Thirteen (Megadeth album)

Thirteen
Studio album by Megadeth
Released November 1, 2011[1][2]
Recorded May–June 2011 at Vic's Garage in San Marcos, California[3]
Genre Heavy metal, thrash metal
Length 57:30
Label Roadrunner
Producer Johnny K and Dave Mustaine
Megadeth chronology
Endgame
(2009)		 Thirteen
(2011)
Singles from Thirteen
  1. "Public Enemy No. 1"
    Released: September 13, 2011
  2. "Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)"
    Released: October 17, 2011

Thirteen (stylized as TH1RT3EN) is the thirteenth studio album by the American heavy metal band Megadeth. The album was released on November 1, 2011 making it the second Megadeth album (after Youthanasia in 1994) to be released on that date. The album was released on October 26, 2011 in Japan. Thirteen is the third and final album due in the band's current contract with Roadrunner Records. It is the first Megadeth studio album since The World Needs a Hero (2001) on which bass guitarist and founding member Dave Ellefson performs.

The lead single from Thirteen was the Al Capone-inspired "Public Enemy No. 1". This was followed by "Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)" about a month later. A third song from the album, "Sudden Death", was released as a single prior to the announcement of Thirteen to promote Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. Both "Sudden Death and "Public Enemy No. 1" received Grammy nominations. "Public Enemy No. 1" was nominated for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance at the 54th Grammy awards and "Sudden Death" was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 53rd Grammy awards.

Thirteen debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album has received mostly positive reviews from critics. Thirteen has a Metacritic rating of 73/100.

Contents

Writing and recording

In July 2010, Megadeth drummer Shawn Drover while being asked about the success of Megadeth's previous release, Endgame (2009,) he revealed the band had already started "talking about [a new album]" and explained although the band was in "tour mode", there were a "couple of ideas" the band was starting to work on.[4] In a later interview regarding songs the band had recorded for its 13th studio effort, Dave Mustaine said the material is a mix of songs Mustaine had written earlier in his career, and some were new compositions written for the album.[5]

On November 17, 2010, Mustaine made an official announcement, via the band's Megadeth Cyber Army Chat Room, saying recording for their thirteenth studio album would soon start, and would be done at Vic's Garage (Megadeth's studio). Mustaine said of the upcoming effort: "So, right now I have Ken Eisennagel, you may remember him from the last two records doing engineering for all of the pre-production phases of Megadeth records? Well, he is here [Megadeth’s studio – "Vic's Garage"] going over all of the new Megadeth stuff that I am working on[…]".[6] Mustaine also said the band had almost finished five songs,[6] but no other information was announced.

In an interview before a show in Auckland, New Zealand, Mustaine noted the upcoming record is the last one on his current contract with Roadrunner Records. At the same time, he mentioned Roadrunner was trying to give the band a "huge new deal", but expressed frustration with the label, saying "The treatment's been terrible over the years, and I just don't want it." Mustaine stated that he would "rather retire than continue to play like that". Mustaine then stated the band might release albums independently in the future, instead. Nevertheless, Mustaine exclaimed the band's new record would be "great" and the songs were "really good", with Mustaine wanting to do his utmost to live up to his contractual obligations, in spite of the alleged treatment by the label.[7]

In a December 2010 interview with Ultimate Guitar, bassist Dave Ellefson (who was welcomed back into the band earlier that year) said "There's some ideas that we're now starting to individually compose", but clarified the band would not be hitting the studio until 2011. However, Ellefson called those song ideas "very heavy", speculated that the songs would be influenced by the band's (then) recent live performances of the entire Rust in Peace album (1990), and said Megadeth fans would not be disappointed by the new record.[3]

On January 31, 2011, Mustaine posted on Twitter: "In the studio today working on guitar parts! Love you all. DSM", suggesting that the recording process for the follow-up to Endgame had begun.[8] It was revealed during an online chat with Megadeth's fan club that five new songs for the next album were completed. Mustaine also noted the new album was turning out to be "more like Endgame".[9] However in an interview in June 2011, Mustaine declared the album was instead "Different, a hundred percent different, unlike anything we've ever done before because the guitar sounds are different, it sounds really super-modern." He went on to compare the sound to "really old classic Sabbath and with a little bit of a modern edge of Queens of the Stone Age kind of thing."[10]

In a July 2011 interview with sonicexess.com, Ellefson was asked about the new album. Ellefson stated the album was ready to be mixed. When asked if it could be compared to any previous Megadeth album, Ellefson said the album "kind of fits in around the Countdown to Extinction album" but noted it would depend on how the album was to be mixed. Ellefson also announced the band has been kicking around several ideas for an album title and several of them might be announced, but no release date was yet planned.[11]

When guitarist Chris Broderick was interviewed by Amy Kelly of Ultimate Guitar, he compared some parts of the album specifically to Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986), Rust in Peace, or Countdown to Extinction (1992), but also stated "I've been likening it to a very diverse CD. It's not one of those ones that you'll put it on and every song sounds like the last one. It's got everything from anthems to more radio friendly stuff to hard-hitting thrash and some cool, dark-sounding stuff."[12] In another interview, Broderick stated the album "sounds huge and just very raw" and again touted the sonic diversity of the album, noting that it is "like a cut in time from each CD of the past Megadeth discography".[13]

Mustaine commented on the quality of the songs on Thirteen by declaring he hadn't heard an album that had "that many good songs on it" since Guns N' Roses released Appetite for Destruction in 1987.[14]

On June 3, 2011, it was announced that a new song, "Never Dead", would be included in a promotional trailer for Konami's upcoming video game NeverDead,[15] marking the third time in five years that the band contributed a new song towards promoting a video game ("Gears of War" in 2006 to promote Gears of War[16] and "Sudden Death" in 2010 for inclusion in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock[17] being the other two). "Sudden Death" though originally recorded for the Guitar Hero franchise, was also later confirmed to be included on Thirteen.[18]

The album was produced by American rock producer "Johnny K" Karkazis. The band picked Johnny K rather than Andy Sneap (who produced Megadeth's previous two albums) due to scheduling conflicts.[19] Drover noted that working with producer Johnny K was a "blast" and he "shares the same vision [as the band]" for the new album.[20]

The album artwork was designed by John Lorenzi, who contributed to the covers on Megadeth's two previous albums, Endgame and United Abominations (2007).[21] On July 7, 2011, Mustaine announced via twitter that he had chosen a title and album cover for the new album and would reveal them "asap".[8] The title was revealed as 13 the next day, with Mustaine commenting "I started playing guitar at 13 and this is our 13th record and I was born on the 13th. As soon as I said I was going to call it '13', I started noticing 13 everywhere. They never used to have 13th floors in hotels but now they have them again."[1] It was clarified a day later on the band's website to be "Th1rt3en" rather than 13. Shawn Drover later stated in an interview that "Thirteen" had originally been the working title for the album as well.[22]

The cover artwork and tracklist for the album were revealed on September 7, 2011.[23]

Odd occurrences during recording

According to Dave Mustaine, the band have encountered numerous mishaps and odd occurrences. In an interview with Terrorizer magazine, Mustaine, taking note of the connection to the unlucky number 13, explained "This is our 13th studio record, and we've already had a bunch of weird things happen. Car problems, stuff disappearing, a guy who worked for me that was the most white-laced guy you could imagine falling out on drugs and disappearing...but this one's got me excited!"[24] In addition, Mustaine announced on Twitter that producer Johnny K was "suddenly struck ill", and the band had ceased recording for the time being.[25] However, the band resumed recording a few days later, with K having apparently recovered.[26] In an interview, Drover had said nothing weird occurred until after he finished recording drum tracks for the album.[22]

However, in a later interview in July, 2011, when asked about the stigma of the number 13 in regards to the album, Mustaine said "It's been very good luck. We did this record in… in record time".[27]

Furthermore, despite the superstitions surrounding the number 13, Mustaine said he was actually more concerned with the album's release date of November 1 being a bad omen; referring to the release of Youthanasia (which was released on the same date in 1994),[28] Mustaine mentioned that the band was "banned" from MTV, for playing the then-new track "À Tout le Monde" (which MTV believed to be about suicide) on a televised promotional show on the channel.[28]

Release and promotion

Mustaine revealed the album's North American[29] release date as November 1, 2011.[1][2][30][31][32] "They're looking at November 1st. I don't know if it's supposed to be the 1st or the 31st for the release date, cuz [sic] they're trying to get us to do a live performance some place, for this release."[33] The album was released with a bonus track in Japan on October 26, 2011.[29]

Mustaine had scheduled an appearance on the October 14–16 edition of the Full Metal Jackie radio show.[34] A new track from Thirteen, "Whose Life (Is This Anyways?)", was debuted on that edition of the show as well.[35]

For a 24 hour period from October 17 to October 18, 2011, "Whose Life (Is It Anyway?)" was released as a free download through the band's facebook page[36] Samples of all the album's songs were available for streaming on Amazon.com from October 17.[37]

As part of the promotion for the album, Megadeth made an appearance on the outdoor stage[38] for the October 31, 2011 edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live!.[39] The band, performing in Halloween costumes, played "Public Enemy No. 1" and "Symphony of Destruction", the former of which was televised.[40]

Mustaine also made an appearance on the November 7 edition of Rockline.[41][42]

Songs

Main articles: Public Enemy No. 1 (Megadeth song), Sudden Death (Megadeth song), and New World Order (Megadeth song)

Mustaine had noted that thirteen songs had been written in the sessions for the album, though only twelve were originally contracted for the album (one of which being a bonus track intended only for the Japanese market).[10] However, it was later revealed that the album was to feature a total of 13 tracks.[23] Two of the album's songs, "Sudden Death" and "Public Enemy No. 1" have received Grammy nominations.

Several of the songs on the album were released previously in different or incomplete versions, and were included as bonus tracks on previous albums. Among these are "Black Swan", "Millennium of the Blind" and "New World Order". "Black Swan" was originally released as a bonus track for members of the band's fan club who pre-ordered United Abominations.[43] According to Dave Ellefson, finishing and including "Black Swan" on Thirteen was Johnny K's idea. Ellefson also notes, having been written several years beforehand, it has nothing to do with the 2010 film of the same name.[44] In part of the effort to promote the album, the song was released for streaming via Hot Topic's official YouTube page on October 24, 2011.[45][46]

According to Ellefson, "Millennium of the Blind" was originally written in 1991 and a demo was recorded,[47] and a version of the song would later be included as a bonus track on the 2004 remix/remaster of Youthanasia. In the liner notes for the 2004 rerelease of Youthanasia, Mustaine claimed that "Millennium of the Blind" reminded him too much of another song he was working on at the time, "Absolution"[48] (which would later form part of "Trust" from Cryptic Writings).[48] Mustaine states in the Youthanasia rerelease liner notes that he came up with the lyrics after watching Highlander.[48] Ellefson explained Johnny K and Mustaine were able to finish the song for Thirteen.[47]

"New World Order" was originally written during the Clash of the Titans Tour in 1991,[49] however, early versions of the song were only released several years later. A demo had been included as a bonus track on the 2004 remix/remaster of Youthanasia[48] and the original finished version on the Duke Nukem soundtrack.[48] Ellefson stated the song was re-recorded at the insistence of Shawn Drover, and (compared to previous versions of the song) Mustaine had "updated some parts and made them more violent."[49] Drover, for his part, stated re-recording "New World Order" was initially Mustaine's idea, though he strongly supported rerecording the song.[50]

Two songs from Thirteen were specifically written with video game soundtracks in mind The first of these is "Sudden Death" while the second is "Never Dead". "Sudden Death" was originally written for the 2010 music video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.[51] The song was released as a digital single via iTunes in September 2010.[52] "Sudden Death" was later nominated for a Grammy for Best Metal Performance at the 53rd Grammy Awards, but lost to Iron Maiden's "El Dorado".[53]

"Never Dead", was written for inclusion on NeverDead, a third-person action/fantasy game.[15][54] To help promote the album, Roadrunner Records posted the song on their YouTube channel for streaming on September 21, 2011.[55][56]

On July 4, 2011 Megadeth debuted a new song entitled "Public Enemy No. 1" at a show in Hamburg, Germany.[57] According to Mustaine, "Public Enemy No. 1" was written about 1920s gangster Al Capone.[58] Ellefson revealed in an interview that "Public Enemy No. 1" was to be released as a single.[2] The single has been nominated for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance at the 54th Grammy Awards[59][60] A Western-themed music video was made to support the single.[61] The video was released on November 4, 2011.[62]

During an interview with Dallas/Fort Worth radio station 97.1 KEGL, Mustaine revealed 2 new song titles: "We the People" and "Whose Life is This Anyways?" (later amended to "Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)"). Mustaine stated that the latter was considered for album's first single,[63] although "Public Enemy No. 1" was ultimately released as the album's lead single instead. "Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)" saw its radio debut during an appearance by Dave Mustaine on the October 14–16, 2011 edition of the Full Metal Jackie radio show.[35] The song was released as a limited-time free download via Megadeth's Facebook page a few days later.[36]

In an interview with musicradar.com, Ellefson commented on several of the album's other songs. While discussing the album, he described the title track "theatrical", and compared it to "In My Darkest Hour" from So Far, So Good...So What! (1988). He also said "13" is a song that "summed up the arc of Megadeth as a band".[64] While referring to another song, "Deadly Nightshade", Ellefson stated the song's main riff "was written during the sessions for Youthanasia, or maybe Cryptic Writings [from 1997]. It’s been around for a while."[65]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 73/100[66]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [67]
Music Review (83/100)[68]
Rock Sound [69]
SoundSphere [70]
Spin [71]
Thrash Hits [72]
Artistdirect [73]
PopMatters [74]
The Guardian [75]
BBC (mixed reaction)[76]

Reaction from critics towards Thirteen has been mostly positive.[66] Spin magazine released a brief review of the album, and rated the album at 7/10. Reviewer Jon Young commented on several of the album's tracks, saying "Public Enemy No. 1" and "Guns, Drugs & Money" were "deceptively melodic hard rock not far from Alice Cooper's early classics" but also said they lack the same sense of humor. Young also offered an opinion on "We the People" saying it should be on "the apocalypse's official soundtrack".[71] Allmusic rated the album positively. Reviewer James Christopher Monger stated: "Darker, heavier, and more immediate than 2009's Endgame, Dave Mustaine's snarling vocals ride higher in the mix this time around, but fans need not fear, as his fleet fingers are still possessed with the power to conjure the dead."[67]

Thirteen was also positively reviewed by Sergio Periera of the South African website Musicreview.co.za (83/100),[68] Kevin Stewart-Panko, of Rocksound.tv (7/10).[69] and reviewer Amit Sharma of Thrash Hits. Sharma described Thirteen as a mix Countdown to Extinction and Endgame, and gave a 5 out of 6 rating and further commented that Thirteen sounds "less explosive than [Endgame]", but that songs like "Wrecker" and "Black Swan" show that the band is "on top of their game".[72] According to Pereira, a hard rock sound was characteristic of a number of Thirteen's songs, and he speculated producer Johnny K might have bore more responsibility for that. Pereira noted that "Never Dead", "Fast Lane" and "Wrecker" were high points of the album. Pereira closed his review by calling the album a "ripper".[68]

However, not all critical reaction to the album was positive. SoundSphere gave the album a 2 out of 5 star rating, although they believed the album would appeal to "those who enjoy classic-sounding heavy metal sound."[70] BBC reviewer Ian Winwood said the album "is something of an unremarkable affair. Not a bad album, but not one for the ages." However, Winwood also called "Sudden Death" "quite brilliant".[76]

Track listing

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Sudden Death"   Dave Mustaine Mustaine 5:09
2. "Public Enemy No. 1"   Mustaine Mustaine 4:15
3. "Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)"   Mustaine Mustaine 3:50
4. "We the People"   Mustaine Mustaine 4:33
5. "Guns, Drugs, & Money"   Mustaine Mustaine 4:19
6. "Never Dead"   Mustaine Mustaine 4:32
7. "New World Order"   Mustaine, Nick Menza Mustaine, David Ellefson, Marty Friedman 3:56
8. "Fast Lane"   Mustaine Mustaine 4:04
9. "Black Swan"   Mustaine Mustaine 4:10
10. "Wrecker"   Mustaine Mustaine 3:51
11. "Millennium of the Blind"   Mustaine Mustaine, Friedman 4:15
12. "Deadly Nightshade"   Mustaine Mustaine 4:55
13. "13"   Mustaine Mustaine 5:53
Total length:
 57:30

[23]

iTunes preorder bonus track
No. Title Writer(s) Length
14. "Head Crusher" (live) Mustaine, Shawn Drover 3:56

[77]

Chart positions

Thirteen sold 42,000 copies in the United States in its first week and debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200, this being a slight fall from the first-week sales (about 45,000 copies) and chart position (number 9) of its predecessor, Endgame.[78] Another 10,780 copies were sold in the second week, and the album's position on the Billboard 200 fell to number 53. [79]

The album charted similarly in Australia (number 13)[80] and on the Japanese total album sales chart (number 11).[41] Elsewhere, the album failed to break into the top 20.

Chart Peak position
Billboard 200[78] 11
UK Albums Chart [80] 34
Australian Albums Chart[80] 13
Belgium[80] 83
Hungarian Albums Chart[81] 24
Ireland[78] 43
Oricon Total Album Sales (Japan)[41] 11
Oricon International Albums (Japan)[41] 4
Netherlands[80] 42
Norway[80] 32
Polish Albums Chart[82] 26

Personnel

Megadeth
Additional musicians
Production

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