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Though Megadeth and their founder Dave Mustaine have spent their entire existence just a few steps behind Mustaine's former group Metallica, it's important to remember that they've also spent a lot of time as one of the most popular metal bands in the world. The summit of their commercial success came in 1992 with fifth album Countdown to Extinction, a creative high point from Mustaine and crew possibly spurred on in ways by the footrace with Metallica and the leaps in production made on their self-titled 1991 breakthrough album. Twenty years later, Countdown still stood as Megadeth's best-selling album, and in many circles, their most loved material. Countdown to Extinction: Live is a concert document of the 20th anniversary tour that found the band playing the album front to back, bookended by a few odds and ends from other albums. While the premise seems pretty rote, the execution of the live album is surprisingly interesting. Most live re-creations of full albums fall flat in comparison to the original artifacts, and this is no exception, but it's great to hear the devoted legions sneer along with every word of Mustaine's schizophrenic monologue on "Sweating Bullets" and cheer insanely at the now-dated George Bush samples that pop up throughout the set list. The performances are pinpoint, but the live sound lacks the production and feel of the studio album and eventually the tracks blur, losing the excitement a live experience offers. While the inclusion of extra crowd favorites like "Hangar 18" and "Peace Sells" flesh things out somewhat, the thrill of the live setting doesn't completely transfer, and all but the Megadeth superfans will probably prefer revisiting the original 1992 album before diving into the strong but much duller offerings of the live album.
© Fred Thomas /TiVo
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Dave Mustaine, ComposerLyricist - Megadeth, MainArtist - Marty Friedman, ComposerLyricist - Peter A. Barker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fernanda Starling, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Ehrmann, Producer
℗ 2013 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Mustaine, ComposerLyricist - Megadeth, MainArtist - Peter A. Barker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fernanda Starling, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Ehrmann, Producer
℗ 2013 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Mustaine, ComposerLyricist - Megadeth, MainArtist - John Karkazis, ComposerLyricist - Peter A. Barker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fernanda Starling, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Ehrmann, Producer
℗ 2013 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Mustaine, Composer, Author - Megadeth, MainArtist - Peter A. Barker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fernanda Starling, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Ehrmann, Producer
℗ 2013 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Mustaine, Composer, Author - Megadeth, MainArtist - Peter A. Barker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fernanda Starling, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Ehrmann, Producer
℗ 2013 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Mustaine, ComposerLyricist - Megadeth, MainArtist - Dave Ellefson, ComposerLyricist - Peter A. Barker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fernanda Starling, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Ehrmann, Producer
℗ 2013 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Mustaine, ComposerLyricist - Megadeth, MainArtist - Dave Ellefson, ComposerLyricist - Peter A. Barker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fernanda Starling, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Ehrmann, Producer
℗ 2013 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Mustaine, ComposerLyricist - Megadeth, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Mustaine, ComposerLyricist - Megadeth, MainArtist - Peter A. Barker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fernanda Starling, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Ehrmann, Producer
℗ 2012 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Mustaine, ComposerLyricist - Megadeth, MainArtist - Marty Friedman, ComposerLyricist - Dave Ellefson, ComposerLyricist - Nick Menza, ComposerLyricist - Peter A. Barker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fernanda Starling, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Ehrmann, Producer
℗ 2013 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Mustaine, ComposerLyricist - Megadeth, MainArtist - Dave Ellefson, ComposerLyricist - Peter A. Barker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fernanda Starling, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Ehrmann, Producer
℗ 2012 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Mustaine, ComposerLyricist - Megadeth, MainArtist - Peter A. Barker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fernanda Starling, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Ehrmann, Producer
℗ 2013 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Mustaine, ComposerLyricist - Megadeth, MainArtist - Marty Friedman, ComposerLyricist - Dave Ellefson, ComposerLyricist - Nick Menza, ComposerLyricist - Peter A. Barker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fernanda Starling, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Ehrmann, Producer
℗ 2013 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Mustaine, ComposerLyricist - Megadeth, MainArtist - Marty Friedman, ComposerLyricist - Dave Ellefson, ComposerLyricist - Nick Menza, ComposerLyricist - Peter A. Barker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fernanda Starling, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Ehrmann, Producer
℗ 2013 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Mustaine, Composer - Megadeth, MainArtist
℗ 1997 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Mustaine, ComposerLyricist - Megadeth, MainArtist - Peter A. Barker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fernanda Starling, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Ehrmann, Producer
℗ 2013 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Mustaine, ComposerLyricist - Megadeth, MainArtist - Peter A. Barker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fernanda Starling, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Ehrmann, Producer
℗ 2013 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Though Megadeth and their founder Dave Mustaine have spent their entire existence just a few steps behind Mustaine's former group Metallica, it's important to remember that they've also spent a lot of time as one of the most popular metal bands in the world. The summit of their commercial success came in 1992 with fifth album Countdown to Extinction, a creative high point from Mustaine and crew possibly spurred on in ways by the footrace with Metallica and the leaps in production made on their self-titled 1991 breakthrough album. Twenty years later, Countdown still stood as Megadeth's best-selling album, and in many circles, their most loved material. Countdown to Extinction: Live is a concert document of the 20th anniversary tour that found the band playing the album front to back, bookended by a few odds and ends from other albums. While the premise seems pretty rote, the execution of the live album is surprisingly interesting. Most live re-creations of full albums fall flat in comparison to the original artifacts, and this is no exception, but it's great to hear the devoted legions sneer along with every word of Mustaine's schizophrenic monologue on "Sweating Bullets" and cheer insanely at the now-dated George Bush samples that pop up throughout the set list. The performances are pinpoint, but the live sound lacks the production and feel of the studio album and eventually the tracks blur, losing the excitement a live experience offers. While the inclusion of extra crowd favorites like "Hangar 18" and "Peace Sells" flesh things out somewhat, the thrill of the live setting doesn't completely transfer, and all but the Megadeth superfans will probably prefer revisiting the original 1992 album before diving into the strong but much duller offerings of the live album.
© Fred Thomas /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:20:08
- Main artists: Megadeth
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92)
- Genre: Metal
© 2013 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2013 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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