Editing Rust in Peace (section)

==Release and reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|last=Huey|first=Steve|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rust-in-peace-mw0000316073|title= Megadeth - Rust in Peace |work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=28 April 2021}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref name="Chicago">{{cite news|last=Kot|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Kot|date=November 8, 1990|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1990/11/08/megadethrust-in-peace-capitol-starstarstarstaralong-with-metallica/|title=Megadeth: Rust in Peace|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev3score = 10/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |year=2007 |location=[[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |page=268}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev4score = B+<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1990/10/26/rust-peace/ |title=Rust in Peace Review |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=Jim|last=Farber|date=October 26, 1990|access-date=March 3, 2012}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Record Collector]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="CD Universe">{{cite web|title=Megadeth - Rust in Peace CD Album|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6756061&style=music&fulldesc=T|publisher=[[CD Universe]]|access-date=January 3, 2013}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]''
| rev6score = 9.5/10<ref name="Rock Hard">{{cite web|last=Stratmann|first=Holger|title=Megadeth: Rust In Peace (1990)|url=http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen/11463-rust-in-peace.html|language=de|work=Rock Hard|access-date=October 28, 2013}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine |url=http://rollingstone.com/artists/megadeth/albums/album/253180/review/5947029/rust_in_peace |title=Megadeth: Rust In Peace : Music Reviews |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |first=Robert |last=Palmer |date=November 15, 1990 |access-date=November 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023002847/http://rollingstone.com/artists/megadeth/albums/album/253180/review/5947029/rust_in_peace |archive-date=October 23, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="New RS">{{cite book|last1=Brackett|first1=Nathan|last2=Hoard|first2=Christian David|title=[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|date=2004|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/534 534]}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''Sputnikmusic''
| rev9score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="sputnik">{{cite web |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/8580/Megadeth-Rust-in-Peace/|title=Rust In Peace — Megadeth |website=Sputnikmusic|first=Mike|last=Stagno|date=August 6, 2006|access-date=March 3, 2012}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]''
| rev10score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="Select">{{cite web |first=Neil |last=Perry |title=Megadeth: ''Rust In Peace'' Review |url=http://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2013/09/albums.jpg}}</ref>
}}

''Rust in Peace'' was released on September 24, 1990, by [[Capitol Records]].<ref name=25Years>{{cite web|last1=Wiederhorn|first1=Jon|title=25 Years ago: Megadeth Release the Tech-Thrash Groundbreaker 'Rust in Peace'|url=http://loudwire.com/megadeth-rust-in-peace-album-anniversary/|website=Loudwire|access-date=September 26, 2015}}</ref> In 1994, the album was certified [[RIAA certification|platinum]] by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping one million copies in the United States.<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Megadeth&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50|title=RIAA Gold and Platinum Database Search|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|access-date=January 1, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626051113/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS|archive-date=June 26, 2007}}</ref> ''Rust in Peace'', along with the rest of Megadeth's [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]-released studio albums, was remixed and remastered in 2004.

Upon release, the album received widespread critical acclaim.{{sfn|Larkin|1995|p=1654}} [[Greg Kot]] of the ''Chicago Tribune'' called it Megadeth's most accomplished album, praising its "instrumental virtuosity, thoughtful lyricism and punkish rage".<ref name="Chicago"/>

[[Robert Palmer (American writer)|Robert Palmer]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote that the album is demonstration of how far the "nasty speed thrash" concept can go without being "formulaic and boring".<ref name="RS"/><ref name=AM2004>{{cite web|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|title=Rust in Peace (reissue) — Megadeth|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/rust-in-peace-bonus-tracks-mr0000307622|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=December 30, 2013}}</ref> Reviewing the album for ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', Jim Farber described the music as "sheer velocity, combined with dexterity" and Mustaine's lyrics as "nihilistic whimsy".<ref name="EW"/> Mike Stagno from Sputnikmusic agreed that the songwriting was "top notch" on the album, as well as the fast and technical musicianship. He also spoke highly of Friedman's and Mustaine's guitar performance, calling them "one of the most potent duos in the scene".<ref name="sputnik"/>

''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' reviewer Tom Nordlie praised the album, deeming it a "mature, complex, surprisingly consonant and sparely produced album", and concluded that Rust in Peace "never sleeps".<ref name="Spin">{{cite journal|first=Tom|last=Nordlie|title=Megadeth: Rust in Peace|journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=December 1990|page=88|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RDWxkmx1bj4C&q=megadeth+rust+in+peace+spin&pg=PA88|access-date=October 28, 2013}}</ref> Music journalist Kim Cooper also noted the album's maturity and wrote that ''Rust in Peace'' "transcended the hard rock genre and raised the bar to a whole new level".{{sfn|Cooper|2012|p=148}} Another positive reaction came from ''Rock Hard'', whose writer Holger Stratmann stated that the record was "pure Megadeth", filled with "razor sharp guitars" and "snotty vocals".<ref name="Rock Hard"/>