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List Price: $7.98 | | Label: Relativity
Salesrank: 449661
Released: October 17, 1990 |
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| Used Price: $3.47 |
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| Media: Audio Cassette |
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Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good! Track Listing:
1. Last Rites/Loved to Death
2. Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good
3. Skull Beneath the Skin
4. Rattlehead
5. Chosen Ones
6. Looking Down the Cross
7. Mechanix
Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good! Reviews:
the start of something great 
2007-11-08 - megadeth dueing this lp's recording were feeling their way to the thrash heap and did so pretty well but they didn't make this cd memorible enough to stand the years and many other did.this is a very good bunch of song I like it alot but listen to it once a year if it's luck just for old times sake. the originial have a cover of these boot which was one of the reason I remember this cd but they later cut it out,then butchered it on the remasters but the remasters were alot better and cleaner.I think dave tried to hard to be faster than metallica and forgot to be better and show his and chris poland best assets.
Did the business and came back for more 
2007-06-02 - And Dave Mustaines split with Metallica begat Megadeth. Dual flag flyer with his erstwhile band for the thrash movement (killed stone dead by grunge). This debut sees Mustaine with a point to prove yet not quite posessing the tools to do so.
A quick appraisal of the album unearths the following points;
- Visceral performances from all involved, Mustaine + Poland shredding over Gar Samuelson and Dave Ellefsons rhythm section.
- Terrible 'phoned in' production values which is probably indicative of budget and inexperience
- The title track. A towering metal achievement which has gone down in metal folklore of the genre. Career defining in the best possible way.
- The birth of Vic Rattlehead - one of the few backwardly acceptable mascots anywhere in the genre. Hey, it's totally outside the music, but still indicative of the albums feel.
- Fairly anonymous filler tracks all over the place. At the end of the day this would be an issue that would haunt the band for a couple more releases until the watershed Rust in Peace album.
All up this is a release that has a few great moments but is actually more momentous for ushering in the existence of a new band. This release is missing a track, dunno why. But Mustaine redid the darn thing anyway later on down the line. I mean, it was either that or try to refind his muse right?
Raw and thrashing debut. But their best was yet to come.
2006-09-15 - Dave Mustaine has been leading Megadeth for well over 20 years now, and it all started with "Killing is My Business...and Business is Good" way back in 1985. While this album doesn't stack up well against their more famous releases ("Peace Sells...But Who's Buying" and "Rust in Peace" in particular), it does have its own merits and is worth checking out for any fan of their music for at least history's sake.
The production is not particularly good at all which is the main difference between this and latter albums. The musicianship is certainly not that bad, it's just that the sound is very, very raw from start to finish. I guess Metallica and Slayer also had debut albums that were far rawer produced than the rest of their discographies. There are plenty of high speed thrashing riffs and shredding lead work on show. Dave's vocal style can get a little ugly at times and I guess it's a bit of a love it or hate it scenario.
Highlights for me are the raging "Rattlehead" and "Looking Down the Cross". It's worth noting that there are a few different versions of this album out there so make sure you get the one you want. One has a cover version of These Boots complete with multiple swear words, one completely omits the cover and then there's the remastered edition which includes the track albeit with beeped out expletives.
This is not an album I listen to very often. Following albums by Megadeth are far superior (well, most of them anyway) in so many ways and I don't really find value in this one any more. But it served its purpose at the time, and it's certainly a seriously thrashing piece of metal. I guess it's for the really big Megadeth fans out there that have to have all their albums.
Megadeth's debut is the most primal 
2006-04-18 - Megadeth's first CD is their rawest effort, as one would expect. The songs are shorter and the guitarwork is more primitive than their later more technical releases. The rawness only shows how awesome it is. Sloppy production, raspy vocals, muddy guitars, the works. I think Dave Mustaine should do a side project that plays music similar to Megadeth's debut. This CD isn't the best one to start with if your new to Megadeth, but a fan should own this CD at all costs.
Pretty Good
2006-04-15 - Not bad, not bad atall, apart from the production, this album remains as one of the very first classic albums in thrash history !!
