Show Business (album)
# Show Business (album)

Show Business (stylized as $how Bu$ine$$) is the sixth album by the American hard rock band Kix. It was released in 1995 through CMC International, following their departure from Atlantic Records. Kix supported the album with a North American tour.

The album was a commercial flop. Show Business was the band's last album before their long-term breakup.

## Critical reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |

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." The Deseret News deemed the album "light-hearted rock with lots of innuendo but not much substance."

## Track listing

* "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

## Credits

### 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

Photography: Sean Simmers

