Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
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Artist: MegadethEdition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics, Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
Published: 2004
CD Release Date: 2004-07-27
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
- Wake Up Dead
- The Conjuring
- Peace Sells
- Devil's Island
- Good Mourning / Black Friday
- Bad Omen
- I Ain't Superstitious
- My Last Words
- Wake Up Dead (Randy Burns Mix) - previously unreleased
- The Conjuring (Randy Burns Mix) - previously unreleased
- Peace Sells (Randy Burns Mix) - previously unreleased
- Good Mourning / Black Friday (Randy Burns Mix) - previously unreleased
Free Music Notes for Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
Free Music Review: A solid vitriol filled effort from the bands earlier period
Hit: 4 Stars
I've had this album in one form or another since it came out in the 80's, so I've had plenty of time to listen to it, and I've come to this conclusion:
This is one of Megadeth's angriest and fastest albums, if Pantera defines heavy metal agression, Megadeth defines the heavy metal tantrum. The riffs are complex, the beats are fast, and the songs are hard and angry. Make no mistake though - this is a very technical group of songs played well by virtuoso musicians.
The writing isn't quite up to par with later work on "Rust in Peace" and "Symphony of Destruction" - there are no single songs that blow me away. All of the songs follow a similar pattern of building up from a slow intro more often then not into a thrash metal grind-fest. For that reason and others, many of the songs sound the same - which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Megadeth found something that worked and they went with it. However, on later albums, Mustaine and his band branch out a bit more creating a more interesting result.
What you'll hear a lot more of on this album than others are thrash anthems, lots of grinding guitars, fast and nimble drumming, and a very angry Dave Mustaine. The intensity of the songs are almost overwhelming. This is the lineup of songs that would be the most likely of any in this groups catalog to whip mosh pits into a frenzy.
Right away, you can tell what the remastering is doing for this album. Not to take away anything from Menza/Friedman on later albums, but I'm convinced Gar Samuelson and Chris Poland are the most definitive lineup Megadeth has had, if not the most talented - so it's kind of a shame they had to break with those guys. (Chris Poland does play on "The System has Failed" released almost 20 years later and shows he still has his chops).
Below is a track by track rating for people who are interested in that sort of thing.
My scale - not approved by anyone....
1 = So offensively awful, my cd player practically vomits it
2 = Bad enough to skip over
3 = Good filler - works in the right mix
4 = I'll put the CD in to listen to this track
5 = I'll pull the record out of it's sleeve and bust out the cleaning solution to listen to this track
Title/BPM/Key
1) Wake up Dead(4)/162/E - Mostly instrumental, a grinding testament to the musicianship in the lineup used on this recording. The remaster gives the drums and the bass an emphasis that was sadly missing from the original, and the results rock!
2) The Conjuring(4)/??/E - Has a nice grinding jam in the break
3) Peace Sells(4)/138/E - Starts with the famous bassline that MTV still uses in it's ads today. Angry anti-establishment anthem. Ends with one of the more memorable chants - "Peace Sells... But Who's Buying....". Use to get pumped up for whatever....
4) Devils Island(3)/180/ - A little dated and hampered by Mustaine's pre-recovery vocals (ie. basically shouting and roughly in tune in places). Still has the grinding thrash guitars and some excellent drum-work.
5) Good Mourning/Black Friday(3)/186/E - Sort of a prog anthem. Starts with a slow dirge and slowly gains intensity until it reaches a climax of rapid fire drum hits to chants of "Black Friday"
6) Bad Omen(3)/240/E - Contains possibly the most technically challenging opening on the album with Ellefson and Poland playing fast scales in unison. The whole thing culminates in a super-fast grind in E with Poland basically running rough-shod over everything with his expert fretwork.
7) I Aint Superstitious(3)/156/F# - A 3/4 swing riff with the obligatory thrash break.
8) My Last Words(4)/270/D - I remember hearing this the year it came out on college radio (the only place you had a prayer of hearing this kind of music back in those days), so for me, it's probably the most memorable song on the album, the remaster really gets rid of the muddiness in the guitar that hampered the original mix, and what a huge difference it makes! Like other songs on the album, it starts with a slow guitar/bass duet, then morphs into a driving thrash beat that culminates into a call/response grind.
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The following bonus remixes were also included. Each one is worthwhile to listen to a slightly different version of the song, but overall doesn't really add much to the record. But - I'm never going to complain about getting more for my dollar, so with that said......
Seems like the approach taken on this remix songs was to maintain the gating etc on the drums, but beef up the low and high ends a bit. I prefer the original remasters, but these are also ok.
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Wake up Dead
The Conjuring
Peace Sells
Good Mourning/Black Friday
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