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Dave Mustaine revived Megadeth in the mid-2000s, remastering and reissuing his band's entire Capitol catalog and hitting the concert circuit in earnest. Greatest Hits is part of that revival. It's the second Megadeth best-of, replacing the one from five years prior, Capitol Punishment. Greatest Hits is an improvement, loaded with 17 selections, three more than its predecessor. There's also some fancy packaging and a hyperbolic "Love Live Megadeth" tribute written by Penelope Spheeris, the colorful director of The Decline of Western Civilization, Pt. 2: The Metal Years. It all adds up to a nice package, or more precisely, a sampler of Megadeth, from the band's pioneering thrash metal years to its later growing pains, with an unfortunate de-emphasis on the band's beginnings. Like the previous best-of released by Capitol, Greatest Hits overlooks much of Megadeth's prime years in favor of a balanced sample of selections from every album released by the label. There's going to be a large chunk of the market that is going to groan about this approach, since the early thrash years are the reason most Megadeth fans are fans in the first place, and also the reason why the band has been able to ramble on all these years despite some mostly dull new music. Since Megadeth released so many albums for Capitol, there's never room here for more than two tracks per album: Peace Sells, Rust in Peace, Countdown to Extinction, and Youthanasia get two representations, the rest get only one. Such breadth doesn't make for the best listening experience, especially because the disc hopscotches through time. That quibble aside, Greatest Hits does give you a sample of every Megadeth album, even duds like Risk. If you're serious about getting into this band, however, you're best off going through the albums one by one. The good ones are good all the way through; if you like "Peace Sells," you're going to like Peace Sells. But if you're just curious and would like a broad one-disc sampler, Greatest Hits is your ticket. You'll end up with a good understanding of Megadeth -- old and not as old, good and not as good -- and what to expect from each album, of which there are a couple stone-cold classics.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
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Dave Mustaine, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Max Norman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - TOM BAKER, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megadeth, MainArtist - Mike Clink, Producer - Nick Menza, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lance Dean, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Patian, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2005 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records, LLC
Dave Mustaine, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Wagener, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - TOM BAKER, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megadeth, MainArtist - PAUL LANI, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Ellefson, ComposerLyricist - Nick Menza, Producer
(C) 2005 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records, LLC
Dave Mustaine, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - TOM BAKER, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megadeth, MainArtist - PAUL LANI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Casey McMackin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stan Katayama, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Burns, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Menza, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Patlan, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lance Dean, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2005 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records, LLC
Dave Mustaine, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Max Norman, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TOM BAKER, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megadeth, MainArtist - Nick Menza, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Patlan, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lance Dean, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2005 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records, LLC
Dave Mustaine, Composer, Producer - Max Norman, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megadeth, MainArtist - Nick Menza, Producer
(C) 2005 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1993 Columbia Pictures Industries Inc
Dave Mustaine, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Max Norman, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - TOM BAKER, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megadeth, MainArtist - David Ellefson, ComposerLyricist - Nick Menza, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Martin Friedman, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2005 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records, LLC
Dave Mustaine, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - DANN HUFF, Producer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JEFF BALDING, Mixer, Recorder, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - TOM BAKER, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megadeth, MainArtist - Mark Hagen, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marty Friedman, ComposerLyricist - Nick Menza, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Patlan, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lance Dean, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2005 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records, LLC
Dave Mustaine, Composer, Producer - Bill Kennedy, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megadeth, MainArtist
(C) 2005 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Dave Mustaine, Composer, Author, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Max Norman, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TOM BAKER, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megadeth, MainArtist - Marty Friedman, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Ellefson, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Menza, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Patlan, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lance Dean, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2005 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records, LLC
Dave Mustaine, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Max Norman, Producer - TOM BAKER, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megadeth, MainArtist - Marty Friedman, ComposerLyricist - Dave Ellefson, ComposerLyricist - Nick Menza, Producer, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2005 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records, LLC
Dave Mustaine, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - TOM BAKER, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megadeth, MainArtist - PAUL LANI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Casey McMackin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stan Katayama, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Burns, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Menza, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Patlan, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lance Dean, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2005 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records, LLC
Dave Mustaine, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Max Norman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - TOM BAKER, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megadeth, MainArtist - Mike Clink, Producer - Nick Menza, Producer - Ralph Patian, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lance Baker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2005 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records, LLC
Dave Mustaine, Composer, Producer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Kennedy, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megadeth, MainArtist - Al Pitrelli, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Ellefson, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Menza, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy DeGrasso, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Dave Mustaine, Composer, Author, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Max Norman, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TOM BAKER, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megadeth, MainArtist - Nick Menza, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Patlan, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lance Dean, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2005 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records, LLC
Dave Mustaine, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - DANN HUFF, Producer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JEFF BALDING, Mixer, Recorder, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - TOM BAKER, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megadeth, MainArtist - Mark Hagen, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Menza, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Patlan, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lance Dean, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2005 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records, LLC
Dave Mustaine, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - DANN HUFF, Producer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JEFF BALDING, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TOM BAKER, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megadeth, MainArtist - Mark Hagen, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marty Friedman, ComposerLyricist - Nick Menza, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Patlan, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lance Dean, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2005 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
Dave Mustaine revived Megadeth in the mid-2000s, remastering and reissuing his band's entire Capitol catalog and hitting the concert circuit in earnest. Greatest Hits is part of that revival. It's the second Megadeth best-of, replacing the one from five years prior, Capitol Punishment. Greatest Hits is an improvement, loaded with 17 selections, three more than its predecessor. There's also some fancy packaging and a hyperbolic "Love Live Megadeth" tribute written by Penelope Spheeris, the colorful director of The Decline of Western Civilization, Pt. 2: The Metal Years. It all adds up to a nice package, or more precisely, a sampler of Megadeth, from the band's pioneering thrash metal years to its later growing pains, with an unfortunate de-emphasis on the band's beginnings. Like the previous best-of released by Capitol, Greatest Hits overlooks much of Megadeth's prime years in favor of a balanced sample of selections from every album released by the label. There's going to be a large chunk of the market that is going to groan about this approach, since the early thrash years are the reason most Megadeth fans are fans in the first place, and also the reason why the band has been able to ramble on all these years despite some mostly dull new music. Since Megadeth released so many albums for Capitol, there's never room here for more than two tracks per album: Peace Sells, Rust in Peace, Countdown to Extinction, and Youthanasia get two representations, the rest get only one. Such breadth doesn't make for the best listening experience, especially because the disc hopscotches through time. That quibble aside, Greatest Hits does give you a sample of every Megadeth album, even duds like Risk. If you're serious about getting into this band, however, you're best off going through the albums one by one. The good ones are good all the way through; if you like "Peace Sells," you're going to like Peace Sells. But if you're just curious and would like a broad one-disc sampler, Greatest Hits is your ticket. You'll end up with a good understanding of Megadeth -- old and not as old, good and not as good -- and what to expect from each album, of which there are a couple stone-cold classics.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:00
- Main artists: Megadeth
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Metal
© 2005 Capitol Records, LLC This Compilation ℗ 2005 Capitol Records, LLC
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