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[[Image:Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art]]
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[[Image:Jean-Baptiste_Carpeaux_La_Danse.jpg|thumb|right|400px|La Danse (The Dance), Opera Garnier in Paris]]
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Commonscat}}
| Name = Kill 'Em All |
| Type = [[Album]] |
| Artist = [[Metallica]] |
| Cover = Metallica_-_Kill_Em_All.jpg|
| Released = [[July 25]], [[1983]] |
| Recorded = [[1982]]–[[1983]] at Music America Studios, [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], [[New York]] |
| Genre = [[Thrash metal]], [[speed metal]] |
| Length = 51:18 |
| Label = [[Megaforce Records]] |
| Producer = Paul Curcio<br/>Jon Zazula |
| Reviews =
*[[All Music Guide]] {{rating-5|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:vecm965o3ep3 link]
| Last album = ''[[Megaforce demo]]''<br />(1983)
| This album = '''''Kill 'Em All'''''<br />(1983)
| Next album = ''[[Ride the Lightning]]''<br />(1984)
}}


'''Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux''' ([[May 11]], [[1827]], [[Valenciennes]] –[[October 12]], [[1875]], [[Courbevoie]]) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under [[François Rude]]. Carpeaux won the [[Prix de Rome]] in [[1854]], and moving to [[Rome]] to find inspiration, he there studied the works of [[Michelangelo Buonarroti|Michelangelo]], [[Donatello]] and [[Andrea del Verrocchio|Verrocchio]]. Staying in Rome from [[1854]] to [[1861]], he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of [[baroque art]]. In [[1861]] he made a bust of [[Mathilde Bonaparte|Princess Mathilde]], and this later brought him several commissions from [[Napoleon III]]. He worked at the pavilion of [[Flora (goddess)|Flora]], and the [[Opéra Garnier]]. His group La Danse (the Dance, [[1869]]), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency.
'''''Kill 'Em All''''' is [[Metallica|Metallica's]] debut album, released on [[July 25]], [[1983]] on [[Megaforce Records]].


He never managed to finish his last work, the famous Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth, on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of [[Asia]], [[Europe]], [[North America|America]] and [[Africa]], and it was [[Emmanuel Frémiet]] who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin.
==Impact==
Released in 1983, the record's release set the band on the path to "world domination", as drummer [[Lars Ulrich]] would put it in the following year. <ref>As stated in ''Metallica: In Their Own Words''</ref>


== Sculptures by Carpeaux ==
According to some music critics{{fact}} the album is acclaimed for combining high-tempo (discounting the [[Cliff Burton]] bass solo "[[(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth]]") and a tribute to the band's early influences: [[Diamond Head (band)|Diamond Head]], [[Iron Maiden]], [[Motörhead]] and [[Venom (band)|Venom]], all [[English people|English]] bands who combined the heaviness and technicality of [[Black Sabbath]] with the speed and aggression of [[punk rock]].


* Ugolin et ses fils - [[Ugolino della Gherardesca|Ugolino]] and his Sons (1861, in the permanent collection of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]])[[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000009025.html]] with versions in other museums including the [[Musée d'Orsay]]
==The Mustaine factor==
* The Dance (commissioned for the [[Palais Garnier|Opera Garnier]])
When Metallica settled on a lineup originally, the band featured [[James Hetfield]] (guitar/vocals), [[Lars Ulrich]] (drums), [[Ron McGovney]] (bass) and [[Dave Mustaine]] (lead guitar). Due to tensions between McGovney and Mustaine, McGovney left the band. [[Castro Valley, California|Castro Valley]]-born bassist [[Cliff Burton]] was recruited as a replacement.
* Jeune pêcheur à la coquille - [[Naples|Neapolitan]] Fisherboy - in the [[Louvre]], [[Paris]] [[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000034255.html]]
* Girl with Shell
* [[Antoine Watteau]] monument, [[Valenciennes]]


==Neapolitan Fisherboy==
There was also considerable tension between Mustaine and the rest of the band (particularly Hetfield), which resulted in him being fired in early 1983, just prior to the recording of ''Kill 'Em All'' - he went on to form the band [[Megadeth]], who also achieved multi-million selling success. After Mustaine's departure, Metallica recruited [[Kirk Hammett]], [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]] guitarist and one-time student of guitar legend [[Joe Satriani]], and the band started recording the Kill 'Em All with him barely a month after joining to record the album.


Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of ''Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille'', the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the [[French Academy]] while a student in [[Rome]]. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for [[Napoleon III]]'s empress, [[Eugénie de Montijo|Eugènie]]. The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the [[National Gallery of Art]] in [[Washington D.C.]]
Mustaine and Hetfield had personal conflicts, with Mustaine later blaming the rivalry on the fact that "there was too much personality" in the band <ref>as stated in ''Metallica: In Their Own Words''</ref>. These tensions led to a fist-fight that broke out between Mustaine and Hetfield{{fact}}, after Mustaine accused Hetfield of kicking his dog.{{fact}}<!--Blogspot is not a reliable source. This may be available elsewhere: ref name"mustaineinterview">{{cite web
| url = http://dethaholic.blogspot.com/2006/11/rust-in-peace-taken-from-music.html
| title = Dave Mustaine Interview
| accessdate = 15 December
| accessyear = 2006
| author = Eric Niles
| date = 2006-11-02
}}
</ref--> Hetfield and Ulrich stated that they fired Dave because of his [[alcohol]] problem. Mustaine initially denied this, and in Metallica's 2004 movie ''[[Some Kind of Monster (film)|Some Kind of Monster]]'', Mustaine stated that he wished Metallica told him to go to [[Alcoholics Anonymous|AA]].


Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.
Despite their differences, Mustaine's contribution to the early years of Metallica was not neglected as he received four co-writing credits on ''Kill 'Em All''. One song, "[[The Four Horsemen (song)|The Four Horsemen]]" was originally written by Mustaine and titled "[[The Mechanix]]". It was performed at many early Metallica shows. Following Mustaine's exit, Hammett added a mid-paced, melodic middle section. Hetfield also wrote new lyrics and the band renamed it ''The Four Horsemen''. Mustaine kept the faster paced original version of the song, renamed it simply "Mechanix", and included it on the first Megadeth album, ''[[Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!]]''. Mustaine's other writing credits on ''Kill 'Em All'' are for the songs "[[Jump in the Fire]]", "[[Phantom Lord (song)|Phantom Lord]]" and "[[Metal Militia]]".


Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to [[Naples]].
==Controversy==
The band received criticism from the [[Bay Area thrash|Bay Area scene]] and the underground rock press at the time for their proposed title for their debut album. The band initially planned to call it ''Metal Up Your Ass'', and it would boast a cover featuring a toilet bowl with a hand clutching a dagger emerging from it. The band's label urged them to change this <ref>[http://www.encycmet.com/biography/]</ref>, so they agreed, switching to the marginally less-offensive ''Kill 'Em All'', with a cover featuring the shadow of a hand letting go of a bloodied sledgehammer. Cliff Burton is credited{{fact}} with coming up with the name ''Kill 'Em All'' (referring to timid record distributors and the censors) as a response to the whole situation.

==Awards and recognitions==
In 1989, the album was ranked #35 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of the The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80's.

The album would reach #120 on the charts, according to Metallica.com

==Track listing==
#"[[Hit the Lights]]" (J. Hetfield, L. Ulrich) – 4:17
#"[[The Four Horsemen (song)|The Four Horsemen]]" (J. Hetfield, L. Ulrich, D. Mustaine) – 7:13
#"[[Motorbreath]]" (J. Hetfield) – 3:08
#"[[Jump in the Fire]]" (J. Hetfield, L. Ulrich, D. Mustaine) – 4:41
#"[[(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth]]" (C. Burton) – 4:14
#"[[Whiplash (song)|Whiplash]]" (J. Hetfield, L. Ulrich) – 4:09
#"[[Phantom Lord]]" (J. Hetfield, L. Ulrich, D. Mustaine) – 5:01
#"[[No Remorse (song)|No Remorse]]" (J. Hetfield, L. Ulrich) – 6:26
#"[[Seek & Destroy]]" (J. Hetfield, L. Ulrich) – 6:55
#"[[Metal Militia]]" (J. Hetfield, L. Ulrich, D. Mustaine) – 5:11
#"[[Am I Evil?]]" (originally recorded by [[Diamond Head (band)|Diamond Head]], bonus track on 1989 re-release) – 7:51
#"Blitzkrieg" (originally recorded by [[Blitzkrieg (band)|Blitzkrieg]], bonus track on 1989 re-release) – 3:34

==Singles==
"Jump in the Fire" was released as a UK EP in February 1984 to promote a UK tour with [[Venom (band)|Venom]]. The EP would feature "Phantom Lord" and "Seek & Destroy" as live tracks, although they are actually studio recordings with fake crowd noise dubbed over them{{fact}}.

"Whiplash" was released as a U.S. 12" EP, featuring the same tracks as the UK ''Jump in the Fire'' EP but also featuring a special Neckbrace remix of "Whiplash". However, [[Lars Ulrich]] stated that there is no difference between the remix of "Whiplash" and the original version{{fact}}.

==Miscellaneous Information==
{{trivia}}
The song "[[(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth]]" is a bass solo by [[Cliff Burton]]. An instrumental track, with accompaniment on drums by Lars Ulrich, it features Burton's distinctive style of playing, incorporating heavy distortion, use of the [[Wah-wah|wah-wah pedal]], and [[tapping]]. This is also the bass solo that Cliff was playing when James and Lars first saw him at a gig. When they first entered the club where Cliff was playing, both James and Lars thought the sound was coming from a guitar. When they saw Cliff's red hair thrashing around, and that the sound was coming from a bass, they immediately wanted Cliff in their band.

The 1989 re-issue of the album by [[Elektra Records]] added the songs "Blitzkrieg" (a cover of a song by [[Blitzkrieg (band)|the band of the same name]]) and "Am I Evil?" (the aforementioned Diamond Head song). Both of these Metallica covers were previously released as ''Garage Days Revisited'' on the B-side of the ''Creeping Death'' EP from the label [[Music For Nations]] in 1984.

It was recorded in only two weeks on a shoestring budget. Originally the band printed 1,500 copies.

==Credits==
* [[James Hetfield]] – [[rhythm guitar]], [[Singer|vocals]]
* [[Lars Ulrich]] – [[drums]]
* [[Cliff Burton]] – [[bass guitar]] (recording and composition)
* [[Kirk Hammett]] – [[lead guitar]] (recording)
* [[Dave Mustaine]] – [[lead guitar]] (composition)
* Jon Zazula – [[executive producer]]
* Paul Curcio – [[Record producer|producer]]
* Chris Bubacz – [[Audio engineering|engineer]]
* Andy Wroblewski – assistant engineer
* [[Bob Ludwig]] – [[Audio mastering|mastering]]

==Charting positions==
===Album===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Chart !! Position
|-
| 1986
| The Billboard 200
| #120
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://metallica.com/Media/Albums/albums.asp?album_id=1 Official site]



*[http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=rs_display_res&critere=jean+baptiste+carpeaux&operator=AND&nbToDisplay=5&langue=fr A page on the official Louvre site giving access to some of Carpeaux's works (French language only)]
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*[http://www.insecula.com/contact/A005511_oeuvre_1.html A page from insecula.com listing more views of Carpeaux's works (also in French;] it may be necessary to close an advertising window to view this page)
*[http://www.studiolo.org/MMA-Ugolino/Ugolino.htm A page analysing Carpeaux's ''Ugolino'', with numerous illustrations]


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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art
La Danse (The Dance), Opera Garnier in Paris
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (May 11, 1827, Valenciennes –October 12, 1875, Courbevoie) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under François Rude. Carpeaux won the Prix de Rome in 1854, and moving to Rome to find inspiration, he there studied the works of Michelangelo, Donatello and Verrocchio. Staying in Rome from 1854 to 1861, he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of baroque art. In 1861 he made a bust of Princess Mathilde, and this later brought him several commissions from Napoleon III. He worked at the pavilion of Flora, and the Opéra Garnier. His group La Danse (the Dance, 1869), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency.

He never managed to finish his last work, the famous Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth, on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of Asia, Europe, America and Africa, and it was Emmanuel Frémiet who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin.

Sculptures by Carpeaux

Neapolitan Fisherboy

Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille, the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the French Academy while a student in Rome. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for Napoleon III's empress, Eugènie. The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.

Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to Naples.

External links

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