So Far, So Good...So What!
A largely uninspired effort recorded with a new guitarist and drummer, So Far, So Good...So What! lacks the conceptual unity and musical bite of Peace Sells, which helps push much of its lyrical material into the realm of self-parody, as Mustaine rants about the PMRC, the apocalypse, ex-girlfriends, and other people he is angry with, while hinting at the depth of his substance abuse problem with "502," a paean to driving drunk. The album wants to sound threatening but mostly comes off as forced and somewhat juvenile; typical is the embarrassing cover of "Anarchy in the U.K.," which is played in Megadeth's tightly controlled riffing style and without the looseness of the original, making it sound stilted and stiff — and Mustaine doesn't even get the lyrics right. This one is for diehards only. (This review is rather critical and in my opinion utterly wrong about it being for "diehards only". It is a grand predecessor for what is to come, that being Rust in Peace. Many Technical elements are being stirred up in this release, but it comes with a much darker and evil presence. So take most of this with a grain of salt too, unless your opinion is with the reviewer already).
