Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! (English for: "Killing is my business... and business is good! ") is the debut album by US thrash metal band Megadeth. It was released in May 1985 on Combat Records. Singer Dave Mustaine called the tracks on the album "extreme thrash speed metal". The vocals were still very raw, the songs were less complex than on later albums.
Title List
- Last Rites/Loved to Deth - 4:40
- Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! - 3:06
- Skull Beneath the Skin - 3:47
- These Boots - 3:41 (Lee Hazlewood)
- Rattlehead - 3:43
- Chosen Ones - 2:55
- Looking Down the Cross - 5:05
- Mechanix - 4:22
Music and lyrics were written by Dave Mustaine, except for These Boots Are Made for Walkin. The Nancy Sinatra cover, which was written by Lee Hazlewood and whose lyrics Mustaine changed as a parody, was not allowed to appear on some re-releases for legal reasons. The 2002 re-release also included the demo tracks Last Rites/Loved to Deth, Mechanix and Skull Beneath the Skin.
Reception
On allmusic.com the vocals on Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! by Steve Huey were described as "amateurish", yet music is played with a lot of energy. The rating was three out of five stars. In Rock Hard Götz Kühnemund criticized the production of the album as "weak" and compared to the demo "completely paled", also the short playing time was mentioned as a point of criticism. Nevertheless he awarded nine out of ten points.
