A guide track for the tempos and a click track for Ulrich's drumming were used. Rasmussen's first task was to adjust and arrange the guitar sound, with which the band was dissatisfied. Both were released as B-sides for singles from the album and were later included on the 1998 cover album Garage Inc. Awaiting Rasmussen's arrival, the band had recorded two cover songs-"Breadfan" and "The Prince"-to "fine‑tune the sound while they got into the studio vibe". Clink is credited with engineering drums on "The Shortest Straw" and "Harvester of Sorrow". Hetfield explained that recording with Clink had been problematic, and Rasmussen was a last-minute replacement. Rasmussen listened to Clink's rough mixes for the album on his February 14 flight to Los Angeles, and upon his arrival, Clink was fired. Plans deteriorated, and Rasmussen became available three weeks after drummer Lars Ulrich had first called him. He had been initially unavailable for the planned start on January 1, 1988, and the band hired Mike Clink, who had caught their attention for producing the debut Guns N' Roses album Appetite for Destruction (1987). Metallica produced the album with Flemming Rasmussen. And Justice for All was recorded from January to May 1988 at One on One Recording Studios in Los Angeles. His explanation was that the final figure for combined British and European sales of all three Metallica albums was more than 1.5 million copies. Phonogram manager Martin Hooker offered them "well over £1 million, which at that time was the biggest deal we'd ever offered anyone". Manager Peter Mensch wanted them to sign with British record distributor Phonogram Records. Metallica's previous studio album, Master of Puppets (1986), was their last under their contract with the record label Music for Nations. Another reason was frontman James Hetfield's arm injury in a skateboarding accident. Metallica had intended to record the album earlier, but was sidetracked by the large number of festival dates scheduled for the summer of 1987, including the European leg of the Monsters of Rock festival. And Justice for All is the first Metallica album to feature bassist Jason Newsted after the death of Cliff Burton in 1986 Newsted had previously played on the 1987 Metallica EP The $5.98 E.P. The reissue reached number 37 and 42 on Billboard 's Top Album Sales and Top Rock Albums charts, respectively. The album was reissued on November 2, 2018, in vinyl, CD, and cassette formats, as well as receiving a deluxe box set treatment with bonus tracks and unreleased video footage. It was successful in the United States, peaking at number six on the Billboard 200, and was certified 8× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2003 for shipping eight million copies in the U.S. The single "One" backed the band's debut music video, and earned Metallica their first Grammy Award in 1990 (and the first ever in the Best Metal Performance category). It was included in The Village Voice 's annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll of the year's best albums, and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1989, controversially losing out to Jethro Tull in the ill-fated Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental category. And Justice for All was acclaimed by music critics for its depth and complexity, although its dry mix and nearly inaudible bass guitar was criticized. Three of its songs were released as singles: " Harvester of Sorrow", " Eye of the Beholder", and " One" the title track was released as a promotional single. The album title is derived from the last four words of the American Pledge of Allegiance. The cover, designed by Stephen Gorman based on a concept by Metallica guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, depicts Lady Justice bound in ropes. It contains lyrical themes of political and legal injustices, such as governmental corruption, censorship, and war. It features aggressive complexity, fast tempos, and few verse-chorus structures. Metallica recorded the album with producer Flemming Rasmussen over four months in early 1988 at One on One Recording Studios in Los Angeles. It was the first album following the death of bassist Cliff Burton in 1986, and the first to feature new bassist Jason Newsted. And Justice for All is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on Septem by Elektra Records.