Rust in Peace - Song by Song

[Zzzptm]

Yep, it's a thrash song. Did you bang your head? Yes? Good, intended result achieved. Movin' on... Not a whole lot to think about or to dissemble. It's a headbanger and I have fun with it.

[Charger]

Poison Was The Cure is another great one! I love the bass intro and overall it's got a nice bass heavy vibe to it.

I have no problem with the vocals either even if their delivery might not be the most common one. But Dave has always had bit different take on melodies too.

[Zzzptm]

Lucretia... thrash jazz fusion? Mmmmaybeee sooooo...

For a 4 minute song, it's really quite complicated, something you gotta sit down and think about as you listen to it. It's not my favorite on the album, but I can still let it play as the CD spins on through.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Lucretia

Well this is an improvement. I didn't much like this one either, but giving it a spin the last week or so, I can see some positives in it. I really like the guitar work in the main riff and the solo is quite nice. Again, not Mustaine's greatest vocals but they're not too bad.

[Charger]

Lucretia is the other weak song on the album with 5 Magics...I never really got into it...so it's mostly a skip song for me. Or atleast not car collection material.

Which reminds me I need to make a Megadeth collection for my usb drive...indeed.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Tornado of Souls

Back on solid ground after the weak trio. Love the riff, good vocals with a nice vocal melody. Musically accomplished all round.

[Zzzptm]

aw hellllllllllzz yeaaaaaah

TORNADO OF SOULS  

Beautiful solo starting at around 3:09... bring me my air guitar, I have an imaginary concert to perform at!

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Dawn Patrol

If someone says drum and bass to me this is the sort of song I think of, not some popular dance culture nonsense.

I LOVE this song... if only it was a little longer, a third verse, perhaps some sort of bass "solo" and they could have stretched it 3 minutes! But it is what it is. It has one of Dave's best vocal performances, and other than length I can't fault it!

[Charger]

Tornado Of Souls belongs to the okay pile in my book. It's not nearly as good as the best songs on the album but it's not weak either by any means. It indeed has a great solo and a nice riff...but I on the other hand am not overly thrilled by the vocals...to me they've always lacked some punch.


Dawn Patrol is a fun little tune and one of my absolute favourites! The bass line is sublime and the oddness of the vocals are a great touch. It's such a basic track but I think that's what makes it so special. And you just cannot stop humming it after you've heard it...I once had this on a loop in my head for a day...but not in a bad way. If you want an ear worm this song is probably the best one to have. Quite the masterpiece for a song that clocks in at under 2 minutes!

[Zzzptm]

Dawn Patrol is an exercise in "always leave them wanting more."

[Jack the Stripper]

Can’t believe you guys can put down songs like Five Magic’s, Poison was the Cure and Lucretia but laud a song like Dawn Patrol. It’s not a terrible little song or anything but it’s classic filler and momentum killer on an otherwise masterful album from start to finish.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

^^^
At the end of the day I'm not a huge fan of Megadeth, it's only this album and the follow-up that I really enjoy. I'm not a big fan of thrash, so I tend to prefer the more mainstream songs they do.

And yes, those three songs are the weakest tracks on the album, but they each have their moments... for instance the bass led intro to Poison was the Cure is great, it just falls apart after that, and there are similar issues with Five Magics and Lucretia (and the later is better than I remembered). But two-thirds of this album is (as you say) masterful, and few groups can boast that success rate.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Rust In Peace - Polaris

The last track on the album is one of the great album closers. It's fast and heavy, with a great riff, nice lyrics and seems longer than it actually is (probably because the break in the middle and the reprise). Love it.

[Zzzptm]

Rust in Peace - Polaris: yes, this does seem like a longer song, kinda cool how that works out. It's my second favorite on the album, between the lead track and Tornado of Souls. I always enjoy a good Megadeth song about nuclear warfare.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

I'll rank the tracks:

1. Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
2. Rust in Peace - Polaris
3= Dawn Patrol (if only it was longer!!!)
3= Hangar 18
5= Tornado of Souls
5= Take no Prisoners
7= Five Magics
7= Poison was the Cure
7= Lucretia