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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 12/20/1991
Run Time: 35:52
Arguably
Megadeth's strongest effort and a classic of early
thrash,
Peace Sells combines a punkish political awareness with a dark, threatening, typically
heavy metal worldview, preoccupied with evil, the occult, and the like. The anthemic title track and
"Wake Up Dead" are the two major standouts, and there is also a cover of
Willie Dixon's
"I Ain't Superstitious," which takes on an air of supernaturally induced paranoia in the album's context. The lines between hell and earth are blurred throughout the album, and the crashing, complex music backs up
Mustaine's apocalyptic vision of life as damnation -- his limited vocal style is used to great effect, growling and snarling in a barely intelligible fashion under all the complicated guitar work. Vital, necessary
thrash.
~Steve Huey, All Music Guide
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