Greatest Hits: Back to the Start

Greatest Hits: Back to the Start
Greatest hits album by Megadeth
Released June 28, 2005
Recorded 1984-2000
Genre Heavy metal, thrash metal, hard rock, speed metal
Length 1:18:04
Label Capitol, EMI
Megadeth chronology
The System Has Failed
(2004)		 Greatest Hits: Back to the Start
(2005)		 Gigantour
(2006)

Greatest Hits: Back to the Start is the second greatest hits album by Megadeth. It was released in 2005 by Capitol Records. The tracklist for Back to the Start was largely the result of a poll on their official website, in which tens of thousands of fans voted for their favorite tracks from the band's albums and rarities compilation. All songs are digitally remastered (including all the songs also from Capitol Punishment which were the original recordings and excluding a few songs from that compilation). The face of Megadeth's mascot Vic Rattlehead can be seen in the mushroom cloud on the album cover. The mushroom cloud itself is likely from one of the tests in Operation Castle, most likely Castle Romeo. If the Special Edition was purchased at Best Buy it included a free Napster download of the track "One Thing," which was originally the Japanese bonus track on the original release of Cryptic Writings and would later be released on the box set Warchest. It also features "Angry Again" from Hidden Treasures and the movie soundtrack Last Action Hero.

The title "Back to the Start" is a reference to lyrics in the title track, "Rust in Peace...Polaris" from Megadeth's 1990 album Rust in Peace: "The day of final conflict/All pay the price/The third World War rapes peace/Takes life back to the start"

Contents

Commercial performance

Greatest Hits: Back to the Start was certified gold in Canada in July 2011.[1] On July 23, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, the band was presented with gold plaques by EMI in recognition of the achievement.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Blender [3]
Allmusic [4]

Track listing

No. Title Lyrics Music Original album Length
1. "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due"   Dave Mustaine Mustaine Rust in Peace (1990) 6:32
2. "In My Darkest Hour"   Mustaine, David Ellefson Mustaine So Far, So Good... So What! (1988) 6:26
3. "Peace Sells"   Mustaine Mustaine Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986) 4:02
4. "Sweating Bullets"   Mustaine Mustaine Countdown to Extinction (1992) 5:26
5. "Angry Again"   Mustaine Mustaine Hidden Treasures (1993) 3:47
6. "À Tout le Monde"   Mustaine Mustaine Youthanasia (1994) 4:25
7. "Trust"   Mustaine Mustaine, Marty Friedman Cryptic Writings (1997) 5:12
8. "Kill the King"   Mustaine Mustaine Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years (2000) 3:42
9. "Symphony of Destruction"   Mustaine Mustaine Countdown to Extinction (1992) 4:06
10. "Mechanix" (2002 Remix) Mustaine Mustaine Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985) 4:21
11. "Train of Consequences"   Mustaine Mustaine Youthanasia (1994) 3:30
12. "Wake Up Dead"   Mustaine Mustaine Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986) 3:38
13. "Hangar 18"   Mustaine Mustaine Rust in Peace (1990) 5:12
14. "Dread and the Fugitive Mind"   Mustaine Mustaine Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years (2000) / The World Needs a Hero (2001) 4:23
15. "Skin o' My Teeth"   Mustaine Mustaine Countdown to Extinction (1992) 3:15
16. "She-Wolf"   Mustaine Mustaine Cryptic Writings (1997) 3:39
17. "Prince of Darkness"   Mustaine Mustaine, Friedman Risk (1999) 6:28
Total length:
 1:18:04

Limited edition DVD

Personnel

The limited edition DVD feature the line-up as Dave Mustaine, Matry Friedman, David Ellefson and Jimmy Degrasso during the live set.

Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
2005 US Billboard 200 65
Finnish Album Charts 21
UK Album Charts 47

References

  1. ^ "Gold and Platinum search results for "Greatest Hits: Back to the Start"". MusicCanada. MusicCanada. http://musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Greatest%20Hits:%20Back%20to%20the%20Start&ica=False&sa=Megadeth&sl=&smt=1&sat=-1&ssb=Artist. Retrieved 3 August 2011. 
  2. ^ "MEGADETH Presented With Canadian Gold Plaques For 'Back To The Start' - July 24, 2011". Blabbermouth.net. Blabbermouth,net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=161058. Retrieved 3 August 2011. 
  3. ^ Blender Review
  4. ^ Allmusic Review
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"The Mechanix" · "These Boots" · "Wake Up Dead" · "Peace Sells" · "I Ain't Superstitious" · "Anarchy in the U.K." · "Mary Jane " · "In My Darkest Hour" · "Liar" · "Hook in Mouth" · "No More Mr. Nice Guy" · "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" · "Hangar 18" · "Go to Hell" · "Symphony of Destruction" · "Foreclosure of a Dream" · "Sweating Bullets" · "Skin o' My Teeth" · "Angry Again" · "99 Ways to Die" · "Paranoid" · "New World Order" · "Train of Consequences" · "À Tout le Monde" · "A Secret Place" · "Trust" · "Almost Honest" · "Use the Man" · "Crush 'Em" · "Insomnia" · "Breadline" · "Moto Psycho" · "Dread and the Fugitive Mind" · "Die Dead Enough" · "Of Mice and Men" · "The Scorpion" · "Gears of War" · "À Tout le Monde (Set Me Free)" · "Never Walk Alone... A Call to Arms" · "Dialectic Chaos" · "This Day We Fight!" · "44 Minutes" · "The Hardest Part of Letting Go... Sealed With a Kiss" · "Head Crusher" · "The Right to Go Insane" · "Sudden Death" · "Public Enemy No. 1 " · "Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)" · "Never Dead"
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