This is my favorite kiss studio album! Great job on the review! It’s crazy ace is my favorite member of kiss, but he didn’t write anything on here! The solos are amazing by him tho!
Good review, this was the first Kiss album I got. I got it when it came out and still have it today. After buying it, I instantly became a huge fan. I then of course became a proud card carrying member in the KISS ARMY. Soon after, I started getting all of their previous albums and many of the one's that came later. Kiss was also my first concert 1977, I was 11. Recently I was able to get another copy of Rock and Roll Over with the original sticker and insert, this time I'm wisely gonna refrain from using the sticker.
Wonderful video covering a true classic album. My dad and i listened to a lot of kiss together when I was younger, and this is a very nostalgic album for us. Great video!
Awesome review. That is amazing you had the artist in as a guest. Wowzers, now that is the kind of pro touch we are coming to expect from the Vinyl Geek. Now as for the album.. I have a lot of Kiss records but this isn't one of them. I don't know why. I love the singles from it and I'm very familiar with them. I'll defiantly be on the hunt for a nice copy of it now. I could watch this review Rock n Roll Over and Over! --- Del
I recently only discovered KISS. Ive heard all of their classic albums now plus their eighties and early nineties work. This competes with love gun as my favorite album depending on the mood im in. People are talking about jamming to this album with their Dad. Its funny because my Dad doesnt really like Kiss that much. He got me into Rush at a very young age and when i saw their beyond the lighted stage documentary with Gene talking RUSH up so much it gave me high respect for KISS. I think that is what ultimately helped me get into them. As Gene screamed, "ROCK N' ROLL!" I was hooked! KISS is way more than the make up for me. You should do lick it up next in order to show case what im saying.
according to the book KISS: Behind the Mask, the band and the engineer spent days setting up the mics in "the round" and then one night someone got high and rode their skateboard down one of the aisles and crashed the whole setup. they frantically tried to re-position all the mics and never told anyone about it. the end result is what you hear on the album
My mom is from Pearl River, but she went to Nanuet often because it's the next town over. She was there from 1972-1985. I don't know if she knows that Kiss recorded in Nanuet. For me personally, I'm still in NY (an hour from Nanuet) and I love knowing all these huge bands either played live or recorded so close to home. Even one of Metallicas first shows was in Middletown, NY. That show was included on the deluxe box set for Kill Em' All.
Thank you for a very informing video.I've been a KISS fan for a very long time and it's great to learn something new.Having the Album cover artist Michael Doret was a very special treat.I do graphic art myself ..verry cool.
This was the first record I went out and bought for myself. Third grade. Eventually I had every Kiss album, the penultimatel album I bought was 1979s Dynasty. I didn't buy another one until 1983s Lick It Up.
Stumbled across this channel. I really enjoyed it. I have subscribed. I am a die hard Kiss fan and I want to make a correction of something you said in the video.You mention that all four members sing on this album. No, nope, nah. That started happening on the Love Gun album. Only Gene, Paul, and Peter sing lead vocals on this one.
Ok my review of your review. First off, the young guy(Eric?) DOES have a good interview style. Highly enthusiastic and puts it together like those Pop Up videos. I kept on thinking I was watchig Chris Isaak. sp? But he does have a style that puts the listener in the story. What was unrealistic was he spoke as if he was around in 1976 when the album came out I doubt very seriously he is of age for that. Michael, the cover artist was a great interviewee and made his involvement interesting. While there was two Kiss records released in '76 with Peter Criss singing a "different style of song", it made great sense for them to capitalize on putting Criss out there immediately due to the success of Beth. Beth increased the female audience. And Kiss has never shyed away from a working formula. All in all, I'm glad I stumbled upon this.
OMG I love Michaels work! I use his fonts hehe. I think the cover of Rock & Roll over is my favorite cover and I was so glad to see him come back and do Sonic Boom. Fantastic album and art.
Cool to see the artist of the cover! "Flander effect"! Finally I can put a name on that sound! Thanks! I have that album but never had time to fully listen to it! I only bought it (for a buck) a decade ago because I got the single "Hard Luck Woman" when I was a kid and hadn't found an upgrade at the time.
aldiakaroofus whoops, maybe I didn't speak clearly, it's called a flanger effect but I do like flander effect haha. check it ua-cam.com/video/NAqQvs_WXs8/v-deo.html
Vinyl Rewind An Impulse: You might want to consider a segment of VR on the album artwork of Roger Dean. Dean came into his own in the early 70's, with covers for Canada's Lighthouse (*One Fine Morning*) and for the seminal funk-prog group, Osibasa. He also did covers for Uriah Heep and Gentle Giant, as well as his iconic covers he created for Yes and their long relationship. His style was copied many times over. This is just off the top of my head. Drop me a line if you think this is a good idea, and I can give to more research.
Adrian Lackey Ah yeah, his stuff is great! Not sure when I have time to really cover him proper, maybe when I review an album that he did artwork for? Like this idea
Great video! I just subscribed. Very cool to see and hear Michael Doret talking about the cover design. On the idea that Paul Stanley supposedly wrote Hard Luck Woman "for" Rod Stewart - he's been saying that for decades and the way he phrases it, I'm sure intentionally, implies that Rod Stewart was somehow involved in the song writing, or heard or, or requested a song from Paul or whatever. Not true. Paul wrote the song in the hopes that he could sell it to Rod Stewart to record - just like anyone else could hope to do. The Paul Stanley self-publicity department strikes again.
FYI , video cameras were available way , way before 1976..they WERE expensive. Called Porta-Paks , they were about $700 or 800 dollars, almost the price of a V W car..gas was 40 cents a gallon so that was a lot of " bread"(thats what we called money, dig?)
I am the proud owner of the 40th anniversary edition. Same cover, same cover jacket, but it's a translucent orange album with sticker, a pin and metallic sticker. and a shirt, which is the cover and bicolor!
The only Kiss record that was in my household growing up (my brother owned it)... On Long Island the Westbury Music Fair was a theater in the round, and I saw Chuck Berry/Jerry Lee Lewis there as well as The Kinks on one of their last tours together...
The Westbury Music Fair in the round concert was ok, but you can tell how much the brothers hated each other. When I saw them at Jones Beach theater, I had backstage passes and got to see the whole show from behind the speaker stacks where they had a VIP stage set up on a scaffold... It was really cool to see my favorite band of all time like that, but it is also where I got to see how much of a douche famous people can be. Ray Davies was pretty dicky - I was going to go up to him and say hello, but when I saw him make fun of someone who did just that prior to me doing it, I thought better of it. They are still my favorite band, though. The Chuck Berry/Jerry Lee Lewis concert was amazing - they rocked.
Awesome review. I wish I still had the sticker that came with the original album. "Rock N Roll Over" is one of my favorite KISS albums, just because the songs are all great and the production is not overblown and gimmicky like "Destroyer" was. I wish they had worked with Eddie Kramer right from the beginning and stuck with him throughout their career. And I bet they used black & white close-circuit cameras (which were a lot cheaper at the time) so Peter could talk and watch the other band members while recording.
***** Thank you. Didn't even think of CC cameras, that makes total sense. Yeah, KISS sure did some wacky stuff throughout their career. (KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park) Makes you wonder what Kramer would have done with the material off of Destroyer
Long time Kiss fan here. I started listening to them back in 3rd grade with the Destroyer album. I must say you do a fantastic job on these videos. The pacing, humor, content, and stage design are spot on. I am considering launching my own UA-cam channel that covers music in a similar news/review style. How do you handle copyright when it comes to using/sharing online photos, websites, logos, music, video etc....?
Michael Coudriet Thank you! As far as copyright as it pertains to music, I've learned to keep the samples short, 3-6secs works good. Since the show is history/review based, most of the time the photos, logos, etc fall under fair use. I'm not claiming to own them, I am simply showing them to demonstrate a point. The Daily Show is a good example of fair use in action. I hope that helps
Not bad over all but still some items were not correct 1. Hard Luck Woman was the second single 2. Ace Frehley did NOT sing or write music on this album and 3. this album came out when they were under contract to put out 2 albums each year from 1974 to 1978 then when contract talks happened in 1979 it was reduced to one album per year as well by this time the band members were not on the best terms with each other and also by putting out a disco song that same year it hurt the bands reputation as they were known by their fans as a hard rock band and as a result things started going down hill from there.
So if you're going to Del pin Kiss albums may I suggest you check out creatures of the night the original mix and II mix and also they both had two different covers. Ironically the second pressing is harder to find because the band reissued the original version. So I would like to see what you think of Kiss creatures of the night.
Fucking incredible album. The cover, the music, it screams straight up head banging. On my list of favorite KISS albums, this peeks at about #2. And going off of the special things that come with the original vinyl, my original pressing of The Ultimate Sin by Ozzy Osbourne actually had the merchandise sheet.
Peter Criss stated on That Metal Show that he didn’t care for this album and felt that the band was losing their edge and felt the album was too “poppy”
Jerry Shimp I've seen and heard this many times before, and have also addressed this years ago. I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but what you're looking at is just a flaw in the printing-probably something on the blue printing plate (perhaps some dried ink or whatever) to have caused that anomaly. Anyone who knows about printing would tell you that. I've seen similar printing mistakes many, many times. If someone had actually intended to draw tears, they could not have done a worse job than that. Those marks don't look like anything other than what I said-a flaw in the printing. They just happened to have appeared in a spot that allowed people who wanted to see something to see what they wanted. Does anyone recall the whole brouhaha with the Beatles and the whole "Paul is dead" nonsense? This is the same thing. Utter nonsense. But I'm sure my saying this will not persuade anyone to the contrary, if for whatever misguided reason they still want to believe.
You seem to have a copy of "hotter than hell" with the picture of the band on the front "in color" On most of the copies i've seen the band image is in black and white. is this a mock-up, or do you actually own a copy with this color image of the band on the front? Where did it come from?
When I first got into them , it was the mid 80s non-makeup version! I bought "Animalize" in March of 85 at the age of 15! That started everything for me! I immediately started back cataloging! "Rock n roll over" is pretty good, but not my favorite or my least favorite!
My favorite KISS album Is it me or were KISS more of a Garage Rock band on their first 6 studio albums rather than a "Heavy Metal" band. The sound is so basic and raw
Is it just me, or does it sound like Ace didn't play on Mr Speed? Sounds like Stanley played the solo on that one. Not enough what I like to call "Ace Feel".
Very strange that he did the Wicked Lester logo...and didn't know who KISS was even after "BETH" being played everywhere...and then gets job to design Rock and Roll Over. hmmmmm..
This is so well done. Fine job. Not sure where you tape these, or if you are still rolling along, but if it is anywhere near NYC and you are still making shows, I would love to come on if you choose KISS's "Destroyer", as my book "Shout It Out Loud" on the making of the record is out now by Backbeat Books. Shameless plug. www.amazon.com/Shout-It-Out-Loud-Destroyer/dp/1617136182. But mostly I wanted to say, as a fellow album geek, I truly enjoy these episodes.
+James Campion Yup, still going strong with weekly uploads. I tape in Los Angeles so if you're ever out here, let me know. Nice job on writing a book, quite an accomplishment. Thank you for stopping by
I kind of feel that I want you, Calling Dr. Love and Hard Luck Woman are the best tracks on the album. The problem with it was how the hell do you follow up Destroyer? I think this was the start of the decline of the classic lineup because it's not 'til Creatures of the Night six years later that you start to see them pull out of the musical slump they were in after R&RO. I still think the Bruce Kulick era is my favorite tho.
***** I'm not as familiar with the Kulick era KISS but I agree with you, how do you follow up Destroyer. I feel that happens to a lot of bands, take Arcade Fire for example with their last album.
Vinyl Rewind They've had so many amazing musicians and songs but for the most part the decade with Kulick feels like their most creative. They worked with a lot of great songwriters and Kulick is a very versatile player. Bluesy but also has shredder chops. Just look to Asylum, Crazy Nights, Hot in the Shade and Revenge which I feel are their best 80's/90's era albums. I liked Psycho circus but it's that album that (imo) signaled the end of KISS as a creative band and the beginning of KISS as their own (lesser) cover band. I say that as someone who loves the band but they haven't done anything truly creative since Bruce left.
Vinyl Rewind Revenge, hands down. While I love the previous albums Revenge was Kulick-era KISS at its best. They dropped a lot of the cheesiness and went for down and dirty. Unholy, Domino, Every Time I look at you and I just Wanna are just so amazing. That and I've listened to their cover of God Gave Rock and Roll to you is one of my favorite songs (a fantastic anthem even if you're not a believer IMO). I think that's why I was so sad to see them drop Bruce and Eric Singer after that album. Psycho Circuis is OK and was an awesome tour (saw them at the Providence civic center on that one-the flames melted our faces off) but it felt like a lot of the heart had gone out of their music by that point.
Love having the cover artist as a guest. Please do this more when possible.
fortheshire I will when I can
It took me 30 years to finally realize the title of the album was about having sex!
Album cover design is such a lost art! Hopefully with comeback of vinyl, we'll see more and more cool/original album artwork.
Great job Eric and crew! Most underrated channel on UA-cam by far.
jfretless thank you
This is my favorite kiss studio album! Great job on the review! It’s crazy ace is my favorite member of kiss, but he didn’t write anything on here! The solos are amazing by him tho!
Ace designed the logo.
This is seriously such a good channel.
***** Thanks
One of my all time favorites.
Great review. My favorite Kiss album.
Great channel...more Kiss pls.
thank you
Good review, this was the first Kiss album I got. I got it when it came out and still have it today. After buying it, I instantly became a huge fan. I then of course became a proud card carrying member in the KISS ARMY. Soon after, I started getting all of their previous albums and many of the one's that came later. Kiss was also my first concert 1977, I was 11. Recently I was able to get another copy of Rock and Roll Over with the original sticker and insert, this time I'm wisely gonna refrain from using the sticker.
This One of my favorite albums!
Wonderful video covering a true classic album. My dad and i listened to a lot of kiss together when I was younger, and this is a very nostalgic album for us. Great video!
Don:Ellis Music that's really cool, thanks for sharing
It wasn’t until the next album “Love Gun” that all 4 members sang lead vocals on at least one song. Ace never sang lead on Rock & Roll Over.
I love the album. Everything about it. Very solid. As a fan this album is definitely in my top ten list of Kiss albums.
Awesome review. That is amazing you had the artist in as a guest. Wowzers, now that is the kind of pro touch we are coming to expect from the Vinyl Geek. Now as for the album.. I have a lot of Kiss records but this isn't one of them. I don't know why. I love the singles from it and I'm very familiar with them. I'll defiantly be on the hunt for a nice copy of it now. I could watch this review Rock n Roll Over and Over! --- Del
doctordel Thank you very much! You should totally pick it up, especially if you're a fan.
Couldn't imagine designing something that would be seen and adored forever more in history. Im sure that's a great feeling
Eric, this was an interesting piece, great interview with the album artist. This is one of our favorites and we learn something every time. Kudos!
awesome
INDEED, THE ACE OF HEARTS CREATED THE KISS LOGO...BOY WOULD I LOVE TO HANG WITH THE ACE MAN....HE'S A RIGHTEOUS DUDE!....
Great review and throw in the interview with the creator/artist of the cover and you have an A++ album review. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Erin Dinneen thank you
Killer interview ! The pic here is me at a KISS concert in SF a few years ago. FIRST ROW
+Ronnie Foster dude, that's awesome!
its one of the great album covers
Re-watched this today. I LOVE THIS CHANEL MAN !
I recently only discovered KISS. Ive heard all of their classic albums now plus their eighties and early nineties work. This competes with love gun as my favorite album depending on the mood im in. People are talking about jamming to this album with their Dad. Its funny because my Dad doesnt really like Kiss that much. He got me into Rush at a very young age and when i saw their beyond the lighted stage documentary with Gene talking RUSH up so much it gave me high respect for KISS. I think that is what ultimately helped me get into them. As Gene screamed, "ROCK N' ROLL!" I was hooked! KISS is way more than the make up for me. You should do lick it up next in order to show case what im saying.
Best KISS album is "Carnival of souls". It is very raw and ultra rage.
according to the book KISS: Behind the Mask, the band and the engineer spent days setting up the mics in "the round" and then one night someone got high and rode their skateboard down one of the aisles and crashed the whole setup. they frantically tried to re-position all the mics and never told anyone about it. the end result is what you hear on the album
So cool that you invited michael.
Andreas Landgren I was happy he wanted to be on the show
You have great ideas keep it up.
My mom is from Pearl River, but she went to Nanuet often because it's the next town over. She was there from 1972-1985. I don't know if she knows that Kiss recorded in Nanuet. For me personally, I'm still in NY (an hour from Nanuet) and I love knowing all these huge bands either played live or recorded so close to home. Even one of Metallicas first shows was in Middletown, NY. That show was included on the deluxe box set for Kill Em' All.
My favorite Kiss Album
Thank you for a very informing video.I've been a KISS fan for a very long time and it's great to learn something new.Having the Album cover artist Michael Doret was a very special treat.I do graphic art myself ..verry cool.
This was the first record I went out and bought for myself. Third grade. Eventually I had every Kiss album, the penultimatel album I bought was 1979s Dynasty. I didn't buy another one until 1983s Lick It Up.
You missed out on Creatures of the night a solid album
Great kiss album probably somewhere in the top 5. I have a og copy with the merch form and sticker.
Your channel is fantastic, please do more KISS albums!
Wowwww
What a Great Channel !!!!
Justawsome
thank you
Stumbled across this channel. I really enjoyed it. I have subscribed. I am a die hard Kiss fan and I want to make a correction of something you said in the video.You mention that all four members sing on this album. No, nope, nah. That started happening on the Love Gun album. Only Gene, Paul, and Peter sing lead vocals on this one.
Ok my review of your review. First off, the young guy(Eric?) DOES have a good interview style. Highly enthusiastic and puts it together like those Pop Up videos. I kept on thinking I was watchig Chris Isaak. sp? But he does have a style that puts the listener in the story. What was unrealistic was he spoke as if he was around in 1976 when the album came out
I doubt very seriously he is of age for that.
Michael, the cover artist was a great interviewee and made his involvement interesting.
While there was two Kiss records released in '76 with Peter Criss singing a "different style of song", it made great sense for them to capitalize on putting Criss out there immediately due to the success of Beth. Beth increased the female audience.
And Kiss has never shyed away from a working formula.
All in all, I'm glad I stumbled upon this.
Don't quit your day job
OMG I love Michaels work! I use his fonts hehe. I think the cover of Rock & Roll over is my favorite cover and I was so glad to see him come back and do Sonic Boom. Fantastic album and art.
Cool to see the artist of the cover! "Flander effect"! Finally I can put a name on that sound! Thanks! I have that album but never had time to fully listen to it! I only bought it (for a buck) a decade ago because I got the single "Hard Luck Woman" when I was a kid and hadn't found an upgrade at the time.
aldiakaroofus whoops, maybe I didn't speak clearly, it's called a flanger effect but I do like flander effect haha. check it ua-cam.com/video/NAqQvs_WXs8/v-deo.html
You got me watching with your excellent Pink Floyd videos, now you’ve got me locked in for good. #kissarmy
I think this is the most underrated of the original line-ups albums. And yes the cover is iconic.
Eddie Kramer was the engineer for Jimi Hendrix's *Electric Ladyland*. He went on to produce Foghat's *Stone Blue*.
Adrian Lackey very cool, I didn't know that
Vinyl Rewind An Impulse: You might want to consider a segment of VR on the album artwork of Roger Dean. Dean came into his own in the early 70's, with covers for Canada's Lighthouse (*One Fine Morning*) and for the seminal funk-prog group, Osibasa. He also did covers for Uriah Heep and Gentle Giant, as well as his iconic covers he created for Yes and their long relationship. His style was copied many times over. This is just off the top of my head. Drop me a line if you think this is a good idea, and I can give to more research.
Adrian Lackey Ah yeah, his stuff is great! Not sure when I have time to really cover him proper, maybe when I review an album that he did artwork for? Like this idea
Great video! I just subscribed. Very cool to see and hear Michael Doret talking about the cover design.
On the idea that Paul Stanley supposedly wrote Hard Luck Woman "for" Rod Stewart - he's been saying that for decades and the way he phrases it, I'm sure intentionally, implies that Rod Stewart was somehow involved in the song writing, or heard or, or requested a song from Paul or whatever.
Not true. Paul wrote the song in the hopes that he could sell it to Rod Stewart to record - just like anyone else could hope to do. The Paul Stanley self-publicity department strikes again.
YOU DID IT, ERIC!!!!!!
And man, did you do it with STYLE!!!!
Great great job, thanx a lot!! :-)
hennck Ah thanks man
FYI , video cameras were available way , way before 1976..they WERE expensive. Called Porta-Paks , they were about $700 or 800 dollars, almost the price of a V W car..gas was 40 cents a gallon so that was a lot of " bread"(thats what we called money, dig?)
I am the proud owner of the 40th anniversary edition. Same cover, same cover jacket, but it's a translucent orange album with sticker, a pin and metallic sticker. and a shirt, which is the cover and bicolor!
Very cool 😎.
I just bought a japanese pressing copy of this album in mexico
Rock and Roll Over was kiss best album love the album cover petfect
Maybe my favorite studio album by KISS.
I got the original vinyl of hotter than hell alive destroyer rock and roll all over and love gun
The only Kiss record that was in my household growing up (my brother owned it)... On Long Island the Westbury Music Fair was a theater in the round, and I saw Chuck Berry/Jerry Lee Lewis there as well as The Kinks on one of their last tours together...
dixielandfarm I bet you saw Chuck Berry in better states than these days. I'm shocked he still does it. How were the Kinks?
The Westbury Music Fair in the round concert was ok, but you can tell how much the brothers hated each other. When I saw them at Jones Beach theater, I had backstage passes and got to see the whole show from behind the speaker stacks where they had a VIP stage set up on a scaffold... It was really cool to see my favorite band of all time like that, but it is also where I got to see how much of a douche famous people can be. Ray Davies was pretty dicky - I was going to go up to him and say hello, but when I saw him make fun of someone who did just that prior to me doing it, I thought better of it. They are still my favorite band, though.
The Chuck Berry/Jerry Lee Lewis concert was amazing - they rocked.
Awesome review!! Good work,man.
+Morten Mørkholt thank you
Rock and roll over great LP highly recommended, not just saying that cuz I'm a huge "Kiss fan"🎸🎸
Awesome review. I wish I still had the sticker that came with the original album. "Rock N Roll Over" is one of my favorite KISS albums, just because the songs are all great and the production is not overblown and gimmicky like "Destroyer" was. I wish they had worked with Eddie Kramer right from the beginning and stuck with him throughout their career.
And I bet they used black & white close-circuit cameras (which were a lot cheaper at the time) so Peter could talk and watch the other band members while recording.
***** Thank you. Didn't even think of CC cameras, that makes total sense. Yeah, KISS sure did some wacky stuff throughout their career. (KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park) Makes you wonder what Kramer would have done with the material off of Destroyer
Long time Kiss fan here. I started listening to them back in 3rd grade with the Destroyer album. I must say you do a fantastic job on these videos. The pacing, humor, content, and stage design are spot on. I am considering launching my own UA-cam channel that covers music in a similar news/review style. How do you handle copyright when it comes to using/sharing online photos, websites, logos, music, video etc....?
Michael Coudriet Thank you! As far as copyright as it pertains to music, I've learned to keep the samples short, 3-6secs works good. Since the show is history/review based, most of the time the photos, logos, etc fall under fair use. I'm not claiming to own them, I am simply showing them to demonstrate a point. The Daily Show is a good example of fair use in action. I hope that helps
I like this album more than Destroyer. But I like all their albums up to Unmasked.
Ranks #6. And I have the original sticker! Dynasty Next!!! 🎹
For me this album ranks in the 10th spot out of all 20 albums
Awesome Review! Good Work! and I Love This Album!
thank you
Not bad over all but still some items were not correct 1. Hard Luck Woman was the second single 2. Ace Frehley did NOT sing or write music on this album and 3. this album came out when they were under contract to put out 2 albums each year from 1974 to 1978 then when contract talks happened in 1979 it was reduced to one album per year as well by this time the band members were not on the best terms with each other and also by putting out a disco song that same year it hurt the bands reputation as they were known by their fans as a hard rock band and as a result things started going down hill from there.
+Michael B Smith Thank you for the corrections, I added them to the description.
Michael, I completely understand. But it doesn't make it less collectable.
It would be awesome if you reviewed Kiss- Alive
Sweet!
So if you're going to Del pin Kiss albums may I suggest you check out creatures of the night the original mix and II mix and also they both had two different covers. Ironically the second pressing is harder to find because the band reissued the original version. So I would like to see what you think of Kiss creatures of the night.
Your channel should be a lot bigger great channel imo.
Andreas Landgren thank you for saying so
Fucking incredible album. The cover, the music, it screams straight up head banging. On my list of favorite KISS albums, this peeks at about #2. And going off of the special things that come with the original vinyl, my original pressing of The Ultimate Sin by Ozzy Osbourne actually had the merchandise sheet.
Peter Criss stated on That Metal Show that he didn’t care for this album and felt that the band was losing their edge and felt the album was too “poppy”
Best Kiss studio album
Subscribed!
Actually it wasn’t until there next record love gun that all four members sang on it. Ace’s vocal debut was shock me on there love gun album.
Glam Rock. Just a step away from metal. You're walking down the right path!
Glam Rock is a goofy genre to put kiss in. They were "hard rock" To me, Poison is/was Glam rock
Look for the cover variation where Paul has a teardrop under his left eye. :)
Jerry Shimp That "teardrop" thing is total nonsense. It was a glitch in the printing plate that caused that on some album covers.
Michael Doret www.collectorsfrenzy.com.s3.amazonaws.com/gallery/171320320673.jpg
Jerry Shimp I've seen and heard this many times before, and have also addressed this years ago. I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but what you're looking at is just a flaw in the printing-probably something on the blue printing plate (perhaps some dried ink or whatever) to have caused that anomaly. Anyone who knows about printing would tell you that. I've seen similar printing mistakes many, many times. If someone had actually intended to draw tears, they could not have done a worse job than that. Those marks don't look like anything other than what I said-a flaw in the printing. They just happened to have appeared in a spot that allowed people who wanted to see something to see what they wanted. Does anyone recall the whole brouhaha with the Beatles and the whole "Paul is dead" nonsense? This is the same thing. Utter nonsense.
But I'm sure my saying this will not persuade anyone to the contrary, if for whatever misguided reason they still want to believe.
Michael Doret Respectfully Sir, I'm just saying it exists and its collectable.
Jerry Shimp Well, all I'm saying is that the whole thing is ridiculous. Go figure.
You seem to have a copy of "hotter than hell" with the picture of the band on the front "in color" On most of the copies i've seen the band image is in black and white. is this a mock-up, or do you actually own a copy with this color image of the band on the front? Where did it come from?
When I first got into them , it was the mid 80s non-makeup version! I bought "Animalize" in March of 85 at the age of 15! That started everything for me! I immediately started back cataloging! "Rock n roll over" is pretty good, but not my favorite or my least favorite!
Please Review Destroyer 🙏
more kiss plz
Thank you! Cover artist invitation was great!
Definitely not their best album from 70s.
Wrong..Ace Frehley doesn't do a lead vocal on this album. He (Ace) doesn't do lead until Shock Me on Love Gun LP.
Are you ever going to review paranoid by black sabbath?
Jake The Music Guy It's on the todo list!
I heard that it was offered to Rod because it was like Maggie May. He refused...
My favorite KISS album
Is it me or were KISS more of a Garage Rock band on their first 6 studio albums rather than a "Heavy Metal" band.
The sound is so basic and raw
Review ur Quasimoto the unseen vinyl
Great video!
I like Kiss and think they are great but I just don't have a lot of interest in them.
***** Thank you! I was the same way for a long time but now I've dived into their discography big time
I actually was a big fan but I kinda lost interest when I started to get high into the 60s.
I same with a lot of bands from he 70s and 80s
Very interesting stuff, but one mistake: NO SONG SUNG BY ACE on this album!
Oliver Schneiß whoops, you're totally right, thanks for the catch
Is it just me, or does it sound like Ace didn't play on Mr Speed? Sounds like Stanley played the solo on that one. Not enough what I like to call "Ace Feel".
Very strange that he did the Wicked Lester logo...and didn't know who KISS was even after "BETH" being played everywhere...and then gets job to design Rock and Roll Over. hmmmmm..
Is that a Eames chair?
knock off but yes
I actually kinda hate the backing vocals on the chorus of "Calling Dr. Love"; the live version sounds much better in this regard.
6:19 Ace Frehley doesn't sing on this album.
This is so well done. Fine job. Not sure where you tape these, or if you are still rolling along, but if it is anywhere near NYC and you are still making shows, I would love to come on if you choose KISS's "Destroyer", as my book "Shout It Out Loud" on the making of the record is out now by Backbeat Books. Shameless plug. www.amazon.com/Shout-It-Out-Loud-Destroyer/dp/1617136182. But mostly I wanted to say, as a fellow album geek, I truly enjoy these episodes.
+James Campion Yup, still going strong with weekly uploads. I tape in Los Angeles so if you're ever out here, let me know. Nice job on writing a book, quite an accomplishment. Thank you for stopping by
+Vinyl Rewind Thanx. Sure will. I'll be watching other episodes. Very entertaining.
Whenever I ask a question you say "I'll take it to the geek" or something like that. Do you have an alter ego like Slim Shady?
Flint Stone Are you refering to posts on Vinyl Rewind Instagram? Cause I don't run that, so that could be why
Vinyl Rewind yes. So there is no slim shady in this case?
Flint Stone haha, nope
I kind of feel that I want you, Calling Dr. Love and Hard Luck Woman are the best tracks on the album. The problem with it was how the hell do you follow up Destroyer? I think this was the start of the decline of the classic lineup because it's not 'til Creatures of the Night six years later that you start to see them pull out of the musical slump they were in after R&RO. I still think the Bruce Kulick era is my favorite tho.
***** I'm not as familiar with the Kulick era KISS but I agree with you, how do you follow up Destroyer. I feel that happens to a lot of bands, take Arcade Fire for example with their last album.
Vinyl Rewind They've had so many amazing musicians and songs but for the most part the decade with Kulick feels like their most creative. They worked with a lot of great songwriters and Kulick is a very versatile player. Bluesy but also has shredder chops. Just look to Asylum, Crazy Nights, Hot in the Shade and Revenge which I feel are their best 80's/90's era albums.
I liked Psycho circus but it's that album that (imo) signaled the end of KISS as a creative band and the beginning of KISS as their own (lesser) cover band. I say that as someone who loves the band but they haven't done anything truly creative since Bruce left.
***** What's your favorite, or what do you think is the best album that they did with Bruce?
Vinyl Rewind Revenge, hands down. While I love the previous albums Revenge was Kulick-era KISS at its best. They dropped a lot of the cheesiness and went for down and dirty. Unholy, Domino, Every Time I look at you and I just Wanna are just so amazing. That and I've listened to their cover of God Gave Rock and Roll to you is one of my favorite songs (a fantastic anthem even if you're not a believer IMO).
I think that's why I was so sad to see them drop Bruce and Eric Singer after that album. Psycho Circuis is OK and was an awesome tour (saw them at the Providence civic center on that one-the flames melted our faces off) but it felt like a lot of the heart had gone out of their music by that point.
***** Thank you, that helps a lot! What would you ask Bruce if given the chance? Any burning questions?
What do you think of Kiss's most controversial album Music from the elder?
+Matthew Corcoran I'm actually not familiar with it. I'll have to pick up a copy
+Vinyl Rewind OK great 👍🏻 it is nothing like the rest of their discography but it's one of my favourites of theirs
+Matthew Corcoran awesome, even more reason to check it out
their 6th album not 5th
Ace most certainly does not sing on the album.
ace dont sing lead vocals on this album
Hate to tell you but ace frehley didnt sing on this record.
stop smoking paint chips
1:23 - So, once again, religion ruins music.
The best studio album!