Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (studio album) by Megadeth

Reverb-y thrash that dabbles in the blues. I'm split on this album; I enjoy the chunky, sludgier side of Megadeth's sound ("Wake Up Dead," "Peace Sells") but I don't like the cheap-sounding lead guitar tones or bluesy experiments ("I Ain't Superstitious"). For pure unbridled thrash, I definitely prefer Slayer and Metallica, but I do appreciate the well-rounded approach that this album attempts. I just wish the production were more focused.

This album is an enjoyable thrash metal record, but not on par with what Metallica was doing at this time and even earlier. I like the overall sound of this album and its dark themes, my favorite songs here are Peace Sells, Devil's Island, Good Mourning and My Last Words.

Thrash-metal you can dance to: the album. Its interesting comparing this album with Master of Puppets, the musiancianship here seems much more fluid while Master of Puppets sounds rigid but it also lacks the epic feel of Metallica or Sepultura.

From katerpillar 09/01/2021 23:53

My favourite album fo this genre, very good instrumental and vocals.

From VictorVale 12/16/2020 17:34

Pq demorei tanto pra ouvir esse delícia!

Far from my tastes, but it is a genre defining album and my favorite by them. Overall, 80/100.

It was purely original metal music when it first came out (still is). It took many listens back in the fall of '86. to fully accept it for what it was. Intrigueing metal style and superior songcraft. Mustaine's vision could only be realized with his own band. Glad he wasn't given a warning or 2nd chance by hetfield and lars.

Great album with some of the best tracks Megadeth produced. Few which are on the also ran category though being less memorable. Overall finding momentum which led to the next album (Rust in Peace') being a trash classic

Even if he doesn't seem to realize it to this day, being thrown out of Metallica was undoubtedly the best thing that could have happened to Mustaine, not least because, well, it eventually paved the way for this - a distinctive, punkish, scorching and urgent beast of an album further elevated by prog-minded sequencing, an awesome crank-it-up-right-through-your-eardrums mixing and mastering job (which is also remarkably "wet" for a quality 80's thrash metal record) and some really memorable visual art direction. The A side is particularly impressive and shouldn't be missed by anyone remotely interested in the (sub)genre.

A fun album to listen to, but it doesn't really stick with you and can be a bit too thrash-y at times. The title track and Wake up Dead at least have some good melodies with a great beat to them, but most of the other songs, while fun for the moment, just don't offer much in terms of melody. I Ain't Superstitious and the Conjuring are two other tracks worth mentioning, as they are pretty good, but the rest is just early thrash (meaning that it's relatively tolerable).

Title track is best.