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1265:Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years
865:"Megadeth Chart History (Active Rock)"
822:"Megadeth – Dancin' On The Breadline"
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1194:The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!
1542:Never Walk Alone... A Call to Arms
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1096:Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
1410:Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
854:. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
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474:" (The General Schwarzkopf Mix)
472:Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
1293:Anthology: Set the World Afire
721:"Future Addict Marty Friedman"
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1549:Ă€ Tout le Monde (Set Me Free)
1240:Countdown to Extinction: Live
770:The Scorpion (9 March 2015).
691:"Megadeth Discography - Risk"
1990:Albums produced by Dann Huff
1584:Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)
1514:Dread and the Fugitive Mind
1103:So Far, So Good... So What!
314:“"Breadline" is about when
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1117:Countdown to Extinction
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430:Symphony of Destruction
16:2000 single by Megadeth
1563:The Right to Go Insane
1521:Blackmail the Universe
1325:Live at the Cow Palace
1145:The World Needs a Hero
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1403:No More Mr. Nice Guy
88:Nashville, Tennessee
1809:Clash of the Titans
1773:Rust in Peace: Live
1759:Arsenal of Megadeth
1706:Set the World Afire
1612:Post American World
1382:Anarchy in the U.K.
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1226:Rust in Peace: Live
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1591:The Threat Is Real
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1257:Compilation albums
459:Mustaine, Friedman
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328:The Scorpion, 2015
197:singles chronology
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