The Best Megadeth Album Ever – According To YOU!

terrybezer / Lists, News, Top Posts / 21/09/2009 12:51pm

megadeth90We asked you what you thought was the best Megadeth album, and here’s what you thought…

Your votes are in and you can find the results below.

We had a run away winner with 1990’s ‘Rust In Peace’ taking the honour of your favourite Megadeth album.

188 people/clowns voted for 1999’s ‘Risk’ (what are you smoking?), Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying took the award for best 80’s Megadeth album and, most encouragingly, the band’s latest opus ‘Endgame’ finished 3rd on the vote. It just goes to show how incredible an album this one really is! Bottom of the pile was The System Has Failed. Fair?

Here are the full results:

1. Rust In Peace – 31%
2. Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying? – 15% 
3. Endgame – 13%
4. Countdown To Extinction – 10%
5. Youthanasia – 6%
6. Cryptic Writings – 4% (228 votes)
7. Killing Is My Business…And Business Is Good – 4% (227 votes)
8. United Abominations – 4% (223 votes)
9. So Far, So Good…So What! – 4% (195 votes)
10.  Risk – 4% (188 votes)
11. The World Needs A Hero – 2% (121 votes)
12. The System Has Failed – 2& (116 votes)

36 Comments


Peace Sells!

John Beadle

definitely do NOT agree with “The System Has Failed” being bottom of the pile!

Blackmail the Universe and Kick The Chair are amazing tracks! not sure why Risk would get more votes than this one?

I’d like to see them do a poll like this for Metallica or Maiden
Many a debate could be solved.

Totally agree with Jingee!

Would be fun.

Well lets get it started then!!! Master of Puppets and Number of the Beast! Agree with Rust In Peace being their best album, closely followed by Peace Sells!

Moshtank

well i know what my 1st megadeth album will be! RUST IN PEACE!!!!

allthough i might get endgame 1st

noobpotato

as much as i love rust in peace i voted for peace sells cause it rapes

1. Rust In Peace
2. Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying?
3. So Far, So Good… So What!
4. Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good
5. Endgame
6. Cryptic Writings
7. Youthanasia
8. The World Needs a Hero
9. United Abominations
10. The System Has Failed
11. Countdown to Extinction
12. Risk

Much better :D

Eddie Maiden

System has Failed is such a good album, it should be above at LEAST Risk, Cryptic Wrings and The World Needs a Hero,

I’m suprised how highly Cryptic Writings scrored, I thought everyone hated that album but for the songs they play live like She Wolf and Trust.

MetalRich

When this poll first started Risk was the runaway leader no doubt due to the hilarity of voting for Megadeth’s worst album. Not that I did so. Honest.

Mothmonsterman

Cryptic Writings and Risk should be the bottom two albums.

I agree with ‘Rust in Peace’, however ‘Endgame’ absolutely shreds and I think once the initial ‘people only like it because its new’ stigma wears off, it may one day be considered the best Megadeth album.

So i’m the only one who thinks tShF is an unsung masterpiece? For me it would be more like:

1. Youthanasia
2. Rust in Peace
3. Killing is my Business
4. Peace Sells
5. The System Has Failed
6. United Abominations
7. Endgame
8. Countdown to Extinction
9. Cryptic Writings
10. So Far, So Good
11. The World Needs a Here
12. Risk

Apart from the last two, however, I consider none of them bad as such – all of them are masterpieces and it’s verry hard to prioritise.

bigfish

rust in peace is a classic, as is so far so good so what, endgame is alright, but again mirrors what ‘tallica have done by going back to go forward, mustaine still a much better writer of good tunes,but lately there are less big tunes on each album, but the album taken as a whole is very strong. probably better than 95% of the stuff churned out by other bands all year. judging all the ‘deth albums, how many of the recent album tracks would make it onto a “greatest hits” cd.? not that many i would guess.

1. Rust In Peace
2. Peace Sells
3. Killing Is My Business
4. Endgame
5. Countdown to Extinction
6. Youthanasia
7. So Far So Good So What
8. The System Has Failes
9. United Abominations
10. Cryptic Writings
11. The World Needs A hero
12. Risk

My list isn’t even slightly predictable!! ;)

Megadeth kicks ass, here’s my list since you all have asked my opinion :)

1. Rust In Peace
2. Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying?
3. Endgame
4. United Abominations
5. The System Has Failed
6. Youthanasia
7. Cryptic Writings
8. Killing Is My Business…And Business Is Good!
9. So Far…So Good…So What!
10. The World Needs A Hero
11. Countdown To Extinction
12. Risk

This was tough, I love them all!

HUTCHY74

i don’t agree either. i have been listening to megadeth since 87 and my list would be

1 – RUST IN PEACE
2 – YOUTHANASIA
3 – PEACE SELLS
4 – SO FAR SO GOOD
5 – COUNTDOWN EXTINCTION
6 – ENDGAME
7 – SYSTEM HAS FAILED
8 – WORLD NEEDS A HERO
9 – KILLING BUSINESS
10 – UNITED ABOMINATIONS
11 – CRYPTIC WRITINGS
12 – RISK

might not be everyones cup of tea but thats my list lol.

Sir_Tubalot

1. Rust in Peace
2. Peace Sells
3. So Far, So Good….So What
4. Endgame
5. Killing is my Business
6. Countdown to Extinction
7. United Abominations
8. Youthanasia
9. The System has failed
10. Cryptic Writings
11. The World Needs a Hero
12. Risk

1 – Countdown to extinction
2 – Rust in peace
3 – Youthanasia
4 – Peace sells
5 – Endgame
6 – Cryptic Writings
7 – Killing is My Business
8 – United Abominations
9 – So Far so good…so what
10 – World needs a hero
11- system has failed
12 – risk

1 – peace sells
2 – endgame
3 – rust in peace
4 – killing is my buisiness
5 – so far, so good, so what
6 – Countdown to extinction

I don’t like the rest of the albums, not bad albums but just not my thing.

simoninflames

everyone seems to have missed the point, its not a list of best to worst, its just which is the best, and very few people will consider anything other than peace sells or rust in peace. obviously people voted for risk just to take the piss. and why no mention of hidden treasures? its ace!

Headcrusher

i like the hidden treasures album

Angry Again is my favorite Deth song.

I can’t make an order, so my top 5 looks like this:

Rust in Peace
Killing Is My Business
Endgame
Peace Sells
United Abominations

Honorary mentions:
Countdown to Extinction
So far So good So what

Good records, but not good enough for the list.

pershia

1.rust in peace
2. risk
3. cryptic writing

Rattlehead

UA should of least been in the top 5. Blessed are the dead, gears of war and the title track, are classic deth. A mixture of thrash and melodies that always harmonises every time you give the cd a spin. Anyway heres my top ten…..1 peace sells, 2 so far so good, 3 united abominations, 4 countdown, 5 rust, 6 kib, 7 system, 8 risk, 9 cryptic writings, 10 youthanasia. Engame i have yet to hear but if the stuffs like headcrusher then itle definatly be in the top 5.

sickbastard

1. United Abominations
2. Rust in Peace
3. Greatest hits..haha

Whoever rates Risk highly deserves a good slap with a wet fish :P

mauricio

1 – Youthanasia
2 – Countdown to extinction
3 – Cryptic Writings
4 –Rust in peace
5 – So Far so good…so what
6 –system has failed
7 – risk
8-Peace sells
9- Endgame
10-United Abominations
11-The World Needs a Hero,Killing Is My Business

Hocevar

I dont care what other sad but for me is:
-Countdown to Extinction
-Endgame
-The System has failed
-e.t.c

kevin mahoney

So Far So Good should of been higher:
1-Rust
2- Peace Sells
3-So Far So Good
4-Killing
5-Endgame
6-Youthanasia

UpTheIrons

1 – Rust in peace
2 – countdown to extinction
3 – peace sells
4 – system has failed
5 – united abominations
6 – youthanasia
7 – endgame
8 – cryptic writings
9 – killing is my bussiness
10 – so far so good so what
11 – the world needs a hero
12 – risk

Jared M

The System Has Failed, should be at least #3

Risk – absolutely underrated album

Daputti

1. Rust In Peace
2. Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?
3. Endgame
4. Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good!
5. So Far, So Good… So What!
6. United Abominations
7. Countdown To Extinction
8. Cryptic Writings
9. Youthanasia
10. The System Has Failed
11. The World Needs A Hero
12. Risk

If someone doesn’t agree with this list should go and die in a hole.

1. Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?
2. Rust In Peace
3. Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good!
4. Endgame
5 .So Far, So Good… So What!
6. Countdown To Extinction
7. Youthanasia
8. United Abominations
9. The System Has Failed
10. Cryptic Writings
11. The World Needs A Hero
12. Risk

And I like Risk :)

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