Megadeth - Greatest Hits : Back to the Start
Capitol Records Inc.
Compilation
17 songs (78:15)
Release year: 2005
Megadeth, Capitol Records Inc.
Reviewed by Mike

When I opened my mail one day, I got a strong sense of déjà vu when I found MegadethGreatest Hits had arrived. Wasn’t it less than five years ago that the band’s first greatest hits compilation (Capitol Punishment) was released? One positive about this release is that fans voted for what songs would appear on the album. Here are the 17 tracks they came up with:

1 Holy Wars… The Punishment Due
2 In My Darkest Hour
3 Peace Sells
4 Sweating Bullets
5 Angry Again
6 A Tout Le Monde
7 Trust
8 Kill the King
9 Symphony of Destruction
10 Mechanix
11 Train of Consequences
12 Wake Up Dead
13 Hangar 18
14 Dread and the Fugitive Mind
15 Skin O’ My Teeth
16 She-Wolf
17 Prince of Darkness

This compilation contains 11 of the 14 Capitol Punishment tracks. There are no new tracks to lure fans (such as me) who own every Megdeth album already. Mere casual fans of the band likely bought Capitol Punishment in 2000, meaning that they won’t need this album (even though it does have more tracks). For the casual fans, I think a two disc set may have lured them into buying this album, even if they already owned Capitol Punishment. Die hard fans that own every Megadeth album will have no use at all for this release at all. Having said that, I do like the idea of allowing fans to decide the track listing for a greatest hits album. If someone out there doesn’t like the band enough to own all studio albums, but would like to have their best moments on one disc, what better way than to have the fan’s pick of songs on that disc instead of a label executive? Still, releasing a greatest hits package containing eleven tracks that overlap a greatest hits package released just five years ago makes no sense to me. Here at metalreviews.com, we make an honest effort to review all material that is submitted to us for review. Often, we have plenty of compliments about the album at hand. Even though I am a big ‘Deth fan, this album reeks of corporate greed to me. Since Megadeth won’t be releasing a new studio album under Captiol anytime soon, it appears to me that the label is using ANOTHER greatest hits release as a cash grab. I could be totally wrong, but I am left scratching my head trying to figure out the point of the release. If you’re a passing fan of Megadeth and don’t own Capitol Punishment, this is without doubt a nice pickup for you. However, I would assume that most of you reading this review either own all of Megdeth’s studio album, or at least own Capitol Punishment. For those of you, this is an utterly pointless release. Without any new or previously unreleased material to be found on this CD, I see a very small audience for this release.

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Other albums by Megadeth that we have reviewed:
Megadeth - Dystopia reviewed by Goat and quoted 78 / 100
Megadeth - Super Collider reviewed by Goat and quoted 59 / 100
Megadeth - Th1rt3en reviewed by Goat and quoted 83 / 100
Megadeth - Cryptic Writings reviewed by Goat and quoted 78 / 100
Megadeth - Endgame reviewed by Goat and quoted 91 / 100
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