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Originally Posted by jackhammer
I have purposefully gone out of my way to find the original CD releases of Megadeth's music as I was absolutely appalled by buying So Far So Good a few years back to hear a remastered version that quite frankly sucked. To be fair Megadeth have never quite had the producer that could bring the best out of their music apart from Randy Burns on Peace Sells. The original album captures them at their best IMO.
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I'd have to agree in some ways. It's not as strong an album as
Peace Sells or
Rust In Peace, but it captures that anger and bitterness that got Mustaine to form the band better than any of their subsequent albums. The opener, "Last Rites/Loved to Deth" pretty much defines the band with it's lyrics that are a thinly-veiled attack on Metallica that makes Tupac's "Hit Em Up" look like a friendly ribbing. And that rhythm guitar on the title track is just jaw-dropping.