What is Risk (Megadeth album)?
{{Infobox album | name = Risk | type = studio | artist = [[Megadeth]] | border = yes | alt = | released = {{Start date|1999|8|31}} | recorded = January–April 1999 | venue = | genre = [[Hard rock]] | length = {{Duration|m=51|s=34}} | label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] | producer = {{hlist|[[Dann Huff]]|[[Dave Mustaine]] |}} | prev_title = [[Cryptic Writings]] | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = [[The World Needs a Hero]] | next_year = 2001 | misc = {{Singles | name = Risk | type = studio | single1 = Wanderlust | single1date = April 12, 1999<ref>{{cite web |title=Megadeth – Wonderlust |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/10593538-Megadeth-Wonderlust |website=Discogs |access-date=3 May 2022}}</ref> | single2 = [[Crush 'Em]] | single2date = August 1999 | single3 = Breadline | single3date = February 16, 2000 | single4 = Insomnia | single4date = 2000 }} }} '''''Risk''''' is the eighth [[album]] by American [[thrash metal]] band [[Megadeth]]. It was released on August 31, 1999 by [[Capitol Records]]. ''Risk'' was the last Megadeth album to be released by Capitol Records. It is also the last album to have guitarist [[Marty Friedman]] playing on it.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Megadeth Guitarist Marty Friedman Leaves Band|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/tz74ta/megadeth-guitarist-marty-friedman-leaves-band|access-date=2022-09-29|website=MTV|language=en|archive-date=2023-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201041151/https://www.mtv.com/news/tz74ta/megadeth-guitarist-marty-friedman-leaves-band|url-status=dead}}</ref> The album had mixed (good and bad) responses from metal fans and critics, because many did not like how the music on it sounded like [[alternative rock]] instead of heavy metal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MEGADETH – Risk (1999) {{!}} Album / EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine|url=http://www.metalforcesmagazine.com/site/album-review-megadeth-risk/|access-date=2022-09-29}}</ref><re