Editing Hidden Treasures (EP)

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{{Short description|1995 EP by Megadeth}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Hidden Treasures
| type       = EP
| artist     = [[Megadeth]]
| cover      = Megadeth - Hidden Treasures.jpg
| alt        = The cover features a map of north-central Arizona; some of the cities on the map are named for some of the EP's songs.
| released   = {{Start date|1995|7|18}}
| recorded   = 1987–94
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=29|s=16}}
| label      = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| producer   = [[Max Norman]], [[Dave Mustaine]]
| prev_title = [[Youthanasia]]
| prev_year  = 1994
| next_title = [[Cryptic Writings]]
| next_year  = 1997
| misc       = {{Extra album cover
 | header  = Japanese Limited Edition cover
 | type    = EP
 | cover   = Megadeth_-_Hidden_Treasures_Limited_Edition.jpg
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption =
}}
}}

'''''Hidden Treasures''''' is a [[extended play|compilation EP]] by American [[thrash metal]] band [[Megadeth]], released on July 18, 1995, via [[Capitol Records]]. The album features songs that originally appeared on film soundtracks and tribute albums. Four of the tracks were released as singles, and three have received [[Grammy Award]] nominations for [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance|Best Metal Performance]]. Despite having garnered mediocre or negative reviews, the material on the EP has been credited with helping expand the group's [[MTV]] audience in the early 1990s.

==Background and songs==
''Hidden Treasures'' is a rarities compilation that features songs that Megadeth had recorded for a number of projects, but had not released on one of the band's studio albums.{{ref label|album number|†}} Most of these were contributions to film soundtracks.<ref name="AM">{{cite web|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/hidden-treasures-mw0000173409|title=Megadeth – Hidden Treasures|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=October 30, 2013}}</ref> In 1989, Megadeth recorded a version of [[Alice Cooper (band)|Alice Cooper]]'s "[[No More Mr. Nice Guy (song)|No More Mr. Nice Guy]]" for the soundtrack to the [[Wes Craven]]-directed horror film ''[[Shocker (film)|Shocker]]''.{{sfn|Buckley|2003|p=660}} It marks drummer Nick Menza's recording debut with the band.{{sfn|Ellefson|2013|p=85}} The recording was released as a single and peaked at number&nbsp;13 on the UK Singles Chart in 1990.{{sfn|Rees & Crampton|1999|p=658}} "[[Go to Hell (Megadeth song)|Go to Hell]]" appeared on the [[Bill&nbsp;& Ted's Bogus Journey: Music from the Motion Picture|''Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey'' soundtrack]] in 1991.<ref name="Noisecreep"/> The song features the same prayer, "[[Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep]]", used in "[[Enter Sandman]]" by [[Metallica]], and can be heard at the beginning of the track.<ref name="Chicago"/>

The band contributed three songs to soundtracks in 1993. "[[Angry Again]]", recorded during the sessions for ''[[Countdown to Extinction]]'', appeared on the [[Last Action Hero (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] to ''[[Last Action Hero]]'' and received a nomination for "[[Best Metal Performance]]" at the [[1993 Grammy Awards]].<ref name="Noisecreep"/> The song has appeared on several of the band's compilations.<ref name="allmusic3">{{cite web|first=Jason|last=Birchmeier|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r785002|pure_url=yes}}|title=Megadeth – Greatest Hits: Back to the Start|website=[[AllMusic]]|date=June 28, 2005|access-date=November 9, 2010}}</ref><ref name="allmusic4">{{cite web|work=Allmusic|last=Monger|first=James Christopher|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000797353|pure_url=yes}}|title=Megadeth – Anthology: Set the World Afire|access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> "Breakpoint" appeared on the soundtrack for the ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' film.{{sfn|Guglielmi|2002|p=530}} "[[99 Ways to Die (song)|99 Ways to Die]]" was recorded for the soundtrack to ''[[The Beavis and Butt-head Experience]]'' and released as a single and a music video. It was nominated in the "Best Metal Performance" category at the [[1995 Grammy Awards]].<ref name=LATimes>{{cite web|author1=Staff writer|title=The 37th Grammy Nominations|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-06-ca-17089-story.html|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=January 12, 2015|date=January 6, 1995}}</ref>

"Diadems" was released on the ''[[Demon Knight (soundtrack)|Demon Knight]]'' soundtrack in 1995.<ref name=DemonKnight>{{cite web|last=Henderson|first=Alex|title=Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/tales-from-the-crypt-demon-knight-original-soundtrack-mw0000627023|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=December 21, 2014}}</ref> In addition to soundtrack contributions, the band submitted a cover of [[Black Sabbath]]'s "[[Paranoid (Black Sabbath song)|Paranoid]]" for the tribute album ''[[Nativity in Black]]'' in 1994. It was nominated for "Best Metal Performance" at the [[1996 Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=2517|title=Dave Mustaine Leaves Megadeth, Group Disbands After 20 Years Together|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=April 3, 2002|access-date=December 30, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606211004/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=2517|archive-date=June 6, 2011}}</ref> "Problems" is a [[Sex Pistols]] cover<ref name="AM"/> and was previously unreleased.<ref name=LinerNotes>{{cite AV media notes|title=Hidden Treasures ''liner notes''|year=1995|publisher=Capitol Records|page=2}}</ref>

==Release and reception==
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="AM"/>
|rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
|rev2Score = {{Rating|1.5|4}}<ref name="Chicago">{{cite news|last=Golemis|first=Dean|date=November 9, 1995|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/11/09/megadethhidden-treasures-capitol-star-12this-campy-collection/|title=Megadeth: Hidden Treasures (Capitol)|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=October 30, 2013}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
|rev3score = 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 |page=269}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev4Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="New RS">{{cite book|last1=Brackett|first1=Nathan|last2=Hoard|first2=Christian David|title=[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/534 534]}}</ref> 
}}

While initially released in Europe as a bonus disc for a special edition of ''[[Youthanasia]]'', ''Hidden Treasures'' was released as a stand-alone EP in Japan and the US on July 18, 1995.<ref name="AM"/><ref name=MegadethDiscography>{{cite web|title=Megadeth Discography – Hidden Treasures|url=http://www.megadeth.com/release/hidden-treasures|publisher=Megadeth.com|access-date=October 30, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101140456/http://www.megadeth.com/release/hidden-treasures|archive-date=November 1, 2013}}</ref> It debuted at number 90 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart and sold 13,000 copies in its first week.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iQ4EAAAAMBAJ&q=Countdown+to+Extinction+first+week+sales&pg=PA96|access-date=October 30, 2013|last=Mayfield|first=Geoff|title=Between the Bullets|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=96|date=July 5, 1997}}</ref> By December 2005, ''Hidden Treasures'' sold 286,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|title=Megadeth: Album Sales Update|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/megadeth-album-sales-update/|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=December 16, 2005|access-date=October 30, 2013}}</ref> It also appeared on album chart in the UK, but did not achieve notable success.<ref name=UKChart/> The album has gone out of print in the US, but was reissued in 2007 for the Japanese and European markets.<ref name=MegadethDiscography/>

The EP has received generally mediocre reaction from critics. ''[[AllMusic]]'''s [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] wrote that the EP does not have many "first-rate songs" and that only "[[99 Ways to Die (song)|99 Ways to Die]]" made an impression.<ref name="AM"/> The ''Rolling Stone Album Guide'' was dismissive of the EP; the staff reviewer commented that the album is worth hearing only for "99 Ways to Die".<ref name="New RS"/> Dean Golemis of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' wrote that the album is "typical Megadeth" featuring "fast-forward riffing" and "snooty snarling" vocals.<ref name="Chicago"/> Carlos Ramirez from ''[[Noisecreep]]'' felt that the album contains many underrated songs that "also deserve their time in the spotlight" and highlighted the dueling guitar leads by Mustaine and Friedman featured in "Go to Hell".<ref name="Noisecreep">{{cite web|first=Carlos|last=Ramirez|title=10 Most Underrated Megadeth Songs|url=http://noisecreep.com/most-underrated-megadeth-songs/|website=[[Noisecreep]]|access-date=October 27, 2013}}</ref> Despite the negative reviews, material featured on the EP has been credited with helping expand the group's [[MTV]] audience in the early 1990s.{{sfn|Gulla|2006|p=214}}

== Track listing ==
All credits adapted from the ''Hidden Treasures'' liner notes.<ref name=LinerNotes/>
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Original appearance
| title1  = [[No More Mr. Nice Guy (song)#Megadeth version|No More Mr. Nice Guy]]
| note1   = [[Alice Cooper (band)|Alice Cooper]] cover
| writer1 = {{hlist|Alice Cooper|[[Michael Owen Bruce|Michael Bruce]]}}
| extra1  = 1989 – ''[[Shocker (film)|Shocker]]'' <small>(soundtrack)</small>
| length1 = 3:02
| title2  = Breakpoint
| writer2 = {{hlist|[[Dave Mustaine]]|[[David Ellefson]]|[[Nick Menza]]}}
| extra2  = 1993 – ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' <small>(soundtrack)</small>
| length2 = 3:29
| title3  = Go to Hell
| writer3 = {{hlist|Mustaine|Ellefson|Friedman|Menza}}
| extra3  = 1991 – ''[[Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey]]'' <small>(soundtrack)</small>
| length3 = 4:36
| title4  = [[Angry Again]]
| writer4 = Mustaine
| extra4  = 1993 – ''[[Last Action Hero]]'' <small>(soundtrack)</small>
| length4 = 3:47
| title5  = [[99 Ways to Die (song)|99 Ways to Die]]
| writer5 = Mustaine
| extra5  = 1993 – ''[[The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience]]''
| length5 = 3:58
| title6  = [[Paranoid (Black Sabbath song)|Paranoid]]
| writer6 = {{hlist|[[Geezer Butler]]|[[Tony Iommi]]|[[Bill Ward (musician)|Bill Ward]]|[[Ozzy Osbourne]]}}
| note6   = [[Black Sabbath]] cover
| extra6  = 1994 – ''[[Nativity in Black]]: A Tribute to Black Sabbath ~ Vol. 1''
| length6 = 2:32
| title7  = Diadems
| writer7 = Mustaine
| extra7  = 1995 – ''[[Demon Knight]]'' <small>(soundtrack)</small>
| length7 = 3:55
| title8  = Problems
| writer8 = {{hlist|[[Paul Cook]]|[[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]]|[[Glen Matlock]]|[[Johnny Rotten]]}}
| note8   = [[Sex Pistols]] cover
| extra8  = 1995 – ''[[A Tout le Monde]]''
| length8 = 3:57
| total_length = 29:16<!--All track times sourced from CD release "CDP 7243 8 33670 2 3".-->
}}

{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese edition{{ref label|album number|††|}} and 2007 edition bonus tracks<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Hidden Treasures back panel ''(2007 international CD)''|year=2007|publisher=Capitol Records/EMI}}</ref>
| extra_column = Original appearance
| title1  = [[A Tout le Monde]]
| note1   = radio edit
| writer1 = {{hlist|Mustaine|Ellefson|Friedman|Menza}}
| extra1  = 1995 – ''A Tout le Monde''
| length1 = 4:29
| title2  = [[Symphony of Destruction]]
| note2   = demo
| writer2 = Mustaine
| extra2  = 1995 – ''A Tout le Monde''
| length2 = 5:29
| title3  = Architecture of Aggression
| note3   = demo
| writer3 = {{hlist|Mustaine|Ellefson}}
| extra3  = 1995 – ''A Tout le Monde''
| length3 = 2:49
| title4  = New World Order
| note4   = demo
| writer4 = {{hlist|Mustaine|Ellefson|Friedman|Menza}}
| extra4  = 1995 – ''A Tout le Monde''
| length4 = 3:47
}}

== Personnel ==
Credits are adapted from the liner notes.<ref name=LinerNotes/>

'''Megadeth'''

*[[Dave Mustaine]]&nbsp;– guitars, lead vocals
*[[David Ellefson]]&nbsp;– bass, backing vocals
*[[Marty Friedman]]&nbsp;– guitars and backing vocals (tracks 2–8)
*[[Nick Menza]]&nbsp;– drums

'''Production'''

*Production: [[Desmond Child]] and Dave Mustaine (track 1); [[Max Norman]] and Mustaine (tracks 2–8)
*Engineering: Max Norman (tracks 2–8)
*Mixing: Max Norman (tracks 2–6); Norman and Mustaine (tracks 7–8)
*Guitar/bass/amplifier technician: Michael Kaye (tracks 4–8)
*Drum technician: Bruce Jacoby (tracks 4–8)

==Chart performance==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1995)
!scope="col"|Peak<br>position
|-
!scope="row"|[[Oricon Albums Chart|Japanese Albums Chart]] ([[Oricon]]){{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
|align="center"|13
|-
!scope="row"|[[UK Albums Chart]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name=UKChart>{{cite web |first=Tobias |last=Zywietz |url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_M.HTM |title=Chart Log UK: M – My Vitriol |publisher=Zobbel |access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|28
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name=USCharts>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/megadeth/chart-history/tlp/|title=Megadeth Chart History: ''Billboard'' 200|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|90
|}

== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Hidden Treasures|artist=Megadeth|type=album|relyear=1995|region=Canada|award=Gold|certyear=2001}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==Notes==
*<small>{{note|album number}}† "Breakpoint" and "Go to Hell" appear as bonus tracks on the original Japanese release of ''Countdown to Extinction''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Countdown to Extinction ''(Japanese edition)''|year=1992|page=3|publisher=[[Capitol Records]]|type=liner notes}}</ref></small>
*<small>{{note|album number}}†† The track listing of the Japanese edition features the bonus tracks as tracks 1–4; "No More Mr. Nice Guy" becomes track 5, and all subsequent songs are also displaced four tracks back.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Hidden Treasures ''(Japanese CD)''|year=1995|publisher=Capitol Records/Toshiba EMI|type=back panel}}</ref></small>
*<small>{{note|album number}}††† À tout le monde is listed as a radio edit on the 2007 edition, but it is the regular album version.</small>
*<small>{{note|album number}}†††† New World Order is listed as a demo on the 2007 edition, but it actually is the final version with the guitar parts in the pre-chorus section that were missing in the demo version on the 2004 remastered re-release bonus track of ''Youthanasia''.</small>

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

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==External links==
*{{Discogs master|type=album|32945|name=Hidden Treasures}}

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