Rust in Peace - Song by Song

[Charger]

Rust in Peace...Polaris is my second favourite tune as well...such a monster of a song. The main riff is a killer and the vocal delivery is suberb...and the lyrics are great as well...

The solo section is spot on as well. In fact I can't find anything to fault on this song...such a brilliant song through and through.

[Jack the Stripper]

I’ll rank the songs

1.=Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
1.=Tornado of Souls
2. Rust in Peace... Polaris
3. Five Magics
4.=Hangar 18
4.=Take No Prisoners
5. Lucretia
6. Poison Was the Cure
7. Dawn Patrol

Rating= 10/10

[Charger]

Mine would be:

1. Holy Wars...The Punishment Due
2. Rust In Peace...Polaris
3. Dawn Patrol
4. Poison Was The Cure
5. Hangar 18
6. Take No Prisoners
7. Tornado Of Souls
8. Lucretia
9. Five Magics


As an overall rating I can't give it a full five stars but a very strong

* * * * ½

[Jack the Stripper]

In regards to the whole catalogue I would rank them right now.

1. Rust In Peace
2. Peace Sells... But Who’s Buying?
3. Countdown To Extinction
4. Youthanasia
5. Killing is My Business... And Business is Good
6. So Far, So Good...So What!
7. Endgame
8. The System Has Failed
9. United Abominations
10. Th1rt3en
11. The World Needs A Hero
12. Dystopia
13. Cryptic Writings
14. Super Collider
15. Risk

 I do like them all though. Even Super Collider and Risk

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Perhaps I should give the other albums a listen but I only listen to Rust in Peace and Countdown to Extinction. I do own 3 others but I haven't listened to them in years!

[Jack the Stripper]

Which other ones do you own Kilo?

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Peace Sells, Dystopia and Th1rt3en

I really didn't like Dave's vocals on Dystopia. It's so long since I listened to Peace Sells I'm not sure why I didn't get into it, and Th1rt3en just wasn't my thing at the time.

[Charger]

Those 3 are among Megadeth's absolute finest.

[Jack the Stripper]

Dystopia is a little boring and uninspiring and Dave’s vocals are pretty shot. Th1rt3en is pretty decent but it’s a little pedestrian in it’s approach and it has too many rehashed/reworked songs on it. Peace Sells is an out and out classic!

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

As I say, I shall have to give them a another listen, I know my tastes have changed over the years.

[Jack the Stripper]

^^^Cryptic Writings is one of their least thrashy least heavy albums, certainly at the time of when it came out, so you could give that a go as well. It’s very melodic and a little more experimental with lots of catchy poppy melodies on it.

On another day I could’ve had it as high as 9 or 10 but I was in a very Mega thrashy/heavy mood when I did my list yesterday.