Kiss - Destroyer: Resurrected
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Kiss: Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley (vocals, guitar); Gene Simmons (vocals, bass); Peter Criss (vocals, drums).
Recorded at The Record Plant, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Robert V. Conte.
Digitally remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio at Sterli......more
Artist: Kiss
- Description:
- Kiss: Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley (vocals, guitar); Gene Simmons (vocals, bass); Peter Criss (vocals, drums). Recorded at The Record Plant, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Robert V. Conte. Digitally remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio at Sterling Sound, New York, New York. Audio Remixers: Justin Cortelyou; Bob Ezrin. Liner Note Author: Bob Ezrin. Recording information: Nimbus School of Recording Arts, Vancouver, B.C.; Record Plant Recording Studios, New York, NY. Photographers: Bob Gruen; Fin Costello; Richard Corkery. 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.
- See Also:
- Dressed to Kill, Love Gun, The Box Set, Double Platinum, Destroyer, Alive!, Kiss
- See Influences:
- The Yardbirds, Cream, The Stooges, T. Rex, The Beatles, Jeff Beck, Mott the Hoople, Free, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Humble Pie, Jimi Hendrix, Sweet, New York Dolls, Black Sabbath, Slade, Led Zeppelin, Rod Stewart, The Who, Grand Funk Railroad, Marc Bolan
- See Contemporaries:
- Cheap Trick, Joan Jett, Judas Priest, Faces, Iron Maiden, Motörhead, Skid Row, AC/DC, Rainbow, Nazareth, Ozzy Osbourne, Bad Company, Ratt, Boston, Van Halen, Rush, Ted Nugent, Geordie, Heart, Mötley Crüe, Vinnie Vincent, David Lee Roth, Silverhead, UFO, The Billion Dollar Babies, Faster Pussycat, Ramones, Montrose, Foreigner, ZZ Top, Spinal Tap, Zolar X, W.A.S.P., Lita Ford, Thin Lizzy, Manowar, King Diamond, Saxon, Aerosmith, Angel, Great White, Blue Öyster Cult, The Runaways, Queen
- Track Listing:
- Disc 1:
- 1 Detroit Rock City
- 2 King of the Night Time World
- 3 God of Thunder
- 4 Great Expectations
- 5 Flaming Youth
- 6 Sweet Pain
- 7 Shout It Out Loud
- 8 Beth
- 9 Do You Love Me?
- 10 Sweet Pain [Original Guitar Solo]
- 11 [Untitled]
- Type:
- Performer
- Genre:
- Rock & Pop
- Subgenre:
- Hard Rock
- Label:
- Mercury Records
- Producer:
- Bob Ezrin
- Number of Discs:
- 1
- Format:
- Compact Disc
- Studio or Live:
- Studio
- Mono or Stereo:
- Stereo
- SPARS Coding:
- n/a
- Runtime:
- 37 : 40
- Editorial Reviews:
- Q (Magazine) (p.117) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "DESTROYER is still Kiss's best studio album." Mojo (Publisher) (7/02, p.161) - "...Their magnum opus....So mindless, it's almost Zen."
- UPC:
- 602527912042
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