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Countdown to Extinction
Megadeth
- Type:
- Full-length
- Release date:
- July 14th, 1992
- Catalog ID:
- CDP 7 98531 2
- Label:
- Capitol Records
- Format:
- CD
- Reviews:
- 37 reviews (avg. 76%)
| 1. | Skin o' My Teeth | 03:13 | Show lyrics |
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| 2. | Symphony of Destruction | 04:02 | Show lyrics |
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| 3. | Architecture of Aggression | 03:37 | Show lyrics |
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| 4. | Foreclosure of a Dream | 04:17 | Show lyrics |
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| 5. | Sweating Bullets | 05:02 | Show lyrics |
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| 6. | This Was My Life | 03:42 | Show lyrics |
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| 7. | Countdown to Extinction | 04:17 | Show lyrics |
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| 8. | High Speed Dirt | 04:12 | Show lyrics |
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| 9. | Psychotron | 04:41 | Show lyrics |
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| 10. | Captive Honour | 04:14 | Show lyrics |
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| 11. | Ashes in Your Mouth | 06:11 | Show lyrics |
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| Band members | |
| Dave Mustaine | Guitars, Vocals, Songwriting, Lyrics |
| Marty Friedman | Guitars, Vocals (backing), Songwriting (tracks 7, 10, 11) |
| David Ellefson | Bass, Vocals (backing), Songwriting (tracks 3, 11), Lyrics (tracks 4, 7, 8, 10) |
| Nick Menza (R.I.P. 2016) | Drums, Vocals (backing), Songwriting (tracks 10, 11), Lyrics (track 7) |
| Guest/Session | |
| The Jury Foreman | Vocals (backing) (track 10) |
| The Judge | Vocals (backing) (track 10) |
| The Cell Mate | Vocals (backing) (track 10) |
| Miscellaneous staff | |
| Max Norman | Producer, Engineering, Mixing |
| Dave Mustaine | Producer |
| Chris Cufarro | Photography (band) |
| Cameron Wong | Photography (cover) |
| Hugh Syme | Art direction, Design |
| John Taylor Dismukes | Logo |
| Fred Kelly Jr. | Engineering (assistant) |
| Micajah Ryan | Engineering (additional) |
| Tommy Steele | Art direction |
| Dave Mustaine | Guitars, Vocals, Songwriting, Lyrics |
| Marty Friedman | Guitars, Vocals (backing), Songwriting (tracks 7, 10, 11) |
| David Ellefson | Bass, Vocals (backing), Songwriting (tracks 3, 11), Lyrics (tracks 4, 7, 8, 10) |
| Nick Menza (R.I.P. 2016) | Drums, Vocals (backing), Songwriting (tracks 10, 11), Lyrics (track 7) |
| The Jury Foreman | Vocals (backing) (track 10) |
| The Judge | Vocals (backing) (track 10) |
| The Cell Mate | Vocals (backing) (track 10) |
| Max Norman | Producer, Engineering, Mixing |
| Dave Mustaine | Producer |
| Chris Cufarro | Photography (band) |
| Cameron Wong | Photography (cover) |
| Hugh Syme | Art direction, Design |
| John Taylor Dismukes | Logo |
| Fred Kelly Jr. | Engineering (assistant) |
| Micajah Ryan | Engineering (additional) |
| Tommy Steele | Art direction |
| Megadeth reaches... | 65% | thewarheadshaverustinpeace | April 21st, 2023 | |
| Eh-xtinction | 69% | aidane154 | October 15th, 2022 | |
| Megadeth - Countdown To... | 100% | Orbitball | August 16th, 2021 | |
| Megadeth are Blues metal,... | 50% | Annable Courts | August 2nd, 2021 | |
| Megadave for the Masses | 80% | lonerider | January 23rd, 2020 | |
| Best Album from Classic... | 95% | TheArchivist | March 5th, 2019 | |
| Take Your Whiskey Home | 95% | Sweetie | June 23rd, 2018 | |
| Sweating Balls | 48% | Mailman__ | April 20th, 2018 | |
| A marginally justifiable... | 84% | TrooperEd | February 5th, 2018 | |
| 'This is it...' | 65% | Napalm_Satan | July 16th, 2017 | |
| But why Megadeth, WHY? | 37% | raspberrysoda | July 15th, 2017 | |
| Varied and catchy | 74% | gasmask_colostomy | November 16th, 2016 | |
| Mustaine's answer to... | 85% | BlackMetal213 | July 23rd, 2016 | |
| Ain't No Honour | 64% | ThrashIsCertain92 | June 14th, 2016 | |
| God have mercy!! | 89% | Face_your_fear_79 | June 30th, 2015 | |
| Marketable but still good | 85% | McTague97 | December 16th, 2014 | |
| I Just Can't... | 30% | doomknocker | December 5th, 2014 | |
| Bland | 76% | StainedClass95 | July 31st, 2014 | |
| Gets a bit worse than it... | 82% | SirMetalGinger | March 18th, 2013 | |
| Foreclosure Of A Dream | 72% | televiper11 | September 6th, 2012 | |
| Quasi-Commercial,... | 73% | RRMustaineRR | July 6th, 2012 | |
| Countdown to Megadeth's... | 84% | YomiKAOmi | September 9th, 2010 | |
| Still at high standards. | 90% | evermetal | November 3rd, 2009 | |
| Don't be fooled | 56% | MercyfulSatyr | July 23rd, 2009 | |
| Megadeth's And Justice | 93% | LaconicWarrior | May 5th, 2008 | |
| Megadeth's quasi-commercial... | 76% | hells_unicorn | March 1st, 2008 | |
| Countdown to Cryptic and... | 85% | Kalelfromkrypton | November 8th, 2007 | |
| "Countdown To Commercialism" | 77% | Metdude | May 3rd, 2007 | |
| Transitioning…. | 91% | erickg13 | March 4th, 2007 | |
| Sellout? Hardly. | 90% | Mikesn | March 3rd, 2007 | |
| Actually... Not Bad | 90% | NecroWraith | February 12th, 2007 | |
| Disappointingly Average | 60% | Vlachos | October 20th, 2006 | |
| A Classic that isn't... | 93% | Fatal_Metal | October 10th, 2005 | |
| My favorite Megadeth album | 82% | asklater | January 29th, 2005 | |
| Excellent crossover album! | 87% | WitheringToSerenity | March 21st, 2004 | |
| Countdown to Extinction | 89% | Demon_of_the_Fall | August 19th, 2003 | |
| Not bad, just not totally... | 66% | UltraBoris | August 11th, 2002 |
There was also a promo box set issued that included the album on CD and cassette.
Original sound version now out of print.
Music videos were made for the songs Foreclosure of a Dream, High Speed Dirt, Symphony of Destruction, Sweating Bullets, and Skin 'o My Teeth.
This is the first Megadeth album not featuring Vic Rattlehead, their mascot, on the cover. According to a Dave Mustaine interview at the time, it was Ellefson who suggested it, and, after some initial resistance, Mustaine agreed.
Recording information:
Recorded from January 6th to April 28th, 1992 at The Enterprise Studio in Burbank, California.
Identifiers:
Barcode: 0 7777 98531 2 0
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