Megadeth - Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years

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• MEGADETH CAPITOL PUNISHMENT - THE MEGADETH YEARS

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Music Review: If you like Megadeth 90's this is for you.......
Rating: 3 Stars

Arguably, along with Metallica, Megadeth were the purveyors of some of the hardest, fastest, and all-out thrash-fests that have given them quite a legacy over the years. Although not nearly as popular as Metallica, they are still extremely popular, and one example is that their CD, Countdown To Extinction, reached #2 on the Billboard Charts, but was knocked off by The Black Album. Although not widely or hardly played on the radio, Megadeth gets some radio airplay in primarily Metal stations, but other than that, most casual listeners who don't want to buy any Megadeth albums are left out in the cold. So Megadeth pieced together a compilation that covered all the albums from Piece Sells... But Who's Buying? to their last album, The World Needs A Hero. Plus, as an added bonus, the song "Kill The King" can be found nowhere but on this compilation, and that is a necessity for Die-Hards, as this is probably one of my favorite Megadeth songs. So how does Capitol Punishment stack up? Read on to find out!

PROS-
-THE TWO UNRELEASED TRACKS ARE CLASSIC- Megadeth outdid themselves in this case, as the two new tracks, Kill The King and Dread & The Fugitive Mind, are some of the best tracks on this album, and some of Megadeth's best. Note- You can find Dread & The Fugitive Mind on the album The World Needs A Hero.
-YOU GET SOME OF MEGADETH'S MOST POPULAR AND BEST SONGS- In Capitol Punishment, you get such classics such as "Symphony of Destruction", "Sweating Bullets", "Kill The King", "Almost Honest", and plus all their amazing material from Rust And Peace down that won't fail to please!
-CHEAP!- For some reason, most CD stores, including Best Buy and Circuit City, have clearanced this CD, so you can get it for a meager 9.99$, a steal if there ever was one! Also readily available and easy to find anywhere!
-ONLY ONE TRACK FROM RISK, AND IT ROCKS!- Without a doubt, Risk was Megadeth's lowest hour, and I'm glad to see the only good track from that album, "Crush 'Em", here so you don't have to buy the album!
-GOES IN REVERSE CHRONILOGICAL ORDER- Usually this would be a bad thing, but it shows just how much better Megadeth's 80's stuff was compared to the 90's.
-ALMOST FILLS UP THE 80 MINUTE TIME SLOT- Although I wanted this compilation to be MUCH longer, it does a nice job of nearly filling up the 80 minutes, which is more than you can say than for most compilations.
-LYRICS!- This is the only compilation I own where the lyrics are included, and that's a definite plus!

CONS-

-DAVE MUSTAINE'S VOCALS- This is just a warning to all potential buyers, Mustaine's vocals, on many tracks, AREN'T GOOD AT ALL, so you have been warned! An example would be the song "Sweating Bullets"!
-TO MANY SINGLES MISSING- Where are the 2 other singles from Countdown To Extinction, "Skin O' My Teeth" and "Foreclosure of a Dream"? These are some of their biggest hits. Also, where are some of their biggest hits from Hidden Treasures such as "Go to Hell," "99 Ways to Die," and "Angry Again" ? These are some of their biggest hits!
-ALMOST NO REPRESENTATION FROM '80'S MATERIAL!- Along with Rust In Peace, some of Megadeths' best stuff is from the 80's, and we only get 2 SONGS FROM THAT ERA! WTF! Megadeth is at heart a thrash band, and their beginnings couldn't have been more scattershot!
-NOTHING AT ALL FROM MEGADETH'S FIRST TWO ALBUMS!- Nothing at all his here to represent Megadeth's first album, Killing Is My Business....And Business Is Good!, and that's a shame, as it's a good album!

Overall, this is a VERY basic overview of the 90's, with two choices from the 80's thrown in for good measure. I was very disappointed with this compilation, and I don't feel it truly represents Megadeth. What they should have done would be to make a Killing Is My Business through Rust in Peace compilation, and another one with songs from Countdown to Extinction through the World Needs A Hero.

RECOMMENDED ONLY IF YOU'RE A VERY, I REPEAT CASUAL FAN OF MEGADETH WHO ONLY WANTS TO BUY ONE CD THAT SPANS THEIR WHOLE CAREER. INSTEAD, PICK UP SUCH CLASSICS AS RUST IN PEACE, PEACE SELLS... BUT WHO'S BUYING?, OR COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION!

Also Recommended:

Rust In Peace-Megadeth
...And Justice For All- Metallica
Among The Living- Anthrax
Thanks for Reading!

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