Rude Awakening (Megadeth album)
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| Rude Awakening | ||
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| Live album by Megadeth | ||
| Released | March 19, 2002 | |
| Recorded | ? | |
| Genre | Heavy Metal | |
| Length | 2:02:43 | |
| Label | Sanctuary | |
| Producer(s) | Bill Kennedy, Dave Mustaine | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Megadeth chronology | ||
| The World Needs a Hero (2001) |
Rude Awakening (2002) |
Still Alive... And Well? (2002) |
Rude Awakening, Megadeth's last album before the band was broken up for the first time in 2002, was released by Sanctuary Records in 2002. (The band was 'restarted' in 2004, with only Dave Mustaine remaining from the previous lineup.)
The album was going to be recorded live at a concert in Argentina, but due to the September 11, 2001 attacks, the band decided to record it live in the United States.
The album was a near total rejection of much of Megadeth's 'softer material' (such as the album Risk, which had no songs featured) and was seen as a return to their heavier, more 'metal' days of the 1980s and the very early and very late 1990s. (much of the material, if not all, were hand-picked by many Megadeth fans who voted for the line-up on megadeth.com)
Tracks on the album and DVD are taken from two live concerts, performed two nights in a row in November of 2001. The first night was at the Rialto Theater in Tucson, Arizona, followed the next day by an almost identical performance (To ensure clean audio and video footage, and for a variety of editting options), at the Web Theater in Phoenix, Arizona.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Disc one
- "Dread and the Fugitive Mind" – 4:12
- "Kill the King" – 3:50
- "Wake Up Dead" – 3:26
- "In My Darkest Hour" – 5:28
- "Angry Again" – 3:22
- "She-Wolf" – 8:17
- "Reckoning Day" – 4:24
- "Devil's Island" – 5:06
- "Train of Consequences" – 4:30
- "A Tout le Monde" – 4:49
- "Burning Bridges" – 4:56
- "Hangar 18" – 4:45
- "Return to Hangar" – 3:54
- "Hook in Mouth" – 4:40
[edit] Disc two
- "Almost Honest" – 3:57
- "1000 Times Goodbye" – 6:14
- "Mechanix" – 4:36
- "Tornado of Souls" – 5:47
- "Ashes in Your Mouth" – 6:04
- "Sweating Bullets" – 4:38
- "Trust" – 6:46
- "Symphony of Destruction" – 4:50
- "Peace Sells" – 5:22
- "Holy Wars" – 8:51
- There is an 11th 'special bonus track' called "Peace Sells Medley" which includes songs that 'morph' into to other. Peace Sells into Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" into Sex Pistols "Anarchy In The U.K." back into "Peace Sells" starting with the'Can you put a price on peace?' bridge intro.
- This is the only Megadeth album which does not include the band logo or title on the immediate cover. It is located on the side bar of the album instead.
- Dave Mustaine dedicated the performance of A Tout Le Monde to the victims of the September 11th attacks and mentions this before performing it.
- The DVD features the tracks "Kill The King, Almost Honest, Angry Again, Train Of Consequences & A Tout Le Monde" separately from the main program in the extras Underground Live Concert menu. They are also of a lower quality than the rest of the show. It also featured the bonus track "Silent Scorn" in the main program.
[edit] Credits
- Dave Mustaine: vocals and guitar
- David Ellefson: bass guitars
- Al Pitrelli: guitar and backing vocals
- Jimmy DeGrasso: drums
| Megadeth |
| Dave Mustaine | Glen Drover | James Lomenzo | Shawn Drover |
| David Ellefson | Chris Poland | Gar Samuelson | Jeff Young | Chuck Behler | Nick Menza | Marty Friedman | Jimmy DeGrasso | Al Pitrelli | James MacDonough |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! | Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? | So Far, So Good... So What! | Rust in Peace | Countdown to Extinction | Youthanasia | Cryptic Writings | Risk | The World Needs a Hero | The System Has Failed | United Abominations |
| Live albums: Live Trax | Rude Awakening | That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires |
| Compilations: Capitol Punishment | Still Alive... And Well? | Back to the Start |
| Extended plays: Hidden Treasures | Cryptic Sounds |
| Videos and DVDs: Rusted Pieces | Exposure of a Dream | Evolver: The Making of Youthanasia | Rude Awakening | Video Hits | Arsenal of Megadeth | That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires |
