Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!

Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! is the debut studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth. It was released on June 12, 1985, through Combat Records. At the beginning of 1985, the band was given $8,000 by Combat to record and produce its debut album. After spending half of the album's budget on drugs, alcohol and food, the band was forced to fire their original producer and produce the album themselves. Despite the resulting poor production, the album was a well-received effort that obtained strong reviews in various music publications. Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! played an essential role in establishing thrash metal as an authentic sub-genre of heavy metal music. It explores themes of death, violence and occultism.

Released : June 12, 1985
Recorded : December 1984 – January 1985 at Indigo Ranch Studios in Malibu, California
Genre : Thrash metal, speed metal
Length : 31:10
Label : Combat Records
Producer : Dave Mustaine, Karat Faye

Original Track

1. "Last Rites/Loved to Deth"
2. "Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!"
3. "The Skull Beneath the Skin"
4. "These Boots"
5. "Rattlehead"
6. "Chosen Ones"
7. "Looking Down the Cross"
8. "Mechanix"

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Remastered Edition

1. "Last Rites/Loved to Deth"
2. "Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!"
3. "The Skull Beneath the Skin"
4. "Rattlehead"
5. "Chosen Ones"
6. "Looking Down the Cross"
7. "Mechanix"
8. "These Boots" (all lyric variations by Mustaine are bleeped)
9. "Last Rites/Loved to Deth" (demo)
10. "Mechanix" (demo)
11. "The Skull Beneath the Skin" (demo)

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Version 2

1. "Last Rites-Loved to Deth"
2. "Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!"
3. "The Skull Beneath the Skin"
4. "Rattlehead"
5. "Chosen Ones"
6. "Looking Down the Cross"
7. "Mechanix"

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