Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? [25th Anniversary] [Special Edition]

Rating

Album: Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? [25th Anniversary]
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Wake Up Dead	More Info...
2)	The Conjuring	More Info...
3)	Peace Sells	More Info...
4)	Devil's Island	More Info...
5)	Good Mourning/Black Friday	More Info...
6)	Bad Omen	More Info...
7)	I Ain't Superstitious	More Info...
8)	My Last Words	More Info...
9)	These Boots Were Made for Walkin'	More Info...
10)	Devil's Island	More Info...
11)	Mechanix	More Info...
12)	Last Rites/Loved to Death	More Info...
13)	Good Mourning/Black Friday	More Info...

Album: Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? [25th Anniversary]
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Wake Up Dead	More Info...
2)	The Conjuring	More Info...
3)	Peace Sells	More Info...
4)	Devil's Island	More Info...
5)	Good Mourning/Black Friday	More Info...
6)	Bad Omen	More Info...
7)	I Ain't Superstitious	More Info...
8)	My Last Words	More Info...
9)	These Boots Were Made for Walkin'	More Info...
10)	Devil's Island	More Info...
11)	Mechanix	More Info...
12)	Last Rites/Loved to Death	More Info...
13)	Good Mourning/Black Friday	More Info...

Performer Notes

Personnel: Dave Mustaine (vocals, guitar); Chris Poland (guitar); Gar Samuelson (drums); David Ellefson (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Paul Lani.
Audio Remasterer: Evren G”knar.
Liner Note Authors: Dave Mustaine; Lars Ulrich; Dennis Wolfe.
Recording information: Maddog Studios, Venice, CA (02/15/1986-03/20/1986); Phantasy Theatre, Cleveland, OH (02/15/1986-03/20/1986); Rock Steady Studios, Los Angeles, CA (02/15/1986-03/20/1986); The Music Grinder, Los Angeles, CA (02/15/1986-03/20/1986); Track Records (02/15/1986-03/20/1986); Maddog Studios, Venice, CA (06/03/1987); Phantasy Theatre, Cleveland, OH (06/03/1987); Rock Steady Studios, Los Angeles, CA (06/03/1987); The Music Grinder, Los Angeles, CA (06/03/1987); Track Records (06/03/1987).
Photographers: William Hames; Mark Weiss; Annamaria DiSanto; Peter Cronin.
Guitarist Dave Mustaine was an original member of thrash-pioneers Metallica. But he was booted from the band during the recording of that band's debut album, KILL 'EM ALL. Instead of moping around, Mustaine returned to California and immediately formed another group--Megadeth. He promised his fans that the new outfit would be faster and more lethal than his former band, and Megadeth's 1985 debut, KILLING IS MY BUSINESS, AND BUSINESS IS GOOD, made good on this threat. Megadeth and Metallica duked it out in the music press, but both acts thrived. In 1986, each released its finest record, Metallica's MASTER OF PUPPETS and Megadeth's PEACE SELLS...BUT WHO'S BUYING?
While Metallica initially shunned MTV, Megadeth used the video format to its advantage--becoming the first thrash band to do so. Both "Wake Up Dead" and the anthemic title track received constant play on MTV's HEAVY METAL HOUR; the latter song's brief bass intro was even used as the theme to MTV news in the early-'90s. Tracks such as "The Conjuring," "Devil's Island," "Good Mourning/Black Friday," and a cover of Jeff Beck's "I Ain't Superstitious" proved to be just as brutal. PEACE SELLS is an influential, all-time heavy metal classic.

Professional Reviews

Spin (p.92) - "[G]lossy hardcore with magic-show guitar solos....Executed with complete finesse..."

Q (Magazine) (p.122) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "PEACE SELLS...was the third of 1986's pivotal thrash releases. Steeped in frontman Dave Mustaine's anti-government cynicism, it was also the most articulate."

Pitchfork (Website) - "PEACE SELLS is a dead serious record that never takes itself too seriously, a slab of political shock commentary that's loaded with black comedy..."

Record Collector (magazine) (p.98) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A]t its core, PEACE SELLS is still about those eight, very pissed-off, very good songs."