The Craving (album)

The Craving
Studio album by MD.45
Released	July 23, 1996
Genre	Heavy metal; punk rock;
Length	40:41
Label	Slab Records, Capitol Records
Producer	Dave Mustaine

The Craving is the debut and only album by American rock band MD.45, released on July 23, 1996 on Slab Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records. A remastered version was released in 2004 on Capitol Records which features the original vocals by Lee Ving removed and re-recorded by the band's guitarist, Dave Mustaine, due to Capitol losing the original vocal tracks.

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Mustaine has stated that he replaced Ving's original vocal tracks "to entice interest from Megadeth fans who might have overlooked the original."[1]

The Craving did well considering there was no budget money for the promotion of the album, selling 35,000 copies first week. The album, as of 2014, has sold nearly 300,000 copies with the remix/remaster selling an additional 100,000 copies.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Hell's Motel"	Mustaine, Ving	Mustaine	4:41
2.	"Day the Music Died"	Mustaine	Mustaine	4:37
3.	"Fight Hate"	Ving	Mustaine	2:50
4.	"Designer Behavior"	Mustaine	Mustaine	3:34
5.	"The Creed"	Mustaine	Mustaine	5:00
6.	"My Town"	Mustaine, Ving	Mustaine	3:07
7.	"Voices"	Mustaine, Ving	Mustaine	3:36
8.	"Nothing Is Something"	Mustaine	Mustaine, Ving, LeMieux, DeGrasso	3:52
9.	"Hearts Will Bleed"	Ving	Mustaine	3:24
10.	"No Pain"	Ving	Mustaine	2:51
11.	"Roadman"	Ving	Mustaine	3:08

2004 bonus tracks
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
12.	"Chutney"	Mustaine	Mustaine	4:22
13.	"Segue"	(instrumental)	Raymond Scott (adaptation from "Powerhouse")	1:24
14.	"The Creed" (Megadeth Demo)	Mustaine	Mustaine	5:20

Personnel

Original release

Lee Ving – vocals, harmonica
Dave Mustaine – guitar
Kelly LeMieux – bass
Jimmy DeGrasso – drums

2004 remix and remaster

Dave Mustaine – vocals, guitar
Kelly LeMieux – bass
Jimmy DeGrasso – drums

Megadeth (performs only on "The Creed" (Megadeth Demo))

Dave Mustaine – vocals, guitar
Marty Friedman – guitar
Dave Ellefson – bass
Nick Menza – drums

Production

Produced by Dave Mustaine
Recorded by Billy Moss, assisted by Aaron Carey
Mixed and vocals recorded by Max Norman and Dave Mustaine, assisted by Mike Tacci and Laurence Jacobson
Mastered by Wally Traugott

2004 remix and remaster

Produced by Dave Mustaine
Mixed by Ralph Patlan and Dave Mustaine
Engineered by Ralph Patlan, assisted by Lance Dean
Edited by Lance Dean and Scott "Sarge" Harrison, assisted by Bo Caldwell and Dave McRobb
Mastered by Tom Baker

References

Mustaine p. 274

Mustaine, Dave (2010). Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir. New York, New York, USA: Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-171437-5.

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[1] Mustaine p. 274