Classic Album Retrospect (Peace Sells... But Who's Buying - Megadeth)

Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? - Megadeth

 Peace Sells... is the second is the second studio album from classic thrash/heavy metal band Megadeth. The album was originally released in '86 but has since seen multiple re-releases and re-masterings by different producers. The album sold reasonably well and consequently has received a platinum rating in both the US and Canada and a silver rating in the UK. At release the album was met with average reviews with the average score received a three out of five.

 Does peace still sell, lets find out.

 Notable Tracks

 Wake Up Dead - Wake up Dead is the first track from the album but is definitely not a throwaway track. Wake Up Dead progresses extremely well with its short runtime. Wake Up Dead features a good balance of solos and vocals to create a strong first track to start.

 Peace Sells - Peace Sells is the title track of the album and was the second single from the album. Peace Sells features politically driven lyrics on top of a catchy as hell bassline. Peace Sells also evolves well as the vocal style changes as the song progresses from a spoken word to a hard driven aware thrash track. 

 Good Mourning / Black Friday - Good Mourning is the instrumental intro to Black Friday, Good Mourning is fast paced instrumental with a desert trek tone to it. Good Mourning leads into the track Black Friday which is equally as fast as the intro. Black Friday has a very distinct mix where vocals and instrumentals are on the same level making for a real thrash feel. 

 I Ain't Superstitious - I Ain't Superstitious is the penultimate track on the original track listing and takes a different tone entirely compared to the earlier tracks in the track list. I Ain't Superstitious was originally performed by Howlin' Wolf twenty years prior but still manages to keep the song alive by sounding very different to the original.

 In Conclusion, Peace Sells... is still a solid album, although most thrash bands from the period have died out or evolved into different genres; Megadeth still try to create a good album. Peace Sells is still the most relevant track on the listing with politically driven lyrics but other tracks from the album are still a joy to listen to.

 To finish, here is the music video for the second single from the album, Peace Sells (video linked here for mobile users)