Rude Awakening (Megadeth album)

live album by Megadeth

Rude Awakening is the first live album by American thrash metal band Megadeth. The album was released by Sanctuary Records in 2002. It was put on CD and DVD. The album was supposed to be music from a concert in Argentina, but the band decided to make it music from a concert in the United States.

Rude Awakening
Live album by
ReleasedMarch 19, 2002 (CD)
April 9, 2002 (DVD)
RecordedNovember 2001
GenreHeavy metal, hard rock, thrash metal
Length122:42 (CD)
107:00 (DVD)
LabelSanctuary
ProducerBill Kennedy, Dave Mustaine, Arthur Gorson (DVD)

Rude Awakening was the last album made before the band broke up later in 2002. The DVD was certified gold in the US and Canada.

Track listing change

CD change

Disc 1
No. Title Length
1. "Dread and the Fugitive Mind"   4:12
2. "Kill the King"   3:51
3. "Wake Up Dead"   3:26
4. "In My Darkest Hour"   5:28
5. "Angry Again"   3:22
6. "She-Wolf"   8:17
7. "Reckoning Day"   4:24
8. "Devil's Island"   5:06
9. "Train of Consequences"   4:30
10. "A Tout le Monde"   4:49
11. "Burning Bridges"   4:56
12. "Hangar 18"   4:45
13. "Return to Hangar"   3:54
14. "Hook in Mouth"   4:40
Disc 2
No. Title Length
1. "Almost Honest"   3:57
2. "1,000 Times Goodbye"   6:14
3. "Mechanix"   4:36
4. "Tornado of Souls"   5:47
5. "Ashes in Your Mouth"   6:04
6. "Sweating Bullets"   4:38
7. "Trust"   6:46
8. "Symphony of Destruction"   4:50
9. "Peace Sells"   5:22
10. "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due"   8:51

DVD change

  1. Dread and the Fugitive Mind
  2. Wake Up Dead
  3. In My Darkest Hour
  4. She-Wolf
  5. Reckoning Day
  6. Devil's Island
  7. Burning Bridges
  8. Hangar 18
  9. Return to Hangar
  10. Hook in Mouth
  11. 1,000 Times Goodbye
  12. Mechanix
  13. Tornado of Souls
  14. Ashes in Your Mouth
  15. Sweating Bullets
  16. Trust
  17. Symphony of Destruction
  18. Peace Sells
  19. Holy Wars... The Punishment Due