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| View Larger Image | Countdown to Extinction | Audio CDby Megadeth
| List Price: | $9.93 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Audio CD | | Format: | Explicit Lyrics, Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered | | Studio: | Capitol | | Release Date: | July 27, 2004 | | Sales Rank: | 8,106th |
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TRACK LISTING |
Disc: 1
- Track 1: Skin O' My Teeth
- Track 2: Symphony Of Destruction
- Track 3: Architecture Of Aggression
- Track 4: Foreclosure Of A Dream
- Track 5: Sweating Bullets
- Track 6: This Was My Life
- Track 7: Countdown To Extinction
- Track 8: High Speed Dirt
- Track 9: Psychotron
- Track 10: Captive Honour
- Track 11: Ashes In Your Mouth
- Track 12: Crown Of Worms - previously unreleased in the U.S.
- Track 13: Countdown To Extinction (Demo) - previously unreleased
- Track 14: Symphony Of Destruction (Demo) - previously unreleased
- Track 15: Psychotron (Demo) - previously unreleased
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 73 reviews)
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76/100, It's no Peace Sells or Rust In Peace, but it's still very good even if the hardcore thrashers don't want to admit it. by Robert Thompson (Under Your Bed!!!)  5 Stars
July 09, 2009
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I recently moved over to a new review system in which I rate each song and then create an average rating for the whole album rather than just giving the album a rating based purely on my general feel for the album. This allows for a much more accurate and unfortunately a much harsher rating for each album. Because of this my new number ratings may not match up with the star ratings on my older reviews when I updated them with this new review system. Thanks for your understanding.
Megadeth was on a winning streak with Killing Is My Business, peace Sells, So Far So Good So What, and Rust In Peace. With Countdown To Extinction they continued that streak of excellence and gave us another superb metal album. Dave doesn't sound quite as angry here, but if you ask me he sounds just as good as he did in the past it's just different. It's more like real singing now and less angry thrash yells and growls. The album isn't as technical as past ones, but I think it's overall more progressive sounding and still awesome.
"Skin O' My Teeth"-Very strong opener for the album. Thrashy with a melodic chorus. 8/10
"Symphony Of Destruction"-An instant classic that gets better with every listen. The perfect mix of angry old Megadeth and newer more melodic Megadeth. It has Dave's angry growl with both thrash and melodic elements. 9/10
"Architecture Of Aggression"-This is what a song sounds like if you take a thrash riff that's a little on the simple side and then slow it down and make it into a melodic song. Not bad, but not all that engaging either. 7/10
"Foreclosure Of A Dream"-An underrated gem in my opinion. Dave's vocals shine on this album and his meaningful lyrics still ring true to this day. Combine that with a softer but still interesting guitar part and you have a great song. 8.5/10
"Sweating Bullets"-Definitely a classic in my book. It may be simple but it's a very fun and unique song that would be a blast to hear live. The intro was the first guitar part I learned and I never tire listening to Dave speaking back and forth with himself using his genius lyrics and unforgettable vocals. 9/10
"This Was My Life"-Has a very cool riff, sounds a lot like something that may have been left out of Peace Sells or SFSGSW. 8/10
"Countdown To Extinction"-A great choice for a title track and a Megadeth classic. 9/10
"High Speed Dirt"-Has a cool riff but the lyrics are kind of lame and childish. The song gets repetitive after a while as well. 7/10
"Psychotron"-Boring song with bad lyrics. Makes you wonder how it got on this otherwise superb album. 5/10
"Captive Honour"-A hint of what was to come on future albums like Youthanasia and Cryptic Writings. Very melodic, overly simple, and just kind of forgettable. 6/10
"Ashes In Your Mouth"-A very good song to close the album with. The lyrics are a litle lacking but it has a pretty cool solo and some great riffing. 8/10
Bands don't need to be super technical to be awesome, sometimes people forget that. "Foreclosure Of A Dream", "Skin O' My Teeth", and "Ashes In Your Mouth" are all good/great songs but they just can't beat out my top three for this album: "Symphony Of Destruction", "Sweating Bullets", and "Countdown To Extinction". This album may not be considered thrash anymore, but it's still a fantastic metal album that is worthy of your respect.
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MEGADETH'S BEST? by MRT 5 Stars
June 17, 2009
i waiver on which is my favorite deth cd. somedays it's this one and others it's rust in piece. either way both are great.
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New Romantic by Joseph Adams (Superior, WI USA)  3 Stars
March 24, 2009
Dave Mustaine was bright enough to leave Metallice before they got really big, in this album only the popularity of metal music hides the new romantic flavor of this album. Symphony of Destruction remains a classic track, as are Skin of my Teeth and Sweating Bullets, plus the title track. If you can stomach metal's new romantic, by all means this is a classic album.
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Best Megadeth Albumn by Scott S. Bligh (Modesto, Ca) 5 Stars
February 14, 2009
This by far is Megadeth's best albumn. All the songs are classic. Dave Mustaine rips on vocal's and prove Megadeth is the leader in top metal bands. In my opinion this put them over Metallica. Although they have not achieved the level of this albumn since, United Abomonations is close. If you can only buy 1 Megadeth albumn this is it! I listened to this one thousands of time on tape! I still have the tape!
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Good album - but often overrated by J. Bizek (Austin, TX) 3 Stars
November 17, 2008
Considered by many as one of the best Megadeth albums, Countdown to Extinction is the band's fifth studio album and their first album to demonstrate an intention to be "radio friendly". Like the "black" album did for Metallica, Countdown to Extinction is also the album that made Megadeth famous to people who weren't already heavy metal fans.
Typically, a "radio friendly" metal album is synonymous with "crap", although, for the most part, Megadeth avoided this pitfall with Countdown to Extinction. Each song is unique and each song has catchy guitar hooks and chorus lines. The production is commendable as well; every instrument is clear and precise - even the bass guitar - a rare thing when it comes to radio friendly metal. Lyrically, this is not the band's best, as Dave's words and voice come off a little flat and emotionless. However, there is a surprising amount of quirky humor in songs such as "Sweating Bullets" and "High Speed Dirt".
Fans familiar with the bands previous albums will note that what is missing are the wild, ripping, complex solos of albums like "Rust in Peace" and "Peace Sells...But Whose Buying". In other words, the music on this album is formulaic and simplistic in comparison to the band's prior work...and they continued down this path with subsequent albums up until "United Abominations". That is not too say the music is bad...it's enjoyable enough...but just doesn't get my blood pumping like some of their other work.
I recommend that Metal fans who have not yet tried Megadeth get ahold of "Rust in Peace" or "United Abomination" before this album. Those who don't normally listen to Metal, but want to give Megadeth a try, will likely be pleased with what "Countdown to Extinction" has to offer.
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