- Audio CD (18 Jan 2006)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Import
- Label: Import Music Services
- ASIN: B00000AF96
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 70,470 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
'Asylum' saw Kiss moving comfortably into a market dominated by the big hair bands that they had themselves influenced.With a new guitarist in Bruce kulick they created,in my opinion, thier best work of the era.Songs like 'Tears are falling' and 'Who wants to be lonely'provided them with huge MTV hits,whilst other songs like 'Uh!all night' and 'I`m alive' showed that they could still compete with the new younger breed of rockers.The album still sounds fresh and the performances from the whole group are excellent.If you are looking for a classic from Kiss` lost years then 'Asylum' comes highly recommended.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Buy it for the Paul Stanley songs. "Who wants to be lonely" and "Tears are falling" are gems.
Unfortunatly, Gene Simmons was incapable of creating anything worth listening to throughout the mid 80's to earlies 90's, and he proves it with his tedious offerings on this record.
However, Stanley always comes up with the goods, and his voice and songs makes any Kiss album worth buying!
Unfortunatly, Gene Simmons was incapable of creating anything worth listening to throughout the mid 80's to earlies 90's, and he proves it with his tedious offerings on this record.
However, Stanley always comes up with the goods, and his voice and songs makes any Kiss album worth buying!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
After the power-punch return to melodic metal rock with 1984's `Animalize', and the recruitment of yet another lead guitarist in Bruce Kulick (who would stay til they once more donned their make-up 12 years later), Kiss's 1985 album, `Asylum', proved a pretty lackluster offering.
Paul Stanley produced the album. But without the powerful drum sounds captured by producer Michael James Jackson on `Animalize' and `Creatures Of The Night', the original mix sounds very thin (though, the 1998 remaster gives it some much needed oomph). The band returned to co-writing with one another on much of it, but the results are generally weak and on the pop rock side of things. Even input on six out of the ten tracks from staple 80s and 90s hitmaker, Desmond Child, fails to produce results. Paul Stanley's `Tears Are Falling' is the only standout. The opening `King of the Mountain' is reasonable, but would have sounded far better with heavier production. The rest are on the puerile side (`Uh! All Night' etc), sounding very much in the vein of the crop of weak-kneed 80s US pop metal hair bands at the time.
The over-riding sense you get from `Asylum' is that the contract required it and the band wasn't really committed.
Paul Stanley produced the album. But without the powerful drum sounds captured by producer Michael James Jackson on `Animalize' and `Creatures Of The Night', the original mix sounds very thin (though, the 1998 remaster gives it some much needed oomph). The band returned to co-writing with one another on much of it, but the results are generally weak and on the pop rock side of things. Even input on six out of the ten tracks from staple 80s and 90s hitmaker, Desmond Child, fails to produce results. Paul Stanley's `Tears Are Falling' is the only standout. The opening `King of the Mountain' is reasonable, but would have sounded far better with heavier production. The rest are on the puerile side (`Uh! All Night' etc), sounding very much in the vein of the crop of weak-kneed 80s US pop metal hair bands at the time.
The over-riding sense you get from `Asylum' is that the contract required it and the band wasn't really committed.
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...MTV Heaven........But The Purists Are Disgusted...
Asylum...With new guitarist, Bruce Kulick now setteled in, KISS embarked on the follow up to the multi - selling " Animalize", with a new leigion of hundreds & thousands of MTV... Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2009 by Tommo 18/7 ©
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a personal nadir for me this disc,copycat crue/poison/jovi dross,apart from stanley's who wants to be lonely and tears are falling this is instantly forgetable,carr now being... Read more
Published on 27 Dec 2008 by Mr Blackwell
KISS go Mental, and Not in a Good Way
Asylum, and its predecessor Animalize are surely KISS' worst studio offerings. Although Asylum is slightly stronger it is a million miles from the band's glory years. Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2006 by Mr. A. E. Hall
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