Show Business (stylized as $how Bu$ine$$) is the sixth album by the American rock band Kix.[1][2] It was released in 1995 through CMC International, following their departure from Atlantic Records.[3][4] Kix supported the album with a North American tour.[5]
| Show Business | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1995 | |||
| Studio | Guido's Studio, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, glam metal | |||
| Length | 47:35 | |||
| Label | CMC International | |||
| Producer | Donnie Purnell | |||
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The album was a commercial flop. Show Business was the band's last album before their long-term breakup.[6]
Critical reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
Rolling Stone wrote that "there remains something oddly lovable about this goofy group of hard-rock power popsters who seem to have been going at it forever with only limited commercial success."[9] The Deseret News deemed the album "light-hearted rock with lots of innuendo but not much substance."[10]
Track listing
edit- "Ball Baby" (Purnell, Bob Halligan Jr., Martin Briley) – 4:46
- "9-1-1" (Purnell, John Palumbo) – 4:38
- "Fireballs" (Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 4:08
- "Baby Time Bomb" (Purnell, Taylor Rhodes) – 4:22
- "Book to Hypnotize" (Purnell) – 4:07
- "Put My Money Where Your Mouth Is" (Purnell, Steve Whiteman) – 5:21
- "She Loves Me Not" (Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 7:23
- "Fire Boy" (Purnell, Palumbo) – 3:23
- "I'm Bombed" (Purnell, Palumbo) – 5:07
- "If You Run Around" (Purnell) – 4:23
Credits
edit- Kix
- Steve Whiteman – lead vocals, harmonica, saxophone
- Ronnie "10/10" Younkins – guitars
- Brian "Damage" Forsythe – guitars
- Donnie Purnell – bass, keyboards, backing vocals, producer, mixing
- Jimmy "Chocolate" Chalfant – drums, percussion, backing vocals, engineer
- Additional musicians
- Paul Chalfant – viola on "If You Run Around"
- Production
- Zac Mabie – engineer
- George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
- Sean Simmers – photography
References
edit- ^ "Kix Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ Weatherford, Mike (May 26, 1995). "KIX, BUT NO RESPECT". Las Vegas Review-Journal. p. 2E.
- ^ Phillips, William; Cogan, Brian (March 20, 2009). Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-34801-3 – via Google Books.
- ^ Stout, Alan K. (September 22, 1995). "KIX IS BACK FOR KICKS". Times Leader.
- ^ "CONCERT NEWS TO HUM OVER". Deseret News. May 19, 1995. p. W8.
- ^ Prince, Patrick (June 25, 2018). "KIX to celebrate 'Blow My Fuse' with anniversary edition". Goldmine Magazine: Record Collector & Music Memorabilia.
- ^ Guarisco, Donald A. (April 4, 1995). "AllMusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ^ a b "KIX: Show Business". News & Record. Rolling Stone. March 24, 1995. p. W9.
- ^ Curtis, Larry D. (May 26, 1995). "Bass And Drums A Bit Heavy For Kix's Lightweight Efforts". Deseret News. p. W8.