Warchest
| Warchest | ||||
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| Box set by Megadeth | ||||
| Released | October 9, 2007[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1983–2004 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, thrash metal, hard rock, speed metal | |||
| Length | 5:35:29 | |||
| Label | EMI, Capitol | |||
| Producer | Kevin Flaherty | |||
| Megadeth chronology | ||||
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Warchest is a box set from the American heavy metal band Megadeth. Warchest features five discs (4 CD + DVD) and features studio tracks, demos and live recordings of a number of the band's songs from its first ten studio albums and rarities EP. The box set was released on October 9, 2007 by EMI/Capitol Records,[1] and sold around 1,100 copies in the United States in its first week.[2]
While the content on discs 1-3 is assorted, disc 4 was recorded live at Wembley Arena, London, England, on October 14, 1990. The location and date is incorrectly listed as October 16, 1990 in the liner notes. The "Clash Of The Titans Tour" also featured Suicidal Tendencies, Anthrax and Slayer during the European leg. Disc 5 is a DVD, and features a concert recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, on September 30, 1992. Its audio was encoded to stereo Linear PCM.
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Blender |  |
Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic noted that the set offers "something for everyone -- from longtime fans to neophytes". Birchmeyer reserved special praise for disc 4, a 1990 concert at Wembley Arena in London. He described the concert as "amazing" and noted the studio separation of the guitars, and an appearance by Sean Harris of Diamond Head.[3]
Track listing
All music and lyrics by Dave Mustaine, except where noted
| Disc 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Album | Length |
| 1. | "Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!" | Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!, 1985 | 3:02 | ||
| 2. | "The Skull Beneath the Skin" | Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! | 3:45 | ||
| 3. | "Peace Sells" | Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?, 1986 | 4:02 | ||
| 4. | "Wake Up Dead" | Peace Sells...but Who's Buying? | 3:38 | ||
| 5. | "Devil's Island" | Peace Sells...but Who's Buying? | 5:05 | ||
| 6. | "Set the World Afire" | So Far, So Good... So What!, 1988 | 5:48 | ||
| 7. | "Into the Lungs of Hell" (Instrumental) | So Far, So Good... So What! | 3:23 | ||
| 8. | "Anarchy/Problems" (Session take) | Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, Paul Cook | Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook | Previously unreleased, 1988 | 3:51 |
| 9. | "Hook in Mouth" | Mustaine, David Ellefson | So Far, So Good... So What! | 4:40 | |
| 10. | "Liar" | Mustaine, Ellefson | So Far, So Good... So What! | 3:22 | |
| 11. | "In My Darkest Hour" | Mustaine, Ellefson | So Far, So Good... So What! | 5:26 | |
| 12. | "No More Mr. Nice Guy" | Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce | Cooper, Bruce | Shocker soundtrack, 1989 | 3:00 |
| 13. | "Dark Themes..." (Interview) | Previously unreleased, 1989 | 0:36 | ||
| 14. | "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" (Casey McMackin demo) | Previously unreleased | 6:42 | ||
| 15. | "Tornado of Souls" (Demo) | Mustaine, Ellefson | Previously unreleased | 5:18 | |
| 16. | "Five Magics" (Demo) | Previously unreleased | 5:38 | ||
| 17. | "Hangar 18" | Rust in Peace, 1990 | 5:11 | ||
| Disc 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Album | Length |
| 1. | "Keeping Score..." (Interview) | Previously unreleased | 1:35 | ||
| 2. | "Symphony of Destruction" | Countdown to Extinction, 1992 | 4:06 | ||
| 3. | "Go to Hell" | Mustaine, Marty Friedman, Ellefson, Nick Menza | Mustaine, Friedman, Ellefson, Menza | Hidden Treasures, 1994 | 4:35 |
| 4. | "Foreclosure of a Dream" | Mustaine, Ellefson | Countdown to Extinction | 4:22 | |
| 5. | "Architecture of Aggression" (Demo) | Mustaine, Ellefson | Hidden Treasures | 2:50 | |
| 6. | "Skin o' My Teeth" (Live at the Alpine Valley, East Troy, Wisconsin) | Previously unreleased, 1992 | 3:18 | ||
| 7. | "High Speed Dirt" (Live at the Alpine Valley, East Troy, Wisconsin) | Mustaine, Ellefson | Previously unreleased | 4:07 | |
| 8. | "Ashes in Your Mouth" (Live at the Cow Palace, San Francisco) | Mustaine, Friedman, Ellefson, Menza | Previously unreleased | 6:15 | |
| 9. | "Sweating Bullets" (Live at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, California) | Previously unreleased | 4:52 | ||
| 10. | "Breakpoint" (Session take) | Mustaine, Ellefson, Menza | Mustaine, Ellefson, Menza | Previously unreleased, 1993 | 3:17 |
| 11. | "Angry Again" | Hidden Treasures | 3:46 | ||
| 12. | "Train of Consequences" | Youthanasia, 1994 | 3:31 | ||
| 13. | "Reckoning Day" | Mustaine, Ellefson | Mustaine, Friedman | Youthanasia | 4:34 |
| 14. | "New World Order" | Mustaine, Menza | Mustaine, Friedman, Ellefson | Duke Nukem: Music to Score By, 1995 | 3:47 |
| 15. | "The Killing Road" | Youthanasia | 3:52 | ||
| 16. | "Strange Ways" | Ace Frehley | Frehley | Previously unreleased; recorded for Kiss My Ass, 1994 | 2:47 |
| 17. | "Paranoid" | Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward | Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward | Nativity in Black, 1994 | 2:31 |
| 18. | "Diadems" | Demon Knight soundtrack, 1995 | 4:17 | ||
| 19. | "À Tout le Monde" | Youthanasia | 4:22 | ||
| Disc 3 | |||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Album | Length |
| 1. | "Trust" | Mustaine, Friedman | Cryptic Writings, 1997 | 5:11 | |
| 2. | "Almost Honest" | Mustaine, Friedman | Cryptic Writings | 4:08 | |
| 3. | "Use the Man" | Mustaine, Friedman | Cryptic Writings | 4:04 | |
| 4. | "She-Wolf" | Cryptic Writings | 3:37 | ||
| 5. | "A Secret Place" (Live at Woodstock, New York) | Woodstock 1999, 1999 | 4:31 | ||
| 6. | "One Thing" (Previously unreleased in the US) | Cryptic Writings | 4:38 | ||
| 7. | "Duke Nukem Theme" (Instrumental) | Lee Jackson | Risk (Japan)/Duke Nukem: Music to Score By, 1999 | 3:54 | |
| 8. | "Insomnia" | Risk, 1999 | 4:15 | ||
| 9. | "Crush 'Em" | Mustaine, Bud Prager | Mustaine, Friedman | Risk | 4:55 |
| 10. | "Kill the King" | Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years, 2000 | 3:44 | ||
| 11. | "Dread and the Fugitive Mind" | The World Needs a Hero, 2001 | 4:22 | ||
| 12. | "Never Say Die (Live)" | Butler | Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward | Nativity in Black, Vol. 2: A Tribute to Black Sabbath, 2000 | 3:46 |
| 13. | "Moto Psycho" | The World Needs a Hero | 3:06 | ||
| 14. | "1000 Times Goodbye" | The World Needs a Hero | 6:27 | ||
| 15. | "Coming Home" (Previously unreleased in the US) | The World Needs a Hero | 2:39 | ||
| 16. | "Kick the Chair" | The System Has Failed, 2004 | 3:57 | ||
| 17. | "Of Mice and Men" | The System Has Failed | 4:04 | ||
| Disc 4 – Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, England, October 14, 1990 | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
| 1. | "Intro/Rattlehead" | 5:55 | ||
| 2. | "Wake Up Dead" | 3:53 | ||
| 3. | "Hangar 18" | 4:52 | ||
| 4. | "Hook in Mouth" | Mustaine, Ellefson | 4:27 | |
| 5. | "The Skull Beneath the Skin" | 3:29 | ||
| 6. | "The Conjuring" | 4:48 | ||
| 7. | "In My Darkest Hour" | Mustaine, Ellefson | 5:42 | |
| 8. | "Lucretia" | Mustaine, Ellefson | 3:42 | |
| 9. | "Devils Island" | 4:45 | ||
| 10. | "Take No Prisoners" | 3:17 | ||
| 11. | "Peace Sells" | 4:12 | ||
| 12. | "Black Friday" | 6:10 | ||
| 13. | "It's Electric" (featuring Sean Harris) | Sean Harris, Brian Tatler | Harris, Tatler | 3:22 |
| 14. | "Anarchy in the U.K." | Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook | Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook | 3:04 |
| 15. | "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" | 6:43 | ||
| Disc 5 – DVD – Hammersmith Odeon, Hammersmith, London, England, September 30, 1992 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
| 1. | "Intro/Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" | 7:56 | ||
| 2. | "Wake Up Dead" | 3:38 | ||
| 3. | "Hangar 18" | 5:02 | ||
| 4. | "Lucretia" | Mustaine, Ellefson | 3:46 | |
| 5. | "Sweating Bullets" | 4:48 | ||
| 6. | "In My Darkest Hour" | Mustaine, Ellefson | 6:17 | |
| 7. | "Tornado of Souls" | Mustaine, Ellefson | 5:16 | |
| 8. | "Ashes in Your Mouth" | Mustaine, Friedman, Ellefson, Menza | 6:07 | |
| 9. | "Peace Sells" | 4:29 | ||
| 10. | "Anarchy in the U.K." | Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook | Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook | 3:24 |
Personnel
- Dave Mustaine – vocals, lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars
- David Ellefson – bass guitar, backing vocals on discs 1, 2, 4, 5 and tracks 1-15 on disc 3
- Chris Poland – lead guitar on tracks 1-5 on disc 1 and tracks 16-17 on disc 3
- Gar Samuelson – drums on tracks 1-5 on disc 1
- Jeff Young – lead guitar on tracks 6-11 on disc 1
- Chuck Behler – drums on tracks 6-11 on disc 1
- Nick Menza – drums on tracks discs 2, 4, 5, tracks 12-17 on disc 1, and tracks 1-4, 6 on disc 3
- Marty Friedman – lead guitar on discs 2, 4, 5, tracks 13-17 on disc 1, and tracks 1-9 on disc 3
- Jimmy DeGrasso – drums on tracks 5, 7-14 on disc 3
- Al Pitrelli – lead guitar on tracks 10-14 on disc 3
- Jimmy Lee Sloas – bass guitar on tracks 16-17 on disc 3
- Vinnie Colaiuta – drums on tracks 16-17 on disc 3
Chart positions
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
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36[5] |
References
- 1 2 Megadeth: 'Warchest' Box Set Due In October. Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 28 September 2013
- ↑ "Megadeth: 'Warchest' First-Week Sales Revealed - Oct. 17, 2007". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- 1 2 Birchmeier, Jason. Megadeth – Warchest review. Allmusic
- ↑ link
- ↑ "Megadeth - Warchest". www.finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
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