| Anthology: Set The World Afire | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by Megadeth | ||||
| Released | September 30, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 1984–2000 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, thrash metal, hard rock, speed metal | |||
| Length | 2:33:07 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
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Anthology: Set the World Afire is the third greatest hits album by Megadeth. It was released on September 30, 2008 by Capitol Records. It is a 2-disc set featuring additional songs not offered in previous compilations including demos, live performances and unreleased tracks.
The album was apparently supposed to include the track "Sleepwalker" off of the previous year's release, United Abominations, but this was replaced by "Foreclosure of a Dream" from Countdown to Extinction instead,[1] [2] resulting in that track being the exception on the otherwise chronological tracklisting of the album.
Anthology: Set the World Afire sold about 2600 copies in the U.S. in its first week.[3]
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The packaging for the album makes some notable mistakes regarding the content. Prior appearances for several songs are misattributed:
"Crown of Worms", on the other hand, is incorrectly listed as a demo version when it is actually the same version as the one on the 2004 remastered version of Countdown to Extinction.
There are also misconceptions in the credits for band members. Glen Drover is incorrectly credited as "2005–present", though he had actually joined the band in 2004. Furthermore it lists Drover as a current member (at time of release), and the album omits any mention of Chris Broderick who had joined as Drover's replacement around February 2008, meaning that the label had several months notice of the lineup change before issuing the album.
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mechanix" | Dave Mustaine | Mustaine | Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985) | 4:22 |
| 2. | "Rattlehead" | Mustaine | Mustaine | Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985) | 3:43 |
| 3. | "Peace Sells" | Mustaine | Mustaine | Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986) | 4:03 |
| 4. | "Wake Up Dead" | Mustaine | Mustaine | Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986) | 3:40 |
| 5. | "Devil's Island" | Mustaine | Mustaine | Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986) | 5:05 |
| 6. | "Anarchy in the U.K." (Sex Pistols cover) | Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, Paul Cook | Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook | So Far, So Good... So What? (1988) | 3:01 |
| 7. | "Set the World Afire" | Mustaine | Mustaine | So Far, So Good... So What? (1988) | 5:48 |
| 8. | "Into the Lungs of Hell" | (instrumental) | Mustaine | So Far, So Good... So What? (1988) | 3:22 |
| 9. | "In My Darkest Hour" | Mustaine, David Ellefson | Mustaine | So Far, So Good... So What? (1988) | 6:26 |
| 10. | "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" | Mustaine | Mustaine | Rust in Peace (1990) | 6:32 |
| 11. | "Tornado of Souls" | Mustaine, Ellefson | Mustaine | Rust in Peace (1990) | 5:19 |
| 12. | "Hangar 18" | Mustaine | Mustaine | Rust in Peace (1990) | 5:14 |
| 13. | "Take No Prisoners" | Mustaine | Mustaine | Rust in Peace (1990) | 3:26 |
| 14. | "Go to Hell" | Mustaine, Marty Friedman, Ellefson, Nick Menza | Mustaine, Friedman, Ellefson, Menza | Hidden Treasures (1991) | 4:36 |
| 15. | "Sweating Bullets" | Mustaine | Mustaine | Countdown to Extinction (1992) | 5:26 |
| 16. | "Crown of Worms" | Mustaine, Sean Harris | Mustaine | bonus track on 2004 re-release of Countdown to Extinction (1992) | 3:17 |
| 17. | "High Speed Dirt" (demo) | Mustaine, Ellefson | Mustaine | previously unreleased (1992). Later version on Countdown to Extinction (1992) | 4:46 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Skin o' My Teeth" | Mustaine | Mustaine | Countdown to Extinction (1992) | 3:14 |
| 2. | "Ashes in Your Mouth" | Mustaine | Mustaine, Friedman, Ellefson, Menza | Countdown to Extinction (1992) | 6:10 |
| 3. | "Breakpoint" | Mustaine, Ellefson, Menza | Mustaine, Ellefson, Menza | Hidden Treasures (1993) | 3:29 |
| 4. | "Angry Again" | Mustaine | Mustaine | Hidden Treasures (1993) | 3:47 |
| 5. | "Train of Consequences" | Mustaine | Mustaine | Youthanasia (1994) | 3:26 |
| 6. | "Reckoning Day" (live) | Mustaine, Ellefson | Mustaine, Friedman | Live Trax (1998) | 4:34 |
| 7. | "À Tout le Monde" | Mustaine | Mustaine | Youthanasia (1994) | 4:28 |
| 8. | "The Killing Road" | Mustaine | Mustaine | Youthanasia (1994) | 3:57 |
| 9. | "New World Order" | Mustaine, Menza | Mustaine, Friedman, Ellefson | Duke Nukem: Music to Score By (1995) | 3:47 |
| 10. | "Trust" | Mustaine | Mustaine, Friedman | Cryptic Writings (1997) | 5:12 |
| 11. | "She-Wolf" | Mustaine | Mustaine | Cryptic Writings (1997) | 3:38 |
| 12. | "Insomnia" | Mustaine | Mustaine | Risk (1999) | 4:15 |
| 13. | "Prince of Darkness" | Mustaine | Mustaine, Friedman | Risk (1999) | 6:26 |
| 14. | "Kill the King" | Mustaine | Mustaine | Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years (2000) | 3:46 |
| 15. | "Dread and the Fugitive Mind" | Mustaine | Mustaine | Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years (2000) / The World Needs a Hero (2001) | 4:25 |
| 16. | "Foreclosure of a Dream" | Mustaine, Ellefson | Mustaine | Countdown to Extinction (1992) | 4:17 |
| 17. | "Symphony of Destruction" (live) | Mustaine | Mustaine | previously unreleased in the US | 4:08 |
| 18. | "Peace Sells" (live) | Mustaine | Mustaine | previously unreleased | 4:16 |