Super Collider is the fourteenth studio album by Megadeth, released on June 4, 2013. It is Megadeth‘s first album to be released on Tradecraft, a Universal label created for frontman Dave Mustaine. In the U.S., a special edition of the album was made available exclusively through Best Buy retailers. The album features a guest appearance from Disturbed vocalist David Draiman. At the time of its release,Super Collider marked the first time the band had released an album with the same lineup as its predecessor since 1997’s Cryptic Writings. It is the band’s final album to feature drummer Shawn Drover and guitarist Chris Broderick who both departed in November 2014.
The album received mixed reviews from critics and, as of August 2014, has a Metacritic rating of 41/100. It debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 and has sold over 86,000 copies in the US as of December 2015.
Tracklist:
- Kingmaker (Mustaine, David Ellefson)
- Super Collider
- Burn!
- Built for War (Mustaine, Chris Broderick, Shawn Drover)
- Off the Edge
- Dance in the Rain” (featuring David Draiman)
- Beginning of Sorrow (Mustaine, Ellefson, Broderick)
- The Blackest Crow
- Forget to Remember
- Don’t Turn Your Back…
- Cold Sweat (Thin Lizzy cover)
Credits:
Megadeth
Dave Mustaine: lead vocals, lead, rhythm, slide and acoustic guitars
Chris Broderick: lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
David Ellefson: bass guitar, backing vocals
Shawn Drover: drums, percussion, backing vocals
Production
Produced by Johnny K and Dave Mustaine, except for “Countdown to Extinction” live recording, produced by Barry Ehrmann
Mixed by Johnny K and Dave Mustaine
Engineered by Cameron Webb
Assistant Engineering by Zachary Coleman and Matt Dougherty
Additional Engineering by Ken Eisennagel
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, New York, NY
Additional musicians
Bob Findley: horn on “A House Divided”
David Draiman: vocals on “Dance in the Rain”
Yao Zhao: cello on “Dance in the Rain”
Tom Cunningham: fiddle on “The Blackest Crow”; violin on “Dance in the Rain”
Brian Costello, Sean Costello and Mary Kate Peterson from the Shannon Rovers Irish Pipe Band: bagpipes on “Built for War”
Electra Mustaine: backing vocals on “Forget to Remember” and “Beginning of Sorrow”
Sarah Phelps: backing vocals on “Beginning of Sorrow”
Willie Gee: guest speaker on “The Blackest Crow”
