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The fact that Alive! is arguably Kiss's best album highlights the fact that they are performers first, musicians second. There's nothing wrong with that, especially when a live album sounds this good. Stuffed to bursting with classic tracks, Alive!, originally released in 1975, is a classic metal album. "Deuce", "Strutter", "Hotter than Hell", "Black Diamond", "100,000 Years", and especially "Rock and Roll All Nite" (probably the most well-known party song in existence)--they're all here, and wonder of wonders, they still sound fresh after all these years. The success of Kiss's 1996 tour shows that they've still got plenty of fans; Alive! is one album no Kiss fan should be without. --Genevieve Williams
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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KISS have never claimed to be artists or intellectuals. They have remained modest about writing some of the all time great rock 'n' roll albums. But one thing on which they have always maintained an arrogant, defiant and proud stance is their live shows. If you want to know why they charge the Earth for a ticket and rather presumptuously introduce their live onslaught with the mantra: 'You wanted the best, you got the best, the hottest band in the world, KISS!!!' then this double live album may help you to understand it. They may not be modest, they may not have dignity or integrity but they always knew how to throw a party.
For anyone who has never seen KISS live what you must understand is that the band built themselves up on their image and bombast and are unwilling to give it up. Want proof? Well how about the fact that most of those bands of the 70s that critics rave about even today couldn't sell a ticket if they begged you now whereas KISS still sell out football stadia.
But onto the album. From the moment the noise begins you're treated to what it's like to be there. True, some of the vocals were cleaned up in the studio afterwards (as Gene Simmons admits in his autobiography) but the album retains the rawness and thrashing metal of Detroit 1975. From the heart-pound Deuce through and a rip-roaring Strutter the groovy quartet of Got To Choose, Hotter Than Hell, Firehouse and Nothing To Lose the hard rock Parasite, She, Watchin' You, 100,000 Years, the epic Black Diamond the raucous Cold Gin and then the Earth-shattering Rock and Roll All Nite before lifting the roof for Let Me Go Rock and Roll the party never ends or stops for a break. This album is not about finesse, not about songs coming straight from the heart and touching you deeply, this was about listening to music that will make your ears pop and your heart beat a hole in your chest. When you buy this album and love it (as I know you will) you might want to continue with ALIVE II which is all new songs and just as much fun. But for ALIVE!, forget every other Live album you ever heard, forget everything about what you think a concert should be like, it’s already been done before, and this is the proof.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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KISS is one the most influential bands ever manily due to the fact their concerts have spawned every smoke-bomb, firework and bright light every seen on stage. Their concerts of 20 years ago have still not been matched and perhaps never will be. This is the album that broke KISS wide open and exposed every inch of the destructive stage set and adrenaline burning rock n' roll. From the power-house rocker Deuce to the moment the curtains fall on a riveting Let Me Go Rock N' Roll over and hour later, the listener is treated to nearly all of KISS's incredible classics. Showcasing guitar solos that would make Eddie Van Halen blush, Ace Frehley cements his plave among the five greatest guitarists ever as partners Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley pack life and wonderment into the music making this the greatest live album of all time. It was their moment, the moment when even their harshest critics had to admit that KISS was the greatest live band ever to pace the boards of a stadium. It sold over 4,000,000 copies in the US in the 70s and was later entered into the US National Libabry Of Congress as one of the finest examples of American music. It rules, it rocks, if you wanted the best, then you got the best, the hottest album of all time - ALIVE!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Mr Blackwell
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wow!! every song warp factor 10,making a mockery of the sound of the ist 3 albums,this smokes your stereo,listen to duece with the cans on - feel your head rattle as the flashbombs explode,nuthin could top this,could it? well that would be alive 2,but thats another story.this band were previously timid on record are striding like a colossus on this one,hard to believe the rot and in fighting had already started.one mystery will always be why did room service not make the final cut?
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Kiss alive
will write the same about all 3 alive albums, great live music from my favorite band, i have all 3 on the 1975-2000 box, but must have them separately also
Published 4 months ago by Torben Hultquist Larsen
5.0 out of 5 stars
in the top five live releases ever.
Most critics put this one in the top five of live rock concert releases ever, Including rolling stone. Why? because it's a firestorm of tight playing and cool licks. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Michael Dobey
4.0 out of 5 stars
Surprising vinyl...
I've just received this and I'm surprised and very pleased to find that this vinyl reissue includes a repro of the original colour booklet and Casablanca inner sleeves. Read more
Published 10 months ago by T. Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's a double album ...so should have 10 stars
Still the best live album ever recorded, even 35 years on.
It's a total transformation from their powder puff rock studio releases. Read more
It's a total transformation from their powder puff rock studio releases. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Metalstar
5.0 out of 5 stars
definitive live statement
Kiss were struggling after 3 studio albums and needed to pull something out of the bag. Alive is the definitive statement of the bands song writing, performance energy and stadium... Read more
Published on 7 May 2010 by Alister King
5.0 out of 5 stars
kiss alive!
i bought this vinyl lp back in 1989. it completely blew me away then as it does now.
this is the version you have to own not the big box version. Read more
this is the version you have to own not the big box version. Read more
Published on 1 May 2010 by Martin B. Phillips
4.0 out of 5 stars
never too dumb to rock
Kiss Alive - indeed, Kiss as a band - is something I'd managed to ignore for 30-odd years until making this an impulse buy and it certainly proves that one should trust one's... Read more
Published on 13 April 2010 by Ewing Grahame
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KISSTORY
THIS WAS THE ALBUM THAT STARTED THE BALL ROLLING AND ENSURED KISS WERE HEADING FOR THE BIG TIME. THIS REALLY IS THE BEST WAY TO HEAR KSS, LIVE. EVEN BETTER WATCHING THEM. Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2010 by Steven Baker
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the greatest live sensations of the 70's
This was the album that rocketed KISS to stardom - and its not hard to see why. After the only modest commercial success of the first three albums, the band decided to record a... Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2004 by "jamesfranklin22"
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good fun
This is NOT great art, but it is good fun for sure.
Kiss' three ALIVE albums are better by far than any greatest hits-compilation, since they contain virtually all of the band's... Read more
Published on 26 Jun 2003 by Docendo Discimus
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