1995 studio album by Kix
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]
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]
"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
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
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^ "CONCERT NEWS TO HUM OVER". Deseret News . May 19, 1995. p. W8.
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^ 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.
Ronnie "10/10" Younkins
Brian "Damage" Forsythe
Steve Whiteman
Jimmy "Chocolate" Chalfant
Mark Schenker
Donnie Purnell
Tee
Tunes
Donnie Spence
Terry Brady
Sam Smith
David "Stargazer" Bumbalough
Brad Divens
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