Tagged: Peter Criss

Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park 0

Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park – 1978

In Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park, Kiss is the largest music attraction in the world and they’ve come to play in this theme park. Meanwhile, Abner Devereaux, the park’s developer, gets even stranger ideas than usual and is ultimately fired by his old friend who happens to also be the owner of the park. He plans his gruesome revenge! His plan to replace the famous rock group with his own creatures and use...

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Kiss – Dynasty – 1979

Dynasty is an album that has been in my consciousness for virtually my entire music-interested life. It was the first album I had ever heard by Kiss; it was simply at home! My sister owned it, but I can’t for my life remember why. She wasn’t into hardrock at all as I remember it. I thought it was really good then though. I thought it had a really cool album cover, even though that might...

Love Gun 0

Kiss – Love Gun – 1977

I like Love Gun, but not all the songs are divinely inspired. Several of them are quite ordinary, but the highlights, on the other hand, are quite significant! The opening “I Stole Your Love,” the title track “Love Gun,” and “Plaster Caster” all belong to the category of fantastic songs. Whether the Love Gun cover is one of the coolest in Kiss’s entire discography may not have much to do with the music. But Kiss’s...

Rock and Roll over 0

Kiss – Rock and Roll Over – 1976

If you have the previous album – Destroyer, from the same year in mind, Rock and Roll Over becomes a massive disappointment. There are no distinctly outstanding songs, and everything becomes a bit of a mess. In fact, I almost felt a bit irritated towards the end of Rock and Roll Over, hoping it would be over soon! It’s strange because it’s essentially the same type of music that Kiss delivered before, but here, it...

Destroyer 0

Kiss – Destroyer – 1976

I have previously claimed and concluded that Destroyer would be a rather mediocre album. However, as usual, it also depends on the mood and the attitude one has towards the music at the time of listening. It is undoubtedly a more well-produced album than the previous three, and it’s not hard to figure out when you read that it’s Bob Ezrin who produced it. The sound is thicker than before, and Destroyer contains some of...

Dressed to Kill 0

Kiss – Dressed to Kill – 1975

This might sound a bit strange, as I genuinely like the simple and uncomplicated songs on this Dressed to Kill. It’s really the melodies that take center stage, and it doesn’t matter that Kiss’ technical skills on the instruments aren’t flawless, or that Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley’s voices occasionally clash a bit. It just makes it sound a bit more authentic than it probably would if everything were perfectly polished down to the smallest...

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Kiss – Hotter Than Hell – 1974

  Hotter than Hell is not as solid an album as the debut! The entire production is poorer, and the songs haven’t been crafted with the same precision. Nothing really stands out from the rest of the songs except possibly the title track – Hotter Than Hell. Unfortunately, as a big fan of the movie Kiss Meets The Phantom of the Park (which the band apparently hates). I find it difficult to embrace the lyrics...

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Kiss – Kiss – 1974 – Debut Album

I have written about the debut album of Kiss in some way or form before. In fact, I’m sure that I’ve written about it multiple times before. That means I’ve also rated it before, probably higher than I’m rating it now. But as you know ratings only reflect the time when you’re rating the object. Things happen. Not to the music itself of course, but our experiences and moods change over time. But I’ll try...

Peter Criss 0

Kiss – Peter Criss – 1978

Peter Criss’s solo album differs from the other member quite a bit. It doesn’t sound like Kiss whatsoever. I really like that. It’s the opposite of Paul Stanley’s effort that was just another Kiss album. This is special, this is an opportunity well taken care of. This is a rock album with something totally different than what you’d expect. There are both piano and string arrangements there. Something completely different than just bass, guitar, and...