Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years
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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. Except for Warchest (the band's 4-CD + DVD box set released in 2007), this is the only Megadeth compilation to feature Crush 'Em, Use the Man and Almost Honest.
Reception
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Track listing
Hidden track (US version)
| Lyrics |
Music |
Album |
| 14. |
"Capitol Punishment" (hidden medley track) |
Mustaine |
Mustaine |
New for this release |
5:17 |
Bonus track (Japanese version)
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Music |
Album |
| 15. |
"Wake Up Dead" |
Mustaine |
Mustaine |
Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986) |
3:40 |
Charts
Album
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Chart |
Position |
| 2000 |
The Billboard 200 |
66 |
| 2000 |
New Zealand |
41 |
Singles
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Single |
Chart |
Position |
| 2001 |
"Kill the King" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
21 |
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