The World Needs a Hero

The World Needs a Hero
Studio album by Megadeth
Released	May 15, 2001
Recorded	2000 - 2001
Genre	Heavy metal, thrash metal
Length	60:10 62:45 (Bonus)
Label	Sanctuary
Producer	Bill Kennedy, Dave Mustaine
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Megadeth chronology
Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years (2000) The World Needs a Hero (2001) Rude Awakening (2002)
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Deluxe Edition

The World Needs a Hero is the ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Megadeth, released in 2001. It was marked as a return to Megadeth's thrash metal roots, after the commercial rock style of their previous two releases (Cryptic Writings and (Risk). However, it still retained a bit of the commercial feel from previous albums, as Mustaine claims the album was like "a ship lost at sea trying to return to its course".^{[citation needed]} This is also the last album to feature David Ellefson as bassist.

"Return to Hangar" is a sequel to the song "Hangar 18", which was found on the Rust in Peace album.

Mustaine also dedicated the song "When" to all the nay-sayers on Megadeth's internet message board who spoke ill of him and the band after their recent attempts at commercial success (or, a "big fuck you to all the wishy-washy fans out there".) The main riff and structure of "When" is reminiscent of "Am I Evil?" by Diamond Head, which Mustaine has said was intentional, as an homage to Diamond Head and the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement^[1].

The World needs a Hero is the first Megadeth album since 1990's Rust in Peace to feature band mascot Vic Rattlehead on the front cover. Edited versions of the album put an adhesive bandage over the innards of Dave Mustaine from which Vic Rattlehead is seen emerging.

A single as well as a video was made out of the lead single, Moto Psycho. Dread and the Fugitive Mind was also released as a promo single as well as previous release Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years and the following release Still Alive... and Well?.

Track listing

#	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Disconnect"	Dave Mustaine	Mustaine	5:20
2.	"The World Needs a Hero"	Mustaine	Mustaine	3:52
3.	"Moto Psycho sample (help·info)"	Mustaine	Mustaine	3:06
4.	"1000 Times Goodbye"	Mustaine	Mustaine	6:25
5.	"Burning Bridges"	Mustaine	Mustaine	5:20
6.	"Promises"	Mustaine	Mustaine, Al Pitrelli	4:28
7.	"Recipe for Hate... Warhorse"	Mustaine	Mustaine	5:18
8.	"Losing My Senses"	Mustaine	Mustaine	4:40
9.	"Dread and the Fugitive Mind"	Mustaine	Mustaine	4:25
10.	"Silent Scorn"	(instrumental)	Mustaine	1:42
11.	"Return to Hangar"	Mustaine	Mustaine	3:59
12.	"When"	Mustaine	Mustaine	9:14

Japanese track listing

Personnel

• Dave Mustaine – guitar, lead vocals
• Al Pitrelli – guitar, backing vocals
• David Ellefson – bass guitar
• Jimmy DeGrasso – drums

In pop culture

The song "Moto Psycho" is used as the main theme song for the Dreamcast game Heavy Metal: Geomatrix.

Trivia

Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (October 2008)

• "The World Needs a Hero" and "1000 Times Goodbye" feature the voice of Heather Keckler (Miss Arizona 2000 and Megadeth.com's "She-Wolf")

Charts

Album

Singles

References

1. ^ The Realms of Deth - Megadeth Lyrics - The World Needs a Hero