Countdown to Extinction

Tracklist

• 1
  Skin o' My Teeth
  3:15
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Symphony of Destruction
  4:06
  3.8 ★
• 3
  Architecture of Aggression
  3:39
• 4
  Foreclosure of a Dream
  4:22
• 5
  Sweating Bullets
  5:27
  3.5 ★
• 6
  This Was My Life
  3:43
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Countdown to Extinction
  4:19
• 8
  High Speed Dirt
  4:21
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Psychotron
  4:41
  2.0 ★
• 10
  Captive Honour
  4:14
  1.6 ★
• 11
  Ashes in Your Mouth
  6:14
• 12
  Crown of Worms
  3:17
• 13
  Countdown to Extinction (demo)
  3:55
• 14
  Symphony of Destruction (demo)
  5:29
• 15
  Psychotron (demo)
  5:27

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Release credits

• Bo Caldwell
  artwork, assistant
• Dave McRobb
  artwork
• Dave Mustaine
  guitar, guitar, lead vocals, mix, producer, guitar [2, 5], lead vocals [2, 5], producer [1-2, 4-5], remixer [1-2, 4-5]
• David Ellefson
  background vocals, bass guitar, background vocals [2, 5], bass guitar [2, 5]
• Fred Kelly Jr.
  assistant [2, 5]
• Gene Kirkland
  photography
• Lance Dean
  assistant, editor
• Mark Weiss
  photography
• Marty Friedman
  acoustic guitar, background vocals, guitar, guitar, background vocals [2, 5], guitar [2, 5]
• Max Norman
  engineer [2, 5], mix [2, 5], producer [1-2, 4-5]
• Micajah Ryan
  additional [2, 5]
• Neil Zlozower
  photography
• Nick Menza
  background vocals, drums (drum set), background vocals [2, 5], drums (drum set) [2, 5]
• Peter Cronin
  photography
• Peter Grant
  design
• Ralph Patlan
  engineer, mix, remixer [1-2, 4-5]
• Ross Halfin
  photography
• Scott Harrison
  editor
• Shannon Ward
  art direction
• Tom Baker
  mastering
• William Hames
  photography
• Show all credits (21)

Issues

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  Countdown to Extinction

  CD
  6 July 1992
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  C
  Countdown to Extinction

  CD (japanese bonus track edition)
  8 July 1992
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  Countdown to Extinction

  CD
  1992
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  Countdown to Extinction

  CD
  1992
• 

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  Countdown to Extinction

  CD
  1992
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  C
  Countdown to Extinction

  CD
  1992
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  Countdown to Extinction

  CD
  1992
• C
  Countdown to Extinction

  12" Vinyl
  1992
• C
  Countdown to Extinction

  CD
  1992
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  C
  Countdown to Extinction

  CD
  29 October 1997
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  C
  Countdown to Extinction

  CD (remixed & remastered)
  27 July 2004
• 

  C
  Countdown to Extinction

  CD (Remixed & Remastered)
  9 August 2004
• 

  C
  Countdown to Extinction

  CD
  25 August 2004
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  Countdown to Extinction

  CD
  2004
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  Countdown to Extinction

  CD
  2004
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  C
  Countdown to Extinction

  Digital Media (bonus track version)
  2004
• 

  C
  Countdown to Extinction

  CD (remixed & remastered, club edition)
  2004
• 

  C
  Countdown to Extinction

  CD
  27 June 2006
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  C
  Countdown to Extinction

  2x 12" Vinyl (half‐speed master)
  2007
• C
  Countdown to Extinction

  CD
  29 October 2008
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  C
  Countdown to Extinction (twentieth anniversary)

  2x Digital Media
  2 November 2012
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  C
  Countdown to Extinction (twentieth anniversary)

  2x CD (20th anniversary)
  6 November 2012
• 

  C
  Countdown to Extinction (twentieth anniversary)

  2x CD
  7 November 2012
• C
  Countdown to Extinction

  Digital Media (hi-res audio)
  2012
• 

  C
  Countdown to Extinction (twentieth anniversary)

  2x CD
  2012
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  C
  Countdown to Extinction

  SHM-CD
  12 June 2013
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  C
  Countdown to Extinction

  Digital Media (1992 mix remaster)
  10 March 2023
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  C
  Countdown to Extinction

  Digital Media (1992 mix remaster / Apple Digital Master)
  10 March 2023
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  C
  Countdown to Extinction (1992 mix remaster)

  Digital Media (Dolby Atmos mix)
  10 March 2023
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  Countdown to Extinction

  Digital Media (1992 mix remaster, 24-bit / 96kHz)
  10 March 2023
• C
  Countdown to Extinction

  CD
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  C
  Countdown to Extinction

  CD
  2008
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