Editing Youthanasia (section)

===Critical reception===
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r206629|pure_url=yes}}|title=Youthanasia – Megadeth|website=[[AllMusic]]|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|access-date=3 March 2012}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2score = 8/10<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 |pages=268–269}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev3score = B−<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,304307,00.html|title=Music Review: "Youthanasia Review"|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=Tom|last=Sinclair|date=4 November 1994|access-date=11 November 2012|archive-date=April 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407064434/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,304307,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|rev4Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="LA review">{{cite news|last=Masuo|first=Sandy|date=30 October 1994|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-30-ca-56356-story.html|title=In Brief: *** Megadeth, "Youthanasia," Capitol.|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=12 November 2013}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[Metal Forces]]''
|rev5score = 7.5/10<ref name="Metal Forces">{{cite web|last=Arnold|first=Neil|title=Megadeth: Youthanasia|url=http://www.metalforcesmagazine.com/site/album-review-megadeth-youthanasia/|work=[[Metal Forces]]|access-date=8 August 2013}}</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
|rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Q">{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6756059&style=music&fulldesc=T|title=Megadeth – Youthanasia CD Album|work=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|publisher=[[CD Universe]]|access-date=11 November 2012}}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Brackett|first=Nathan|author2=Christian Hoard |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|year=2004|location=New York City, New York|page=534|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&q=rolling+stone+megadeth+album+guide&pg=PA534}}</ref>
|rev8 = ''Sputnikmusic''
|rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="sputnik">{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/9957/Megadeth-Youthanasia/|title=Megadeth – Youthanasia (staff reviews)|website=Sputnikmusic|first=Mike|last=Stagno|date=15 November 2006|access-date=3 March 2012}}</ref>
}}

The album received positive reviews upon its release. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, reviewing the album for [[AllMusic]], commented that, compared to ''Countdown to Extinction'' the album lacks focus. However, Erlewine suggested that the album's production quality made up for that. He also commented favorably on "Train of Consequences", calling out its "jackhammer riffs".<ref name="AM"/> Mike Stagno of Sputnikmusic reviewed the album positively. Though noting that the album, like its predecessor, was a distinct move away from the sound heard on 1990s ''[[Rust in Peace]]'', Stagno suggested that the lack of a fast-tempo is made up for by the [[catchiness]] of the tracks.<ref name="sputnik"/>

In a contemporary review, ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' magazine wrote that ''Youthanasia'' has "greater depth and breadth than its predecessors".<ref name="Q"/> Tom Sinclair of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave a brief review of the album saying that ''Youthanasia'' would "impress, but not impact".<ref name="EW"/> Neil Arnold of ''[[Metal Forces]]'' named the record "the last true Megadeth opus before the mid-to-late 90s slump". He further said that the album "pales" in comparison to the previous records, but still keeps the band in their element.<ref name="Metal Forces"/> Paul Corio, in a retrospective review for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', wrote that the album features "metal-machine music" that is "calibrated to kill". He highlighted "Elysian Fields" and "Victory" as examples of Mustaine in his prime.<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/megadeth/albums/album/105479/review/5946140/youthanasia|title=Megadeth – Youthanasia: Album Review|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Paul|last=Corio|date=29 December 1994|page=173|access-date=11 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001021048/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/megadeth/albums/album/105479/review/5946140/youthanasia |archive-date=1 October 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Despite the outcry of some fans, Pete Prown called ''Youthanasia'' "more than worthy follow-up" to ''Countdown to Extinction''.<ref name="Pete Prown"/> In 2014, ''[[Guitar World]]'' ranked ''Youthanasia'' at number 29 on their list of "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994".<ref>{{cite web|first=Jackson|last=Maxwell|url=http://www.guitarworld.com/superunknown-50-iconic-albums-defined-1994|title=Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994|work=[[Guitar World]]|date=16 July 2014|access-date=30 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715053900/http://www.guitarworld.com/superunknown-50-iconic-albums-defined-1994|archive-date=15 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>