2007 box set by Megadeth
| Warchest | ||||
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| Box set by Megadeth | ||||
| Released | October 9, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 5:35:29 | |||
| Label | EMI, Capitol | |||
| Producer | Kevin Flaherty | |||
| Megadeth chronology | ||||
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Warchest is a box set from the American heavy metal band Megadeth. Warchest features five discs (4 CD + DVD) and features studio tracks, demos and live recordings of a number of the band's songs from its first ten studio albums and rarities EP. The box set was released on October 9, 2007 by EMI/Capitol Records, and sold around 1,100 copies in the United States in its first week.
While the content on discs 1–3 is assorted, disc 4 was recorded live at Wembley Arena, London, England, on October 14, 1990. The "Clash Of The Titans Tour" also featured Suicidal Tendencies, Anthrax and Slayer during the European leg. Disc 5 is a DVD, and features a concert recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, on September 30, 1992.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Blender |  |
Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic noted that the set offers "something for everyone – from longtime fans to neophytes". Birchmeyer reserved special praise for disc 4, a 1990 concert at Wembley Arena in London. He described the concert as "amazing" and noted the stereo separation of the guitars, and an appearance by Sean Harris of Diamond Head.
Track listing
All music and lyrics by Dave Mustaine, except where noted
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!" | Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!, 1985 | 3:02 | ||
| 2. | "The Skull Beneath the Skin" | Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! | 3:45 | ||
| 3. | "Peace Sells" | Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?, 1986 | 4:02 | ||
| 4. | "Wake Up Dead" | Peace Sells...but Who's Buying? | 3:38 | ||
| 5. | "Devil's Island" | Peace Sells...but Who's Buying? | 5:05 | ||
| 6. | "Set the World Afire" | So Far, So Good... So What!, 1988 | 5:48 | ||
| 7. | "Into the Lungs of Hell" (Instrumental) | So Far, So Good... So What! | 3:23 | ||
| 8. | "Anarchy/Problems" (Session take) | Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, Paul Cook | Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook | Previously unreleased, 1988 | 3:51 |
| 9. | "Hook in Mouth" | Mustaine, David Ellefson | So Far, So Good... So What! | 4:40 | |
| 10. | "Liar" | Mustaine, Ellefson | So Far, So Good... So What! | 3:22 | |
| 11. | "In My Darkest Hour" | Mustaine, Ellefson | So Far, So Good... So What! | 5:26 | |
| 12. | "No More Mr. Nice Guy" | Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce | Cooper, Bruce | Shocker soundtrack, 1989 | 3:00 |
| 13. | "Dark Themes..." (Interview) | Previously unreleased, 1989 | 0:36 | ||
| 14. | "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" (Casey McMackin demo) | Previously unreleased | 6:42 | ||
| 15. | "Tornado of Souls" (Demo) | Mustaine, Ellefson | Previously unreleased | 5:18 | |
| 16. | "Five Magics" (Demo) | Previously unreleased | 5:38 | ||
| 17. | "Hangar 18" | Rust in Peace, 1990 | 5:11 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Keeping Score..." (Interview) | Previously unreleased | 1:35 | ||
| 2. | "Symphony of Destruction" | Countdown to Extinction, 1992 | 4:06 | ||
| 3. | "Go to Hell" | Mustaine, Marty Friedman, Ellefson, Nick Menza | Mustaine, Friedman, Ellefson, Menza | Hidden Treasures, 1994 | 4:35 |
| 4. | "Foreclosure of a Dream" | Mustaine, Ellefson | Countdown to Extinction | 4:22 | |
| 5. | "Architecture of Aggression" (Demo) | Mustaine, Ellefson | Hidden Treasures | 2:50 | |
| 6. | "Skin o' My Teeth" (Live at the Alpine Valley, East Troy, Wisconsin) | Previously unreleased, 1992 | 3:18 | ||
| 7. | "High Speed Dirt" (Live at the Alpine Valley, East Troy, Wisconsin) | Mustaine, Ellefson | Previously unreleased | 4:07 | |
| 8. | "Ashes in Your Mouth" (Live at the Cow Palace, San Francisco) | Mustaine, Friedman, Ellefson, Menza | Previously unreleased | 6:15 | |
| 9. | "Sweating Bullets" (Live at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, California) | Previously unreleased | 4:52 | ||
| 10. | "Breakpoint" (Session take) | Mustaine, Ellefson, Menza | Mustaine, Ellefson, Menza | Previously unreleased, 1993 | 3:17 |
| 11. | "Angry Again" | Hidden Treasures | 3:46 | ||
| 12. | "Train of Consequences" | Youthanasia, 1994 | 3:31 | ||
| 13. | "Reckoning Day" | Mustaine, Ellefson | Mustaine, Friedman | Youthanasia | 4:34 |
| 14. | "New World Order" | Mustaine, Menza | Mustaine, Friedman, Ellefson | Duke Nukem: Music to Score By, 1995 | 3:47 |
| 15. | "The Killing Road" | Youthanasia | 3:52 | ||
| 16. | "Strange Ways" | Ace Frehley | Frehley | Previously unreleased; recorded for Kiss My Ass, 1994 | 2:47 |
| 17. | "Paranoid" | Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward | Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward | Nativity in Black, 1994 | 2:31 |
| 18. | "Diadems" | Demon Knight soundtrack, 1995 | 4:17 | ||
| 19. | "A Tout le Monde" | Youthanasia | 4:22 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Trust" | Mustaine, Friedman | Cryptic Writings, 1997 | 5:11 | |
| 2. | "Almost Honest" | Mustaine, Friedman | Cryptic Writings | 4:08 | |
| 3. | "Use the Man" | Mustaine, Friedman | Cryptic Writings | 4:04 | |
| 4. | "She-Wolf" | Cryptic Writings | 3:37 | ||
| 5. | "A Secret Place" (Live at Rome, New York) | Woodstock 1999, 1999 | 4:31 | ||
| 6. | "One Thing" (Previously unreleased in the US) | Cryptic Writings | 4:38 | ||
| 7. | "Duke Nukem Theme" (Instrumental) | Lee Jackson | Risk (Japan)/Duke Nukem: Music to Score By, 1999 | 3:54 | |
| 8. | "Insomnia" | Risk, 1999 | 4:15 | ||
| 9. | "Crush 'Em" | Mustaine, Bud Prager | Mustaine, Friedman | Risk | 4:55 |
| 10. | "Kill the King" | Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years, 2000 | 3:44 | ||
| 11. | "Dread and the Fugitive Mind" | The World Needs a Hero, 2001 | 4:22 | ||
| 12. | "Never Say Die (Live)" | Butler | Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward | Nativity in Black, Vol. 2: A Tribute to Black Sabbath, 2000 | 3:46 |
| 13. | "Moto Psycho" | The World Needs a Hero | 3:06 | ||
| 14. | "1000 Times Goodbye" | The World Needs a Hero | 6:27 | ||
| 15. | "Coming Home" (Previously unreleased in the US) | The World Needs a Hero | 2:39 | ||
| 16. | "Kick the Chair" | The System Has Failed, 2004 | 3:57 | ||
| 17. | "Of Mice and Men" | The System Has Failed | 4:04 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro/Rattlehead" | 5:55 | ||
| 2. | "Wake Up Dead" | 3:53 | ||
| 3. | "Hangar 18" | 4:52 | ||
| 4. | "Hook in Mouth" | Mustaine, Ellefson | 4:27 | |
| 5. | "The Skull Beneath the Skin" | 3:29 | ||
| 6. | "The Conjuring" | 4:48 | ||
| 7. | "In My Darkest Hour" | Mustaine, Ellefson | 5:42 | |
| 8. | "Lucretia" | Mustaine, Ellefson | 3:42 | |
| 9. | "Devils Island" | 4:45 | ||
| 10. | "Take No Prisoners" | 3:17 | ||
| 11. | "Peace Sells" | 4:12 | ||
| 12. | "Black Friday" | 6:10 | ||
| 13. | "It's Electric" (featuring Sean Harris) | Sean Harris, Brian Tatler | Harris, Tatler | 3:22 |
| 14. | "Anarchy in the U.K." | Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook | Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook | 3:04 |
| 15. | "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" | 6:43 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro/Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" | 7:56 | ||
| 2. | "Wake Up Dead" | 3:38 | ||
| 3. | "Hangar 18" | 5:02 | ||
| 4. | "Lucretia" | Mustaine, Ellefson | 3:46 | |
| 5. | "Sweating Bullets" | 4:48 | ||
| 6. | "In My Darkest Hour" | Mustaine, Ellefson | 6:17 | |
| 7. | "Tornado of Souls" | Mustaine, Ellefson | 5:16 | |
| 8. | "Ashes in Your Mouth" | Mustaine, Friedman, Ellefson, Menza | 6:07 | |
| 9. | "Peace Sells" | 4:29 | ||
| 10. | "Anarchy in the U.K." | Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook | Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook | 3:24 |
Personnel
- Dave Mustaine – guitars, lead vocals, acoustic guitar
- David Ellefson – bass, backing vocals on discs 1, 2, 4, 5 and tracks 1–15 on disc 3
- Chris Poland – lead guitar on tracks 1–5 on disc 1 and tracks 16–17 on disc 3
- Gar Samuelson – drums on tracks 1–5 on disc 1
- Jeff Young – lead guitar on tracks 6–11 on disc 1
- Chuck Behler – drums on tracks 6–11, 14 on disc 1
- Nick Menza – drums on tracks discs 2, 4, 5, tracks 12–13, tracks 15–17 on disc 1, and tracks 1–4, 6 on disc 3
- Marty Friedman – lead guitar on discs 2, 4, 5, tracks 13–14, tracks 15–17 on disc 1, and tracks 1–9 on disc 3
- Jimmy DeGrasso – drums on tracks 5, 7–14 on disc 3
- Al Pitrelli – lead guitar on tracks 10–14 on disc 3
- Jimmy Lee Sloas – bass on tracks 16–17 on disc 3
- Vinnie Colaiuta – drums on tracks 16–17 on disc 3
Chart positions
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Finish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) | 36 |
| Japanese Albums Chart (Oricon) | 231 |
References
- ^ Megadeth: 'Warchest' Box Set Due In October. Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved September 28, 2013
- "Megadeth: 'Warchest' First-Week Sales Revealed – Oct. 17, 2007". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
- ^ Birchmeier, Jason. Megadeth – Warchest review. Allmusic
- Bracelin, Jason (December 2007). "Megadeth: Warchest: Heavy box set from American extremists obsessed with death, killing and death". The Guide: Reissues. Blender. Vol. 6, no. 11. Dennis Publishing, Inc. p. 157. Retrieved September 5, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- "Dave Mustaine on Making 'Rust in Peace,' Asking Slash and Dimebag to Join Megadeth". Revolver. September 23, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- "Megadeth – Warchest". www.finnishcharts.com. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- "メガデス・ウォーチェスト・ボックス" [Megadeth War Chest Box] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
