Show Business
Studio album by
Released1995
StudioGuido's Studio, Waynesboro, PA
GenreHard rock
Length47:35
LabelCMC International
ProducerDonnie Purnell
Kix chronology
Live
(1993)
Show Business
(1995)
Rock Your Face Off
(2014)

Show Business (stylized as $how Bu$ine$$) is the sixth album by the American hard 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]

The album was a commercial flop. Show Business was the band's last album before their long-term breakup.[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[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

  1. "Ball Baby" (Purnell, Bob Halligan Jr., Martin Briley) – 4:46
  2. "9-1-1" (Purnell, John Palumbo) – 4:38
  3. "Fireballs" (Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 4:08
  4. "Baby Time Bomb" (Purnell, Taylor Rhodes) – 4:22
  5. "Book to Hypnotize" (Purnell) – 4:07
  6. "Put My Money Where Your Mouth Is" (Purnell, Steve Whiteman) – 5:21
  7. "She Loves Me Not" (Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 7:23
  8. "Fire Boy" (Purnell, Palumbo) – 3:23
  9. "I'm Bombed" (Purnell, Palumbo) – 5:07
  10. "If You Run Around" (Purnell) – 4:23

Credits

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

Photography: Sean Simmers

References

  1. "Kix Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  2. Weatherford, Mike (26 May 1995). "KIX, BUT NO RESPECT". Las Vegas Review-Journal. p. 2E.
  3. Phillips, William; Cogan, Brian (March 20, 2009). "Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music". ABC-CLIO via Google Books.
  4. Stout, Alan K. (September 22, 1995). "KIX IS BACK FOR KICKS". Times Leader.
  5. "CONCERT NEWS TO HUM OVER". Deseret News. May 19, 1995. p. W8.
  6. Prince, Patrick. "KIX to celebrate 'Blow My Fuse' with anniversary edition". Goldmine Magazine: Record Collector & Music Memorabilia.
  7. Guarisco, Donald A. (1995-04-04). "AllMusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  8. 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.
  9. 1 2 "KIX: Show Business". News & Record. Rolling Stone. March 24, 1995. p. W9.
  10. Curtis, Larry D. (May 26, 1995). "Bass And Drums A Bit Heavy For Kix's Lightweight Efforts". Deseret News. p. W8.
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