Album
The System Has Failed
2004 · Rock
9 collectors on Gatefold own this
The System Has Failed is a Metal album by Megadeth, originally released in 2004. On Gatefold: 60 pressings tracked, owned by 9 collectors.
About
With global affairs at a new low in 2004, fans expected <i>The System Has Failed</i> to be Megadeth’s ode to the decaying civilization they had been prophesying for almost 20 years. But with the exception of a few pointed diatribes directed at the government, the majority of the album returns to the internal conflicts that Dave Mustaine started exploring in the '90s. “Something I’m Not,” “Tears In A Vial,” and the inscrutable “The Scorpion” might be Megadeth’s first foray into… breakup songs. Even when Mustaine rails against terrorism in “Truth Be Told” it feels like he’s trying to ward off the effects of a broken heart: “Cause we are all guilty, guilty as sin / There'll be no peace, never for you and me.” With “Back in the Day” Mustaine takes a page from hip-hop’s playbook by designing a nostalgic ode to metal’s past that is as grumpy as it is salutary: “Well that was back in the day / And if you weren't there / It doesn't matter anyway / Because you wouldn't understand.” Thankfully, just when you think Megadeth have become old men in a young man’s world, there is the furor of “Blackmail the Universe,” proof that Megadeth will never be better than when they are dealing with the one subject they love above all others: the ruination of mankind.
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Tracklist
- 1Blackmail The Universe4:33
- 2Die Dead Enough4:18
- 3Kick The Chair3:57
- 4The Scorpion5:59
- 5Tears In A Vial5:21
- 6I Know Jack0:40
- 7Back In The Day3:27
- 8Something That I'm Not5:06
- 9Truth Be Told5:40
- 10Of Mice And Men4:04
- 11Shadow Of Deth2:15
- 12My Kingdom3:03
Sound DNA
- Metal
- Thrash Metal
- distorted
- aggressive
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Chris PolandLEAD GUITAR GUITAR MUSICIAN , LEAD GUITAR
- Dave MustaineLEAD GUITAR LEAD GUITAR, RHYTHM GUITAR LEAD VOCALS, LEAD GUITAR, RHYTHM GUITAR
- Jimmie Lee SloasBASS BASS GUITAR MUSICIAN , BASS GUITAR
- Vinnie ColaiutaDRUMS MUSICIAN , DRUMS
- Bo CaldwellMUSICIAN , VOCALS
- Celeste Amber MontagueMUSICIAN , VOICE
- Charles JudgeKEYBOARDS MUSICIAN , KEYBOARDS
- Chris RodriguezBACKING VOCALS MUSICIAN , BACKING VOCALS
- Darien BennettMUSICIAN , VOICE
- Eric DarkenMUSICIAN , PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
- Jonathan YudkinBANJO MUSICIAN , BANJO MUSICIAN , STRINGS
- Justis MustaineBACKING VOCALS MUSICIAN , VOICE
- Lance DeanBACKING VOCALS MUSICIAN , VOCALS VOCALS
- Michael DavisMUSICIAN , EFFECTS
- Ralph PatlanMUSICIAN , VOCALS MUSICIAN , VOICE SPEECH, BACKING VOCALS
- Robert VenableBACKING VOCALS MUSICIAN , VOCALS VOCALS
- Scott HarrisonBACKING VOCALS MUSICIAN , VOCALS VOCALS
- Tim AkersKEYBOARDS MUSICIAN , KEYBOARDS
9 collectors on Gatefold own this · 60 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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