Capitol
2004
So Far, So Good... So What! (Explicit)
About This Album
The remixed and remastered Megadeth albums released in 2004 aren't your typical cash-ins. They're stark improvements over the originals: group leader Dave Mustaine did the remixing and remastering himself, making especially significant revisions to the earlier albums, and he includes insightful liner notes for each reissue, including track-by-track commentary for the bonus tracks, as well as lyrics and period photos. The reissue of So Far, So Good...So What! is perhaps the most drastically improved. Upon its initial release, the album was as much of a disappointment as it was a step forward for Megadeth. Its predecessor, Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? (1986), had been an instantly acknowledged landmark, one of the definitive albums in the then-burgeoning thrash movement. But then, for whatever reason, Mustaine fired guitarist Chris Poland and drummer Gar Samuelson and replaced them with Jeff Young and Chuck Behler, respectively. Moreover, Mustaine's notorious substance abuse was really getting the best of him around this time, something he alludes to in his liner notes here, stating that "the production [of SFSGSW] was horrible, mostly due to substances and the priorities we had or didn't have at the time.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,5,8 and 11)

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