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Started by Ultimetalhead, May 23, 2009, 04:10:49 PM

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Birch Boy

Quote from: TAC on August 25, 2010, 08:50:12 AM
Quote from: contest_sanity on August 14, 2010, 07:39:07 PM
Quote from: Ultimetalhead on August 14, 2010, 07:14:31 PM
Killing is My Business is such an awesome album.
Can we agree probably the best debut album from any of the big 4?
It's not even close to Kill 'Em All. What are you talking about?
I agree with this

Ultimetalhead

Quote from: TAC on August 25, 2010, 08:50:12 AM
Quote from: contest_sanity on August 14, 2010, 07:39:07 PM
Quote from: Ultimetalhead on August 14, 2010, 07:14:31 PM
Killing is My Business is such an awesome album.
Can we agree probably the best debut album from any of the big 4?
It's not even close to Kill 'Em All. What are you talking about?
Quite right. KIMB is about 50 times better.

TAC

UMH, I think you posted in the wrong thread. The Offbeat Opinions is down the page. Now I like Megadeth as much as the next guy, but KIMB is a garbled mess.

KIMB is why I never took Megadeth seriously back in the mid 80's. Hell, even Show No Mercy is better.
Quote from: wkiml on June 08, 2012, 09:06:35 AMwould have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
Quote from: DTwwbwMP on October 10, 2024, 11:26:46 AMDISAPPOINTED.. I hoped for something more along the lines of ADTOE.

Ultimetalhead

Quote from: TAC on August 25, 2010, 02:35:42 PM
UMH, I think you posted in the wrong thread. The Offbeat Opinions is down the page. Now I like Megadeth as much as the next guy, but KIMB is a garbled mess.

KIMB is why I never took Megadeth seriously back in the mid 80's. Hell, even Show No Mercy is better.
If this is the case I'll have to direct you to the same place.  ;)

TAC

Quote from: wkiml on June 08, 2012, 09:06:35 AMwould have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
Quote from: DTwwbwMP on October 10, 2024, 11:26:46 AMDISAPPOINTED.. I hoped for something more along the lines of ADTOE.

LudwigVan

I actually came in here to post that Show No Mercy beats KIMB but I see that TAC beat me to it :tup

TAC

Quote from: LudwigVan on August 25, 2010, 03:04:39 PM
I actually came in here to post that Show No Mercy beats KIMB but I see that TAC beat me to it :tup
As usual, old man! :P
Quote from: wkiml on June 08, 2012, 09:06:35 AMwould have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
Quote from: DTwwbwMP on October 10, 2024, 11:26:46 AMDISAPPOINTED.. I hoped for something more along the lines of ADTOE.

Birch Boy

Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! is just like their business, good.
Kill 'Em All is awesome.

sneakyblueberry

I'd take KIMB over KEA any day.  Sure the production on KIMB is pretty shoddy, but the quality of songs is much better, IMO.

There was something I was thinking about Megadeth today that I was supposed to put in this thread... but I've forgotten it.  Dang.


EDIT: Oh yeah, I remember now:

YOUTHANASIA IS THE BEST THEM!!!!!
The outro of Reckoning Day where everything fades out and the drums still beating every second bar is so freaking badass its not funny.

Progmetty

KIMB is a bad debut album that contains one of my top 3 megadeth songs..
MEAN AND INFECTIOUS!!!

Global Laziness

FYI, for all the droogies in here, I'm going to be starting a Megadeth survivor shortly so I hope you'll all come out to vote.

Birch Boy

Only ones I can't vote during are Risk, Cryptic Writings, and United Abominations. I'll be avidly participating in all others though. :tup

Global Laziness

Quote from: Birch Boy on August 26, 2010, 10:27:24 AM
Only ones I can't vote during are Risk, Cryptic Writings, and United Abominations. I'll be avidly participating in all others though. :tup

I can understand why you might not be able to vote during the Risk and Cryptic Writings rounds, but you really need to listen to United Abominations. Including Endgame, it's their strongest album since Countdown to Extinction IMO.

Birch Boy

I've heard cumulatively probably half of it, and know that it's great, I just don't have it yet. It'll probably be by next Megadeth CD purchase though.

bosk1

Megadeth is really a hit & miss band for me.  I classify their albums this way.

REALLY like and would consider about as good as ANYTHING by just about ANY band in my collection:
-RIP
-Countdown
-Youthanasia
-Hidden Treasures
-Risk

Enjoy some songs every now and then:
-Cryptic Writings
-The World Needs a Hero

As far as the rest, the newer albums are okay, but never really grabbed me as a whole.  I still listen every now and then, but for some reason, these never really clicked with me.  The older albums pre-RIP never clicked either, but I prefer the new stuff to the old if I had to choose.

Plasmastrike


bosk1

Yes, I know it's got an awesome album cover and a decent title track.  But otherwise, the album does little for me.

Jakartabassplayer


Ultimetalhead

Quote from: bösk1 on August 26, 2010, 12:22:17 PM
Yes, I know it's got an awesome album cover and a decent title track.  But otherwise, the album does little for me.
Whoa, man. That's pretty controversial.

Also,  :metal at the prospect of a Megs survivor.

sneakyblueberry

Quote from: Ultimetalhead on August 26, 2010, 04:52:28 PM
Quote from: bösk1 on August 26, 2010, 12:22:17 PM
Yes, I know it's got an awesome album cover and a decent title track.  But otherwise, the album does little for me.
Whoa, man. That's pretty controversial.


I agree with Bosk, but I'll add Wake Up Dead and Devil's Island to this list of goodness.  The rest of the album never really clicked with me. 

Ultimetalhead

Quote from: sneakyblueberry on August 26, 2010, 04:55:16 PM
Quote from: Ultimetalhead on August 26, 2010, 04:52:28 PM
Quote from: bösk1 on August 26, 2010, 12:22:17 PM
Yes, I know it's got an awesome album cover and a decent title track.  But otherwise, the album does little for me.
Whoa, man. That's pretty controversial.


I agree with Bosk, but I'll add Wake Up Dead and Devil's Island to this list of goodness.  The rest of the album never really clicked with me. 
Good Mourning/Black Friday desperately wants a word with you.

sneakyblueberry

Haha.  Probably just didn't give the album a fair chance.  Wake Up Dead and Devil's Island I already loved after listening to Rude Awakening for like 6 months straight.

Ultimetalhead

Give it a fair chance, for fuck's sake. It's so good.

Seventh Son

Quote from: Ultimetalhead on August 26, 2010, 04:57:26 PM
Quote from: sneakyblueberry on August 26, 2010, 04:55:16 PM
Quote from: Ultimetalhead on August 26, 2010, 04:52:28 PM
Quote from: bösk1 on August 26, 2010, 12:22:17 PM
Yes, I know it's got an awesome album cover and a decent title track.  But otherwise, the album does little for me.
Whoa, man. That's pretty controversial.


I agree with Bosk, but I'll add Wake Up Dead and Devil's Island to this list of goodness.  The rest of the album never really clicked with me. 
Good Mourning/Black Friday desperately wants a word with you.
ITS BLACK FRIDAY!
PAINT THE DEVIL ON THE WALL!
:metal

Definitely one of Megadeth's best introductions to a song ever.

The King in Crimson

Quote from: Global Laziness on August 26, 2010, 10:31:57 AM
Quote from: Birch Boy on August 26, 2010, 10:27:24 AM
Only ones I can't vote during are Risk, Cryptic Writings, and United Abominations. I'll be avidly participating in all others though. :tup

I can understand why you might not be able to vote during the Risk and Cryptic Writings rounds, but you really need to listen to United Abominations. Including Endgame, it's their strongest album since Countdown to Extinction IMO.
Ugh, United Abominations is awful.  Risk, OTOH, gets way too much crap and about half of Cryptic Writings is worth listening to. The other half? Meh.

Quote from: Ultimetalhead on August 26, 2010, 04:57:26 PM
Good Mourning/Black Friday desperately wants a word with you.
Aside from "I Ain't Superstitious," that entire album is fantastic. It's probably the perfect thrash album.

TAC

Regarding Peace Sells, My Last Words is my second fave Megadeth tune..after In My Darkest Hour.
Quote from: wkiml on June 08, 2012, 09:06:35 AMwould have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
Quote from: DTwwbwMP on October 10, 2024, 11:26:46 AMDISAPPOINTED.. I hoped for something more along the lines of ADTOE.

bosk1

Quote from: sneakyblueberry on August 26, 2010, 04:55:16 PM
Quote from: Ultimetalhead on August 26, 2010, 04:52:28 PM
Quote from: bösk1 on August 26, 2010, 12:22:17 PM
Yes, I know it's got an awesome album cover and a decent title track.  But otherwise, the album does little for me.
Whoa, man. That's pretty controversial.


I agree with Bosk, but I'll add Wake Up Dead and Devil's Island to this list of goodness.  The rest of the album never really clicked with me. 

Yeah, I like the live versions of those as well, but the album versions just sound flat to me.  Anyhow, I'm not saying it's a bad album.  Just doesn't do anything for me.  Part of it is probably the production.  Part is that the songwriting just isn't what I personally like.  Anyhow, doesn't matter.  They've got plenty of material that I do like.

Ultimetalhead

The remaster is the way to go.

sneakyblueberry

The first 3 Megadeth albums are the only ones that benefitted from the catalogue remaster, IMO.  RiP onwards really didn't need any touching up, and I can't say I enjoy any of the remasters more than the original pressings.  The only good thing on the Youth remaster was that they got rid of that godawful shaker that was on pretty much EVERY FREAKING TRACK!

bosk1

Speaking of Youth', Black Curtains is one of hte most overlooked moshalicious songs ever.

Mave

Quote from: sneakyblueberry on August 26, 2010, 07:18:46 PM
The first 3 Megadeth albums are the only ones that benefitted from the catalogue remaster, IMO.  RiP onwards really didn't need any touching up, and I can't say I enjoy any of the remasters more than the original pressings.  The only good thing on the Youth remaster was that they got rid of that godawful shaker that was on pretty much EVERY FREAKING TRACK!

I like the shaker on the originals.

Mave

Random, but during the chorus of the original Mastermind, the growling voice that says "Mastermind" is cool.

sneakyblueberry

Quote from: Mave on August 26, 2010, 10:02:13 PM
Quote from: sneakyblueberry on August 26, 2010, 07:18:46 PM
The first 3 Megadeth albums are the only ones that benefitted from the catalogue remaster, IMO.  RiP onwards really didn't need any touching up, and I can't say I enjoy any of the remasters more than the original pressings.  The only good thing on the Youth remaster was that they got rid of that godawful shaker that was on pretty much EVERY FREAKING TRACK!

I like the shaker on the originals.

Once you know its there, its so hard to not notice it.  Ruined the album for me.

bosk1

Quote from: Mave on August 26, 2010, 10:09:18 PM
Random, but during the chorus of the original Mastermind, the growling voice that says "Mastermind" is cool.

Mastermind might be the best song on Cryptic.

sneakyblueberry

Disintegrators FTW