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Megadeth discography Megadeth performing at Metalmania in 2008Studio albums 14 EPs 2 Live albums 5 Compilation albums 5 Singles 44 Video albums 9 Music videos 33
The discography of Megadeth , an American thrash metal band, consists of fourteen studio albums , three live albums , five compilation albums , two extended plays , forty-four singles , eight video albums , and thirty-three music videos . After he was fired from Metallica in 1983, guitarist and vocalist Dave Mustaine formed Megadeth along with bassist Dave Ellefson , guitarist Greg Handevidt , and drummer Dijon Carruthers. The band toured and gained a following, signing with the independent label Combat Records in late 1984. Megadeth's debut album Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985), sold very well for an independent release, and the group attracted the attention of major record labels. By the end of the year, the group signed with Capitol Records . Megadeth's first major-label album, Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? , was released in 1986.
Before the recording of the band's third album, Mustaine fired Poland and Samuelson; they were replaced by Jeff Young and Chuck Behler , respectively. The new lineup debuted on So Far, So Good... So What! in early 1988. Later that year, Mustaine fired Young and Behler and replaced them with guitarist Marty Friedman and drummer Nick Menza . This lineup recorded Megadeth's fourth album, Rust in Peace , which was released in late 1990. The singles "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due " and "Hangar 18 " reached the top 30 in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Megadeth's most commercially successful album, Countdown to Extinction (1992), peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, and was the band's first record to be certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Megadeth's biggest hit single is "Symphony of Destruction ", which peaked at number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and in the top 15 in Ireland and UK.
Youthanasia (1994) peaked at number 4 on the Billboard 200, and like its predecessor, it was certified platinum by the RIAA. The singles "Train of Consequences " and "A Tout le Monde ", reached the top 30 on the US Mainstream Rock chart. The following year Megadeth released Hidden Treasures , an EP that featured previously released non-album tracks, including soundtrack and compilation songs. Cryptic Writings (1997) peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200, and became the group's sixth consecutive studio album to be certified platinum in the US. The release scored the band's highest-charting single to date, "Trust ", which peaked at number 5 on the Mainstream Rock chart. Later that year, Menza left the band and was replaced by drummer Jimmy DeGrasso . The following year, Risk was released, and was a critical and commercial failure. In 2000, Friedman left Megadeth and was replaced by guitarist Al Pitrelli . After signing with Sanctuary Records , the group debuted their new lineup on The World Needs a Hero (2001). In early 2002, Mustaine suffered several injuries, which led him to announce in a press release that Megadeth had disbanded.
In 2004, Megadeth reunited and released The System Has Failed . Although intended to be a solo album by Mustaine, outstanding contractual obligations with the band's European label EMI forced him to release one more album under the "Megadeth" name. The following three studio albums (released through Roadrunner Records ), United Abominations (2007), Endgame (2009), and Thirteen (2011) peaked at number 8, number 9, and number 11, respectively, on the Billboard 200. Megadeth's latest studio album, Super Collider , was released in 2014 through Mustaine's label Tradecraft. It debuted at number number 6 on the Billboard chart, becoming the band's highest-charting album since 1994's Youthanasia .
Albums
Studio albums
Year
Album details
Peak chart positions
Certifications
US
AUS
AUT
CAN
DEN
FIN
FRA
GER
JPN
NLD
SWE
SWI
UK
1985
Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
Released: June 12, 1985
Label: Combat
#: MX 8015
Format: CD , CS , LP
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1986
Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
Released: October 1986
Label: Capitol
#: CDP 7-46370-2
Format: CD, CS, LP
76
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
182
—
—
—
—
US : Platinum
UK : Silver
CAN : Platinum
1988
So Far, So Good... So What!
Released: January 1988
Label: Capitol
#: CDP 7-48148-2
Format: CD, CS, LP
28
—
—
40
—
—
—
—
57
51
37
28
18
US: Platinum
CAN: Platinum
1990
Rust in Peace
Released: September 24, 1990
Label: Capitol
#: CDP 7-98531-2
Format: CD, CS, LP
23
47
—
70
—
—
—
—
29
72
34
29
8
US: Platinum
ARG : Gold
CAN: Platinum
UK: Silver
1992
Countdown to Extinction
Released: July 14, 1992
Label: Capitol
#: CDP 7-91935-2
Format: CD, CS, LP
2
14
12
25
—
—
—
18
6
45
10
16
5
US: 2× Platinum
ARG: Gold
AUS : Gold
CAN: 3× Platinum
UK: Silver
1994
Youthanasia
Released: October 31, 1994
Label: Capitol
#: 72438-29004-2-9
Format: CD, CS, LP
4
9
26
11
—
—
—
13
11
20
4
32
6
US: Platinum
ARG: Gold
CAN: Platinum
UK : Silver
FIN: Gold
1997
Cryptic Writings
Released: June 17, 1997
Label: Capitol
#: 72438-38262-2-3
Format: CD, CS, LP
10
43
30
17
5
2
14
22
7
48
15
45
38
US: Platinum
ARG: Gold
CAN: Gold
1999
Risk
Released: August 31, 1999
Label: Capitol
#: 72434-99134-0-0
Format: CD, CS, LP
16
—
34
14
8
8
37
38
11
39
17
—
29
2001
The World Needs a Hero
Released: May 15, 2001
Label: Sanctuary
#: 06076-84503-2
Format: CD, CS, LP
16
—
59
20
—
23
28
36
17
80
38
94
45
2004
The System Has Failed
Released: September 14, 2004
Label: Sanctuary
#: 06076-84708-2
Format: CD, LP
18
—
43
10
38
12
28
29
15
32
14
57
60
2007
United Abominations
Released: May 14, 2007
Label: Roadrunner
#: RR 8029-2
Format: CD, LP
8
23
17
5
22
2
40
28
9
49
15
38
23
2009
Endgame
Released: September 9, 2009
Label: Roadrunner
#: RR 7885-2
Format: CD, LP
9
11
22
4
19
7
28
21
16
22
17
32
24
2011
Thirteen
Released: November 1, 2011
Label: Roadrunner
#: RR 7700-1
Format: CD, LP
11
13
28
8
39
8
49
25
11
42
18
23
34
2013
Super Collider
Released: June 4, 2013
Label: Universal
#: 06025-37409-563
Format: CD, LP
6
28
26
4
22
4
43
24
12
36
15
21
22
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
Live albums
Compilation albums
Year
Album details
Peak chart
US
FIN
JPN
NZ
UK
2000
Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years
Released: October 24, 2000
Label: Capitol
#: 72435-25916-2-6
Format: CD, CS
66
—
26
41
185
2002
Still Alive... and Well?
Released: September 10, 2002
Label: Sanctuary
#: 06076-84566-2
Format: CD
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—
—
—
—
2005
Greatest Hits: Back to the Start
Released: June 28, 2005
Label: Capitol
#: 72438-73929-2-2
Format: CD, CD+DVD
65
21
—
—
47
2007
Warchest
Released: October 9, 2007
Label: EMI
#: 50999-5-03187-2-8
Format: CD+DVD
—
36
—
—
—
2008
Anthology: Set the World Afire
Released: September 30, 2008
Label: Capitol
#: 50999-2-35079-2-0
Format: CD
—
—
—
—
—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
EPs
Year
EP details
Peak chart
US
JPN
UK
1991
Maximum Megadeth
Released: April 8, 1991
Label: Capitol
#: DPRO-79757
Format: CD
—
—
—
1995
Hidden Treasures
Released: July 18, 1995
Label: Capitol
#: 72438-33670-2-3
Format: CD
90
13
28
Singles
Videos
Music videos
Year
Song
Director(s)
1986
"Peace Sells"
Robert Longo
1987
"Wake Up Dead"
Penelope Spheeris
1988
"In My Darkest Hour"
"Anarchy in the U.K."
David Mackie
1989
"No More Mr. Nice Guy"
Penelope Spheeris
1990
"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due"
Benjamin Stokes, Eric Zimmerman
"Hangar 18"
Paul Boyington
1991
"Go to Hell"
Eric Zimmerman, Eric Koziol
1992
"Foreclosure of a Dream"
Jeff Richter
"High Speed Dirt"
Eric Zimmerman, Eric Koziol
"Symphony of Destruction"
Wayne Isham
"Skin o' My Teeth"
Eric Zimmerman, Eric Koziol
1993
"99 Ways to Die"
Wayne Isham
"Sweating Bullets"
1994
"A Tout le Monde"
Justin Keith
"Reckoning Day"
Jerry Behrens
"Angry Again"
Wayne Isham
"Train of Consequences"
1997
"Trust"
Liz Friedlander
"Almost Honest"
Scott Richter
1998
"A Secret Place"
Kyle LaBreche
1999
"Insomnia"
Len Wiseman
"Crush 'Em"
2000
"Breadline"
John Richards
2001
"Moto Psycho"
Nathan Cox
2004
"Die Dead Enough"
Thomas Mignone
2005
"Of Mice and Men"
Michael Sarna
2007
"À Tout le Monde (Set Me Free)"
Aggressive
"Never Walk Alone... A Call to Arms"
Labworks
2009
"Head Crusher"
Patrick Kendall
2010
"The Right to Go Insane"
Bill Fishman
2011
"Public Enemy No. 1"
Kevin McVey
2012
"Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)"
Cody Calahan
2013
"Super Collider"
Video albums
Year
Album details
Peak chart
Certifications
US
AUS
FIN
NOR
1991
Rusted Pieces
Released: April 1991
Label: Capitol
#: C5-40013
Format: VHS
3
—
—
—
1992
Exposure of a Dream
Released: November 3, 1992
Label: Capitol
Format: VHS
25
—
—
—
1995
Evolver: The Making of Youthanasia
Released: May 2, 1995
Label: Capitol
#: 72434-77794-3-5
Format: VHS
13
—
—
—
2001
Behind the Music
Released: October 16, 2001
Label: Sanctuary
#: 06076-88314-9
Format: DVD
23
—
—
—
2002
Rude Awakening
Released: April 9, 2002
Label: Sanctuary
#: 06076-88320-9
Format: DVD
2
—
8
—
2005
Video Hits
Released: January 11, 2005
Label: Capitol
Format: DVD
—
—
—
—
2006
Arsenal of Megadeth
Released: March 21, 2006
Label: Capitol
#: 09463-30929-9-0
Format: DVD
6
5
1
—
US: Gold
ARG: Platinum
CAN: Platinum
2007
That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires
Released: March 6, 2007
Label: Image
#: ID3081LTDVD
Format: DVD
12
6
1
10
2010
Rust in Peace Live
Released: October 15, 2010
Label: Universal
Format: DVD, BD
2
3
4
—
The Big 4 Live from Sofia, Bulgaria (with Slayer , Metallica and Anthrax )
Released: October 29, 2010
Label: Universal
Format: DVD, BD
—
—
—
—
2013
Countdown to Extinction: Live
Released: September 24, 2013
Label: Tradecraft/Universal
Format: DVD, BD
4
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
Notes
A "À Tout le Monde (Set Me Free)" and "Sleepwalker" were released together as a double A-side single in the Netherlands.
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