Kiss Love Gun CD

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 Love Gun Review
Kiss' 1977 release "Love Gun" saw the band offering up much of what was delivered on the previous year's "Rock and Roll Over." The recording featured more of their trademark double-barreled rock punch, seasoned with the usual heaping of sleazy innuendo and macho bravado. However, the effort also featured what may have been their first use of piano as a major hook, on the excellent propellant "Christine Sixteen." Elsewhere, Mr Stanley, as usual, delivered quality diamonds in the form of "I Stole Your Love," and "Love Gun." It was The Gene Simmons, however, who delivered his perhaps most underrated song, the swaggering "Love For Sale." The song seems to sum up not only Kiss' and Simmon's life on the hard rock road, but the rock star lifestyle in general. Sadly, the album begins to sag on its latter half, with lackluster and at times laughable offerings like "Plaster Caster," the lyrically challenged "Almost Human," and the simply awful "Hooligan." Stanley also falters on the closer, a cover of the oldie "Then She Kissed Me," a song that does not neatly sum up or close the album, and that should have been left in moldy-oldie radio. It seems the boys were running out of material, and had to make do with some of the above misfires. Overall, though, the platter still shines radiantly and feels like a smooth jewel.
Submitted by a reviewer (Fargo, ND. USA)
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 Pretty crappy album in my opinion
This is a very poor effort by a band that is capable of better stuff than this."love gun","I stole your love",and "christeen sixteen",are the only tune's I can stomach on this album.A lot of people I know like this crappola,but not this fan!!! Even "DYNASTY" is better than this stuff!!!
Submitted by Mark (Wichita,KS,USA)
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 Another great KISS classic!
The mighty KISS Love Gun. Many consider this album to be the last great KISS album. It is certainly one of my top favorites, that's for sure. The album has a slight retro feel to it, a classic Fifties/Sixties vibe permeates throughout it, in my opinion. Especially on songs like Christine Sixteen, Tomorrow & Tonight, Hooligan, and of course the cover song of The Crystals', Then She Kissed Me. And, every song on the album is pretty much rock solid. My favorites would have to start with the fabulous Shock Me by Ace Frehley. This song has the distinction of being the very first time that Ace has ever sung a song on any KISS album. He does a really good job doing it too, but the best part is, of course, his amazing guitar solo! Ace comes through and delivers the goods once again. Another strong song on the album is the title track, Love Gun, which is sung by Paul Stanley who does an awesome job as always, and making the song stand out even better is yet another excellent guitar solo by Spaceman Frehley. Still yet another favorite of mine is what I like to call God of Thunder Part 2, the great Almost Human, where Gene Simmons once again unleashes his inner Demon and growls, "I'm very hungry, and you're what I'm thinking of. Oh, Baby, Baby...So hungry for your loooove!" Ha! You gotta' love those crazy lyrics. Gene delivers two more great classics in the songs, Plaster Caster, and Got Love For Sale. Let's not forget the opener, I Stole Your Love by Paul Stanley. It's a cool little ditty sung with the usual zest and fervor by the Starchild we have all come to know and love. Well, that about covers it. All in all, It's a great album that really needs to be in your collection.
Submitted by Dan Walimaa (Detroit Rock City, Michigan)
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 sexy kiss part 2.
boy is there a winning streak or what? the poll shows that kiss is the most loved band in america. gene simmons and his bass guitar and blood dripping crazyness, paul stanley and his macho rock star romance and good looks, peter criss may be cuddly but he is a wild cat on the drums and finally space ace from the planet of jendel. this album sadly will be the last for kiss and the golden era but that does not stop them from gaining fame. songs like i stole your love and shock me still crush your poor brain with the riffs. there was one problem. a man named george hated kiss and his website is called only solitare so if you are looking ofr anything good to say about kiss then forget it this site is for jerks like him. now we don't want to be ivan drago do we? anyway get the final piece of the yummy kiss pie.
Submitted by davidandino83 (chicago)
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 This album kicks!
YES! Great album! But "Then She Kissed Me" should not be on this album! Maybe it was Gene's idea??
Submitted by Michael (Jacksonville florida)
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