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Kiss - Destroyer (1976) (Japan Mini LP 2006)
Digitally remastered Japanese reissue of the band's top 20 - 1976 album in a miniaturized LP sleeve limited to theinitial pressing only. Ten tracks, including the top 10 smash 'Beth', plus the classics 'Do You Love Me', 'Shout ItOut Loud' and 'Detroit Rock C --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Who would have thought that the makeup-wearing purveyors of simple, catchy guitar riffs and inane lyrics just right for adoloscent boys would be capable of a concept album? The result is one of their finest efforts. Released in 1976, the million seller came directly on the heels of their breakthrough live album, Alive. Realizing it would be futile to try and recreate that success in the studio, they began to experiment, under the guidance of producer Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper). The album makes use of everything from a boy's choir ("Great Expectations") and non-musical sound effects (the untitled closing track), to an orchestra during "Beth" -- drummer Peter Criss's touching ballad about being away from a loved one while playing with the boys. After the opening crescendo of the anthem "Detroit Rock City," singer/guitarist Paul Stanley opens up his explosive voice and from there the album is a colorful portrait of the decadence and hardships of the rock and roll lifestyle...S. DeLuca
With their 1976 album Destroyer, the band's fifth release in two years, Kiss began to expand their fan base by shedding a bit of their edge, taking on a more melodic sound and a less menacing image. The Peter Criss ballad "Beth," written for his wife, is the most sentimental love ballad the group ever recorded, and songs like "Detroit Rock City" and "Shout It Out Loud" had the kind of arena-rock punch that kept subscriptions to the Kiss Army at an all-time high. Despite, or because of, the blatantly commercial direction the band seemed to be heading in, 1976 was the most creatively rewarding period in its lengthy career. In addition to releasing Destroyer, the band pumped out the equally touted album Rock and Roll Over, which included the pounding "Take Me" and the groovin' "Calling Dr. Love." The only finer year was 1978, when the band starred in the classic B-grade flick Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park...J. Wiederhorn
Codec: flac
Size: 217 MB
Genre : Rock
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Tracklist:
01 Detroit Rock City 5:17
02 King of the Night Time World 3:21
03 God of Thunder 4:17
04 Great Expectations 4:24
05 Flaming Youth 3:00
06 Sweet Pain 3:21
07 Shout It out Loud 2:50
08 Beth 2:49
09 Do You Love Me 3:40
10 Outro 1:25
