Show Business (album) explained

Show Business
Type:	studio
Artist:	Kix
Cover:	Kix-Show.jpg
Released:	1995
Studio:	Guido's Studio, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
Genre:	Hard rock, glam metal
Length:	47:35
Label:	CMC International
Producer:	Donnie Purnell
Prev Title:	Live
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Rock Your Face Off
Next Year:	2014

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]

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

Critical reception

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." The Deseret News deemed the album "light-hearted rock with lots of innuendo but not much substance."^[7]

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

• Zac Mabie – engineer
• George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
• Sean Simmers – photography

External links

• Kix Official Website
• Guitar.com 2014 interview with Kix guitarist Brian Forsythe

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kix Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
2. News: Weatherford . Mike . KIX, BUT NO RESPECT . Las Vegas Review-Journal . May 26, 1995 . 2E.
3. Book: Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music. William. Phillips. Brian. Cogan. March 20, 2009. ABC-CLIO. 978-0-313-34801-3 . Google Books.
4. News: Stout . Alan K. . KIX IS BACK FOR KICKS . Times Leader . September 22, 1995.
5. News: CONCERT NEWS TO HUM OVER . . May 19, 1995 . W8.
6. Web site: KIX to celebrate 'Blow My Fuse' with anniversary edition. Patrick. Prince. Goldmine Magazine: Record Collector & Music Memorabilia. June 25, 2018 .
7. News: Curtis . Larry D. . Bass And Drums A Bit Heavy For Kix's Lightweight Efforts . . May 26, 1995 . W8.