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Of KISS' many studio records, their second release, Hotter than Hell is one of the worst selling. It is also among their best. It is grainy, early metal with a real harsh edge that would fit well with any rock collection.
Standout tracks include the mournful Goin' Blind, Coming Home (a gem, forgotten for a long time), Let Me Go Rock & Roll (a staple of the live show for years) and the heavy Watchin' You. The finest track though must be Parasite, written by lead guitarist Ace Frehley. The riff is a head-bangers, nightmare, fast and furious enough to cause wiplash and unrelenting, it sums up the album in one song: Heavy, dark, dripping with attitude, superb and unfortunately criminally overlooked.
Die hard KISS fans should already own it but for anyone looking to get into the band then Hotter than Hell is a good place to start.
Standout tracks include the mournful Goin' Blind, Coming Home (a gem, forgotten for a long time), Let Me Go Rock & Roll (a staple of the live show for years) and the heavy Watchin' You. The finest track though must be Parasite, written by lead guitarist Ace Frehley. The riff is a head-bangers, nightmare, fast and furious enough to cause wiplash and unrelenting, it sums up the album in one song: Heavy, dark, dripping with attitude, superb and unfortunately criminally overlooked.
Die hard KISS fans should already own it but for anyone looking to get into the band then Hotter than Hell is a good place to start.
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This must be one of the most underrated albums in the History of Rock N' Roll. OK, its not jam packed with Klassics like thier first studio album, but none-the-less this collection is without a poor track and includes real gems: (Goin' Blind, Comin Home, Parasite) and includes the live staple: Let me go Rock and Roll. As a new Kiss fan looking to build a collection i could think of no better album to accompany my Greatest Hits album and Alive's (I and II). After listening to this album on several occasions i can categorically confirm the unadulterated pleasure that it gave me - Buy it if you, like me, want to expand your new Kiss Kollection step-by-step.
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After Kiss started recording in 1973, they released their first two albums in one year - 1974. Amazingly they were both good, if very different to one another. Though they had the same production team on board, `Hotter Than Hell' has a much heavier and harder sound than their first album, `Kiss'. Sonically, it has a cave-like echoey feel and a curiously flat drum sound, which takes a little getting used to after the more immediate production of the first record.
Again, it features a number of tracks that the band have continued to perform live throughout their career. Again guitarist Paul Stanley proves himself both a superior singer and songwriter to fellow formation member and bassist, Gene Simmons. Curiously the album's standout track - and one of Kiss's very best and most beautiful - is a Gene Simmons composition, `Goin Blind', a left-over from his earlier band, Wicked Lester. Also uncharacteristically, some of the best songs here are written or co-written by guitarist Ace Frehley (though he was still forbidden to sing them!) - the awesome acid rock tinged `Parasite', album closer `Strange Ways' as well as `Comin Home', co-written with Stanley. The title track and `Got to Choose', both Stanley compositions, are also fine songs.
Given the under-written abject stupidity of the songs that would too-often characterize many later Kiss albums, `Hotter Than Hell' is a standout, not least because it stamped two strong debut releases in a row in one year.
Again, it features a number of tracks that the band have continued to perform live throughout their career. Again guitarist Paul Stanley proves himself both a superior singer and songwriter to fellow formation member and bassist, Gene Simmons. Curiously the album's standout track - and one of Kiss's very best and most beautiful - is a Gene Simmons composition, `Goin Blind', a left-over from his earlier band, Wicked Lester. Also uncharacteristically, some of the best songs here are written or co-written by guitarist Ace Frehley (though he was still forbidden to sing them!) - the awesome acid rock tinged `Parasite', album closer `Strange Ways' as well as `Comin Home', co-written with Stanley. The title track and `Got to Choose', both Stanley compositions, are also fine songs.
Given the under-written abject stupidity of the songs that would too-often characterize many later Kiss albums, `Hotter Than Hell' is a standout, not least because it stamped two strong debut releases in a row in one year.
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...And How The Hell Is This Almost Forgotten???
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Published on 10 Dec 2008 by Mr Blackwell
An early classic, often overlooked
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Published on 7 Jan 2004 by "jamesfranklin22"
A fitting follow up to their classic debut
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Published on 6 Jan 2004 by "jamesfranklin22"
Not hotter than hell
This album is a solid enough album but lacks the "clout" of other KISS albums. There are some good tunes and riffs but no guitar solos that set the world of music alight. Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2003 by Seb Phelps
A Monsterous Sequal To The Band's Timeless Debut
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