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With Kiss back on the road in full makeup and with their original lineup, 1997 proved to be the perfect time to revisit the band's rich history of fist-pounding pop-metal and sweeping power balladry. Greatest Kiss hits all the highlights of a career that by this time spanned a quarter century--"Deuce," "Strutter," "Rock and Roll All Night," "Do You Love Me," "Beth," and "Calling Dr. Love." A few curiosities appear as well, such as "Sure Know Something" and "I Was Made for Lovin' You" (they're far more disco-oriented than you might remember) and a newly recorded version of "Shout It Out Loud" taken from their 1996 tour. Clocking in at 16 tracks, it's a comprehensive hits collection. --Daniel Durchholz
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Decades of Simmons $$ minded rhetoric, glossing over the truth and releasing truly bad albums in the 80's have made being a Kiss fan a hard thought to endure, Kiss fans have to be on the defensive. Now the band are playing another tour after the Farewell tour with a replacement in Ace's spaceman make-up. Kiss have out Spinal Tap twice over and are doing it again. This doesn't rob the band of the fact that in the 70's Kiss made some generally meaty, quite singable party hard rock anthems. Pre-Destroyer the band where more gothic and trashy then commercialistic, more like a New York Dolls. The LP Hotter Then Hell was grunge before grunge arrived, it sounded like it was made in someone's garage.
This set was timely released in time for the Reunion tour of the original line up and includes one new track: a rather fine live version of Shout It Out Loud from the opening night at Tiger Stadium (studio intervention one thinks). The two Alive sets will always be the ultimate Kiss experience or if you really want Kiss in the studio the best hits set still remains the original: Double Platinum (1978). All three have the pleasure of not having to focus on post 70's Kiss. It's because of this why the album therefore focus solely on the 70's line-up with drummer Peter Criss and lead guitarist Ace Frehley. Curiously the album breaks this routine with God Gave Rock N' Roll, a Revenge (1990) era single with a different line-up, it remains rather out of place to say the least.
It can't be stated how important Ace Frehley was to the band, it is his Les Paul tone that lends Kiss its trademark sound, he is the meat and grit of the band. From the earthy primitive Rock N' Roll of there early releases with Strutter, Deuce and Ace's Cold Gin to the bigger commercial sound of God Of Thunder and Detroit Rock City from the Destroyer album most of the anthems are hear including the crooned Beth which gave them there 1st hit single and the rather annoying (when you have heard it 10 million times at least) Rock N' Roll All Night. It is the Kiss live setlist you get i.e. healthy does of there debut album and Destroyer. There's a few welcome surprise's too with Gene's folky ballad Goin Blind.
The set runs right through to 1978 meaning you get Kiss's early attempts at disco-pop from the Dynasty album cue the gloriously soppy Sure Know Something and the mock disco of I Was Made For Lovin You. This is Paul Stanley at his most hammy and pandering yet curiously they both seem to work as Gene keeps the songs grounded in some great Bass riffing and two excellent solos courtesy of Mr Frehley. And there is good news: No Shandi.
They are omissions, King Of The Night Time World and Firehouse are the most glaring though these ears have always favoured I Want You.
This makes a good summery of Kiss at there peak though do yourself a favour and buy Kiss Alive, possibly the greatest live hard rock album ever.
This set was timely released in time for the Reunion tour of the original line up and includes one new track: a rather fine live version of Shout It Out Loud from the opening night at Tiger Stadium (studio intervention one thinks). The two Alive sets will always be the ultimate Kiss experience or if you really want Kiss in the studio the best hits set still remains the original: Double Platinum (1978). All three have the pleasure of not having to focus on post 70's Kiss. It's because of this why the album therefore focus solely on the 70's line-up with drummer Peter Criss and lead guitarist Ace Frehley. Curiously the album breaks this routine with God Gave Rock N' Roll, a Revenge (1990) era single with a different line-up, it remains rather out of place to say the least.
It can't be stated how important Ace Frehley was to the band, it is his Les Paul tone that lends Kiss its trademark sound, he is the meat and grit of the band. From the earthy primitive Rock N' Roll of there early releases with Strutter, Deuce and Ace's Cold Gin to the bigger commercial sound of God Of Thunder and Detroit Rock City from the Destroyer album most of the anthems are hear including the crooned Beth which gave them there 1st hit single and the rather annoying (when you have heard it 10 million times at least) Rock N' Roll All Night. It is the Kiss live setlist you get i.e. healthy does of there debut album and Destroyer. There's a few welcome surprise's too with Gene's folky ballad Goin Blind.
The set runs right through to 1978 meaning you get Kiss's early attempts at disco-pop from the Dynasty album cue the gloriously soppy Sure Know Something and the mock disco of I Was Made For Lovin You. This is Paul Stanley at his most hammy and pandering yet curiously they both seem to work as Gene keeps the songs grounded in some great Bass riffing and two excellent solos courtesy of Mr Frehley. And there is good news: No Shandi.
They are omissions, King Of The Night Time World and Firehouse are the most glaring though these ears have always favoured I Want You.
This makes a good summery of Kiss at there peak though do yourself a favour and buy Kiss Alive, possibly the greatest live hard rock album ever.
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This CD arrived in good time and in good condition. This CD takes me back to the late 70s and the 1980s.
Format:Audio CD
bizarre but typical record company cash in on the back of the reunion.this contains some fantastic kiss moments,all the usual suspects,some welcome unsung hereos like sure know something and hard luck woman,a pointless live in the studio version of shout it out loud,the original studio version is still the best,but you must quibble with the compiler when he leaves off shandi/world without hereos/creatures../love it loud/i still love you/exciter/lick it up/heavens on fire/tears are fallin/who want to be../crazy nights/reason too live/forever and hide your heart,but tacks on the big hit god gave rock n roll to you at the end,one day we might actually get a comprehensive 'greatest kiss' but let somebody who know what their doing compilie it
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