Show Business (album)

1995 studio album by Kix

Show Business

Studio album by

Kix

Released| 1995
Studio| Guido's Studio, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
Genre|

* Hard rock
* glam metal

Length| 47:35
Label| CMC International
Producer| Donnie Purnell
Kix chronology
| Live
(1993)  | Show Business
(1995)  | Rock Your Face Off
(2014)

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Show Business (stylized as $how Bu$ine$$) is the sixth studio album by 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

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Professional ratingsReview 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

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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

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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

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1. ^ "Kix Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
2. ^ Weatherford, Mike (May 26, 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. ISBN 978-0-313-34801-3 - 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 (June 25, 2018). "KIX to celebrate 'Blow My Fuse' with anniversary edition". Goldmine Magazine: Record Collector & Music Memorabilia.
7. ^ Guarisco, Donald A. (April 4, 1995). "AllMusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
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. ^ a b "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.

## External links

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

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Kix

* 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

Studio albums|

* Kix
* Cool Kids
* Midnite Dynamite
* Blow My Fuse
* Hot Wire
* Show Business
* Rock Your Face Off

Live albums|

* Live

Singles|

* "Don't Close Your Eyes"

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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