The Craving (album) explained
| The Craving |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | MD.45 |
| Cover: | Md45Thecraving.jpg |
| Released: | July 23, 1996 |
| Length: | 40:41 |
| Label: | Slab Records, Capitol Records |
| Producer: | Dave Mustaine |
The Craving is the debut and only album by American rock band MD.45, released on July 23, 1996, on Slab Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records. A remastered version was released in 2004 on Capitol Records which features the original vocals by Lee Ving removed and re-recorded by the band's guitarist, Dave Mustaine. Mustaine stated that he replaced Ving's original vocal tracks "to entice interest from Megadeth fans who might have overlooked the original."[1]
Many of the songs from the album were originally written for Megadeth, but due to the band almost breaking up, Mustaine decided to start a side project instead.[2]
On June 24, 2023, Megadeth and Lee Ving performed the song "Nothing is Something" live at a concert in Tampa, Florida. This marks the only time an MD.45 song has been performed live.[3]
Track listing
Personnel
- Original release
- 2004 remix and remaster
- Dave Mustaine – vocals, guitar
- Kelly LeMieux – bass
- Jimmy DeGrasso – drums
Megadeth (performs only on "The Creed" (Megadeth Demo))
- Production
- Produced by Dave Mustaine
- Recorded by Billy Moss, assisted by Aaron Carey
- Mixed and vocals recorded by Max Norman and Dave Mustaine, assisted by Mike Tacci and Laurence Jacobson
- Mastered by Wally Traugott
- 2004 remix and remaster
- Produced by Dave Mustaine
- Mixed by Ralph Patlan and Dave Mustaine
- Engineered by Ralph Patlan, assisted by Lance Dean
- Edited by Lance Dean and Scott "Sarge" Harrison, assisted by Bo Caldwell and Dave McRobb
- Mastered by Tom Baker
References
Notes and References
- Mustaine p. 274
- Web site: Watch: MEGADETH Joined By FEAR's LEE VING For Performance Of 'Nothing Is Something' From MD.45 . . August 3, 2023 . June 25, 2023 . Two decades ago, Mustaine told Classic Rock magazine that "a lot of" the music on "The Craving" "was intended for MEGADETH, but every time I turned around, Marty [Friedman, then-MEGADETH guitarist] had a solo record coming out; Nick [Menza, then-MEGADETH drummer] had his own solo project. Y'know, was this MEGADETH or not? I said, 'You don't see me going off to play with anybody else. If I'm not doing it, then none of you guys are. And if I do it, then we all can — but I might not come back.' By the time I got into the studio with Lee, I figured it was a case of goodbye. But we got back together after a little period of time.".
- Web site: Go Behind The Scenes Of MEGADETH's Concert In Tampa . . August 3, 2023 . July 6, 2023.
