Killing is my Business... And Business is Good!

Megadeth's first album is probably one of the most insane yet at the same time most well written metal albums in the history of all the bands I can think of at this moment. Is it my favorite album from them? No. Rust in Peace is...because of other reasons.
BUT, that album is also totally different. This is album is batsh*t crazy. You take one good listen to the first song, Last Rites/Loved to Deth, and the first thing you'll probably think of is, "Cocaine? Like... A LOT of cocaine?" And, you'd be right. At this point in history, the goal of Megadeth was to be the most aggressive, most fastest, and most heaviest band in the history of the universe... and with this album, they kinda succeeded.
Of course not every album is perfect, especially when it comes to me, so what's wrong with it?
Well. First off, the original album cover is a joke. The whole concept was supposed to be of Vic Rattlehead (the mascot of the band who appears on almost every single album cover) but what we ended up getting was a cheap plastic skull with some tinfoil on it with a knife in the background, and everything is covered in ketchup in some really bad lighting. How they messed it up that bad, I dunno. If I had to guess, it was because they only had $8,000 to record and produce the album, and half of that money ended up being spent on drugs, alcohol, and food. After doing that, they ended up being forced to fire their original producer and to produce it themselves, so of course, nothing is really going as planned. I've heard rumors that they had artwork from Dave Mustaine, but lost it...and I just find that really hard to believe.
Secondly...THEY HAD TO PRODUCE IT THEMSELVES.
They were high off of everything you could get high off of literally every single day for the first 3 albums. I'm kind of amazed that it doesn't sound any worse.
Like, if you're the kind of person to throw on a Venom record because you wanna break shit and have a good time, this album is for you. And even if you're not that kind of dude, and you just wanna appreciate or at least see how insane Megadeth was back in the day, also check it out. Minus the demos on the rereleased versions of this album, it clocks in at a length of 31:10, which for a thrash metal album, is perfect.
Go listennnn. Give them your moniess. Or just go steal it orsomethinIguess.