Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
by Megadeth
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Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? is ranked 2nd best out of 25 albums by Megadeth on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Megadeth is Rust In Peace which is ranked number 443 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,795.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 58 Music Albums of 1986 | 8/58 | 4 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 84 Music Albums of 1986 | 45/84 | 2 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 32 Music Albums of 1986 | 12/32 | 3 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 15 Music Albums of 1986 | 5/15 | 4 |
| 2026 | shanelovesyou1111 | Top 65 Music Albums of 1986 | 61/65 | 0 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 42/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 23 Music Albums of 1986 | 21/23 | 1 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 54 Music Albums of 1986 | 37/54 | 2 |
| 2026 | stareaterogni0n | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 40/100 | 61 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1986 | 31/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 312 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,550 | |||
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Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago | AlexandreSilva | 139 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/20/2026 17:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,568 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/14/2026 21:12 | stareaterogni0n | 610 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.8/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.0.
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Even if he doesn't seem to realize it to this day, being thrown out of Metallica was undoubtedly the best thing that could have happened to Mustaine, not least because, well, it eventually paved the way for this - a distinctive, punkish, scorching and urgent beast of an album further elevated by prog-minded sequencing, an awesome crank-it-up-right-through-your-eardrums mixing and mastering job (which is also remarkably "wet" for a quality 80's thrash metal record) and some really memorable visual art direction. The A side is particularly impressive and shouldn't be missed by anyone remotely interested in the (sub)genre.
A classic landmark sophomore thrash metal album that established Dave Mustaine’s Megadeth as the big four of the 80’s thrash metal scene and is also one of the many metal albums that helped refined the heavy metal scene for the decade.
It also was on the US Billboard 200 albums chart for a total of 47 weeks. (Edited)
This album is an enjoyable thrash metal record, but not on par with what Metallica was doing at this time and even earlier. I like the overall sound of this album and its dark themes, my favorite songs here are Peace Sells, Devil's Island, Good Mourning and My Last Words.
Thrash-metal you can dance to: the album. Its interesting comparing this album with Master of Puppets, the musiancianship here seems much more fluid while Master of Puppets sounds rigid but it also lacks the epic feel of Metallica or Sepultura.
A more consistent album than Rust in Piece, but lacking the huge mountain peaks that that album has, though this album has some fantastic songs. A very important album for thrash metal and heavy metal music in general
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