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Kiss 92 record, is by many considered the best Kiss no make up record and i tend to agree. Here we have probably Kiss at his best with good qualtity songs by both Paul and Gene, an awesome guitar work from Kulick and a real solid drumming from Singer. Many standouts tracks such as the opener Unholy, the catchy Take It Off and I Just wanna, one of my fave Gene tunes ever, Domino, and many others. This album marked the first top 10 charted album by Kiss since the Love Gun era, and despite it was the beginning of the grunge explosion it managed to reach anyway gold status wtih over 600k and received real good airplay for actually5 tracks. It never happened before that 5 tracks made into an airplay chart from the same album by Kiss!
Definitely a real solid album!
https://imgur.com/a/udmphpH

For the second time, KISS brings in Vinnie Vincent to write songs to help the band correct course.

Long live the Wiz!!!

kingbrian74 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 4:06 am For the second time, KISS brings in Vinnie Vincent to write songs to help the band correct course.

Long live the Wiz!!!

yeah, in fact Creatures of the night and Lick it up are others really good records.

Top 5 KISS album for me. However, IMO, "Domiono" is shit, and the weakest "Gene song" on the CD.

"Take it Off" (with a sleazy video) would have been my choice for the 2nd single.

Wild Obsession wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 4:50 am Top 5 KISS album for me. However, IMO, "Domiono" is shit, and the weakest "Gene song" on the CD.

"Take it Off" (with a sleazy video) would have been my choice for the 2nd single.

for me the best one and the most successful from that record.

This is the 39th thread on this topic. Maybe we should standardize now. Due to the statute of limitations, all KISS albums now suck and deserve no appreciation. Signed, The Management.

Their most overrated album but it's KISS so it is still at least good. The album is all over the place and doesn't know what it wants to be. Production is terrific of course thanks to Ezrin. There are still some very good songs on the album (Unholy, Heart of Chrome). And a couple of their weakest songs to date (I just Wanna and Spit). Their 80s albums are better with the exception of HITS.

As Mister Freeze once said: Uh! All Night > Fugh All Night

pieceofme wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 5:33 am Their most overrated album but it's KISS so it is still at least good. The album is all over the place and doesn't know what it wants to be. Production is terrific of course thanks to Ezrin. There are still some very good songs on the album (Unholy, Heart of Chrome). And a couple of their weakest songs to date (I just Wanna and Spit). Their 80s albums are better with the exception of HITS.

As Mister Freeze once said: Uh! All Night > Fugh All Night

I love I Just Wanna, but other than that, this is pretty spot on.

Shameful admission....When it was released, I thought it was the greatest album ever made..

Average.

When this album was played in the car my step dad laughed out loud at the beginning of Domino with these lyrics:

Let me tell ya my story
I got a man-sized predicament
And it's a big one

My favorite of the Kiss without makeup albums. It didn't hurt to bring back: Bob Ezrin to produce and Vinnie Vincent to help with songwriting.

CrankerBait wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 8:52 am My favorite of the Kiss without makeup albums. It didn't hurt to bring back: Bob Ezrin to produce and Vinnie Vincent to help with songwriting.

My 2nd favorite after Lick It Up. And the first one since LIU where it sounded like they were trying seriously to make a good solid album - maybe that was Ezrin's influence but even the weaker songs sound less throwaway than the filler on say HITS or Asylum.

Loved the album when it came out and it's one of the few Kiss albums I still listen to. Oh and musically it's the best Kiss line-up ever. But it simply wasn't a success or at least not as big as it should have been. Gold is what crap like HITS or Psycho Circus sells if it has the KISS logo on it.

I wish they had gone for darker subject matters. "I hop into my car hit the local titty bar" kind of lyrics make you feel embarrassed.

Musically mostly excellent album. I Just Wanna is terrible and still like Paralyzed and Thou Shall Not are a bit boring but otherwise good,

JinglesTheChristmasMouse wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 7:26 am Average.

And that's being kind... man, the rest of you clowns really bought into the "KomebacK" BS hook, line, and sinker...

Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 1:52 pm

JinglesTheChristmasMouse wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 7:26 am Average.

And that's being kind... man, the rest of you clowns really bought into the "KomebacK" BS hook, line, and sinker...

After enduring a string of HitS, Asylums and Analimazes it WAS a KomebacK. You had to be there.

Lyrics about titty bars? It IS a Kiss album, what do you expect, satanic death metal lyrics? Carnival of Souls and Psycho Circus don't have any songs about getting laid. They also suck.

Love_Industry wrote: ↑Sat Jul 19, 2025 2:16 am

Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 1:52 pm

JinglesTheChristmasMouse wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 7:26 am Average.

And that's being kind... man, the rest of you clowns really bought into the "KomebacK" BS hook, line, and sinker...

After enduring a string of HitS, Asylums and Analimazes it WAS a KomebacK. You had to be there.

I was. Wasn't that good. They played the Troc in Philly. Says it all right there.

pieceofme wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 5:33 am Their most overrated album but it's KISS so it is still at least good. The album is all over the place and doesn't know what it wants to be. Production is terrific of course thanks to Ezrin. There are still some very good songs on the album (Unholy, Heart of Chrome). And a couple of their weakest songs to date (I just Wanna and Spit). Their 80s albums are better with the exception of HITS.

As Mister Freeze once said: Uh! All Night > Fugh All Night

Spit is awesome - always loved when Gene/Paul traded vocals.

pieceofme wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 5:33 am Their most overrated album but it's KISS so it is still at least good. The album is all over the place and doesn't know what it wants to be. Production is terrific of course thanks to Ezrin. There are still some very good songs on the album (Unholy, Heart of Chrome). And a couple of their weakest songs to date (I just Wanna and Spit). Their 80s albums are better with the exception of HITS.

As Mister Freeze once said: Uh! All Night > Fugh All Night

Spot on, although I do like I Just Wanna

I also think the overrating is more from the string of subpar albums from Animalize to HITS, not so much that Revenge isn't a great record.

Can someone please bring this topic up again in October?

Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Sat Jul 19, 2025 3:29 am I was. Wasn't that good. They played the Troc in Philly. Says it all right there.

Just like COTN was their best in years but didn't translate into concert sales, REVENGE suffered similarly. It's their best album since LIU, but they had churned out so much shit over the previous 5 years (HITS, CN, ST&H new songs) that the general rock audience had tuned them out at that point. The entire music scene changing with grunge, made it an even bigger uphill climb.

Anyone that doesn't think REVENGE is massively better than HITS and CN needs their ears examined. This was the album they needed to make a few years earlier, but instead released an album largely comprised of demos and leftovers.

NeonKnite wrote: ↑Sat Jul 19, 2025 6:33 pm

Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Sat Jul 19, 2025 3:29 am I was. Wasn't that good. They played the Troc in Philly. Says it all right there.

Just like COTN was their best in years but didn't translate into concert sales, REVENGE suffered similarly. It's their best album since LIU, but they had churned out so much shit over the previous 5 years (HITS, CN, ST&H new songs) that the general rock audience had tuned them out at that point.

Make it 8, Asylum and Animalize were just as bad.

War_in_D wrote: ↑Sat Jul 19, 2025 3:09 pm Can someone please bring this topic up again in October?

i will