ENTER THE ARENA
HIT THE LIGHTS
STEP UP NOW
YOU'RE IN FOR A RIDE
THIS IS WAR
AIN'T NO FUN AND GAMES
Risk
is the eighth
studio album
by American
Heavy Metal band
released on
August 31, 1999,
by Capitol Records,
the band's last album
to be released by
the label.
The first Megadeth album
since 1990
to feature a
lineup change,
Risk
marks the
studio debut
of drummer
Jimmy DeGrasso
with the band,
as well as the
final appearance
of longtime
guitarist
Marty Friedman,
who announced
his departure
a year later.
Meant to be a
breakthrough on
alternative rock radio,
Risk
received a
mixed response
because of the
great deviation
from the band's
traditional sound.
The backlash
ultimately resulted in
the band returning to
a heavier sound
on their next album,
The World Needs a Hero.
Megadeth
frontman
has blamed the record's
lack of success
on the fact that it
was released
under the
"Megadeth"
moniker:
"if anybody else's name
was on 'Risk',
it would have sold"
The album debuted at
number 16
on the
Billboard 200 chart.
As with the rest of
Megadeth's
studio records
released by Capitol,
the album was
remixed and remastered
in 2004,
with several
bonus tracks added.
This reissue also
featured a
different cover.
BONUS DISC
(NO RISK DISK)
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