Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years
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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Capitol Punishment:<br>The Megadeth Years
| Type = Compilation album
| Artist = [[Megadeth]]
| Cover = Megadeth - Capitol Punishment- The Megadeth Years.jpg
| Released = [[October 24]], [[2000]]
| Recorded = 1986-2000
| Genre = [[Thrash metal]], [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
| Length = 01:11:12
| Label = [[Capitol Records]]
| Producer = Various
| Reviews =
*[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ox66mpbj9f6o Link]
| Last album = ''[[Risk (album)|Risk]]''<br />(1999)
| This album = '''''Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years'''''<br />(2000)
| Next album = ''[[The World Needs a Hero]]''<br />(2001)
}}
:''For the article on the death penalty, see [[Capital punishment]]''
'''''Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years''''' is a greatest hits album by [[thrash metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Megadeth]], released in 2000, through [[Capitol Records]]. The album featured the [[Dave Mustaine]]/[[David Ellefson]]/[[Jimmy DeGrasso]]/[[Al Pitrelli]] line-up on the new tracks "Kill The King" and "Dread and the Fugitive Mind". The album features a hidden track, which is a [[medley (music)|medley]] of numerous previous Megadeth songs.
The album contains songs from all previously released albums except the band's debut, ''[[Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!]]'', because that album was released on [[Combat Records]].
Originally, Capitol Punishment was the album later released as ''[[The World Needs a Hero]]'' on [[Sanctuary Records]]. This was released as a promo, but when it became apparent that the album was going to be released in its current state, the promos were quickly recalled. It is currently available as a bootleg entitled ''Original Capitol Punishment''. All songs were remixed on the final release.
==Track listing==
# "Kill the King" (previously unreleased, later appeared in ''[[Greatest Hits: Back to the Start]]'')
# "Dread and the Fugitive Mind" (previously unreleased, later appeared on ''[[The World Needs a Hero]]'' and ''[[Greatest Hits: Back to the Start]]'')
# "Crush 'Em" (from ''[[Risk (album)|Risk]]'')
# "Use the Man" (from ''[[Cryptic Writings]]'')
# "Almost Honest" (from ''[[Cryptic Writings]]'')
# "[[Trust (Megadeth song)|Trust]]" (from ''[[Cryptic Writings]]'')
# "[[A Tout le Monde]]" (from ''[[Youthanasia]]'')
# "[[Train of Consequences]]" (from ''[[Youthanasia]]'')
# "[[Sweating Bullets (song)|Sweating Bullets]]" (from ''[[Countdown to Extinction]]'')
# "[[Symphony of Destruction]]" (from ''[[Countdown to Extinction]]'')
# "[[Hangar 18]]" (from ''[[Rust in Peace]]'')
# "[[Holy Wars... The Punishment Due]]" (from ''[[Rust in Peace]]'')
# "[[In My Darkest Hour]]" (from ''[[So Far, So Good... So What!]]'')
# "[[Peace Sells]]" (from ''[[Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?]]'')
# "[[Wake Up Dead]]" (from ''[[Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?]]'') (Track 15 on Japanese version)
# "Capitol Punishment" ([[hidden track]] on US version, Track 16 on Japanese version)
==Charts==
'''Album'''
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|2000
|align="left"|The Billboard 200
|align="left"|66
|-
|align="left"|2000
|align="left"|New Zealand
|align="left"|41
|}
'''Singles'''
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Single
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|2001
|align="left"|"Kill the King"
|align="left"|Mainstream Rock Tracks
|align="left"|21
|-
|}
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