Author Topic: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation  (Read 136027 times)

Bryan

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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #90 on: June 16, 2009, 12:16:37 PM »
I'm a little late on this, but I just realized that buffcoat was basically doing this:

Anybody still reading these? All right! Are you having a good time, people?
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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #91 on: June 16, 2009, 01:37:04 PM »
Can't wait for the solo album dissection. Wondering how the rankings will come out. Obviously Ace at #1 and Peter in the basement, but the rankings for the middle two seem up for grabs.

Wes

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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #92 on: June 16, 2009, 01:50:31 PM »
Ace looks like someone's great Aunt sitting alone at a holiday function.

Perfect description! His body language and expression are a combination of being forlorn that he's sitting alone but content that he's sittting at all. You can almost hear the sigh he must be sighing.

What that obscures is that he may not actually be sitting on anything at all and could well be levitating in a seated pose, which only adds more to my theory that Ace was the most powerful member. His "powers" listing in the Official Handbook To The KISS Universe would have to include teleportation, optic blasts, laser fingers, interstellar flight and either a healing factor or high resistance to electrocution.

Other questions raised by the Hotter Than Hell back cover: is the lady that Paul is sexin' turning into a statue? Or maybe a statue turning human? Also, when did KISS abandon the idea of the giant gestalt KISS logo? They should have explored this concept more, where they all could have combined into a megapowerful Super Space Clown like Captain Planet or Jack Kirby's Infinity Man.

Buffcoat, you know you're not allowed to give up on these until you rediscover The Elder. It's vital to the health of the board.
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buffcoat

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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #93 on: June 16, 2009, 02:16:30 PM »
Well, well, well.  Eight naughty little albums gone.  Four goooood little albums left.

Love Gun, Dynasty, Unmasked and (Music From) The Elder.  Plus the solos, which will be my coda.



Spalding - how do you know that "I Couldn't Sleep at All Last Night," isn't my favorite KISS number ever?  Or that I might think "When You Wish Upon a Star" is a better cover than "New York Groove?"

Wes - I can't wait to hear "the boy with the light in his eyes!" again.  I already discovered that I literally had only heard "Unmasked" once.  I bought it, listened to it and then never played it again.  And I was right!
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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #94 on: June 16, 2009, 02:57:47 PM »
With the solo albums, can you include a subranking that says where they would fall in with the main albums? I'm guessing it goes like this:

Love Gun
Dynasty
The Elder
(Ace then Paul then Gene)
Unmasked
(Peter)

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buffcoat

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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #95 on: June 16, 2009, 04:29:07 PM »
Wrong!

Peter
Alive!
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Destroyer - Gene (tie!)
...
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Paul
Love Gun
...
Ace
Unmasked
...
Smashes, Thrashes and Hits
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buffcoat

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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #96 on: June 17, 2009, 10:49:42 AM »
Love Gun tonight?  On the next Best Show.
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nec13

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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #97 on: June 17, 2009, 11:36:16 AM »
Love Gun tonight?  On the next Best Show.

You mean, L0V GUN?
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buffcoat

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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #98 on: June 17, 2009, 11:56:51 AM »
Love Gun tonight?  On the next Best Show.

You mean, L0V GUN?

UPLDTHTRGR
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nec13

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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #99 on: June 17, 2009, 12:03:01 PM »
ALRT PPL! IM NOT TLKN ABT MY UZI OF 00Z. IM TLKN ABT MY L0V GUN!
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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #100 on: June 17, 2009, 01:12:43 PM »
If I had Creatures of the Night, I would do Kiss: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation Critical Reevaluation
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nec13

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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #101 on: June 17, 2009, 01:55:59 PM »
Hey buffcoat, have you seen (or heard) this album? It's the Japanese version of their greatest hits. Except they re-recorded all of their hits with the 2008 line-up.

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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #102 on: June 17, 2009, 01:59:18 PM »
That sounds like a mistake.  Not "let's all do solo albums and then try to keep band cohesion" level mistake, but a mistake nonetheless.
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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #103 on: June 17, 2009, 02:21:58 PM »
Seems like a money grab to me. Probably Gene's idea.

Speaking of which, I just re-listened to Terry Gross' interview with Gene Simmons. It's still appalling.
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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #104 on: June 17, 2009, 02:24:51 PM »
If I had Creatures of the Night, I would do Kiss: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation Critical Reevaluation

McPhee, you have to get Creatures.  I wasn't joking about it being their best studio album.
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