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| Studio album by Megadeth | |||||
| Released | May 15 2001 | ||||
| Recorded | 2000 - 2001 | ||||
| Genre | Thrash metal Heavy metal |
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| Length | 60:10 | ||||
| Label | Sanctuary Records | ||||
| Producer | Bill Kennedy and Dave Mustaine | ||||
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The World Needs A Hero is an album by Megadeth, released in 2001. It was marked as a welcome return to Megadeth's more heavy metal roots, after the commercial rock style of their previous releases, Cryptic Writings and especially Risk. However, it still retained a bit of the commercial feel from previous albums, as Mustaine claims the album was like "a ship lost at sea trying to return to its course". "Return to Hangar" is a sequel to the song "Hangar 18", which was found on the Rust in Peace album. Mustaine also dedicated the song "When" to all the nay-sayers on Megadeth's internet message board who spoke ill of him and the band after their recent attempts at commercial success (or, a "big fuck you to all the wishy-washy fans out there".) The song's intro riff is the same as a riff found in Metallica's "The Call of Ktulu", which Mustaine co-wrote during his days as Metallica's lead guitarist. The main riff of "When" is reminiscent of "Am I Evil?" by Diamond Head, which Mustaine has said was intentional, as an homage to Diamond Head and the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement[1]. ("Am I Evil?" was also, ironically, covered by Metallica to a degree of success). Edited versions of the album put a black bar over the innards of Dave Mustaine which Vic Rattlehead is seen emerging from to edit the violence.
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Track listing
All songs written by Dave Mustaine, except where noted.
- "Disconnect" – 5:20
- "The World Needs a Hero" – 3:52
- "Moto Psycho" – 3:06 (sample )
- "1000 Times Goodbye" – 6:25
- "Burning Bridges" – 5:20
- "Promises" (Mustaine, Al Pitrelli) – 4:28
- "Recipe for Hate... Warhorse" – 5:18
- "Losing My Senses" – 4:40
- "Dread and the Fugitive Mind" – 4:25 (Originally appeared on Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years, later appeared on Greatest Hits: Back to the Start)
- "Silent Scorn" – 1:42
- "Return to Hangar" – 3:59
- "When" – 9:14
The Japanese release also featured an additional track, called "Coming Home," between "The World Needs a Hero" and "Moto Psycho".
Edited Cover
Edited versions of the album put a black bar over the innards of Dave Mustaine which Vic Rattlehead is seen emerging from to edit the violence.
Personnel
- Dave Mustaine - guitar, lead vocals
- Al Pitrelli - guitar, backing vocals
- David Ellefson - bass guitar
- Jimmy DeGrasso - drums
Trivia
- "The World Needs a Hero" and "1000 Times Goodbye" feature the voice of Heather Keckler (Miss Arizona 2000 and Megadeth.com's "She-Wolf")
- Such songs like "Promises" and "1000 Times Goodbye" deal with failing relationships, "The World Needs A Hero" is a throwback to Megadeth's themes of revolution, "Return to Hangar" is the "sequel" to Rust in Peace's "Hangar 18", "Dread and the Fugitive Mind" and "Losing My Senses" are about introspection and looking within one's self for true and proper meaning, and "Moto Psycho" is about people who commute every day to and from work, ending up spending a long time on the road.
Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2001 | The Billboard 200 | 16 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2001 | "Moto Psycho" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 22 |
