Re: Favorite and least favorite Megadeth album?

by Sevenoneself Wed Nov 23, 2022 7:32 pm

Follower of Jesus wrote:I’m not young (going on 50). I just prefer the more melodic style they adopted starting with TSHF. I enjoy some of their older works as well. I think Rust in Peace and Countdown to Extinction are both fantastic albums. I’m not as big a fan of their thrashier and more technical work. I didn’t care for Dystopia for example. Peace Sells has some good songs, but lots that doesn’t interest me. SFSGSW was a solid album too. I just think they hit the master stroke with TSHF and UA.

Thanks for forgiving my faux pas! I'm going to give all the newer ones a listen, even the ones rated lower; if they're one of my favourite bands I should listen to everything and give lower-rated albums another spin.

by Dustofyears Wed Nov 23, 2022 11:26 pm

Probably Peace Sells and SFSGSW not far behind.

by Airola Fri Nov 25, 2022 11:26 am

01. Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
02. Rust in Peace
03. Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
04. Endgame
05. The System Has Failed
06. So Far, So Good... So What!
07. Youthanasia
08. Dystopia
09. Cryptic Writings
10. The World Needs a Hero
11. Countdown to Extinction
12. United Abominations
13. Risk
14. Thirteen
15. Super Collider

I don't know yet where the newest album's place is.

by MagnusPrime Fri Nov 25, 2022 2:28 pm

Mine:

1. Countdown To Extinction
2. Rust In Peace
3. Youthanasia
4. The World Needs A Hero
5. Endgame
6. The System Has Failed
7. The Sick, The Dying...And The Dead
8. Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
9. United Abominations
10. Dystopia
11. So Far, So Good...So What
12. Cryptic Writings
13. Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good
14. Risk
15. Thirteen
16. Super Collider

by StevenCressler Thu Feb 15, 2024 3:02 pm

Sevenoneself wrote:Megadeth is my favourite secular metal act. However, IMHO, they do have an album with zero filler songs.

RiP is the best album and, with the exception of Poison Was the Cure and Lucretia, is brilliant and perfect.

CtE is a contender for best album, but IMHO the mixing/mastering killed alot of the energy and High Speed Dirt, Psychotron, & Foreclosure aren't strong enough songs.

Dystopia is also a favourite of mine. But again, filler songs (IMHO) are Foreign Policy, The Emperor, even Bullet to the Brain.

I remember being very disappointed with Hidden Treasures when it came out; I didn't realize it was a compilation. Even though I enjoy a few songs on it I'd say it is the weakest album.

But if I had to choose a studio album for weakest album it'd be Risk.

I don't know much about Hidden Treasures, I just know I love Angry Again.

by Christian Thrash Rules Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:54 pm

Favorite: United Abominations
Least Favorite: Risk(Still good though)

by StevenCressler Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:06 pm

Worst is Risk, but it's good for the genre

RiP is one of the best albums ever created and easily my pick.

by Christian Thrash Rules Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:07 pm

StevenCressler wrote:Worst is Risk, but it's good for the genre

RiP is one of the best albums ever created and easily my pick.

What genre do you think it is?

by StevenCressler Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:09 pm

Christian Thrash Rules wrote:
StevenCressler wrote:Worst is Risk, but it's good for the genre

RiP is one of the best albums ever created and easily my pick.
What genre do you think it is?

Idk, it seems like a mix of hard rock, arena rock, and pop rock.

by Pethead Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:11 pm

Breadline is a top notch pop-rock song and I won’t hear any different.

by StevenCressler Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:38 pm

Pethead wrote:Breadline is a top notch pop-rock song and I won’t hear any different.

I agree with this. I'm not huge on pop-rock but it can be rather good at times (like Breadline or almost everything by PFR)

by Superjuice Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:55 pm

Favorite: RIP
Least Fav: Youthanasia

by StevenCressler Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:57 pm

Superjuice wrote:Favorite: RIP
Least Fav: Youthanasia

Youthanasia's underrated.

by Superjuice Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:56 pm

StevenCressler wrote:
Superjuice wrote:Favorite: RIP
Least Fav: Youthanasia
Youthanasia's underrated.

You weren't there when it was released. There are worse Megadeth albums, but I have only bad memories from this album. It reminds me of metal's demise. It's a cucked, emasculated album that should have fast songs, but Dave took the producer's advice and kept all the songs at mid-tempo, since he held the philosophy that most hits are in 4/4 or something like that. Why is Megadeth trying to write hits anyway? In retrospect it has some pretty good songs, but I only have memories of pain where metal would not be cool again for another 15 or so years. And this album contributed to its demise. It's like this grave marker that says 'here lies metal' where you can pinpoint the spot in the timeline in the death of heavy metal.

by StevenCressler Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:59 pm

Superjuice wrote:
StevenCressler wrote:
Superjuice wrote:Favorite: RIP
Least Fav: Youthanasia
Youthanasia's underrated.
You weren't there when it was released. There are worse Megadeth albums, but I have only bad memories from this album. It reminds me of metal's demise. It's a cucked, emasculated album that should have fast songs, but Dave took the producer's advice and kept all the songs at mid-tempo, since he held the philosophy that most hits are in 4/4 or something like that. Why is Megadeth trying to write hits anyway? In retrospect it has some pretty good songs, but I only have memories of pain where metal would not be cool again for another 15 or so years. And this album contributed to its demise. It's like this grave marker that says 'here lies metal' where you can pinpoint the spot in the timeline in the death of heavy metal.

Doesn't keep the songs from slapping Razz

by Pethead Mon Apr 22, 2024 4:00 pm

Train of Consequences is a top-tier Deth tune.

by StevenCressler Mon Apr 22, 2024 4:01 pm

Pethead wrote:Train of Consequences is a top-tier Deth tune.

My favorite on Youthanasia is Blood of Heroes, but Train is really good too.

by Pethead Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:30 am

https://www.theonion.com/humanity-still-producing-new-art-as-though-megadeth-s-1819578062

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