Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years


Capitol Punishment:
The Megadeth Years
Capitol Punishment:The Megadeth Years cover
Compilation album by Megadeth
Released October 24, 2000
Recorded 1986-2000
Genre Thrash metal, heavy metal, hard rock
Length 1:05:53
Label Capitol
Producer Various
Professional reviews
Megadeth chronology
Risk
(1999)		 Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years
(2000)		 The World Needs a Hero
(2001)
For the article on the death penalty, see Capital punishment

Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years is a greatest hits album by heavy metal band Megadeth, released in 2000, through Capitol Records. The album featured the Dave Mustaine/David Ellefson/Jimmy DeGrasso/Al Pitrelli line-up on the new tracks "Kill the King" and "Dread and the Fugitive Mind". The album features a hidden track, "Capitol Punishment", which is a medley of numerous previous Megadeth songs.

The title of the album is an allusion to the band's persistent difficulties with their record label, Capitol Records. Megadeth ultimately left Capitol and signed with Sanctuary Records, but were contractually obliged to release one further album with Capitol, hence the greatest hits compilation. With the exception of material from the band's debut album, Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!, which was released on Combat Records rather than Capitol, the compilation contains songs from all Megadeth's previously released albums at the time. In addition to the new track "Kill the King", Capitol insisted on the inclusion of "Dread and the Fugitive Mind", a track recorded for the upcoming The World Needs a Hero album. The band agreed simply to release themselves from their obligations to Capitol, but the enmity between band and label was memorialized in the title of the album, intended to demonstrate that working with Capitol was a form of punishment.

Contents

Track listing

# Title Lyrics Music Original album Length
1. "Kill the King"   Dave Mustaine Mustaine previously unreleased (2000) 3:46
2. "Dread and the Fugitive Mind"   Mustaine Mustaine The World Needs a Hero (2001) 4:26
3. "Crush 'Em"   Mustaine, Bud Prager Mustaine, Marty Friedman Risk (1999) 4:59
4. "Use the Man"   Mustaine Mustaine, Friedman Cryptic Writings (1997) 4:37
5. "Almost Honest"   Mustaine Mustaine, Friedman Cryptic Writings (1997) 4:04
6. "Trust"   Mustaine Mustaine, Friedman Cryptic Writings (1997) 5:12
7. "A Tout le Monde"   Mustaine Mustaine Youthanasia (1994) 4:31
8. "Train of Consequences"   Mustaine Mustaine Youthanasia (1994) 3:28
9. "Sweating Bullets"   Mustaine Mustaine Countdown to Extinction (1992) 5:04
10. "Symphony of Destruction"   Mustaine Mustaine Countdown to Extinction (1992) 4:03
11. "Hangar 18"   Mustaine Mustaine Rust in Peace (1990) 5:13
12. "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due"   Mustaine Mustaine Rust in Peace (1990) 6:35
13. "In My Darkest Hour"   Mustaine, David Ellefson Mustaine So Far, So Good... So What! (1988) 6:19
14. "Peace Sells"   Mustaine Mustaine Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986) 3:46

Hidden track (US version)

# Title Lyrics Music Original album Length
14. "Capitol Punishment" (hidden medley track) Mustaine Mustaine previously unreleased (2000) 5:17

Bonus track (Japanese version)

# Title Lyrics Music Original album Length
15. "Wake Up Dead"   Mustaine Mustaine Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986) 3:40

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
2000 The Billboard 200 66
2000 New Zealand 41

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
2001 "Kill the King" Mainstream Rock Tracks 21
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