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Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! is the debut album by American thrash metal band Megadeth. It was originally released in 1985 on Combat Records. The album received positive reviews, even from mainstream music critics[1]. The deluxe edition, completely remixed and remastered and featuring a new cover and several bonus tracks, was released by Loud Records in 2002.
The album's artwork, featuring a plastic skull with tinfoil, was not intended to be the original artwork. Mustaine wanted a picture of Megadeth mascot Vic Rattlehead on the cover, however the studio lost the artwork, so they improvised the low-budget replacement.[1]
"These Boots" was on the original pressing of the album, but deleted from subsequent pressings due to legal issues with the song's writer, Lee Hazlewood. It was later added back onto the 2002 remaster, albeit with edit beeps everywhere a lyric change was made.
On June 4, 2009, a newly available Limited Edition of the album in Digipack LP Miniature CD. The CD itself is made to look like a mini LP and is pressed on black plastic with grooves on the top to imitate a LP [2].
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Original track listing
| Lyrics |
Music |
| 1. |
"Last Rites/Loved to Deth" |
Dave Mustaine |
Mustaine |
4:40 |
| 2. |
"Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!" |
Mustaine |
Mustaine |
3:06 |
| 3. |
"Skull Beneath the Skin" |
Mustaine |
Mustaine |
3:47 |
| 4. |
"These Boots" |
Lee Hazlewood |
Hazlewood |
3:41 |
| 5. |
"Rattlehead" |
Mustaine |
Mustaine |
3:43 |
| 6. |
"Chosen Ones" |
Mustaine |
Mustaine |
2:55 |
| 7. |
"Looking Down the Cross" |
Mustaine |
Mustaine |
5:05 |
| 8. |
"Mechanix" |
Mustaine |
Mustaine |
4:22 |
[edit] 2002 Re-release Track Listing
| Lyrics |
Music |
| 1. |
"Last Rites/Loved to Deth" |
Mustaine |
Mustaine |
4:40 |
| 2. |
"Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!" |
Mustaine |
Mustaine |
3:06 |
| 3. |
"Skull Beneath the Skin" |
Mustaine |
Mustaine |
3:47 |
| 4. |
"Rattlehead" |
Mustaine |
Mustaine |
3:43 |
| 5. |
"Chosen Ones" |
Mustaine |
Mustaine |
2:55 |
| 6. |
"Looking Down the Cross" |
Mustaine |
Mustaine |
5:04 |
| 7. |
"Mechanix" |
Mustaine |
Mustaine |
4:22 |
| 8. |
"These Boots" |
Hazlewood |
Hazlewood |
4:42 |
| 9. |
"Last Rites/Loved to Deth" (demo) |
Mustaine |
Mustaine |
4:18 |
| 10. |
"Mechanix" (demo) |
Mustaine |
Mustaine |
4:01 |
| 11. |
"The Skull Beneath the Skin" (demo) |
Mustaine |
Mustaine |
3:11 |
[edit] Personnel
- Dave Mustaine - lead and rhythm guitar, lead vocals, piano (All guitar solos on tracks 1, 3, 6, 7 and 8; Final guitar solo on track 4, fourth guitar solo on track 5)
- Chris Poland - lead and rhythm guitar (Guitar solo on track 2, all but one solo on track 4; first, second and third guitar solo on track 5)
- David Ellefson - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Gar Samuelson - drums, timpani
- Karat Faye - producer, engineer
[edit] References
- ^ a b YouTube - Megadeth documentary (Part 5 of 11)
- ^ http://www.megadeth.com/home.php
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