- heavy metal, thrash metal, metal, alternative metal
- 47 min
- 12 tracks
- Capitol Records
Cryptic Writings is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Megadeth. Released on June 17, 1997, through Capitol Records, it was the band's last studio album to feature drummer Nick Menza.
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Grave, spare, classical in form and earnest.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
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- AllMusic2.5/5 ★
- Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10
- Los Angeles Times2/4 ★
- Metal Forces7/10
- Rock Hard8/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- Uncut1/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Trust5:11
- 2Almost Honest4:03
- 3Use the Man4:36
- 4Mastermind3:49
- 5The Disintegrators2:50
- 6I’ll Get Even4:24
- 7Sin3:06
- 8A Secret Place5:29
- 9Have Cool, Will Travel3:29
- 10She‐Wolf3:36
- 11Vortex3:38
- 12FFF2:38
12 tracks, 47 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Megadeth
- Label
- Capitol Records
- Released
- 1997
- Type
- Album
- Format
- HDCD
- Country
- US
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