Th1rt3een Songs Ranked

Thirteen (stylized as Th1rt3en) is the thirteenth studio album by American heavy metal band Megadeth. It was first released in Japan on October 27, 2011, and worldwide on November 1, 2011. It is the first Megadeth studio album since The World Needs a Hero (2001) to feature bassist and founding member David Ellefson, who returned to the band in 2010. Th1rt3en debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 42,000 copies in its first week. The album broke into the top 20 in several other markets as well. It has sold about 120,000 copies in the United States as of December 2012. The album has received positive reviews from critics. The album followed the successful Endgame, released two years previously, and was recorded in late spring 2011. In addition to new material was written for the album, the band decided to rework and release several older songs, some of which had previously seen release as demos or bonus tracks. Additionally, several of the songs on the album were intended to appear on video game soundtracks, notably “Sudden Death”, which appeared as a playable song in the 2010 video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. Here are all of the Th1rt3een songs ranked.

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13. Guns, Drugs & Money

 “Guns, Drugs, & Money,” a song that I have grown to dig. When I first heard the song I thought it was simplistic, generic, and a bit lazy. But now I have got to admit, it’s a pretty rocking tune. The verses are cool and I don’t want to say it’s rock ‘n roll but it kind of gives off that vibe; you just can’t help but bob your head along with it.”

12. Wrecker

“Wrecker,” a song I would consider one of my least favourites off of the album. I put this song in the same category as “Fast Lane” as both songs are pretty generic metal songs especially by Megadeth standards. When I first saw the title I had high hopes for this track but it didn’t quite live up to the hype.”

11. Fast Lane

“”Fast Lane,” a song that has its moments but overall falls a bit short for me. The first word that comes to mind when describing this track is ‘generic’ – both musically and lyrically. The song isn’t bad because it definitely has its moments but it kind of comes off as uninspired. The track is heavy, no doubt it, and even has some punk rock vibe to it especially during the opening moments.”

10. We The People

 “We the People,” an extraordinary, political fueled mayhem of a track. The intro/song has an imminent doom vibe to it. It’s a track that would be featured on the soundtrack to the apocalypse. Extremely aggressive track that has the signature Mustaine bite to it. Not what you would call thrash but it has excellent palm muted heavy as hell mid pace riffs.”

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9. Deadly Nightshade

“There’s just so much to love about this track. The riffing, though simplistic, is gun metal grey and hellfire heavy. The intro riff, which also is the riff in the chorus, is just so bad ass and killer. The riff in the verses gallop heavily in ultra aggression. The bridge slows down in tempo but not in heaviness and aggression with vitriol oozing out of Mustaine’s vocals.”

8. New World Order

“So, this song has been around for awhile. But to the song though, it’s an amazing song. I always wondered why this was never on an actual studio album and I guess Mustaine and the boys thought so too. Besides a fresh production and of course a re-recording of all the parts, the song didn’t get re-worked. The song definitely isn’t any better than it was before. The song has great lyrics, phenomenal riffs, thrashy in parts, and catchier than hell itself. Always loved and appreciated this banger of a track.”

7. Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)

“Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)” which also happens to be another Grammy nominated song. This is a pretty cool song. It has a real punk rock vibe to it. Shawn Drover bombards his drum kit and Mustaine venomously spits out his vocals on this heavy, mid paced banger. A lot to like about this but for me the choruses really shine through on this one as you get some vintage Dave Mustaine vocals.”

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6. Never Dead

” For me, the one thing that I don’t like about this song is the pointless almost one minute intro, that ran about thirty seconds too long. But when the song finally gets going, it’s worth it. This is a thrash song, no question about it. The riffing is furious, going a million miles an hour. The rhythm section crushes with Shawn Drover annihilating his kit and going to work with his double bass.”

5. Black Swan

“Black Swan,” a track that was released four years prior as a bonus track for 2007’s “United Abominations” album. I think this is a great song and I like the version on UA a lot better than this one. It was perfect as far as I’m concerned. And since it was released just a short time before, I find the decision to put this song on “Th1rt3en” a bit confusing.”

4. Millennium of the Blind

“The track starts off with Chris Broderick shredding his fretboard followed by Mustaine signing over clean guitar. It’s far from thrash but it’s super duper dark. A lot of clean guitar here, specifically during the verses. Excellent lead work and some mighty fine vocals from Mr. Mustaine. All and all, great track.”

3. 13

“This is just a well written and well arranged song. It has a great mixture of clean guitar (as the track features acoustic guitar) as well as heavier, distorted guitar. The track has an ominous vibe to it with darkness ingrained in its fabric. I absolutely love the opening verse and the way Mustaine delivers his vocals, “… Like a severed arm washed up on the shore / I just don’t think I can give anymore” as it goes straight into the chorus”

2. Public Enemy No. 1

“The album’s lead single “Public Enemy No. 1,” one of my favourites off of the record. I first heard this song well before the album’s release on Youtube, a fan recorded video of Megadeth performing this song live. It wasn’t great quality but when I heard the chorus, the first thing I said was, “This will be nominated for a Grammy”.”

1. Sudden Death

“The album begins with “Sudden Death,” a song which was first heard in the “Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock” video game. The furiously dark, chaos ridden opener is laced with shredding lead guitar solos from beginning to end. The track is ferocious, an epic bombardment of thrashing heavy metal. The rhythm section is crushing, the leads are out of this world and there’s a speed frenzied, frenetic atmosphere and pace to the album’s opening track”