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REVIEW: Def Leppard – X (Japanese import!)

This review is because of Rob Vuckovich, whom I like to describe as “one of the Jedi Masters who instructed me”. Vuckovich complained that I rate everything so high. That’s because, in general, I tend to write about things I like. However just for Rob, I dug up an album that I hate. Here you go.

DEF LEPPARD – X (Japanese import, 2002)

This was the lowest point for Def Lep. Writing with Max “Backstreet Boys” Martin? Screw that, man. The only sounds on this album that wasn’t filtered through a computer was the sound of Steve Clark rolling in his grave.

I mean, damn. Listen to “Unbelievable”. See what I mean? That’s pop radio crapola written by not one, not two, but three pop uber-writers.

“Now” isn’t bad; it has some guitar on it, but what’s with the programmed opening? What’s with these drum machines? Why such a slow tempo and wimpy chorus? The best song is called “Torn to Shreds”, but even that’s a power ballad.

“Long Long Way To Go” has some nice acoustic work (and there’s a superior acoustic version on the Japanese import), but it’s otherwise one of the wimpiest songs in this band’s tarnished history. Know why? It too was written entirely by outside writers.

The Japanese import also has another bonus track, “Kiss the Day”, another slow and wimpy pseudo-rocker. While not a bonus track per se, the official website used to offer a song called “Perfect Girl”, which is a better demo of “Gravity”.

Buy On Through The Night, not X.

1/5 stars.

REVIEW: Tony Martin – Scream (2005, Japanese edition with bonus track)

TONY MARTIN – Scream (2005 Marquee Inc., Japanese edition with bonus track)

Some of you might not know the name Tony Martin. Yet you should — he spent more time fronting Black Sabbath than anyone except Ozzy Osbourne. He sang on five studio albums and one live. His powerful voice, which was constantly compared to Dio’s, was behind such singles as “Headless Cross” and “The Shining”.

Scream is only Tony’s second solo album, but it’s bloody fantastic. This fits the bill for people who miss where Black Sabbath were going before Martin departed for the first time in 1991, to make room for Dio’s return. The riffs are there, and on a couple you’d swear Iommi wrote them. This is intentional — Martin collaborated with ex-Sabbath keyboardist Geoff Nicholls (1980-1995) and included music and performances by late Sabbath drummer Cozy Powell.

There are many standout tracks on Scream. The opener, “Raising Hell”, is a speedy Sabbath-esque number similar to “Eye Witness” from Cross Purposes. Not coincidentally, this is the track with Nicholls and Powell, a demo for the album that would have followed Tyr. It’s a standout if you like that period of Sabbath. Which I do.

Fuck yeah! I LOVE that period of Sabbath!

There are blazing guitar solos, organ solos and hell, even a bloody violin solo, and it sounds downright wicked. Martin himself played it, as he did most instruments on this album. The rest were handled by his son, Joe Harford! I’m guessing it was Harford who plays the tasty slide guitar solos too. I loves me some slide guitar in my metal! You don’t hear it enough in metal.

Best song: “I’m Gonna Live Forever”, an anthem that I would say makes the album worth buying on its own.

Another standout: “Wherever You Go”, somewhat Zeppelin-esque circa III, but also reminiscient of a Sabbath track like “Odin’s Court”. Indeed, you will definitely hear Zeppelin creeping in during “Field of Lies”…

Worst songs: Sadly, I can’t say as I much liked the rap metal song, the Japanese-exlusive “Unbearable”. It’s basically about how getting no respect is making his life unbearable. It’s heavy and angry, has some good guitars, and sounds pretty genuine. I guess it can’t be easy being the 8th (I think) lead vocalist in Black Sabbath. I also dislike “The Kids Of Today (Don’t Understand the Blues)”. Basically about what the title says. It has a synth riff in the verses that is kind of at odds with the title, but maybe that’s the point.

Aside from the two songs that didn’t click with me, Scream comes off as an honest, classy traditional metal album. It strikes me as a bold attempt to carry the Sabbath flag, during a period when Black Sabbath were not recording. (Sabbath later got back together with Dio under the name Heaven & Hell, and made one final crushing studio album.) The songs stand up on their own, with powerful, memorable riffs. The vocal melodies and indeed the vocal performances are Martin at his best. This is just a straight great metal album, for those who like it the way they used to make it.

Kids of today. They just don’t understand!

4.5/5 stars

REVIEW: KISS – Destroyer (Resurrected) (2012)

Thought I was done with Kiss reviews? Hah! It never ends! They keep putting this stuff out, and I keep buying it! Ain’t it the way?

KISS – Destroyer (Resurrected) (2012, originally released 1976)

Here it is, the much ballyhooed Bob Ezrin remix of Destroyer. Ezrin went back to the original master tapes and remixed the album himself, toughening it up while not tampering with the arrangements.

It is necessary? Nah. I don’t think so. I had high hopes for this remix, that it would shed some serious new light on these classic tunes. But, it really doesn’t. “Flaming Youth” sounds more or less the same. You can hear some more acoustic guitar on “Beth”. Other songs might have some echo where there wasn’t before. Perhaps in some cases, the layers of guitars are more individually audible. The drums are definitely heavier, which is and isn’t a good thing. I’m always a fan of big, big drums, but somehow they’re drawing too much attention to themselves in this version, especially on “Do You Love Me”. On the other hand, Peter Criss fans will be in nirvana to hear him bashing his kit like never before in “Sweet Pain”.

Bob Ezrin contributes liner notes to this package. He explains choices he made back then, and choices he made today on the album. He says that many of the effects such as echo and reverb were on the master tapes and could not be changed. The goal in this remix, he says, was making the album more “immediate and modern”. I agree that it is more modern sounding. I like that Ezrin included some alternate takes and forgotten moments here and there. I just find the whole thing to be a bit of a novelty, and a bit stingy.

Besides the entire album remixed, you also get another version of “Sweet Pain”: One with the original guitar solo, and one with a very different take. Seeing as Destroyer wasn’t a long album to begin with, I’m disappointed that the empty disc space isn’t taken up by something like demos. Ahh well.

We all know Gene. More is coming. You’ll buy it. Wait and see!

3/5 stars

NOTE: The mighty Heavy Metal Overload notified me of a flaw in “Flaming Youth”: about half a beat is missing near the beginning, about 4-5 seconds in. Once you hear it, you can’t un-hear it.

REVIEW: David Lee Roth – Sonrisa Salvaje (1986)

DAVID LEE ROTH – Sonrisa Salvaje (“Wild Smile“, 1986 Spanish recording, remastered 2007 – Warner)

You have to give David Lee Roth credit, he is nothing if not ambitious. Sonrisa Salvaje, near the very beginning of his solo career, represents a lot about DLR that people forget: Contrary to the wild image and outrageous personality, he’s actually quite intelligent and cultured.

I guess that’s one reason why he decided to record three sets of vocals for his Eat ‘Em And Smile album back in ’86! (The other reason was that DLR was told there was a huge market for rock music in Mexico.) His Portuguese version has never been released, and the Spanish version was never released on CD, until this Rhino reissue/remaster came out. You should already know these songs (and if you don’t, then I need to go back and review Eat ‘Em And Smile, and you need to buy the English version first).

You should already know it’s his all-time best solo album. His ace band — Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan, and Gregg Bissonette — rivaled the mighty VH itself. Together they put together this album which contains some of Dave’s best and most memorable tunage. It was playful, fun, smokin’ and diverse. It had everything from space age rock (“Shy Boy”) to a a Sinatra cover (“That’s Life”). The bed tracks here, the instrumental backings, are all identical on this version (except for a minor edit to “Big Trouble”).

The Spanish translations, as expected, are a little awkward. That was bound to happen. “Shy Boy” becomes “Timido” and kind of stumbles off the tongue a bit. “Ladies Night In Buffalo?” becomes “Noche De Ronda En La Ciudad”. You see what I mean? The one song that I actually enjoyed more on this release was “Going Crazy!”, now known as “¡Loco Del Calor!”. That song always had a pseudo-tropical sound to it, so the new lyrics fit right in. The rest are awkward, as the words never seem natural.

Interesting tid-bit: As of this writing (September 2012), Eat ‘Em and Smile has not been remastered and reissued in its English version! So, technically, if you wanted to hear remastered versions of these songs, this is the only place to get them. And that, to me, is a weirder thought than a Dave album in Spanish!

5/5 stars (original English album)

3/5 stars (Spanish version)

REVIEW: KISS – Best Of Solo Albums (1979)

Part 50: Here we are at the end! We started with the first album, but I thought I’d end it with something a little special. I got this about a month ago. So: on the final KISS review before Monster, here we are with Best Of Solo Albums!

KISS – Best Of Solo Albums (German import, 1979)

The compilation was never released in North America, so here it’s quite a rarity. I have read that there never has been an official CD release either. Any CD would be a bootleg.

It’s a very even-handed and enjoyable listen. The album is divided into four sections, one for each member, and each member gets three tracks. Ace’s solo album was the most popular, so logically they started it with him, and his biggest hit.

“New York Groove” isn’t my favourite song in the world, but to start this album with anything but the big hit wouldn’t have been logical. A better song, “Rip It Out”, follows. I think this just might be the Ace’s best song. An upbeat rocker with a killer Ace riff, it easily stands up against any Kiss hit. This also offsets any lack of momentum that the mid-paced opening lacked.

“Speedin’ Back To My Baby”, another one of Ace’s best tunes, finishes his set. I like this cool rocker, although my pick from Ace’s album would have been “What’s On Your Mind”. Regardless, the album was wisely sequenced so it starts strong and finishes strong. Ace’s side assured a good start. What followed was Peter’s.

I don’t think there will ever be a consensus on the best songs from Peter Criss. It’s a pretty bland affair, and one song is hard to distinguish from another sometimes. “You Matter To Me” is, well, whatever it is. Bad 70’s synth, midtempo AM radio crap is basically what it is. “Tossin’ And Turnin'” and “Hooked On Rock And Roll” are both better, being rock and roll songs at least. Peter loans them his souful rasp and he turns in decent versions of both songs. I suppose I would have thrown in “I Can’t Stop The Rain” or “Easy Thing” instead. I guess Casablanca were avoiding the ballads. Makes sense in a way — they were probably trying to collect the songs they thought would most appeal to Kiss fans, out of Peter’s lukewarm songs.

Ace and Peter take up side 1. Gene starts side 2, another controversial album. “Radioactive” is his signiture disco-rocker, and Kiss were playing it on tour that year (as they also were with “New York Groove”). It is followed by one of Gene’s all-time best songs, “Mr. Make Believe”. This acoustic Beatles-y ballad has always been a favourite of mine. Gene’s remake of “See You In Your Dreams” finishes his suite. I prefer Kiss’ version. But again, it’s a rocker, unlike a lot of Gene’s album.

Much like Ace’s record, Paul Stanley was well received by Kiss fans, if critisized for being so Kiss-like. “Tonight You Belong To Me” is a dramatic opener and one of Paul’s greatest songs. Kiss were playing “Move On” on the Dynasty tour at this time, so it too appears. It’s not my favourite song. (That would be “Wouldn’t You Like To Know Me”. ) Paul’s set, and the album, closes with “Hold Me Touch Me”, which was also a single that had some success. I think it’s a great song if a little saccharine. Paul plays the guitar solo.

As a straight listen, the album works. I mentioned how I would have swapped one song for another. Well, yeah, on paper that’s what I would have done. As an album, it works as it is. Whatever the rationale was for picking the songs, it’s a consistent listen and one I enjoyed. Now that I’ve ripped the LP to CD, and I can put that record away, for special occasions.

4/5 stars.

Side 1

ACE FREHLEY – “Rip It Out”, “New York Groove”, “Speedin’ Back to my Baby”
PETER CRISS – “You Matter To Me”, “Tossin’ and Turnin'”, “Hooked on Rock and Roll”

Side 2

GENE SIMMONS – “Radioactive”, “Mr. Make Believe”, “See You In Your Dreams”,
PAUL STANLEY – “Tonight You Belong To Me”, “Move On”, “Hold Me Touch Me”

MOVIE REVIEW: Air Guitar Nation

“To err is human, to air guitar divine” – Bjorn Turoque

Air Guitar Nation (Shadow Distribution, 2007)

Directed by Alexandra Lipsitz

I saw this on the shelves of my local video store, and pondered it for about 3 minutes before deciding to take the plunge. I did have my doubts. After all, as an aspiring guitar player, what fun would it be watching people pretend to play guitar? I mean, I’m bored to tears with Rock Band and Guitar Hero.

After a mere few minutes, I was enthralled with this documentary. This is just a story about some regular guys (and girls too) who simply love guitar so much that they have created an art out of “air guitar” — flailing your arms erratically, throwing shapes, and pretending to rock. Sounds stupid I know, but I can’t think of a better word than “art” to describe what they do. It is a new artform. If you’re a rocker, don’t lie to me — I know you’ve played air guitar in your bedroom before. I spent my teens doing that very thing. These guys have taken it to a whole new level, with costumes and personas.

“C-Diddy” and “Bjorn Turoque” are our prime protangonists here, although I immediately sided with the amicable Diddy, known to his parents as David Jung. They both have very different styles. Diddy favours the intricate fretwork of Extreme’s “Play With Me” while Bjorn is more a rhythm player, employing the high energy of Motorhead. Each of them hopes to be the very first American air guitar world champion. They battle through the semi-finals before heading to Finland for the big finish.

Along the way you will meet other air guitar players, each a champion in his or her own right. My favourites included “The Red Plectrum”, so named due to his flaming hair. There was also a Christian rocker whose gimmick was that he played air guitar to Stryper in a wheelchair. Then, partway through his song, he is miraculously given the ability to walk, as he rises from his chair! Hallelujah!

This is just a sweet movie, with a killer soundtrack, and some very unique and fun personalities to boot. They take air guitar very, very seriously, and so will you after seeing this film. There are plenty of deleted scenes and extras on the DVD to keep you going once the party’s over.

5/5 stars.

REVIEW: KISS – Icon and Icon 2 (2010)

The 49th and penultimate instalment in my series of Kiss reviews, all leading up to the release of Monster!

KISS – Icon and Icon 2 (2010)

OK, this is where I lose it!

Fuck you, The Island Def Jam Music Group, for putting out these discs! These suck!

Kiss Icon: IDENTICAL to 20th Century Masters – The Millenium Collection: The Best of Kiss Vol. 1. Exactly the same, track for track. Without the liner notes, and suckier cover art.

Kiss Icon 2: This time, a 2 disc set. Logically, you’d assume it would be Vol. 2 and Vol. 3 of the Millenium Collection, right? Well, hell no. It has some of those songs, but it also has songs that weren’t on those, like “A World Without Heroes” and “Shandi”. But…BUT! The first disc of this set? It’s just Icon over again! Yes, disc 1 of Icon 2 is just Icon, over again! But it doesn’t tell you that. It also has an incorrect song listed! The cover says “Shout It Out Loud (Live)” is the last track of disc 1. But no. The last track on disc 1 actually is “I Was Made For Lovin’ You”, just like the Millenium Collection.

But wait, I ain’t done! Disc 2, track 1, is “I Was Made For Lovin’ You”…AGAIN!

GAHHH! Just…stop putting this shit out!

-101/5 stars

REVIEW: KISS – Sonic Boom (2009 Walmart 3 disc edition)

We’re not done yet! Part 48 of my series of Kiss reviews, leading up to the release of Monster! See below for my original 2009 review, unaltered.

KISS – Sonic Boom (Walmart exclusive versions — my original review from 2009)

This album was hyped as the the return of classic KISS. Is this the best album since the 1970’s? Personally, not for me. I think both Revenge and Creatures are stronger — heavier, more aggressive, more challenging. However, Sonic Boom is really strong. Paul Stanley’s concept of having all 4 band members write and record without outside help is exactly what KISS fans had been asking for since the semi-disasterous Psycho Circus. It may not be the original members, but this is real KISS and this is real rock.

The production isn’t rough like I was expecting — I was hoping for something more akin to Jack White, since Paul chose to record analog. There are glossy harmonies and background vocals (check out “Stand” and “All For The Glory”) that are very unlike 70’s KISS and more like what happened later on with Revenge.

What grounds this album in the 70’s is Tommy Thayer, who is the star of the show here. Not only does he get a lead vocal (all four members do) but he demonstrates why (whether you like it or not) he was chosen to replace Ace Frehley. Basically, he cops Ace’s style, including several signiture Ace licks. How you feel about this is up to you. KISS have obviously wanted him to sound as much like Ace as he can, and that’s exactly what he does here on Sonic Boom. The result is a series of guitar solos that sound familiar, but are still catchy as hell.

The songwriting here is solidly above average. Paul and Gene write together — something that happens very rarely these days. Along with Thayer they have crafted a series of rock songs (no ballads!) that pay homage to KISS’ past catalogue. Moments of Rock N’ Roll Over are shaded with things that sound like Creatures, Revenge, Psycho Circus and even melodies that could have come from Crazy Nights. So while the press have misled us into thinking this was some 70’s retro-fest, it’s not that at all. Have you heard Angel of Retribution by Judas Priest? This is the same deal. Sonic Boom pays tribute to past KISS sounds, it re-grounds the band. In retrospect that is probably exactly what KISS needed to do. Maybe if they make another album (we can hope!), they will take another step forward like Priest did and come up with something more unique.

Interestingly, at least one song here does actually date back to the 70’s. “Hot and Cold” was written by Gene for Rock and Roll Over in 1976, except back then it was called “Rotten to the Core”. He re-demoed it several times for consideration on various Kiss albums until finally the chorus was re-written as “Hod and Cold”, and included here. So if you think it has some of that “Love ‘Em and Leave ‘Em” vibe, that’s why. Both songs were written at the same time!

I was disappointed about some blantant ripoffs here, riff-wise. “Never Enough” is “Nothing But A Good Time” by Poison rewritten. This is nothing new, unfortunately. Somtimes it worked, sometimed it didn’t. Going back further, if you’re a KISS fan you already know that “Deuce” was ripped off from the Stones, and “I Just Wanna” is “Summertime Blues”. Alice Cooper sued them for using the riff to “I’m Eighteen” on a Paul song called “Dreamin'” This has been happening since day one. Come on, guys.

I won’t comment too much about the bonus CD, Kiss Klasssics, since I have already reviewed the Japanese import version that came out in 2008. What this is, is greatest hits re-recorded. It’s fine — songs were re-recorded so KISS could use them on movie soundtracks and whatnot without having to pay off Universal. No big deal. The sound is OK. “Hotter Than Hell” sounds better than the original, but the rest sound too even and sterile. It’s hard to re-record a group of songs that span two decades, because the originals all have different sounds and vibes. However, again Thayer shines here, because he can nail the Ace solos as well as Kulick’s fantastic “Forever” solo — something even Ace wouldn’t be able to do.

Highlights:
“Modern Day Delilah” — simply catchy as hell, and featuring a really great Paul vocal.
“Yes I Know (Nobody’s Perfect)” — the best Gene song on the album, and one of the most 70’s-sounding. Simply infectious!
“All For The Glory” — Eric Singer shreds on his first official vocal (aside from Black Diamond on the re-recorded disc) and his voice is a nice raspy replacement for Peter Criss’.
“Say Yeah!” — my current fave. It just has this epic vibe to it, a great melody, and a chorus ripped off from “She Loves You” by the Beatles. (If you’re gonna keep stealing, steal a diamond, not a lump of coal.)

Still, pretty much every song is good. I like some better than others but there’s nothing dreadful on here. No “I Pledge Allegiance To The State of Rock and Roll” (which I hated), nothing that bad, no filler in particular.

The bonus DVD is pretty cool. 6 songs, played heavy and mean. KISS have proven that they still deliver the goods live. The live versions always seem superior to the studio versions. “100,000 Years” in particular just rocks. And hey, it’s free!

On a side note, I also picked up one of the “instant live” albums from the Montreal October 1 show. And yes, “Modern Day Delilah” kicks butt live. Pick one of these discs up as a companion piece to Sonic Boom. (Mini review: Paul’s voice is getting hoarse, really bad. He’s gotta take it easy on the vocal cords! The raps between songs are great and I love when Paul speaks French (better than I do) and gets them to “booooooooooo!” the mere mention of Vancouver!

Good effort, KISS. Hit one out of the park next time!

4/5 stars

Here’s some new pics too, just for the fun of it.

REVIEW: KISS – The Best Of Kiss (Green Series), Playlist Your Way, Legends of Rock, Superstar Series (2008-2009)

Part 47 of my series of Kiss reviews, leading up to the release of Monster!

KISS – The Best Of Kiss (Green Series) (2008), Playlist Your Way (2008), Legends of Rock (2009), Superstar Series (2009) (All on Universal)

These are all garbage. All of these discs are part of a “series” spanning multiple artists. None are particularly notable. The ones that do have liner notes (Legends of Rock and Green Series) are just generic, with info readily available on wikipedia.

Playlist Your Way is amusing at least for pairing “Beth” followed by “Uh! All Night”. It’s also funny to see “Uh! All Night” on a compilation like this at all. I’m not sure why that song was chosen to represent the 80’s, along with the much more notable “Lick It Up” and “I Love It Loud”. Of the four, this is the only one that has “Love Gun”, interestingly.

Playlist Your Way also has a big ol’ hole in the front cover, holding some kind of download card. I think it’s for ringtones. But it’s only good in the US, so it doesn’t matter to me.

The Best Of Kiss (from the “Green Series”) has “Shock Me” on it, which is an interesting choice. Yet, it doesn’t have “Love Gun”. Odd.

Superstar Series is definitely to be avoided, since it only has 7 tracks, and all 7 are repeated on Legends of Rock. Bizarre. Yet you see them at comparable prices.

Legends of Rock has a pic of a Fender strat on the back cover, a guitar that nobody in Kiss played onstage. Again, it’s just lack of care, interest, and knowledge. It has 15 tracks, at least, unlike Superstar‘s meager seven.

Tracklists are below. Avoid at all costs.

1/5 stars

REVIEW: KISS – Ikons (2008)

Part 46 of my series of Kiss reviews, leading up to the release of Monster!

KISS – Ikons (2008, Universal)

Ikons, (a four disc set not be confused with the later Icon and Icon 2!), was released October 2008, just in time for Christmas, by Universal. The concept: Each disc showcases a member of the band, and key tracks that they sang. It’s a neat concept in that the music’s never been presented this way before. As such, as a fan, this is a set that I listen to a lot.

Because Ace and Peter didn’t have nearly as many lead vocals as Paul and Gene, there are songs included here that can’t be found on any other compilation. It’s actually quite fun to listen to the whole thing and hear the differing styles from the four guys.

The only flaw with the disc, of course, is that the people who sang the song didn’t always write the song. “God Of Thunder”, on Gene’s disc for example, was written by Paul Stanley. Gene did make it his own, but who does that song really represent, the singer or the writer? Regardless, there’s cool stuff here. Check out Peter’s disc, which includes songs such as “Mainline” and “Black Diamond”, both incidentally written by Paul!

To the casual fans, they won’t care who wrote what. They just want to hear the familiar voices sing their best known songs. Are these the best known songs? Well, when it comes down to Ace and Peter who didn’t have as many lead vocals, I think they’re some of the best tunes if not best known. Even the songs selected from their solo albums are my favourites. When you look at Gene and Paul’s discs, it’s less certain, since they had so many greats. Maybe Paul’s disc should have included “Got To Choose” for example. Maybe Gene’s disc should have included more stuff from his solo album such as the Beatles-y “See You Tonite”.

Also worth noting, nothing here from non-makeup albums, although Ace and Peter both get a track from the ill-fated Psycho Circus.

4/5 stars. I have to credit the originality of the concept. Very enjoyable listen.

Disc 1 (Red): The Demon

“God of Thunder” from Destroyer
“Almost Human” from Love Gun
“Calling Dr. Love” from Rock and Roll Over
“Ladies Room” from Rock and Roll Over
“Christine Sixteen” from Love Gun
“Deuce” from Kiss
“Rock and Roll All Nite” from Dressed to Kill
“Cold Gin” from Kiss
“Parasite” from Hotter Than Hell
“Larger Than Life” from Alive II
“Love ’em and Leave ’em” from Rock and Roll Over
“Plaster Caster” from Love Gun
“Radioactive” from Gene Simmons
“Charisma” from Dynasty

Disc 3 (Blue): The Space Ace

“New York Groove” from Ace Frehley
“Shock Me” from Love Gun
“2,000 Man” from Dynasty
“Rocket Ride” from Alive II
“Snow Blind” from Ace Frehley
“Speedin’ Back to My Baby” from Ace Frehley
“Talk to Me” from Unmasked
“What’s on Your Mind” from Ace Frehley
“Rip It Out” from Ace Frehley
“Save Your Love” from Dynasty
“Hard Times” from Dynasty
“Two Sides of the Coin” from Unmasked
“Dark Light” from Music from “The Elder”
“Into the Void” from Psycho Circus

Disc 4 (Green): The Cat Man

“Hard Luck Woman” from Rock and Roll Over
“Baby Driver” from Rock and Roll Over
“Hooligan” from Love Gun
“Beth” from Destroyer
“I Can’t Stop the Rain” from Peter Criss
“Black Diamond” from Kiss
“Mainline” from Hotter Than Hell
“Don’t You Let Me Down” from Peter Criss
“Dirty Livin'” from Dynasty
“Getaway” from Dressed To Kill
“Strange Ways” from Hotter Than Hell
“That’s The Kind of Sugar Papa Likes” from Peter Criss
“Easy Thing” from Peter Criss
“I Finally Found My Way” from Psycho Circus

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