Year : 1995 (Japan Edition)
Style : Glam Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 135 mb
Bio:
Kix is an American hard rock band that achieved popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Band members have continued to tour, including at the Rocklahoma festival in 2008 in Oklahoma and the M3 Rock Festival in May 2011 in the band's home state of Maryland.A new version Kix reformed in late 2003 sans songwriter and band leader Purnell. Kix then lined-up shows for September 2004, the lineup consisting of Steve Whiteman (lead vocals), Ronnie "10/10" Younkins (guitars), Brian "Damage" Forsythe (guitars), Jimmy "Chocolate" Chalfant (drums, backing vocals), and Funny Money bassist Mark Schenker (bass, backing vocals) in place of Donnie Purnell.On August 7, 2012, Frontiers Records announced that it had signed Kix; the band subsequently released a live CD/DVD, titled Live in Baltimore, in September, with a new studio album to follow in 2013.On April 16, 2014, it was announced that the band had signed with Loud & Proud Records, and are scheduling the release of their new album for July 22, 2014, making it the first studio album the band released in 19 years.On June 18, 2014, it was announced that the band would release their seventh studio album, titled Rock Your Face Off, on August 5.
Album:
Japan edition.Show Business (stylized as $how Bu$ine$$) is the sixth studio album by 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.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." By 1995, the pop-metal sound that once dominated the charts had been driven off by the rise of grunge rock and other alternative rock styles that eschewed the pop showmanship of hair metal. As a result, pop-metal groups were forced to retreat to independent labels. Some tried to modify their style to fit in with the current musical climate, but others kept putting out music in their original style. One of the best examples of the latter trend is Show Business, a fun rock album from Kix that overcomes its indie-ghetto status by combining catchy tunes with a polished style of delivery. Kix was always musically smarter and more ambitious than much of their pop-metal brethren, so it's no surprise that the songs on Show Business work all sorts of interesting twists into its pop/rock mix: "I'm Bombed" sports some funky rhythm guitar lines and a disco-ish bassline while "If You Run Around" works a Beatles-styled cello line into its synthesizer-layered piano balladry. Elsewhere, the group mines the patented combination of rock riffs and pop hooks that made them a cult favorite in the 1980s: "Put My Money Where Your Mouth Is" is a clever pastiche of AC/DC's style and "Ball Baby" weaves bubblegum-style background vocals into a song that is otherwise pure hard rock. Sometimes the group gets a little too clever for their own good (the chorus of "Fire Balls" references AC/DC's "T.N.T." a little too closely for its own good), but Show Business remains an entertaining and varied collection songs that proves pop-metal's commercial death didn't put and end to the hard-rocking charms of Kix.
Line-Up:
Steve Whiteman - lead vocals and harp
Brian Forsythe - guitar
Ronnie Younkins - guitar
Donnie Purnell - bass, keyboards, and background vocals
Jimmy Chalfant - drums and background vocals
+ guests:
Instruments, Viola [Solo] – Paul Chalfant (tracks: 10)
Production:
Recorded At – Guido's Studio
Mixed At – Guido's Studio
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Art Direction, Design – Kix (3), Michael Moppin
Engineer – Jimmy Chalfant, Zak Mabie
Liner Notes [対訳] – 国田ジンジャー
Mastered By – George Marino
Photography – Sean Simmers
Producer, Mixed By – Donnie Purnell
Tracklist:
01. Ball Baby
02. 9-1-1
03. Fireballs
04. Baby Time Bomb
05. Book to Hypnotize
06. Put My Money Where Your Mouth Is
07. She Loves Me Not
08. Fire Boy
09. I'm Bombed
10. If You Run Around
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