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With their 1976 album Destroyer, the band's fifth release in two years, Kiss began to expand their fan base by shedding a bit of their edge and taking on a more melodic, less menacing image. The Peter Criss ballad "Beth", written for the drummer's wife, is the most sentimental love ballad the group ever recorded, and songs like "Detroit Rock City" and "Shout It Out Loud" had the kind of arena-rock punch that kept subscriptions to the Kiss Army at an all-time high. Despite, or perhaps because of, the blatantly commercial direction the band seemed to be heading in, 1976 was the most creatively rewarding period in its lengthy career. In addition to releasing Destroyer, the band pumped out the equally touted album Rock and Roll Over, which included the pounding "Take Me" and the groovin' "Calling Dr Love". The only finer year was 1978, when the band starred in the classic B-grade flick Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park. --Jon Wiederhorn
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Looks like jigsaw puzzle, sounds like master tape. It is a pity that this is the first and the only one SACD from Kiss. Single layer, playable only in SACD players. Seems to be very collectible.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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1976 was the year that KISS really took off. They were awarded their first platinum record (for 1975 Alive!) and scorred two top ten US hit singles as well as two tripple platinum studio albums. Oh, and the music wasn't that bad either!
Opening with Detroit Rock City (generally regarded as the band's best ever tune) it sets the tone with its banrstorming stlye before leading into King of the Nightime World and God of Thunder. Then it takes a turn with the bizarre Great Expectations (cruelly ignored by the band for almost 20 years on stage) and Flamin' Youth. Sweet Pain is also a decent song but it is over the last three songs that the album picks up again. Shout it out Loud is classic arena rock. The heart pounding, adrenlin flowing, meat and potatoes anthemic metal was to become a KISS classics on stage for the next two decades. Then another twist with the softer ballard Beth. This was the song that got me into KISS and although many fans never forgave the band for losing the rock edge, it stands out as a must listen of their extensive and impressive catalogue. The album then fades into Do you Love Me, superbly produced and sung although often over played down the years it is none the less a fitting way to end the album. There is also an uncredited 'hidden' track, made up of Great Expectations and Paul Stanley's talking to the crowd at a show mixed together as if to sound ghostly. It must have freaked people out when they first heard it but it all added to the myth that was KISS circa 1976.
Destroyer is often touted by KISS as their best and has been the yardstick against which all subsequent ones were judged. Although they go too far sometimes, it is not for no reason that the album is so loved. In Detroit Rock City, God of Thunder, Shout it out Loud and Beth you have four undeniable rock classics and the rest of the album is good enough to have been stand out tracks on most records today. Not my personal favourite but a brillaint record and one which any serious fan of rock should own.
Opening with Detroit Rock City (generally regarded as the band's best ever tune) it sets the tone with its banrstorming stlye before leading into King of the Nightime World and God of Thunder. Then it takes a turn with the bizarre Great Expectations (cruelly ignored by the band for almost 20 years on stage) and Flamin' Youth. Sweet Pain is also a decent song but it is over the last three songs that the album picks up again. Shout it out Loud is classic arena rock. The heart pounding, adrenlin flowing, meat and potatoes anthemic metal was to become a KISS classics on stage for the next two decades. Then another twist with the softer ballard Beth. This was the song that got me into KISS and although many fans never forgave the band for losing the rock edge, it stands out as a must listen of their extensive and impressive catalogue. The album then fades into Do you Love Me, superbly produced and sung although often over played down the years it is none the less a fitting way to end the album. There is also an uncredited 'hidden' track, made up of Great Expectations and Paul Stanley's talking to the crowd at a show mixed together as if to sound ghostly. It must have freaked people out when they first heard it but it all added to the myth that was KISS circa 1976.
Destroyer is often touted by KISS as their best and has been the yardstick against which all subsequent ones were judged. Although they go too far sometimes, it is not for no reason that the album is so loved. In Detroit Rock City, God of Thunder, Shout it out Loud and Beth you have four undeniable rock classics and the rest of the album is good enough to have been stand out tracks on most records today. Not my personal favourite but a brillaint record and one which any serious fan of rock should own.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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After the titanic success of live album "Alive!", KISS decided to experiment with their rock n' roll sound, and enlisted Pink Floyd/Alice Cooper producer Bob Ezrin to produce "Destroyer", KISSes own "Seargent Peppers..."
All the songs here are completely individual and have a character of their own. Live favourite and long-time set opener "Detroit Rock City" starts off with some rather confusing sound effects, but turns into an absolutely classic, unmatched by all but a few other KISS songs. As the last notes of "..Rock City" swerve out of control and crash, comes the spiralling intro of "King of the Nighttime World", a more traditional but nonetheless brilliant song with a spacily cool Ace Frehely solo.
"God of Thunder" is an eerie and brooding rock stomp, far removed from the brash pop-rock sound of their last studio release "Dressed to Kill", and has since become Gene Simmons trademark song (even though it was written by Paul Stanley).Some songs are not quite as great as others on here - "Great Expectations" is a very ambitious Beatles-esque number which takes a while to get used to, and "Sweet Pain" and "Flaming Youth" are both good songs, but slighty pale in comparison to other songs on the album.
The slushy Peter Criss ballad "Beth" was a major hit for the band at the time, and is good in a kind of Rod Stewart and the Faces way. "Shout it out loud" is an epic anthem only rivalled by "Rock n' Roll all nite" and sees an exuberant Stanley and Simmons trading verses over an classic KISS guitar lines. Closer "Do you love me?" is another more ambitious song, with bells and chimes added in to add to the celebratory atmosphere, as Paul Stanley pouts about his "seven inch...leather heels",and ending the album with some strange sound clips of "Great Expectations". Undoubtedly the most ambitious album of KISSes career up to then, but also the most successful. A brilliant and varied album - buy it!
All the songs here are completely individual and have a character of their own. Live favourite and long-time set opener "Detroit Rock City" starts off with some rather confusing sound effects, but turns into an absolutely classic, unmatched by all but a few other KISS songs. As the last notes of "..Rock City" swerve out of control and crash, comes the spiralling intro of "King of the Nighttime World", a more traditional but nonetheless brilliant song with a spacily cool Ace Frehely solo.
"God of Thunder" is an eerie and brooding rock stomp, far removed from the brash pop-rock sound of their last studio release "Dressed to Kill", and has since become Gene Simmons trademark song (even though it was written by Paul Stanley).Some songs are not quite as great as others on here - "Great Expectations" is a very ambitious Beatles-esque number which takes a while to get used to, and "Sweet Pain" and "Flaming Youth" are both good songs, but slighty pale in comparison to other songs on the album.
The slushy Peter Criss ballad "Beth" was a major hit for the band at the time, and is good in a kind of Rod Stewart and the Faces way. "Shout it out loud" is an epic anthem only rivalled by "Rock n' Roll all nite" and sees an exuberant Stanley and Simmons trading verses over an classic KISS guitar lines. Closer "Do you love me?" is another more ambitious song, with bells and chimes added in to add to the celebratory atmosphere, as Paul Stanley pouts about his "seven inch...leather heels",and ending the album with some strange sound clips of "Great Expectations". Undoubtedly the most ambitious album of KISSes career up to then, but also the most successful. A brilliant and varied album - buy it!
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Destroyer!
This was the first KISS album I bought, and happy to say I have been a fan ever since.
I had heard "Shout It Out Loud" & "God Of Thunder" so decided to pick up this album as... Read more
I had heard "Shout It Out Loud" & "God Of Thunder" so decided to pick up this album as... Read more
Published 1 month ago by OOSBassist
Kiss Destroyer cd
Kiss Destroyer cd.
A fantastic album with lot and lots of Kiss' best songs which are unforgetable.
Had to add it to the collection.
Arrived quickly and safely.
A fantastic album with lot and lots of Kiss' best songs which are unforgetable.
Had to add it to the collection.
Arrived quickly and safely.
Published 3 months ago by Mister Normal
Far and away their best album
After `Alive' broke them commercially with the smash hit anthem, `Rock and Roll All Nite', expectations would, I imagine, have been extremely high. Read more
Published 11 months ago by B. S. Marlay
An Album To Be Reckoned With
Not quite rock, not quite metal. Delves into piano ballads and kids' choirs. This the Kiss album that allowed their talent to shine through. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Paperback Critic
overated ? or their greatest? you decide!
The beginning of the end for this line up,session men,substance abuse neutering talent,arrogance over sense,granted there are some great tunes(Detroit Rock City/Shout It Out... Read more
Published on 15 Dec 2008 by Mr Blackwell
not so bad
Destroyer by kiss is their fourth studio album and was released in 1976 and was the album that launched them omwards although many argue that it was the previous years release of... Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2008 by sean paul mccann
overblown pretensious masterpiece!!!
This is undoubtedly the high point in KISS's very long and successful musical career. The songs are all killers - Detroit R.C. Read more
Published on 17 Mar 2008 by D. Whitfield
Shouting loud
I had a friend in the late 1970s who latched on to Kiss and quickly collected their albums. At the time, I thought he must be the only person in Britain who liked them. Read more
Published on 14 Sep 2007 by D. J. H. Thorn
Hideous cartoon cover. Enjoyable record
"Destroyer" is one of Kiss's strongest, most interesting albums. A couple of songs, like the "Flaming Youth" and the inane "King Of The Night Time World", are too much bubblegum... Read more
Published on 29 Feb 2004 by Docendo Discimus
good album
This was the first KISS album I got and I enjoy it very much. The album starts off with detroit rock city one of the bands signiture tunes. Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2003
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