Episode 262 - Explore the Big Four (Megadeth - Risk)

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4.9 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2021

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Summary

We're back with another edition of Explore the Big Four to tackle Megadeth's strangest record, Risk (1999). Produced by Dan Huff and the follow up to Cryptic Writings (1996), this was a collection of slower and more alternative songs that are rumored to have been inspired by Lars Ulrich telling Dave Mustaine he needed to take more risks with his music. Did we love it? Did we hate it? You'll have to listen to find out! Other topics discussed in this episode include Black Album promotion, the 40th anniversary weekend, Metallica comparisons to the Beatles and more. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	Metallica, here they come, the kings of metal!
0:04.0	Oh, nah!
0:06.0	Oh, not bird!
0:23.5	Hi, it's me, David Mustaine, and you're listening to Metal Up Your Podcast.
0:28.7	Nice story. Who I see? Oh, I see Welcome to Melchard your podcast.
1:00.5	And I'm Clint Wells.
1:01.8	This is episode 262, and it's been a while, but we're going to explore the big four again.
1:05.5	And this is a big one, I think, or maybe it's not.
1:09.0	I don't know.
1:09.5	It's a, I feel anticipated. Megadeth's
1:11.6	risk. Yeah, it's the one, probably the one people have asked us to do the most for Megadeth.
1:16.7	Yeah, because it is a bit of a controversial record. It did not do well for them. One might call it
1:21.1	their saint anger. I don't know. Maybe people do call it that. I'm not sure, but it wasn't necessarily, didn't have great reviews, all that stuff.
1:29.9	But we're going to dive into it. I have a feeling that this being called a sane anger album
1:34.9	is going to be a compliment the album doesn't even deserve. That's just my prediction.
1:39.4	Okay.
1:39.8	Because as, and the last one of these we did was in March, so it's been a while.
1:43.1	Yes. But I've listened to enough Megadeth albums now where I've formed a fairly cohesive opinion.
1:48.0	Well, and this is the follow-up to an album that you actually like, Cryptic Riders.
1:51.0	Yeah, I like Cryptic Riders.
1:52.0	So this is an album where they took some chances, as we'll hear And the one we're looking at is from the remastered version.
2:02.8	So it's a different album cover than the original.
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