- heavy metal, thrash metal, speed metal, metal
- 31 min
- 8 tracks
- Music for Nations
Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! is the debut studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth, released in the UK on May 17, 1985, by Music for Nations and in the US on June 12, 1985, by Combat Records.
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Classical in form, spare, unpretentious and relentless.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Classic Rock4/5 ★
- Drowned in Sound8/10
- KNAC5/5 ★
- Louder than War8/10
- Metal Hammer4.5/5 ★
- Q3/5 ★
- Rock Hard9/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Last Rites / Loved to Deth4:35
- 2Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good!3:03
- 3Skull Beneath the Skin3:45
- 4These Boots3:43
- 5Rattlehead3:41
- 6Chosen Ones2:53
- 7Looking Down the Cross4:59
- 8Mechanix4:21
8 tracks, 31 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Megadeth
- Label
- Music for Nations
- Released
- 1985
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- FR
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