Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? [25th Anniversary Special Edition]
by Megadeth
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Jul 12, 2011
Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. AllMusic
    Aug 2, 2011
    90
    Arguably Megadeth's strongest effort and a classic of early thrash, Peace Sells combines punkish political awareness with a dark, threatening, typically heavy metal world-view, preoccupied with evil, the occult, and the like.
  2. Pitchfork
    Aug 2, 2011
    87
    This reissue of Peace Sells, celebrating a quarter century of Megadeth's second but first truly great album, is probably more a sop to those diehards than anything else, but if it turns one curious party into a convert then it's worth it, even in this time of bald cash-grab reissue ugliness.
  3. Q Magazine
    Aug 16, 2011
    80
    Classic thrash gets proper remastering for 25th birthday. [Sept. 2011, p. 123]
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  5. Kerrang!
    Aug 2, 2011
    80
    Worth the price of admission for the Brilliant My Last Words alone, this remains a fascinating portrait of the artist as angry young man positioned on metal's sharpest cutting edge. [9 Jul 2011, p. 52]
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  6. PopMatters
    Aug 2, 2011
    60
    While the songs on Peace Sells… hold up exceptionally well to this day, what the "special edition" fans were so looking forward to is nowhere near as special as it should have been.

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User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 62 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 57 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 62
  3. Negative: 4 out of 62
  1. leondarkstar
    Aug 18, 2011
    10
    Peace sells is an album that will forever stand the test of time and the 25th anniversary remaster pounds with ferocity. Ellefson's bass onPeace sells is an album that will forever stand the test of time and the 25th anniversary remaster pounds with ferocity. Ellefson's bass on devil's island will pound your skull and will wanna make you rattle your head!… Full Review »
  2. champye
    Apr 11, 2022
    8
    Bass Sells...But Who's Buying
  3. Codeling
    Aug 7, 2021
    10
    One of the best thrash metal albums of all time.
    Best songs: Peace Sells, Wake Up Dead, Good Mourning / Black Friday, The Conjuring, Devil's    One of the best thrash metal albums of all time.
    Best songs: Peace Sells, Wake Up Dead, Good Mourning / Black Friday, The Conjuring, Devil's Island
    Worst songs: -    … Full Review »
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