Greatest Hits: Back to the Start

Greatest Hits: Back to the Start is the second greatest hits album by Megadeth. It was released on June 28, 2005 by Capitol Records. The title "Back to the Start" is a reference to lyrics in "Rust in Peace...Polaris" from Megadeth's 1990 album Rust in Peace: "The day of final conflict/All pay the price/The third World War rapes peace/Takes life back to the start" The tracklist for Back to the Start was largely the result of a poll on their official website, in which tens of thousands of fans voted for their favorite tracks from the band's albums and rarities compilation. All songs are digitally remastered. The face of Megadeth's mascot Vic Rattlehead can be seen in the mushroom cloud on the album cover. To help promote Back to the Start, a new video was made for the track "Kill the King," which was originally released on Megadeth's previous compilation, Capitol Punishment. A special edition that was made available at Best Buy included a free Napster download of the track "One Thing," which was originally the bonus track on the Japanese release of Cryptic Writings; it would later be released on the box set Warchest.