Wake Up Dead (track)
by Megadeth
Year: 1986
From the album Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (track #1)
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Wake Up Dead appears on the following album(s) by Megadeth:
- Greatest Hits: Back To The Start (track #12) (compilation) (2005)
- Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (track #1) (this album) (1986)
- That One Night: Live In Buenos Aires (track #5) (2007)
- Rude Awakening (track #3) (2002)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/22/2026 19:29 |  DommeDamian | 75,714 | 51/100 |
| ! | 06/14/2026 15:27 | Siromynian | 18,062 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/02/2026 16:29 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2026 15:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,094 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/12/2026 03:46 | stareaterogni0n | 5,934 | 70/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.4/100, a mean average of 83.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.4.
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Jboy56 02/08/2022 09:37 | #280942
This song shreds, tilu lilu....
The riffs are what makes the song great, but I also love the lyrics. Simple, direct and highly enjoyable.
Jasonconfused 12/11/2012 09:23 | #57465
One of my all time favorite Megadeth songs. The riffs are some of their best and the solo is also one of Dave Mustaine's best.
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