The standard edition of Metallica's 1991 album, commonly called The Black Album, contains 12 songs.
The sequence opens with “Enter Sandman” and continues through “Sad but True,” “The Unforgiven,” “Wherever I May Roam,” and seven other tracks. The closing song on the standard release is “The Struggle Within.”
The count can cause confusion because some editions include additional material. The Japanese edition added “So What,” a cover of a song by Anti-Nowhere League, making that version a 13-track release. The standard international album, however, is counted as 12 tracks.
The album's total playing time is commonly listed as about 62 minutes and 40 seconds, while the individual track timings can produce slightly different totals depending on edition and rounding. The 12-song structure helped reflect the band's move toward more concise arrangements than on some earlier albums.