Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!

Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
Studio album by
Megadeth
ReleasedJune 12, 1985 (1985-06-12)
RecordedDecember 1984–January 1985
Studio
Genre
Length31:10
LabelCombat
Producer
Megadeth chronology
Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
(1985)		 Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
(1986)

Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! is the first studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth. The album was released on June 12, 1985. It was released by Combat Records.

In early 1985, the band was given $8,000 by Combat Records. The band was given this money to record and produce their first album. Later, the band was given another $4,000. Most of the money was spent on drugs, alcohol, and food. Megadeth fired their producer, and produced the record by themselves.[3][4] A new version of the album was made in 2018. It was named Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! - The Final Kill.

Track Listing

All tracks are written by Dave Mustaine, except for "These Boots" which was by Lee Hazlewood.

Original track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Last Rites/Loved to Deth"4:38
2."Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!"3:05
3."The Skull Beneath the Skin"3:46
4."These Boots" (some of the versions do not add this track)3:44
5."Rattlehead"3:42
6."Chosen Ones"2:54
7."Looking Down the Cross"5:01
8."Mechanix"4:20
Total length:31:10
2002 reissue
No.TitleLength
1."Last Rites/Loved to Deth"4:38
2."Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!"3:05
3."The Skull Beneath the Skin"3:46
4."Rattlehead"3:42
5."Chosen Ones"2:54
6."Looking Down the Cross"5:01
7."Mechanix"4:20
8."These Boots" (all lyric variations by Mustaine are bleeped)3:44
9."Last Rites/Loved to Deth" (demo)4:16
10."Mechanix" (demo)3:59
11."The Skull Beneath the Skin" (demo)3:11
Total length:42:36

References

  1. ↑ CMJ Network, Inc (February 11, 2002). "Loud Rock". CMJ New Music Report: 45. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! - Reviews - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Dave Mustaine on Super Collider, Endgame, Risk and more". MusicRadar. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
  4. ↑ Ellefson, David (2013). My Life with Deth: Discovering Meaning in a Life of Rock & Roll. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4516-9988-3. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
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