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Why this album mattered
Cryptic Writings (1997) is a Megadeth album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #10 and charted for 29 weeks.
The music
- 1
Trust
- 2
Almost Honest
- 3
Use the Man
- 4
Mastermind
- 5
The Disintegrators
- 6
I’ll Get Even
- 7
Sin
- 8
A Secret Place
- 9
Have Cool, Will Travel
- 10
She‐Wolf
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
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Chart Journey
- Jul 5, 1997#10
A chart re-entry — it fell off, then found its way back. Entered at #10 at its peak and fell quickly across 23 weeks on the chart. Returned after 4 weeks off the chart at #191, reaching #178 over 6 more weeks. 29 total weeks on chart.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
