The KISS RE-REVIEW SERIES Part 36: – Smashes, Thrashes & Hits (1988 Mercury) Though hard to believe, in 1988 Kiss needed the money. According to CK Lendt in his book KISS and Sell, they were in trouble financially. Some bad investments and too many expenses, plus the underperformance of Crazy Nights, had the band in a bind. The […]
Part 26 of my series of Kiss reviews, leading up to the release of Monster! KISS – Smashes, Thrashes & Hits (1988) October, 1988. Articles had been spinning through the rock magazines for months that this was the end: Kiss was on the verge of breaking up. Gene Simmons was still focused on his label and management […]
“Alright people, let me tell you something. There’s a lot of people…well I should say there’s a lot of maniacs out there…who wanna see all the Kiss albums ranked! Are you one of those people? I said are you one of those people? Well if you’re one of those Kiss maniacs like I know you […]
The KISS RE-REVIEW SERIES Part 47: The Conclusion Two years ago, I bought this CD to use as the final review for the KISS Re-Review Series. I hadn’t played it. I hadn’t even opened it. I wanted to save it for our conclusion…so here it is. A lot happened since we started, most notably the […]
The KISS RE-REVIEW SERIES Part 38: – Hot in the Shade (1989 Polygram) Step one: Get Gene Simmons’ demon head back into the game. Step two: Record a rock album, not a Bon-keyboard-Jovi-Kiss hybrid. Throw in the kitchen sink while you’re at it. It’s Kiss, so what’s wrong with excess? Why not a new album with 15 […]
The KISS RE-REVIEW SERIES Part 29: – Crazy Nights (1987 Polygram, 1997 Mercury remaster) Here’s a little song for everybody out there. It’s a song that is a recurring theme for Kiss in the 1980s. It’s a down and out song: Asylum failed to live up to commercial hopes and the band only toured in North America. Paul Stanley was […]
GETTING MORE TALE #551: “You’re Wrong on Unmasked“ (Introduction to the Re-Review series) When mikeladano.com launched five years ago on March 9 of 2012, one of the earliest projects on hand was posting a complete series of Kiss reviews. This included every compilation I’d ever listened to, every studio album, every official live album, every B-side. […]
NEW RELEASE KISS – 40 (2014 Universal Japan) Alright people. I got a question for everybody here (and I didn’t forget about you people upstairs neither, woah yeah!). How many of you people believe in rock and roll? If you believe in rock and roll, like you say you believe in rock-and-ro-oh-oll, then you know […]
Part 27 of my series of Kiss reviews, leading up to the release of Monster! KISS – Hot In the Shade (1989) When we last met, I was bitching about Kiss going pop and losing sight of its roots. Hot In the Shade represents the first tentative steps back in the right direction. It wasn’t a home run, […]
Releases are in alphabetical order KISS – 20th Century Masters – The DVD Collection (2004) KISS – 40 (2014 Japanese with bonus track) KISS – 40 (“Best of Kiss 40” 2015 Universal Japan) KISS – Alive! 1975–2000 (2006, 4 discs, Best Buy bonus CD, iTunes bonus track) KISS – Alive! (1975) KISS – Alive II […]
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