Countdown to Extinction: Live

by Megadeth

Overview

Though Megadeth and their founder Dave Mustaine have spent their entire existence just a few steps behind Mustaine's former group Metallica, it's important to remember that they've also spent a lot of time as one of the most popular metal bands in the world. The summit of their commercial success came in 1992 with fifth album Countdown to Extinction, a creative high point from Mustaine and crew possibly spurred on in ways by the footrace with Metallica and the leaps in production made on their self-titled 1991 breakthrough album. Twenty years later, Countdown still stood as Megadeth's best-selling album, and in many circles, their most loved material. Countdown to Extinction: Live is a concert document of the 20th anniversary tour that found the band playing the album front to back, bookended by a few odds and ends from other albums. While the premise seems pretty rote, the execution of the live album is surprisingly interesting. Most live re-creations of full albums fall flat in comparison to the original artifacts, but it's great to hear the devoted legions sneer along with every word of Mustaine's schizophrenic monologue on "Sweating Bullets" and cheer insanely at the now-dated George Bush samples that pop up throughout the set list. ~ Fred Thomas

Product Details

Release Date:	09/24/2013
Label:	Emi / Emi Recorded Music International Div. / Universal
UPC:	0602537437252
Rank:	53712

Tracks

1. Trust
2. Hangar 18
3. Public Enemy
4. Skin o' My Teeth
5. Symphony of Destruction
6. Architecture of Aggression
7. Foreclosure of a Dream
8. Sweating Bullets
9. This Was My Life
10. Countdown to Extinction
11. High Speed Dirt
12. Psychotron
13. Captive Honour
14. Ashes in Your Mouth
15. She Wolf
16. Peace Sells
17. Holy Wars...the Punishment Due

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Megadeth   Primary Artist
Shawn Drover   Drums,Vocals,Percussion
Chris Broderick   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
David Ellefson   Bass,Vocals (Background)
Dave Mustaine   Guitar,Vocals

Technical Credits

Peter A. Barker   Mixing,Mastering
Travis Shinn   Photography
Johnny K.   Composer
Johnny Karkazis   Composer
Fernanda Starling   Assistant
Kelly McDonald   Merchandising
Barry Ehrmann   Producer
Mark Adelman   Personal Manager
Nick Menza   Composer
David Ellefson   Composer
Marty Friedman   Composer
Dave Mustaine   Design,Composer
Beth Stempel   Production Manager
Jeff Fura   Supervisor
John Lorenzi   Design,Illustrations
Stacey Freeman   Product Manager