YOU TAKE A MORTAL MAN
AND PUT HIM IN CONTROL
WATCH HIM BECOME A GOD
WATCH PEOPLE'S HEADS A-ROLL
NOTES :
This Has The
Japanese Edition
BONUS TRACKS
As Well As The
2004 remastered/remixed
BONUS TRACKS
AND
20th Anniversary bonus disc
Live at Cow Palace '92
ALSO
BONUS !!
COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION
LIVE
is the fifth
studio album
by American
thrash metal band
released on
July 14, 1992,
through Capitol Records.
It was the group's
second
studio release
to feature the
"classic"
lineup of
Dave Mustaine,
Marty Friedman,
David Ellefson
and
Nick Menza,
with all of them
contributing to songwriting
on the album.
The album features
some of the band's
best known songs
such as
"Symphony of Destruction",
"Sweating Bullets",
and
"Skin o' My Teeth",
which
enjoyed significant
chart success
and made a
great musical impact.
Countdown to Extinction
received positive reviews
from music critics,
who noted its
politically oriented lyrics
and simplified sound
in comparison to
their previous record.
The album entered the
Billboard 200
at number two,
the band's highest
position ever.
It eventually achieved
double platinum status
and became their
most commercially
successful album.
The record was nominated for
Best Metal Performance
at the 1993
Grammy Awards,
while the album's
title track won
the Humane Society's
Genesis Award
for raising awareness
for animal rights issues.
In 2012,
in recognition of the album's
20th anniversary,
Megadeth kicked off a
20th anniversary tour
in South America,
playing the album
in its entirety.
In addition,
a 20th anniversary
special edition
of the album
was released in
November 2012,
and a
live album
featuring
a performance
of the full album
was released in
September 2013.
Production and Musical Style
Countdown to Extinction
is Megadeth's
fifth studio album,
and the second to
feature the line-up of
Dave Mustaine,
Marty Friedman,
David Ellefson
and
Nick Menza.
In an interview for
Billboard at the time,
Mustaine admitted that
he fired past members
Chuck Behler
and
Jeff Young
because they
resisted his pleas to
seek
rehabilitative counseling.
He added that it was a
"major accomplishment"
that all four members
of Megadeth
contributed material
to the album,
unlike their earlier releases
which were
"nearly all Mustaine".
Mustaine also revealed that
producer
Max Norman
had significant input
to the album by
making
"a lot of suggestions
and a lot of great
artistic ideas".
However,
Norman later accused
Mustaine of attempting
to steal some credit
from him.
Guitarist
Marty Friedman
said that unlike
Rust in Peace,
the creation of this
record was
"completely different".
He further stated that
the band had
changed the songs
"a million times"
before recording them
on demo
and entering
the studio.
The music for
Countdown to Extinction
was written in
two different sessions.
The first session
was done following
the conclusion of
Clash of the Titans tour,
while the second session
took place after a
one-month break,
in the fall of 1991
The album was recorded in
the first half of 1992,
when the
Rodney King Riots
took place.
These events
negatively affected
the recording process,
as the band was forced to
leave the studio
every night at
six o'clock because of the
enacted curfew.
Dave Mustaine
shared his experience:
"There’s nothing worse than
getting a creative moment
and you have to leave.
It was like a school bell ringing.
"The record was produced by
Mustaine and
Max Norman
at The Enterprise in
Burbank, California,
while the mixing was
handed by
Norman with the help of
Fred Kelly.
Referring to the
recording process,
Mustaine said that
Countdown to Extinction
"was one of those records where
everything was firing
on all 12 cylinders
and you just know it".
He also said that it didn't take
the band a long time
to record the
album because
"records were a lot easier
to make back then
because the pressure
wasn't quite as hard".
In July 2004,
Capitol Records
released a remixed
and remastered version
of the album with
four bonus tracks.
The remixed edition
was a part of the band's
reissued catalog
during their tenure
at Capitol.
Dave Mustaine himself
was in charge during the
remixing process.
In June 2006,
two audiophile remasters
of the album
were released;
an Ultradisc II
Gold CD version
by the
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab,
and a
180 gram vinyl
2LP version,
both mixed by
Mustaine.
A 20th anniversary edition
was released on
November 6, 2012.
This release features
the original album
on disc one,
omitting
the bonus tracks
from the
2004 re-release.
Disc two
features a recording
of the band's
performance at
San Francisco's
Cow Palace
in 1992,
a show never
before released
in its entirety.
Additionally, a
24" x 36" poster
and four
collectible postcards
are included in the package.
The liner notes
have also been written by
music journalist
Kory Grow,
and the reissue includes
a poster and
four postcards
featuring head shots
of each member
from the album's lineup.
CD 1
(2004 Remastered Edition)
Skin O' My Teeth
Symphony Of Destruction
Architecture Of Aggression
Foreclosure Of A Dream
Sweating Bullets
This Was My Life
Countdown To Extinction
High Speed Dirt
Psychotron
Captive Honour
Ashes In Your Mouth
(Japanese edition bonus tracks)
Crown Of Worms
Breakpoint
Go To Hell
Countdown To Extinction
(Demo)
Symphony Of Destruction
(Demo)
Psychotron
(Demo)
Anarchy in The UK [*]
CD 2
(20th Anniversary Edition)
(Live Cow Palace , Daly City Ca. 12/04/92)
BONUS
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