Live Shit: Binge & Purge
Live Shit: Binge & Purge is the first live album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released in a box set format on November 23, 1993. The initial first pressings contained three CDs or cassette tapes, with songs from concerts in Mexico City on the Nowhere Else to Roam tour, as well as three VHS tapes while a newer version contains two DVDs from concerts in San Diego on the Wherever We May Roam Tour and Seattle on the Damaged Justice Tour. It was originally released as a cardboard box depicting the style of a typical tour equipment transport box. Besides the audio and video media, the box featured additional bonus material (booklet showing photos, typical tour correspondence as sent and received by the band and their management, and internal documents and handwritten notes; a recreated copy of an access pass to the "Snakepit" part of the tour stage; a cardboard drawing/airbrush stencil for the "Scary Guy" logo) and a black "Metalli'Fukin'ca" T-shirt. Live Shit: Binge & Purge has been certified 15x platinum by the RIAA as a long-form video format.
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Released | November 23, 1993 | |||
Recorded | August 29, 1989 – March 2, 1993 | |||
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Length | 8:34:39 (full box set) | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[2] |
Entertainment Weekly | B[3] |
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When the set was reissued in 3-CD / 2-DVD format, the box was abandoned in favor of a jewel case format. The booklet that was released in the initial set was made available as DVD-ROM content.
Track listing
Audio CDs
Recorded at the Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico, on February 25, 26, 27, and March 1 and 2, 1993.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Ecstasy of Gold/Enter Sandman" | Ennio Morricone/James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett | 7:28 |
2. | "Creeping Death" | Hetfield, Ulrich, Cliff Burton, Hammett | 7:28 |
3. | "Harvester of Sorrow" | Hetfield, Ulrich | 7:19 |
4. | "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" | Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett | 6:39 |
5. | "Sad but True" | Hetfield, Ulrich | 6:07 |
6. | "Of Wolf and Man" | Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett | 6:22 |
7. | "The Unforgiven" | Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett | 6:48 |
8. | "Justice Medley"
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| 9:38 |
9. | "Solos (bass/guitar)" | Hammett, Newsted | 18:49 |
Total length: | 76:34 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Through the Never" | Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett | 3:47 |
2. | "For Whom the Bell Tolls" | Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton | 5:48 |
3. | "Fade to Black" | Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton, Hammett | 7:12 |
4. | "Master of Puppets" | Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton, Hammett | 4:35 |
5. | "Seek & Destroy" | Hetfield, Ulrich | 18:08 |
6. | "Whiplash" | Hetfield, Ulrich | 5:34 |
Total length: | 45:04 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Nothing Else Matters" | Hetfield, Ulrich | 6:22 |
2. | "Wherever I May Roam" | Hetfield, Ulrich | 6:33 |
3. | "Am I Evil?" (originally performed by Diamond Head) | Sean Harris, Brian Tatler | 5:42 |
4. | "Last Caress" (originally performed by the Misfits) | Glenn Danzig | 1:25 |
5. | "One" | Hetfield, Ulrich | 10:27 |
6. | "So What?/Battery" ("So What?" originally performed by Anti-Nowhere League) | Nick Kulmer, Chris Exall, Clive Blake / Hetfield, Ulrich | 10:05 |
7. | "The Four Horsemen" | Hetfield, Ulrich, Dave Mustaine | 6:08 |
8. | "Motorbreath" | Hetfield | 3:14 |
9. | "Stone Cold Crazy" (originally performed by Queen) | Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon | 5:32 |
Total length: | 55:28 |
San Diego
Recorded at the San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California, on January 13 and 14, 1992.
VHS one/DVD one
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "20 Min. MetalliMovie" | 19:56 |
2. | "The Ecstasy of Gold/Enter Sandman" | 7:23 |
3. | "Creeping Death" | 7:45 |
4. | "Harvester of Sorrow" | 6:55 |
5. | "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" | 6:59 |
6. | "Sad But True" | 6:35 |
7. | "Wherever I May Roam" | 6:57 |
8. | "Bass solo" | 10:48 |
9. | "Through the Never" | 4:29 |
10. | "The Unforgiven" | 7:54 |
11. | "Justice Medley" ("Eye of the Beholder"/"Blackened"/"The Frayed Ends of Sanity"/"...And Justice for All"/"Blackened")" | 10:16 |
12. | "Drum solo and drum battle (with James Hetfield on drum kit)" | 9:43 |
13. | "Guitar solo" | 8:49 |
VHS two/DVD one
No. | Title | Length |
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14. | "The Four Horsemen" | 5:30 |
15. | "For Whom the Bell Tolls" | 5:50 |
16. | "Fade to Black" | 7:19 |
17. | "Whiplash" | 7:41 |
18. | "Master of Puppets" | 5:28 |
19. | "Seek & Destroy sung by Newsted" | 15:44 |
20. | "One" | 9:46 |
21. | "Last Caress" | 3:54 |
22. | "Am I Evil?" | 2:55 |
23. | "Battery" | 7:27 |
24. | "Stone Cold Crazy/End credits" | 13:06 |
Seattle
Recorded at the Seattle Coliseum, Seattle, Washington on August 29 and 30, 1989.
VHS three/DVD two
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Ecstasy of Gold/Blackened" | 11:43 |
2. | "For Whom the Bell Tolls" | 5:30 |
3. | "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" | 6:27 |
4. | "Harvester of Sorrow" | 6:28 |
5. | "The Four Horsemen" | 5:35 |
6. | "The Thing That Should Not Be" | 7:14 |
7. | "Bass solo" | 7:46 |
8. | "Master of Puppets" | 8:46 |
9. | "Fade to Black" | 8:10 |
10. | "Seek & Destroy" | 8:05 |
11. | "...And Justice for All" | 13:33 |
12. | "One" | 7:48 |
13. | "Creeping Death" | 7:48 |
14. | "Guitar solo" | 6:34 |
15. | "Battery" | 9:11 |
16. | "Last Caress" | 1:54 |
17. | "Am I Evil?" | 4:06 |
18. | "Whiplash" | 5:37 |
19. | "Breadfan/End credits" | 8:20 |
Personnel
- Metallica
- James Hetfield – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Kirk Hammett – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Jason Newsted – bass, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals
- Lars Ulrich – drums
- Production
- James Hetfield; Lars Ulrich – producers
- Guy Charbonneau; Mick Hughes – engineers
- James "Jimbo" Barton; Kent Matcke; Mike Fraser – mixing
- Scott Humphrey – digital editing
Chart positions
Year | Chart | Position |
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1993 | Billboard 200 | 26[5] |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Germany (BVMI)[6] | Gold | 25,000![]() |
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References
- AllMusic Staff. "Metallica – Live Shit: Binge & Purge review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
- Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 277. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- Browne, David (December 3, 1993). "BOXING DAY (Metallica: Live Shit: Binge & Purge)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
- "Metallica: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 10, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
- "Metallica – Chart history – Billboard".
- "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Metallica; 'Live Shit (Bing & Purge)')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved May 25, 2019.