Warchest [Box set]

Megadeth | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 9, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 5
• Format: Box set
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• Label: EMI Catalog Marketing
• ASIN: B000VKW7AK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,197 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good!

2. The Skull Beneath The Skin

3. Peace Sells

4. Wake Up Dead

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. “keeping score…”

2. Symphony Of Destruction

3. Go To Hell - "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" Soundtrack

4. Foreclosure Of A Dream

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Trust

2. Almost Honest

3. Use The Man

4. She-Wolf

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. intro/Rattlehead

2. Wake Up Dead

3. Hangar 18

4. Hook In Mouth

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 5

1. intro/Holy Wars…The Punishment Due

2. Wake Up Dead

3. Hangar 18

4. Lucretia

See all 10 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

2007 five disc (four CDs + DVD) set,, the first ever career-spanning Megadeth boxset ever!. Warchest is packed with over six hours of music including 33 previously unreleased tracks plus a full live CD and full live DVD! The boxset comes housed in unique "vac-u-form" package with a 36 page booklet containing photos, liner notes and full discography. Capitol.

Customer Reviews

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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Almost PerFecT!, October 9, 2007

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maiden rule! "Maiden Rule" (IDaho) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Warchest (Audio CD)

disc 1>
It's got everything I love...."Into the Lungs of Hell" is Awesome!
"Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" demo is a nice new twist in lyrics. "Anarchy/Problems" session take is nice addition
disc 2>
More of my favorites on one disc.... I had most of these songs on my own greatest compilations minus "Strange Ways" this song is new to me but awesome Kiss cover! The live tracks are well recorded. "Killing Road" owns! I'm glad they included this underated gem from my favorite album.
disc 3>
first off, the "Duke Nukem Theme" is different than what I heard on the score to soundtrack...The good news is THIS version included is undoubtedly better. My only complaint with this disc is I like the original "Almost Honest" better than the remixed and I wish they had remixed "One thing" to have more bass instead of tweets. They could of included "The Doctors is Calling" or "Wanderlust" to have rounded out Risk tracks -also The original untouched version of "Moto-psycho" would of been nice with the ending of the song that interludes into "Coming Home." disc three is my least favorite of the compilation
disc 4>
"It's Electic" is unsuspected great live track -all these songs live sound simply amazing ! Dave's voice on "Devil's Island" was in tiptop shape even with some ever so slight feedback here and there throughout some songs - wondering why these were never released sooner ??? Intro is funny yet remarkably possible....
DVD> Fantastic show with "Countdown" lineup! again wondering why it was never released sooner -ANSWER: Better late than never!

I give Warchest an EZ 5 stars just because there are few bands that can muster gas up this kind of solid work! It has most all my unreleased favorites, even a few surprises, and the most amazing 'unheard of' live performances - however I'm puzzled as to why there was no "Crown of Worms" or "99 Ways to Die" ???

p.s. the packaging and insert book are very kewl and complete in "case" you were wondering.

40 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Take No Prisoners!!! Take This One...!!!, October 17, 2007

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Reijo Piippula "Rekko" (Turku, Finland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Warchest (Audio CD)

At first I have to say that I usually don't buy box sets. The only one I have is from Ozzy Osbourne. When Megadeth decided to release this one...there was no doubt if I'm gonna buy it or not. Megadeth is my favourite band and defintely better than Metallica. This box-set is almost perfect. It has something new, something old, something rare...and something live.

"Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good" and "The Skull Beneath the Skin" are good choices from their first album "KIMB". Still...I would have taken more songs, at least "Rattlehead" would have been a great for this. After all...it was supposed to be the title of their first album before they decided to change it to KIMB...ABIG! These tracks remind us for the wonders of remixing and remastering.

"Peace Sells", "Wake Up Dead", "Devils Island" are the best choices from "Peace Sells..But Who's Buying?". All the songs from the studio albums are remixed and remastered.

"Set the World Afire", "Into the Lungs of Hell", "Hook in Mouth", "Liar", and "In My Darkest Hour" are all great songs but I would have taken only 3-4 songs from "So Far, So Good...So What!" for this box set. "Anarcy/Problems" is a mixture of those two cover songs. It begins and ends with "Anarchy" - in the middle there's a short "Problems".

"Hangar 18" is the only songs which is taken as an album version from "Rust in Peace" (which is the best metal album ever!). However, there's three more songs ("Holy Wars...the Punishment Due", "Tornado of Souls", and "Five Magics") as demo versions...and of course live versions.

"Symphony of Destruction" and "Foreclosure of a Dream" are taken from "Countdown to Extinction". Great songs! "Architecture of Aggression" is a great demo version. Also the four live tracks are awesome!

From "Youthanasia" they decided to take "Train of Consequences", "Reckoning Day", "The Killing Road", "A Tout Le Monde" which all are great choices. I'd personally like more "Elysian Fields" or "Blood of Heroes" but they weren't chosen.

"Cryptic Writings" is not as bad as many think. Although they chose only "Trust" (a hit single), "Almost Honest", "Use the Man", "She-Wolf" and a live version of "A Secret Place", you could find more masterpieces in it if you would give it a chance.

"Insomnia" and "Crush 'em" were great choices from "Risk" which is their most hated album - although it isn't that bad - it just different from others.

I remember when Megadeth's first collection "The Megadeth Years" were released - there was "Dread And Fugitive Mind" - as well as "Kill the King" - great songs.

"Moto Psycho" and "1000 Times Goodbye" are from "The World Needs a Hero". Well, you could say that they are great songs...but I would have replaced "1000 Times Goodbye" with "Promises".

"Kick the Chair" and "Of Mice And Man" are from their underrated comeback album "The System Has Failed". The box sets have a strange way to make songs sound better. Well, great choices!

There's two short interviews "dark themes..." and "keeping score..." which are great to make this box set (almost) a perfect one.

The songs "Go to Hell", "Angry Again", "Paranoid" (a Black Sabbath cover), "Diadems" and "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (an Alice Cooper cover) are "rarities" which have been released in soundtracks etc. and "Hidden Treasures". "Breakpoint" can also be found in "HT" but this one is a session take which haven't been released before.

"New World Order", "Strange Ways" (a Kiss cover), "One Thing", "Duke Nukem", "Never Say Die" (a Black Sabbath cover), and "Coming Home" were songs I hadn't heard before. They all are great songs!!!

Disc four is a 68-minute-live album which is great. It has made during the tour of "Rust in Peace". The players play perfectly! Mustaine's voice is great. It is well mixed. The audience is awesome! The only thing that I don't like is "It's Electric" which is sung by Sean Harris which some of you may know from a band called "Diamond Head".

The DVD is great. It includes only a 50-minute-long live gig but it is a great one. The picture quality is great. "Lucretia" and "Ashes in Your Mouth" are such perfect live acts...like every song is.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate Megadeth Collection, November 20, 2007

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Amy Lynn (Pennsylvania United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Warchest (Audio CD)

This is the Ultimate Box Set. Absolutely flawless and the best sounding greatest ive ever heard. The sound quality IS AMAZING and the songs sound better than they EVER did. What makes this compilation so perfect are the songs are awesome and the sound is perfection. Also the the new songs are great.. For instance Coming home to Argentina, also tracks called keeping score which are Dave's perspectives and insights on certain world issues which sounds like it was recorded during the Countdown to Extinction days. There's also a thick booklet inside that tells the whole story, every album, all the line up's, pictures.. everything you could think of. It also comes in cool packaging... Nothing can get better than this.

Content- Disc One:
1.Killing is my business and business is good!
2.The Skull Beneath the Skin
3.Peace Sells
4.Wake Up Dead
5.Devil's Island
6.Set The World Afire
7.Into the Lungs of Hell
8.Anarchy/Problems Session Take
9.Hook In Mouth
10.Liar
11.In My Darkest Hour
12.No More Mr. Nice Guy
13.''Dark Themes''- Where Dave talks about his personality and songs.
14.Holy Wars..The Punishment Due
15.Tornado Of Souls (Demo)
16.Five Magics [demo]
17.Hangar 18

Disc Two
1.''Keeping Score''- Dave talks about his world views and what the Countdown Album means.
2.Symphony of Destruction
3.Go To Hell
4.Foresclosure of a Dream
5.Architecture of Agression [demo]
6.Skin O' My Teeth [Live at Alpine Valley, East Troy, Wisconsin 5/23/92
7.High Speed Dirt [Live at Alpine Valley, Easy Troy, Wisconsin 5/23/92
8.Ashes in your mouth [Live at the Cow Palace, S.F. California 12/4/92
9.Sweating Bullets [Live at the Cow Palace, S.F. California 12/4/92
10.Breakpoint [session take]
11.Angry Again
12.Train of Consequences
13.Reckoning Day
14.New World Order
15.The Killing Road
16.Strange Ways
17.Paranoid
18.Diadems
19.A Tout Le Monde

Disc Three
1.Trust
2.Almost Honest
3.Use The Man
4.She-Wolf
5.A Secret Place- Live at Woodstock, NY 7/25/99
6.One Thing
7.Duke Nukem
8.Insomnia
9.Crush Em'
10.Kill The King
11.Dread and the Fugitive Mind
12.Never Say Die
13.Moto Psycho
14.1000 Times Goodbye
15.Coming Home
16.Kick the Chair
17.Of Mice and Men

Disc Four
Recorded at Wembley Stadium, London, England
1.Intro/Rattlehead
2.Wake Up Dead
3.Hangar 18
4.Hook In Mouth
5.Skull Beneath the Skin
6.The Conjuring
7.In My Darkest Hour
8.Lucretia
9.Devil's Island
10.Take no Prisoners
11.Peace Sells
12.Black Friday
13.It's Electric
14.Anarchy in the U.K.
15.Holy Wars...The Punishment Due

Disc Five [DVD]
Recorded live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 9/30/92
1.Intro/Holy Wars...The Punishment Due
2.Wake Up Dead
3.Hangar 18
4.Lucretia
5.Sweating Bullets
6.In My Darkest Hour
7.Tornado Of Souls
8.Ashes In Your Mouth
9.Peace Sells
10.Anarchy in the U.K.

New stuff here. Many of these are Previously Unreleased or previously unreleased in U.S. This is essential to any fan. Highly Recommended.