I was talking to someone at a different forum about this, which is why I decided to start this thread. Metallica have always been against a GH collection. They like each of their albums to stand on their own merit. Understandable I guess. However, at some point they are going to have to release a GH. If they don't decide to do it, their label will decide for them.

Metallica has an interesting discography. Alot of ups, and some downs as well. If Metallica decides to do it, the key will be to not just put the hits on it, but create a tracklist that represents what the band has been about throughout its career. Basically to show the band's legacy on one compilation. There's no way in hell this could be accomplished with one disc. So if the band decides to pull the trigger on the idea, it will likely be a 2 cd set. It would probably need to look something like this:

Cd 1

Hit the Lights
(Anesthesia)-Pulling Teeth
Seek and Destroy
Am I Evil
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Fade to Black
Creeping Death
Battery
Master of Puppets
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Orion
The Small Hours
Last Caress
Blackened
And Justice For All
One
The Shortest Straw
Harvester of Sorrow

Cd 2

Enter Sandman
Sad but True
The Unforgiven
Wherever I may Roam
Nothing Else Matters
Of Wolf and Man
King Nothing
Until It Sleeps
Hero of the Day
Fuel
The Memory Remains
Better than You
Turn the Page
Whiskey in the Jar
Outlaw Torn
St. Anger
Some Kind of Monster

I cant imagine a compilation better than that, and I even had to disregard some of my favorites to make this a pretty balanced set.