Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying? (25th Anniversary)

~ Release by Megadeth (see all versions of this release, 30 available)

Tracklist

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#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Intro assistant engineer: Zachary Coleman producer: Dave Mustaine mixer: Ken Eisennagel and Dave Mustaine recorded at: Megadeth at Phantasy Theatre (1987-06-03) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2011)		1:48
2	Wake Up Dead assistant engineer: Zachary Coleman producer: Dave Mustaine mixer: Ken Eisennagel and Dave Mustaine recorded at: Megadeth at Phantasy Theatre (1987-06-03) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2011) live recording of: Wake Up Dead (on 1987-06-03) lyricist and composer: Dave Mustaine arranger: Megadeth publisher: Mustaine Music (in 1986) and Theory Music (in 1986)		3:39
3	The Conjuring assistant engineer: Zachary Coleman producer: Dave Mustaine mixer: Ken Eisennagel and Dave Mustaine recorded at: Megadeth at Phantasy Theatre (1987-06-03) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2011) live recording of: The Conjuring (on 1987-06-03) lyricist and composer: Dave Mustaine arranger: Megadeth publisher: Mustaine Music (in 1986) and Theory Music (in 1986)		5:21
4	Bad Omen assistant engineer: Zachary Coleman producer: Dave Mustaine mixer: Ken Eisennagel and Dave Mustaine recorded at: Megadeth at Phantasy Theatre (1987-06-03) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2011) live recording of: Bad Omen (on 1987-06-03) miscellaneous support: Dijon Carruthers lyricist and composer: Dave Mustaine arranger: Megadeth publisher: Mustaine Music (in 1986) and Theory Music (in 1986)		3:49
5	Rattlehead assistant engineer: Zachary Coleman producer: Dave Mustaine mixer: Ken Eisennagel and Dave Mustaine recorded at: Megadeth at Phantasy Theatre (1987-06-03) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2011) live recording of: Rattlehead (on 1987-06-03) lyricist and composer: Dave Mustaine publisher: Einstein Music (publisher), Mustaine Music and Theory Music		4:12
6	Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good assistant engineer: Zachary Coleman producer: Dave Mustaine mixer: Ken Eisennagel and Dave Mustaine recorded at: Megadeth at Phantasy Theatre (1987-06-03) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2011) live recording of: Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! (on 1987-06-03) lyricist and composer: Dave Mustaine publisher: Einstein Music (publisher), Mustaine Music and Theory Music		3:15
7	Looking Down the Cross assistant engineer: Zachary Coleman producer: Dave Mustaine mixer: Ken Eisennagel and Dave Mustaine recorded at: Megadeth at Phantasy Theatre (1987-06-03) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2011) live recording of: Looking Down the Cross (on 1987-06-03) lyricist and composer: Dave Mustaine publisher: Einstein Music (publisher), Mustaine Music and Theory Music	2	4:30
8	My Last Words assistant engineer: Zachary Coleman producer: Dave Mustaine mixer: Ken Eisennagel and Dave Mustaine recorded at: Megadeth at Phantasy Theatre (1987-06-03) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2011) live recording of: My Last Words (on 1987-06-03) lyricist and composer: Dave Mustaine additional composer: Chris Poland arranger: Megadeth publisher: Mustaine Music (in 1986) and Theory Music (in 1986) version of: Next Victim		4:42
9	Peace Sells assistant engineer: Zachary Coleman producer: Dave Mustaine mixer: Ken Eisennagel and Dave Mustaine recorded at: Megadeth at Phantasy Theatre (1987-06-03) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2011) live recording of: Peace Sells (on 1987-06-03) lyricist and composer: Dave Mustaine arranger: Megadeth publisher: Mustaine Music (in 1986), Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) (in 1986) and Theory Music (in 1986)		4:28
10	These Boots Were Made for Walkin’ assistant engineer: Zachary Coleman producer: Dave Mustaine mixer: Ken Eisennagel and Dave Mustaine recorded at: Megadeth at Phantasy Theatre (1987-06-03) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2011) live recording of: These Boots (Megadeth version) (on 1987-06-03) additional lyricist: Dave Mustaine lyricist and composer: Lee Hazlewood publisher: Criterion Music Corp. parody version of: These Boots Are Made for Walkin’		4:07
11	Devils Island assistant engineer: Zachary Coleman producer: Dave Mustaine mixer: Ken Eisennagel and Dave Mustaine recorded at: Megadeth at Phantasy Theatre (1987-06-03) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2011) live recording of: Devil’s Island (on 1987-06-03) lyricist and composer: Dave Mustaine arranger: Megadeth publisher: Mustaine Music (in 1986) and Theory Music (in 1986)		5:19
12	Last Rites / Loved to Deth assistant engineer: Zachary Coleman producer: Dave Mustaine mixer: Ken Eisennagel and Dave Mustaine recorded at: Megadeth at Phantasy Theatre (1987-06-03) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2011) live recording of: Last Rites / Loved to Deth (on 1987-06-03) lyricist and composer: Dave Mustaine publisher: Einstein Music (publisher), Mustaine Music and Theory Music		5:19
13	Mechanix assistant engineer: Zachary Coleman producer: Dave Mustaine mixer: Ken Eisennagel and Dave Mustaine recorded at: Megadeth at Phantasy Theatre (1987-06-03) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2011) live recording of: Mechanix (on 1987-06-03) lyricist and composer: Dave Mustaine publisher: Einstein Music (publisher), Mustaine Music and Theory Music version of: The Mechanix		4:32

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Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/3141685 [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Peace Sells (radio ready rock remix) Wake Up Dead

part of:

Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time (number: 8) (order: 8)
Loudwire: Top 80 Hard Rock + Metal Albums of the 1980s (number: 14) (order: 14)
SPIN: The 40 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time (SPIN magazine, 2002-09) (number: 21) (order: 21)
Consequence of Sound: 75 Best Metal Albums of All Time (2025) (number: 41) (order: 42)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 571) (order: 572)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/32923 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Megadeth/Peace-sells-but-who-s-buying [info]
other databases:	http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Megadeth-nom_album-Peace_Sells..._But_Who's_Buying-l-en.html [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/megadeth/peace_sells____but_whos_buying_/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/5190/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000650486 [info]
Wikidata:	Q741493 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 4988006886230
Format:: 2×CD
Length:: 1:31:16

Additional details

Type:: Album
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Capitol Records
TOCP-71102
Capitol Records
TOCP-71103

Release events

Japan
2011

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