{"product_id":"megadeth-youthanasia-2lp","title":"Megadeth - Youthanasia [2LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eYouthanasia is Megadeth's 1994 follow-up to Countdown to Extinction, and its moodier, slower-burning sound gets four sides of vinyl in this double LP edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe same four-piece of Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman, David Ellefson and Nick Menza returned with Max Norman co-producing, and they leaned even further into melody and groove. Speed takes a back seat to atmosphere, with mid-tempo riffs, big choruses and a darker, more reflective tone running through much of the record.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrain of Consequences, the lead single, rumbles in on a driving rhythm and a hook about chance and consequence, with Jimmie Wood adding harmonica, an unexpected touch he repeats on the brooding Elysian Fields. A Tout le Monde is the emotional heart of the album, a haunting ballad with a French-language chorus that became one of Mustaine's most enduring songs and was later reworked with Cristina Scabbia. Victory closes things out by threading the band's own song titles into a defiant lap of honour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriedman's leads are as expressive here as anywhere in his tenure, and the band sound locked in from start to finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt may lack the velocity of earlier landmarks, but this is Megadeth at their most mature and polished, and a record that has only grown in stature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57139184533809,"sku":"199957311250","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Megadeth-Youthanasia_2LP.jpg?v=1793085738","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/megadeth-youthanasia-2lp","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}