Rust In Peace
by Megadeth
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Rust In Peace is ranked as the best album by Megadeth.
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Rust In Peace track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Rust In Peace rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 46 Music Albums of 1990 | 6/46 | 4 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 46 Music Albums of 1990 | 21/46 | 3 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | The Ultimate Chart of charts of the greatest albums of all time | 41/60 | - |
| 2026 |  Repo | Best '90s Metal | 3/8 | - |
| 2026 | Repo | Rank 'Em: Megadeth | 2/11 | - |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 72 Music Albums of 1990 | 52/72 | 1 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 45 Music Albums of 1990 | 21/45 | 3 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 58/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 89/100 | 12 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 502 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,790 | |||
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Rust In Peace ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/26/2026 04:02 | AngelBecerra | 1,194 | 78/100 |
| ! | 10/23/2026 20:41 | AlexandreSilva | 139 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/10/2026 06:09 | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.7/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.8.
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Rust In Peace forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/18/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5439): By joedecView latest topic →
Rhyner 03/05/2026 19:09 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) BestEverAlbums 08/25/2024 20:00 in Album of the day (#4998): Rust In Peace by MegadethView latest topic →
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Rust In Peace comments
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Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/15/2012 23:17 | #55136 | TOP COMMENT
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Oh Marty Friedman... why did you have to leave the world of metal? Tornado of Souls has one of my favorite guitar solos ever. This is technically speaking, Megadeth's best album. Holy Wars and Hanger 18 are immortal tracks. (Edited)
This, along with Master of Puppets, Paranoid, and the Black album are probably the most widely heralded metal albums by any given sect of the metal community. I totally understand people not jiving with the vocals, but you can't deny the rest of it. You really have to hate metal to not like even one song from this masterpiece.
From the begining it is incredibly clear that here's a band who is imaginative when it comes to songwriting. It starts, it stops, a gentle row outo on the lake and torrential avalanche. 'Holy Wars...The Punishment Due' really does set a scene, perhaps a frightening one. Like some super weapon kept away from prying eyes, this album stacks power past the clouds. 'Take No Prisoners' isn't an idle threat and 'Tornado Of Souls' is a relenteless piece of guitar wizardry. Do you believe in aliens? Do you believe we got just 2 months left of basic freedoms? This is all completlely irrelevant. The sound is sharper than the pencil beside me, the songwriting is no afterthought and the album something someone shouldn't shy away from. It's creative, it is music. Take it or listen to it.
Droophus 01/05/2020 23:36 | #246473 | TOP COMMENT
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My favorite thrash album of all time. Definitely in the conversation for best ever metal album.
TheHolyKiwi TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/27/2017 06:54 | #191501 | TOP COMMENT
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Metallica are fantastic and all... but this is the real Thrash masterpiece.
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