Anthology:Set The World Afire

Capitol

Not that the world needs yet another set of collected works from the almighty Megadeth but… we get one anyways. The two-disc Anthology: Set The World Afire may in fact be the most comprehensive best of to hit shelves thus far and is definitely worth checking out if you don’t already own one of the previous collections or if you are just such a diehard that you need to own every little thing that carries the bands name.

Everything that you’d expect is here and more sans anything from the bands post Capitol days which includes the last three albums. So, as complete as it may be it is still incomplete and ultimately means that somewhere down the road we can expect another Greatest Hits compilation. It would be nice if we could just have volumes chronologically dating the bands material rather than buying the same CD with every track pretty much the same ands only a few alternatives. My biggest gripe with albums such as this though is the inclusion of live material. I believe that live cuts should be left with full live albums or at the very least include both the original studio offering as well as the live version. In the case of this Anthology it almost accomplishes the task where both versions of “Peace Sells” are included but we are left with only the live cut of “Symphony of Destruction”.

All in all Anthology: Set The World Afire will be sure to appease the appetites of rattleheads everywhere to one degree or another, I mean after all it is Dave Mustaine and company and you can never go wrong such a fantastic and legendary component as Megadeth!