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I removed this from the article
It is considered by many to be the greatest heavy metal album of all time.

C'mon, people say that about every album and it's entirely an opinion. While you might say what I just said was an opinion I say that there is no best and worst album ever.

But itis a fact that it is considered by many to be the greatest heavy metal album of all time. It is a fact that many people hold this opinion.24.144.137.244 18:47, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't think there's much doubt that MOP is a very important album, and "greatest" was probably not the best choice. Still, I think it's necessary that at least some recognition of the album's place in the metal canon be presented to readers. I reworded the initial claim slightly to tone down the celebratory rhetoric while still presenting an important bit of context. -- Pillsbur 08:36, Apr 29, 2004 (UTC)

Maybe references to critical opinions of Puppets could show the importance of Puppets in the metal canon. For example, I think I remember one or two issues of "Guitar World" which put Puppets on "Best Album Ever" type lists. Can't remember the issues off the top of my head. There are probably similar articles in other magazines, books on Metallica, etc.

Actually, the website allmusic.com does comment, in reference to MOP, that "some critics have called Master of Puppets the best heavy metal album ever recorded; if it isn't, it certainly comes close."

Well, critics have argued over MoP for a few decades now; while the majority agree that it is certainly Metallica's best album, we can't agree on whether it is the best metal album of the '80s. Now, MoP was a defining moment in Metallica's career, and it was truly damn near-perfect. It also greatly helped bring thrash and heavy metal into mainstream sources

Good call by the editor. I strongly disagree that Master of Puppets earns the title of "greatest heavy metal album of all time". Just because critics say it doesn't mean it's true. Their opinions are just as subjective as anybody elses. Hey, I'm a critic (I edit lists on digitaldreamdoor, my name is Kevin), and I disagree that Master of Puppets earns that title. Black Sabbath's Paranoid is the best cantidate for that title, and I'd even say Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast is a greater album than Master of Puppets. But it's subjective anyways. Malmsteen Maiden 23:23, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

I found the analysis of songs such as 'Master of Puppets' in this article very interesting, but what the fuck is it going on about when it says that the complex nature of the song itself is infact a metaphor about drug addiction?! It seems to suggest that the complexity of the song was to show that this sort of song writing would not be possible if someone was under the control of drug addiction. That sounds like somebody reading into the track a little bit too much in my opinion....

^ lmao Malmsteen Maiden 00:54, 23 December 2005 (UTC)