Jul 06 12 - 12:29 AM.

[That Was Just Your Sandman]

Annoyingly, Greatest Hits are always compiled with the singles and maybe one or two bonus songs.
So should they ever do one that's what it is likely to be. All the singles with some classics, and who knows maybe a new song or two like most bands do with their "hits" albums.