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Kiss' penchant for make-up was inspired by their downtown New York neighbors the New York Dolls and by Alice Cooper, who was on top of the glam-rock world when Kiss' self-titled debut came out in 1974. Rather than dress in drag as the Dolls did, Kiss fashioned their look on a mix of sci-fi and horror films, and the rock & roll of their youth. They fashioned their music on willful hard-rock arrogance. Several songs on KISS became staples in the group's catalog. "Strutter," about a beautiful woman with a confident swagger, mirrored the attitude of the band, and it contained the first of many incendiary Ace Frehley solos.
The album also contains "Cold Gin," Ace's signature song; "Deuce," with its quintessential sexual posturing and fiery soloing; and "Black Diamond," Paul Stanley's epic tribute to a streetwalker with a hardscrabble life. Kiss' hunger to succeed resulted in some interesting recording choices, such as transforming teen idol Bobby Rydell's "Kissin' Time" into a stomper with singalong choruses typical of early-'70s pop. There's even an instrumental, "Love Theme From Kiss," a showcase for the quartet's musical synchronicity. It was the beginning of a long and influential career.
Audio Remasterer: Joseph M. Palmaccio.
Liner Note Author: Robert V. Conte.
Recording information: Bell Sound Studios, New York, NY (10/1973).
Photographer: Joel Brodsky.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Richie Wise; Eddie Solan.
Kiss: Gene Simmons (bass instrument); Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss.
Personnel: Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley (vocals, guitar); Peter Criss (vocals, drums); Gene Simmon, Gene Simmons (vocals); Bruce Foster (piano).
Additional personnel: Bobby McAdams (hand claps); Bruce Foster.
Kiss Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews The start of it all
Well heavy metal/hard rock fans, here it is, the start of it all for KISS. The songs on this album are timeless as evidenced by the fact that most of them are still played live today by the band. While the production leaves a lot to be desired you can't deny the fact that the songs are there. Too often KISS gets dogged for being just a show or a gimmick. But at the end of the day, gimmicks fade away, these songs are the cake underneath the frosting. My personal fav's are Strutter, Black Diamond, 100,000 Years, Firehouse and Let Me Know. This is a classic album anyway you slice it.
Carry the flag high my friends!
Peace
Submitted by mcubed269 (Middlebury, IN, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 2 of 2 found this helpful. the best of the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If there were a rating over 5 stars i would give it a 100. A great debut album and awesome songs like cold gin, firehouse, ect. il love kiss and always will... BUY THIS ALBUM!!!!!!!
Submitted by GODOFTHUNDER760 (Vacaville, CA,USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 2 of 2 found this helpful. My Metal Roots
7th Grade, 1st Concert "Destroyer 1976", My 1st album KISS ALIVE 2, I feel very lucky to have tuned my ears with this music. This album was 20 yrs. ahead of its time. What VISION and balls it took.
Submitted by Jrushton (Ormond Beach, Florida)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. YOU ARE SWEET!
KISS YOU ARE HOT AND SWEET! I LOVE THIS ALBUM AND YOU ROCK!!
Submitted by STEFFI (NEW JERSEY)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. This was a great start for KISS
this album is a great first album for the band known as kiss. featuring big time hits like "strutter" "firehouse" "cold gin" "deuce" "100,000 years" and "black diamond" this album is an instant classic. for those who dont own it, id suggest buying it. every song on it is good.
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Purchase Kiss CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Kiss Hotter Than Hell CD (1974) Remastered
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Released in late 1974, HOTTER THAN HELL was the second of four albums Kiss would release in a two-year span. Adorned with a kabuki-inspired cover (which helped spark their huge appeal in Japan), the album is filled with tightly written songs packed with sex and attitude. Die-hard fans immediately associated these songs with certain members of the band. "Parasite" and "Strange Ways" are two early Ace Frehley tours de force, while Gene Simmons's offerings include the suggestive "All The Way" and "Watchin' You."
Of the criminally overlooked material on HOTTER THAN HELL, two songs stand out in particular. The rare Stanley/Frehley collaboration "Comin' Home," and "Goin' Blind," a song reputedly written while Simmons and Stanley were in their pre-Kiss band Wicked Lester and originally called "Little Lady." Despite this album's poor initial sales, the phenomenon known as Kiss would explode by the end of the following year. The album is a cornerstone in the early part of their legacy.
Liner Note Author: Robert V. Conte.
Photographer: Norman Seeff.
Kiss: Gene Simmons (bass instrument); Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss.
Personnel: Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley (vocals, guitar); Gene Simmons (vocals, electric bass); Peter Criss (vocals, drums).
| | Kiss Dressed To Kill CD (1975) Remastered
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By 1975, Kiss' songs of sex, fun and rock and and roll had gained the band a loyal following thirsting for more. With their third album, Kiss did not disappoint.
The ribald and rollicking "Room Service" kicks things off with a nudge and a wink; it's about getting more than just fresh towels from the front desk. The rest of DRESSED TO KILL continues down that road, whether it's Gene Simmons singing of "moving down the line/the ladies are all looking fine" or Paul Stanley describing a tryst with an exotic dancer who spotted his picture in a magazine. While his bandmates naughtily sang of the fairer sex, Ace Frehley was inspiring legions of fledgling guitarists.
Two songs on DRESSED TO KILL come closest to showing why Kiss meant so much to teenagers. Frehley strikes a chord with "Getaway," a fantasy about trying to escape despite being flat broke. And the great rock anthem "Rock And Roll All Nite" is pure fulfillment--this was the exact destination their fans were trying to escape to. Re-released in a live version only months later, "Rock And Roll All Nite" became Kiss' first top-40 single, providing the springboard to the enormous success awaiting them in the following two years.
Recorded at Electric Lady Studio, New York, New York.
Personnel: Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley (guitar); Peter Criss (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Joseph M. Palmaccio.
Liner Note Author: Robert V. Conte.
Recording information: Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY.
Photographer: Bob Gruen.
Kiss: Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley (vocals, guitar); Gene Simmons (vocals, bass); Peter Criss (vocals, drums).
| | Kiss Destroyer CD (1976) Remastered
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Before DESTROYER, Kiss' studio albums were only moderate sellers. But the band's concerts were selling out regularly, and 1975's ALIVE! album had gone gold, putting Kiss on the pop map. DESTROYER, on which they teamed with Alice Cooper producer Bob Ezrin, was the breakthrough that finally got Kiss' grandiose rock ideas down on record.
DESTROYER is a chancy, ambitious album. It opens with a radio announcer reporting a teen's death in a car crash, followed by a snippet of "Rock And Roll All Nite" (which had appeared on 1975's DRESSED TO KILL); then the band launches into "Detroit Rock City," an homage to the first city to make them stars. "Great Expectations" features ornate orchestration, a heavenly chorus and a guitar tone that exposes the band's glam-rock ambitions. DESTROYER also includes a ready-made rock anthems ("Shout It Out Loud"), a swipe at manipulative groupies ("Do You Love Me," which is punched up with tubular bells) and a foreboding song about "the lord of the wasteland" that became Gene Simmons' signature tune ("God Of Thunder").
And then there is "Beth," an uncharacteristic ballad, sung and co-written by drummer Peter Criss. The lush strings and delicate piano gave Kiss a Top-10 hit and a greater fan base. Soon would come a TV Movie ("Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park") and a comic book.
Recorded at The Record Plant, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Robert V. Conte.
Kiss: Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley (vocals, guitar); Gene Simmons (vocals, bass); Peter Criss (vocals, drums).
| | Kiss Rock And Roll Over CD (1976) Remastered
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ROCK AND ROLL OVER finds Kiss at its sleekest and most pop-oriented. Fresh from the thundering success of DESTROYER, the band turned out an album jammed with brisk, mostly up-tempo numbers, among which are included some of Kiss's most memorable hits. ROCK AND ROLL OVER was part of a transitional period for Kiss, between the sleazy, more conventional rock of their earlier efforts (HOTTER THAN HELL, DRESSED TO KILL) and the otherworldly, apocalyptic pomp of this album and their other, previous '76 release DESTROYER.
"Hard Luck Woman" became a veritable anthem--sung by Peter Criss, this mid-tempo, largely acoustic number displayed a disarming vulnerability. "Calling Dr. Love" became a signature tune for Gene Simmons--pounding, swooping, and totally lascivious--that's our Gene. Also of note is "I Want You," another instant classic, its start-and-stop dynamics and quintessential Ace Frehley solo (all swagger and scales) making it a defining moment for the group.
Recorded at The Record Plant, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Robert V. Conte.
Personnel: Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley (guitar); Peter Criss (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Joseph M. Palmaccio.
Liner Note Author: Robert V. Conte.
Recording information: Record Plant, New York, NY.
Kiss: Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley (vocals, guitar); Gene Simmons (vocals, bass); Peter Criss (vocals, drums).
| | Kiss Love Gun CD (1977) Remastered
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Kiss had exploded from cult attraction to worldwide phenomenon by the time of LOVE GUN's release. Coming off 1976's classic ROCK AND ROLL OVER, LOVE GUN proved to be the last Kiss album to include all four original band members (1979's DYNASTY and 1980's UNMASKED included a fill-in drummer for Peter Criss). The album is also considered to be Kiss' last classic '70s release.
Several tracks became signature favorites, such as the album-opening "I Stole Your Love," the explosive title track, and "Shock Me" which is Ace Frehley's very first vocal appearance. As is the case with the other great Kiss albums of the era, LOVE GUN contains very little filler--"Christine Sixteen," "Almost Human," and "Plaster Caster" are all oft-overlooked highlights. An excellent effort produced by Eddie Kramer, LOVE GUN continued the trend of the band's albums going platinum upon release, Kiss concerts consistently selling out, and t-shirts of the unsightly grease-painted mugs of Ace, Gene, Paul, and Peter being worn by fans everywhere.
Recorded at The Record Plant, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Robert V. Conte.
Personnel: Ace Frehley (vocals, guitar); Paul Stanley (guitar); Peter Criss (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Joseph M. Palmaccio.
Liner Note Author: Robert V. Conte.
Recording information: Record Plant, New York, NY.
Photographer: David Spindel.
Kiss: Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley (vocals, guitar); Gene Simmons (vocals, bass); Peter Criss (vocals, drums).
| | Kiss Dynasty CD (1979)
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For many of the faithful, DYNASTY marks a turning point in the Kiss story. Their first release after the members' solo albums, it was their last outing with drummer Peter Criss (he was on the cover of UNMASKED, but not the tracks within), and Ace Frehley's departure wasn't far off. DYNASTY is an album of some bombast, with slick production, the inevitable nod to disco ("I Was Made For Loving You"), a Stones cover ("2000 Man") and plenty of their trademark hard rock/pop hybrid.
Definitely a softer take on the Kiss sound, this was a harbinger of what the '80s would hold for the band--a more radio-friendly style. With the catchy echoing chorus of "Charisma" and the wistful strut of "Magic Touch," Kiss evolved past the Neanderthal stomp of yesteryear and into a new age of slick, sophisticated, and ultimately more lucrative pop mastery.
Recorded at Electric Lady Studios and Record Plant, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Robert V. Conte.
Personnel: Ace Frehley (vocals, guitar); Paul Stanley (guitar); Peter Criss (drums).
Audio Mixer: Jay Messina.
Audio Remasterer: Joseph M. Palmaccio.
Liner Note Author: Robert V. Conte.
Recording information: Electric Lady Studios; Record Plant, New York, NY.
Photographer: Francesco Scavullo.
Kiss: Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley (vocals, guitar); Gene Simmons (vocals, bass); Peter Criss (vocals, drums).
| | Claude Thornhill 1947 Transcription Performances CD (1999) Import
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These big-band sessions start to hint at bebop from the opener, "Robbins' Nest," but concentrate on American popular standards. You hear young arranger Gil Evans, Lee Konitz on alto sax/clarinet, and trumpeter Red Rodney, who would go on to define the bop stance. There's one Edvard Grieg composition, a lone Thornhill classic original ("Snowfall"), and work by the mysterious Danny Polo on clarinet. ~ Michael G. Nastos
Audio Remixer: Ted Kendall.
Recording information: New York, NY (09/25/1947-12/17/1947).
Photographer: Ian Crosbie.
Arrangers: Claude Thornhill; Bill Borden; Lyle "Rusty" Dedrick ; Gil Evans; John Hefti.
Personnel includes: Claude Thornhill; Gil Evans (arranger).
Personnel: Claude Thornhill (piano); Fran Warren (vocals); Lee Konitz, Danny Polo (clarinet, alto saxophone); Mickey Folus (clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Mario Rollo (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Bill Bushey (clarinet, baritone saxophone); Polo (clarinet); Louis Mucci, Eddie Zandy, Red Rodney, Paul Cohen (trumpet); Sandy Seigelstein, Walter Welscher (French horn); John Torick, Tak Takvorian (trombone); Billy Exner (drums).
| | Rage Against The Machine Renegades CD (2000) Bonus Tracks
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Principally recorded at Cello Studios, Hollywood, California and The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California.
"Renegades Of Funk" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance.
Australian contains the bonus tracks "Kick Out The Jams" and "How I Could Just Kill A Man."
Seemingly due to the hasty departure of vocalist Zach De La Rocha, what had originally been intended as a second disc complementing a live set finds its solo release in RENEGADES. Originally born in the lighthearted spirit of cover albums such as Metallica's GARAGE DAYS series, RENEGADES is an assembly of interpretations of protest songs that spans many musical styles.
From the funk treatment of the obscure "Pistol Grip Pump" (originally recorded by Volume 10), to the slowed-down, stomping groove of the MC5's "Kick Out the Jams," there is seemingly no song the band can't transform and make their own. Identifying closely with Rage Against The Machine's political ideals are Afrika Bambaataa's "Renegades of Funk," and the previously single-only cover of Bruce Springsteen's "The Ghost of Tom Joad." In what fans might optimistically interpret as a hint of what is to follow, two hidden live tracks round out RENEGADES' 60-plus minute assault.
Australian pressing of the final studio album from Rage Against The Machine, originally released in 2000, features two bonus tracks: 'Kick Out The Jams' and 'How I Could Just Kill A Man'. Sony.
Additional personnel includes: Sen Dog, B-Real (rap vocals).
Producers: Rick Rubin, Rage Against The Machine, Brendan O'Brien.
Engineers: Jim Scott, David Schiffman, Nick DiDia.
Rage Against The Machine: Zack De La Rocha (vocals); Tom Morello (guitar); Tim Commerford (bass); Brad Wilk (drums).
| | Omara Portuondo Lagrimas Negras Canciones Y Boleros CDs (2005)
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This collection features 28 Latin American classic songs, such as "Incredible" and "Te Queria."
2008 reissue of 2005 double CD set featuring recordings from 1997-2000 when Omara Portunondo started recording with the Buena Vista Social Club. She was nominated for a Grammy in 2004. This double CD, L grimas Negras (Black Tears), Canciones y Boleros, is the result of an interpretive creation full of feeling, intimacy, and naturalness. She returned to the Latin American popular classics -to Violeta Parra, to Virgilio Gonz lez, to Alberto Vera, to Eusebio Delf¡n- with a fabulous ensemble consisting of the great Rub‚n Gonz lez and Enriqueta Almanza's piano, Richard Eges's flute, Mart¡n Rojas's magnificent guitar, the bass of Cacha¡to, Mirabal's art in unraveling the mysteries of the brass instruments, Amadito Vald‚s's paila with AfroCuban rhythms and the tasty percussion of Hern n Cort‚s, Roberto Garc¡a, and Osvaldo Rodr¡guez.
Personnel: Teresa García, Pedro Rivero, Raquel Zozaya (vocals); Juan Martinez (guitar, piano); Martín Rojas, Juan Marinez, Miguel Martínez Rojas (guitar); Efrain Rios (tres); Richard Egües (flute); Raul Gutierrez (alto saxophone); Enriqueta Almanza, Rubén González (piano); Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez (bass instrument); Amadito Valdés (timbales); Hernan Cortes, Roberto Garcia , Roberto García, Osvaldo Rodriguez (percussion).
Audio Mixers: Adolfo Pichardo; Ramón Alom.
Recording information: EGREM, La Habana, Cuba (??/1967-10/1997); Estudios Areito, La Habana, Cuba (??/1967-10/1997); Finland (??/1967-10/1997).
Directors: Adolfo Pichardo; Tony Taño; Juan Pablo Torres.
Arrangers: Juan Martinez; Enriqueta Almanza; Ricardo Eddy Martinez.
| | Guy Bergeron Last Of The Hip White Boys CD (2002)
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About the MusicThese guitar-propelled tunes are typically tinted on the blue side, musically speaking. Elements of Blues and the occasional Hillbilly Twang are nailed together with a Rock sensibility.Influences include BB King, Lowell George, John Prine, Cake, BTO, JJ Cale, T Rex...but some of this mess I take full responsibility for. Here are some excerpts from recent reviews of my material:DEMORAMA'S TOP HONORS "KICKERS OF ASS" LIST FOR 2002, REVIEW BY LUIS FISKE: "Bergeron deftly carries both the bluesman look and the sound. With a solid voice that's a combo of David Clayton-Thomas, Springsteen (sans the pretentiousness) and his own stylings, Bergeron nimbly handles a variety of sounds, touching on jazz, blues, folk, country and intelligent pop."SPARECHANGE MAGAZINE'S LADY K, LIVIN IN THE VALLEY REVIEW: "Vocally and musically, he fits this (blues) genre like a key into a lock. If you like bands like the Fabulous Thunderbirds, be sure to give this guy a listen."MUSES MUSE REVIEWER STACEY BOARD: "Guy's bio says he is a native of Massachusetts but someone must be UPSing him some grits and gravy. This east coast man has more than his share of twang and blues in his music."Listen for some of Guy's tunes in upcoming MTV shows, "Made" and "Trailer Fabulous". Also, Guy will be booking a ton of acoustic gigs in 2010 across New England, hope to see you out there.
| | Dollar Store Money Music CD (2007)
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Comprised of two members of the Waco Brothers and featuring pedal steel behemoth Jon Rauhouse, Dollar Store could easily have coasted on their collective reputations and won over the Bloodshot crowd with minimal effort. Instead, the band dashes any such notions of a sophomore slump with this near masterpiece of highway choruses, hollered harmonies, blue-collar bile, and lightning guitar filth that place the band somewhere between X and Lynyrd Skynyrd. MONEY MUSIC (2007) is what Bloodshot was born for: musicians tackling rootsy music with the abandon and economy of the best punk rock.
Personnel: Dean Schlabowske (vocals, guitar, organ); Joe Camarillo (vocals, drums); Alan Doughty (vocals).
Recording information: Engine Studios, Chicago, IL.
| | 60'S CD (2007) (Import) Import
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2007 release of a five CD box set featuring a wonderful selection of great songs from the decade that brought us the Summer Of Love and a man walking on the moon by some of the most popular acts to rise up on the charts. It's just one of a new series of compilations with 100 tracks each that are themed with songs of different musical styles from decades past, fondly remembered by those that lived and loved them...and at a very reasonable price! The tracks on this volume feature such best selling artists as Neil Sedaka, Tony Orlando, Zager And Evans, Sly And The Family Stone, Lee Dorsey, Dionne Warwick, The Association, Jim Reeves, The Yardbirds, Lovin' Spoonful, The Box Tops, The Everly Brothers, Johnny Cash, Tony Bennett, Doris Day, Roy Orbison and many more! The discs are housed in quality slipcase packaging with embossed cover art. Demon
| | Gustavo Dudamel Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 CD (2009)
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