Megadeth discography

Megadeth discography

Megadeth performing at Metalmania in 2008
Studio albums 15
Live albums 5
Compilation albums 6
Video albums 11
Music videos 33
EPs 2
Singles 45

American thrash metal band Megadeth has released fifteen studio albums, five live albums, six compilation albums, two EPs, forty-five singles, eleven video albums, and thirty-three music videos. After he was fired from Metallica in 1983, guitarist and vocalist Dave Mustaine formed Megadeth along with bassist Dave Ellefson, guitarist Greg Handevidt, and drummer Dijon Carruthers. The band toured and gained a following, signing with the independent label Combat Records in late 1984.[1] Megadeth's debut album Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985), sold very well for an independent release, and the group attracted the attention of major record labels.[1] By the end of the year, the group signed with Capitol Records. Megadeth's first major-label album, Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?, was released in 1986.

Before the recording of the band's third album, Mustaine fired Poland and Samuelson; they were replaced by Jeff Young and Chuck Behler, respectively. The new lineup debuted on So Far, So Good... So What! in early 1988. Later that year, Mustaine fired Young and Behler and replaced them with guitarist Marty Friedman and drummer Nick Menza. This lineup recorded Megadeth's fourth album, Rust in Peace, which was released in late 1990. The singles "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" and "Hangar 18" reached the top 30 in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Megadeth's most commercially successful album, Countdown to Extinction (1992), peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, and was the band's first record to be certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[1] Megadeth's biggest hit single is "Symphony of Destruction", which peaked at number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and in the top 15 in Ireland and UK.

Youthanasia (1994) peaked at number 4 on the Billboard 200, and like its predecessor, it was certified platinum by the RIAA.[1] The singles "Train of Consequences" and "A Tout le Monde", reached the top 30 on the US Mainstream Rock chart. The following year Megadeth released Hidden Treasures, an EP that featured previously released non-album tracks, including soundtrack and compilation songs. Cryptic Writings (1997) peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200, and became the group's sixth consecutive studio album to be certified platinum in the US.[1] The release scored the band's highest-charting single to date, "Trust", which peaked at number 5 on the Mainstream Rock chart. Later that year, Menza left the band and was replaced by drummer Jimmy DeGrasso. The following year, Risk was released, and was a critical and commercial failure. In 2000, Friedman left Megadeth and was replaced by guitarist Al Pitrelli. After signing with Sanctuary Records, the group debuted their new lineup on The World Needs a Hero (2001).[1] In early 2002, Mustaine suffered several injuries, which led him to announce in a press release that Megadeth had disbanded.[2]

In 2004, Megadeth reunited and released The System Has Failed. Although intended to be a solo album by Mustaine, outstanding contractual obligations with the band's European label EMI forced him to release one more album under the "Megadeth" name.[3] The following three studio albums (released through Roadrunner Records), United Abominations (2007), Endgame (2009), and Thirteen (2011) peaked at number 8, number 9, and number 11, respectively, on the Billboard 200.[4] Megadeth's studio album, Super Collider, was released in 2013 through Mustaine's label Tradecraft. It debuted at number 6 on the Billboard chart, becoming the band's highest-charting album since 1994's Youthanasia.[5] Megadeth's latest studio album, Dystopia was released January 22, 2016.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[4]
AUS
[6]
AUT
[7]
CAN
[8]
DEN
[9]
FIN
[10]
FRA
[11]
GER
[12]
JPN
[13]
NLD
[14]
SWE
[15]
SWI
[16]
UK
[17]
1985 Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
  • US:200,000
1986 Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
  • Released: September 19, 1986
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
76 182
1988 So Far, So Good... So What!
  • Released: January 19, 1988
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
28 40
[20]
57 51 37 28 18
1990 Rust in Peace
  • Released: September 24, 1990
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
23 47 70
[21]
29 72 34 29 8
1992 Countdown to Extinction
  • Released: July 14, 1992
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
2 14 12 25
[24]
18 6 45 10 16 5
1994 Youthanasia
  • Released: October 31, 1994
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
4 9 26 11
[27]
13 11 20 4 32 6
  • US: Platinum[18]
  • ARG: Gold[22]
  • CAN: Platinum[19]
  • UK : Silver
  • FIN: Gold
1997 Cryptic Writings
  • Released: June 17, 1997
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
10 43 30 17 5 2 14 22 7 48 15 45 38
1999 Risk
  • Released: August 31, 1999
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
16 34 14 8 8 37 38 11 39 17 29
2001 The World Needs a Hero
  • Released: May 15, 2001
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
16 59 20 23 28 36 17 80 38 94 45
2004 The System Has Failed
  • Released: September 14, 2004
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • Format: CD, LP
18 43 10 38 12 28 29 15 32 14 57 60
2007 United Abominations
  • Released: May 14, 2007
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Format: CD, LP
8 23 17 5 22 2 40 28 9 49 15 38 23
2009 Endgame
  • Released: September 9, 2009
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Format: CD, LP
9 11 22 4 19 7 28 21 16 22 17 32 24
2011 Thirteen
  • Released: November 1, 2011
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Format: CD, LP
11 13 28 8 39 8 49 25 11 42 18 23 34
2013 Super Collider
  • Released: June 4, 2013
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: CD, LP
6 28 26 4 22 4 43 24 12 36 15 21 22
2016 Dystopia
  • Released: January 22, 2016
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: CD, LP
3 6 14 3 3 39 10 16 25 19 7 11
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Live albums

Year Album details Peak chart Certifications
US
[4]
BEL
[28]
CAN
[29]
FIN
[10]
FRA
[11]
MEX
[30]
NLD
[14]
SWI
[16]
UK
[17]
2002 Rude Awakening
  • Released: March 19, 2002
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • Format: CD, CS
115 100 93 129
2007 That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires
  • Released: September 4, 2007
  • Label: Image
  • Format: CD
2010 Rust in Peace Live 161 96 72 83
The Big 4 Live from Sofia, Bulgaria (with Slayer, Metallica and Anthrax)
  • Released: October 15, 2010
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: CD
1
[31]
73 1 31 75 63 1
2013 Countdown to Extinction: Live
  • Released: September 24, 2013
  • Label: Tradecraft/Universal
  • Format: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Compilation albums

Year Album details Peak chart
US
[4]
FIN
[10]
JPN
[13]
NZ
[35]
UK
[17]
2000 Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years
  • Released: October 24, 2000
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CS
66 26 41 185
2002 Still Alive... and Well?
  • Released: September 10, 2002
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • Format: CD
2005 Greatest Hits: Back to the Start
  • Released: June 28, 2005
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CD+DVD
65 21 47
2007 Warchest
  • Released: October 9, 2007
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: CD+DVD
36
2008 Anthology: Set the World Afire
  • Released: September 30, 2008
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD
2014 Icon
  • Released: February 25, 2014
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Video albums

Year Album details Peak chart Certifications
US AUS FIN NOR
[36]
1991 Rusted Pieces
  • Released: April 1991
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: VHS
3
[37]
1992 Exposure of a Dream
  • Released: November 3, 1992
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: VHS
25
[38]
1995 Evolver: The Making of Youthanasia
  • Released: May 2, 1995
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: VHS
13
[39]
2001 Behind the Music
  • Released: October 16, 2001
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • Format: DVD
23
[40]
2002 Rude Awakening
  • Released: April 9, 2002
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • Format: DVD
2
[41]
8
[42]
2005 Video Hits
  • Released: January 11, 2005
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: DVD
2006 Arsenal of Megadeth
  • Released: March 21, 2006
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: DVD
6
[43]
5
[44]
1
[45]
2007 That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires
  • Released: March 6, 2007
  • Label: Image
  • Format: DVD
12 6 1 10
2010 Rust in Peace Live
  • Released: October 15, 2010
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: DVD, BD
2 3 4
The Big 4 Live from Sofia, Bulgaria (with Slayer, Metallica and Anthrax)
  • Released: October 29, 2010
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: DVD, BD
2013 Countdown to Extinction: Live
  • Released: September 24, 2013
  • Label: Tradecraft/Universal
  • Format: DVD, BD
4
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

EPs

Year EP details Peak chart
US
[4]
JPN
[13]
UK
[17]
1991 Maximum Megadeth
  • Released: April 8, 1991
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD
1995 Hidden Treasures
  • Released: July 18, 1995
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD
90 13 28

Singles

Year Song Peak chart Album
US
[4]
US
Main.

[4]
AUS
[6]
CAN
[46]
IRL
[47]
NZ
[35]
UK
[17]
1986 "Wake Up Dead" 65 Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
"Peace Sells"
1988 "Mary Jane" 46 46 So Far, So Good... So What!
"Anarchy in the U.K." 13 45
"In My Darkest Hour"
"Hook in Mouth"
1989 "Liar"
"No More Mr. Nice Guy" 48 7 13 Shocker
1990 "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" 12 24 Rust in Peace
1991 "Hangar 18" 25 26
1992 "Foreclosure of a Dream" 30 Countdown to Extinction
"Symphony of Destruction" 71 29 91 14 15 15
1993 "Skin o' My Teeth" 11 13
"Sweating Bullets" 27 18 26
1994 "Crown of Worms" Non-album single
"Train of Consequences" 29 22 Youthanasia
1995 "A Tout le Monde" 31
"Angry Again" 18 Hidden Treasures
"99 Ways to Die" 23
1997 "Trust" 5 Cryptic Writings
"Almost Honest" 8
1998 "Use the Man" 15
"A Secret Place" 19
1999 "Crush 'Em" 6 Risk
"Insomnia" 26
"Kill the King" 21 Capitol Punishment
2001 "Moto Psycho" 22 The World Needs a Hero
"Dread and the Fugitive Mind"
2004 "Die Dead Enough" 21 The System Has Failed
2005 "Of Mice and Men" 39
"The Scorpion"
2006 "Gears of War" United Abominations
2007 "À Tout le Monde (Set Me Free)"[A]
"Sleepwalker"[A]
"Washington Is Next!"
"Never Walk Alone... A Call to Arms"
2009 "Head Crusher" Endgame
2010 "The Right to Go Insane" 34
"44 Minutes"
"Sudden Death" Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
2011 "Never Dead" Thirteen
"Public Enemy No. 1" 28
2012 "Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)"
2013 "Super Collider" 48 Super Collider
2015 "Fatal Illusion" Dystopia
2015 "The Threat Is Real"
2016 "Dystopia" 28

Music videos

Year Song Director(s)[48]
1986 "Peace Sells" Robert Longo
1987 "Wake Up Dead" Penelope Spheeris
1988 "In My Darkest Hour"
"Anarchy in the U.K." David Mackie
1989 "No More Mr. Nice Guy" Penelope Spheeris
1990 "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" Benjamin Stokes, Eric Zimmerman
"Hangar 18" Paul Boyington
1991 "Go to Hell" Eric Zimmerman, Eric Koziol
1992 "Foreclosure of a Dream" Jeff Richter
"High Speed Dirt" Eric Zimmerman, Eric Koziol
"Symphony of Destruction" Wayne Isham
"Skin o' My Teeth" Eric Zimmerman, Eric Koziol
1993 "99 Ways to Die" Wayne Isham
"Sweating Bullets"
1994 "A Tout le Monde" Justin Keith
"Reckoning Day" Jerry Behrens
"Angry Again" Wayne Isham
"Train of Consequences"
1997 "Trust" Liz Friedlander
"Almost Honest" Scott Richter
1998 "A Secret Place" Kyle LaBreche
1999 "Insomnia" Len Wiseman[49]
"Crush 'Em"
2000 "Breadline" John Richards[50]
2001 "Moto Psycho" Nathan Cox[51]
2004 "Die Dead Enough" Thomas Mignone[52]
2005 "Of Mice and Men" Michael Sarna[53]
2007 "À Tout le Monde (Set Me Free)" Aggressive[54]
"Never Walk Alone... A Call to Arms" Labworks[55]
2009 "Head Crusher" Patrick Kendall[56][57]
2010 "The Right to Go Insane" Bill Fishman[58][59]
2011 "Public Enemy No. 1" Kevin McVey
2012 "Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)" Cody Calahan
2013 "Super Collider"
2015 "The Threat is Real"
"Dystopia"

Notes

  • A ^ ^ "À Tout le Monde (Set Me Free)" and "Sleepwalker" were released together as a double A-side single in the Netherlands.

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