Youthanasia

Youthanasia
Studio album by
Publication (s)	November 1, 1994
Label (s)	Capitol Records
Genre (s)	Heavy metal
running time	50:02 65:23 (remaster)
occupation	Vocals , guitar : Dave Mustaine Guitar : Marty Friedman Bass , backing vocals: David Ellefson Drums : Nick Menza
production	Max Norman , Dave Mustaine
Studio (s)	Fat Planet, Phoenix , Arizona (USA)
chronology Countdown to Extinction (1992) Youthanasia Cryptic Writings (1997)

Youthanasia is the sixth studio album by the US metal band Megadeth . It was released on Capitol Records in November 1994 . On the album, the band continues the course of its predecessor Countdown to Extinction , which is characterized by mid-tempo metal pieces , and almost completely dispenses with thrash and speed elements, although it could not quite achieve its commercial success despite good sales figures.

Emergence

After the very successful album Countdown to Extinction , Megadeth, especially bandleader Dave Mustaine on Youthanasia , tried to find the "formula for success" in songs of medium speed and largely without fast elements and extended solo passages. This went so far that producer Max Norman set the speed of most songs to 120 beats per minute with the metronome, because he held the theory that hits should have this speed. The creation process of the album was recorded on the home video Evolver - The Making of Youthanasia . As singles were Train of Consequences and À Tout le Monde decoupled. However, MTV refused to play the video for the latter song. The background was that the manager of the band was working with Wayne Isham , despite Mustaines' warning , to whom the broadcaster was not good to speak. According to Mustaine, the latter sent the video under a false name, but this was noticed. In 2007, Mustaine recorded a new, slightly faster version for the album United Abominations with Cristina Scabbia from Lacuna Coil .

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Youthanasia   DE 13 11/07/1994 (11 weeks)   AT 26th 04/12/1994 (3 weeks)   CH 32 11/13/1994 (8 weeks)   UK 6th 05/11/1994 (6 weeks)   US 4th 11/19/1994 (23 weeks)

Singles

Train of Consequences   UK 22nd 01/01/1995 (2 weeks)

1. Reckoning Day - 4:34 (Text: Mustaine, Ellefson. Music: Mustaine, Friedman)
2. Train of Consequences - 3:31
3. Addicted to Chaos - 5:26
4. À Tout le Monde - 4:28
5. Elysian Fields - 4:03 (Text: Mustaine, Ellefson. Music: Mustaine)
6. The Killing Road - 3:57
7. Blood of Heroes - 3:57
8. Family Tree - 4:07 (Text: Mustaine. Music: Mustaine, Ellefson, Menza)
9. Youthanasia - 4:09
10. I Thought I Knew It All - 3:44 (Text: Mustaine. Music: Mustaine, Friedman, Ellefson, Menza)
11. Black Curtains - 3:44 (Text: Mustaine. Music: Mustaine, Friedman)
12. Victory - 4:27

Music and lyrics were written by Dave Mustaine unless otherwise noted. The 2004 re-release included Millennium of the Blind , New World Order (demo) , Absolution and À Tout le Monde (demo) .

reception

Despite the change in style and the fact that the band increasingly alienated Thrash fans, the album received passable to good feedback. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from allmusic .com complained about the lack of experimental, progressive elements in the music, which are not missed in sledgehammer riffs such as Train of Consequences . It awarded three out of five stars. On the occasion of the re-release, Jason Birchmeier praised the music on the album, especially songs like À Tout le Monde , which is one of the best pieces by the band. However, good music doesn't always lead to satisfied fans. In Rock Hard , "Buffo" Schnädelbach awarded 8.5 out of ten points and called Youthanasia a "good album", which is due to Dave Sustaines "excellent feeling for fine melodies and good riffs". "Patience" with the album is necessary given the sometimes "demanding songs".

Web links

• Youthanasia at Allmusic (English)
• Youthanasia on MusicBrainz
• Allmusic.com: Megadeth in the All Music Guide

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} www.rockhard.de: Review Youthanasia by Uwe “Buffo” Schnädelbach
2. ↑ ^{a b} Mike Stagno: Review Youthanasia . sputnikmusic.com
3. ↑ ^{a b} I was just fed up . ( Memento of the original from August 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. whiskey-soda.de; Interview with Dave Mustaine 
4. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
5. ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Review Youthanasia on Allmusic