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The World Needs a Hero
Megadeth - The World Needs a Hero.jpg
Studio album by Megadeth
Released May 15, 2001 (2001-05-15)
Recorded 2000 at Henson Recording Studios in Hollywood; additional overdubs at Saltmine Studios in Mesa, Arizona and Scream Studios in Studio City, California
Genre
Length 57:49
Label Sanctuary
Producer
Megadeth chronology
Risk
(1999)
The World Needs a Hero
(2001)
The System Has Failed
(2004)
Singles from The World Needs a Hero
  1. "Moto Psycho"
    Released: April 2001
  2. "Dread and the Fugitive Mind"
    Released: 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 2.5/5 stars
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles 7.5/10
Metal Forces 7/10
Q 3/5 stars
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 2/5 stars
Rock Hard 7/10
Sputnikmusic 3/5

The World Needs a Hero is the ninth studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth, released in May 2001 by Sanctuary Records. After the critical and commercial failure of the previous album Risk (1999), The World Needs a Hero represented a change back to a heavier musical direction. Subsequently, the album charted at number 16 on the Billboard 200 upon release.

After parting with former label Capitol Records, the album was the first of two Megadeth studio albums to be released by Sanctuary. It was the last of two studio albums to feature drummer Jimmy DeGrasso and the only one to feature Al Pitrelli on lead guitar. Furthermore, The World Needs a Hero was the last album with original bassist David Ellefson until his return to Megadeth in 2010. Additionally, mascot Vic Rattlehead appears on the cover of a Megadeth album for the first time since Rust in Peace (1990).

In 1999, Megadeth released its eighth studio album, Risk. The album was noteworthy for being a drastic musical departure for the band, and the culmination of the band's increasing attempts for mainstream success throughout the 1990s, a trend starting with Countdown to Extinction (1992). The World Needs a Hero marks a stylistic transition towards the band's thrash metal roots. Furthermore, the album had been touted by the band as an "antidote" to Risk in a press release. However, the album has been noted by several music critics as still retaining some commercial feel from previous albums.

According to frontman Dave Mustaine, the album title refers to stereotypical rock stars. When asked about the matter, and an earlier comment about Axl Rose having killed the traditional rock star image, Mustaine explained that "People want heroes. Most bands look like average Joes, wearing gas-station shirts, have funky hair-dos and I think people wanna be able to go 'they may not be popular, but they're MY band.'" Mustaine went on to say that many of contemporary rock music groups looked and sounded the same, and that the music industry needed a hero. He then proceeded to contrast a perceived lack of image of then current music scenes with the image of 1980s metal bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest.


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