Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! is the debut album of Megadeth.
Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! | ||||
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Studio album by Megadeth | ||||
Released | June 1985 | |||
Recorded | Indigo Ranch Studios, Malibu, Ca, December 1984 - January 1985 | |||
Genre | metal | |||
Length | 31:25 | |||
Label | Combat Records | |||
Producer | Dave Mustaine, Karat Faye | |||
Megadeth album chronology | ||||
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Megadeth was paid $12,000 to record and produce this album themselves. (Most of that was not spent on the recording or production of the album)
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Dave Mustaine, except "These Boots" by Lee Hazlewood.
Original track listing | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | |||||||
1. | "Last Rites/Loved to Deth" | 4:42 | |||||||
2. | "Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!" | 3:02 | |||||||
3. | "Skull Beneath the Skin" | 3:48 | |||||||
4. | "These Boots Are Made for Walking" | 3:40 | |||||||
5. | "Rattlehead" | 3:43 | |||||||
6. | "Chosen Ones" | 2:56 | |||||||
7. | "Looking Down the Cross" | 5:03 | |||||||
8. | "The Mechanix" | 4:25 | |||||||
Total length: |
31:25 |
2002 reissue | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | |||||||
1. | "Last Rites/Loved to Deth" | 4:42 | |||||||
2. | "Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!" | 3:08 | |||||||
3. | "Skull Beneath the Skin" | 3:48 | |||||||
4. | "Rattlehead" | 3:43 | |||||||
5. | "Chosen Ones" | 2:56 | |||||||
6. | "Looking Down the Cross" | 5:03 | |||||||
7. | "Mechanix" | 4:25 | |||||||
8. | "These Boots" (All lyric variations by Mustaine are bleep censored) | 4:39 | |||||||
9. | "Last Rites/Loved to Death" (demo) | 4:16 | |||||||
10. | "Mechanix" (demo) | 3:59 | |||||||
11. | "Skull Beneath the Skin" (demo) | 3:11 |
Personnel
- Dave Mustaine – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar
- Dave Ellefson – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Gar Samuelson – drums, timpani
- Chris Poland – lead guitar
Production
- Produced and mixed by Dave Mustaine and Karat Faye
- Co-produced by Megadeth
- Pre-production by Jay Jones
2002 Remix and Remaster
- Audio mixing by Bill Kennedy
- Pro Tools by Chris Vrenna
- Audio mastering by Tom Baker