Lossless Kiss - 40 Years - Decades Of Decibels (2CD) (2014) APE (image+.cue) music
Artist: Kiss | Album: 40 Years - Decades Of Decibels (2CD) | Released: 2014 | Label: Mercury | Catalog #: 06025871857-1 | Genre: Hard Rock, Glam
For 40 years they have been known as The Greatest Show On Earth’. 40 years!!!! That is what you call staying power and the thing about KISS is, that like bands such as The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, etc, it doesn’t matter if you weren’t born when the band started. This band are legendary. KISS are timeless. That is something you can only say about a chosen few.
KISS revolutionised how you market a band, especially on the merchandise front. You know when you go to a gig and you can buy all sorts of ridiculous bits of merch? Yep, that is all the fault of KISS. Toys, comics, pack lunch boxes, hell even coffins and condoms. It is without exaggeration that I can say, if you can buy it then KISS have their own version of it. They became more than just another rock band from NYC, they became a global brand. To be quite honest, nobody does it better. The image of the band is just as iconic as the music. The Demon, Star Child, Space Ace and the … *cough*…. Catman. Their make up is probably as recognisable as the McDonalds logo.
To celebrate their 40 years, the band are releasing this pretty awesome double disc album KISS 40 and my God it is wonderful. 40 tracks that visit every album but that is not all. You are treated to original demos of legendary tracks like �God Of Thunder’ which gives you a little more insight into the band. like pulling back the curtain on the Wizard of Oz. Also there are live tracks galore. You get a chance to hear �Rock N’ Roll All Nite’ live from their hometown in 1975. Even back then the crowd sounds humungous and shows how well the bands tracks have aged. Or a real standout on this collection is a live version from 2003 of �Detroit Rock City’ played alongside the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. If this doesn’t put a smile on your face and make your arm hair stand on end then you are dead inside!
This is any KISS fans wet dream. Don’t know if it comes across here, but I am a proud member of the KISS Army and if you are not then you should be. You don’t just get classic tracks, live recordings, demos, etc on this, you also get a clutch of solo tracks from Ace Frehley and Gene Simmons aka The Demon which show that even solo the members of this band had talent but when they are together they are unstoppable!
There is nothing more I can really say about this that the band can’t say themselves. As Paul Stanley says at the start of the live version of �Deuce’ …. “what do you say we play some good rock n’ roll music and blow a lot of crap up”. Never a truer word said. Never forget at their heart, behind the make-up, fireworks, blood, costumes and merchandise galore, that is essentially what KISS are. They are a good rock n’ roll band. You can have every gimmick you want but people aren’t stupid and if you aren’t good people will soon get past the smoke and mirrors. KISS luckily are very good, very good indeed a fact that is proven 40 times on this album and has been proven every year for the past 40 years. Happy Birthday KISS. Long may you reign!!!!.
KISS revolutionised how you market a band, especially on the merchandise front. You know when you go to a gig and you can buy all sorts of ridiculous bits of merch? Yep, that is all the fault of KISS. Toys, comics, pack lunch boxes, hell even coffins and condoms. It is without exaggeration that I can say, if you can buy it then KISS have their own version of it. They became more than just another rock band from NYC, they became a global brand. To be quite honest, nobody does it better. The image of the band is just as iconic as the music. The Demon, Star Child, Space Ace and the … *cough*…. Catman. Their make up is probably as recognisable as the McDonalds logo.
To celebrate their 40 years, the band are releasing this pretty awesome double disc album KISS 40 and my God it is wonderful. 40 tracks that visit every album but that is not all. You are treated to original demos of legendary tracks like �God Of Thunder’ which gives you a little more insight into the band. like pulling back the curtain on the Wizard of Oz. Also there are live tracks galore. You get a chance to hear �Rock N’ Roll All Nite’ live from their hometown in 1975. Even back then the crowd sounds humungous and shows how well the bands tracks have aged. Or a real standout on this collection is a live version from 2003 of �Detroit Rock City’ played alongside the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. If this doesn’t put a smile on your face and make your arm hair stand on end then you are dead inside!
This is any KISS fans wet dream. Don’t know if it comes across here, but I am a proud member of the KISS Army and if you are not then you should be. You don’t just get classic tracks, live recordings, demos, etc on this, you also get a clutch of solo tracks from Ace Frehley and Gene Simmons aka The Demon which show that even solo the members of this band had talent but when they are together they are unstoppable!
There is nothing more I can really say about this that the band can’t say themselves. As Paul Stanley says at the start of the live version of �Deuce’ …. “what do you say we play some good rock n’ roll music and blow a lot of crap up”. Never a truer word said. Never forget at their heart, behind the make-up, fireworks, blood, costumes and merchandise galore, that is essentially what KISS are. They are a good rock n’ roll band. You can have every gimmick you want but people aren’t stupid and if you aren’t good people will soon get past the smoke and mirrors. KISS luckily are very good, very good indeed a fact that is proven 40 times on this album and has been proven every year for the past 40 years. Happy Birthday KISS. Long may you reign!!!!.
Tracklisting:
Disc1
01. Nothin' To Lose (G. Simmons) 1974
02. Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll (G. Simmons - P. Stanley) 1974
03. C'mon And Love Me (P. Stanley) 1975
04. Rock And Roll All Nite (Live From Detroit, MI/1975) (G. Simmons - P. Stanley) 1976
05. God Of Thunder (Demo Version) (P. Stanley) 1976
06. Beth (P. Criss - S. Penridge - B. Ezrin) 1976
07. Hard Luck Woman (P. Stanley) 1976
08. Reputation (Demo) (G. Simmons) 1977
09. Christine Sixteen (P. Stanley) 1977
10. Shout It Out Loud (Live At The L.A. Forum) (G. Simmons - P. Stanley) 1977
11. Strutter '78 (P. Stanley - G. Simmons) 1978
12. You Matter To Me - Peter Criss (J. Vastano - M. Morgan - V. Poncia) 1978
13. Radioactive - Gene Simmons (G. Simmons) 1978
14. New York Groove - Ace Frehley (R. Ballard) 1978
15. Hold Me, Touch Me (Think Of Me When We're Apart) - Paul Stanley (P. Stanley) 1978
16. I Was Made For Lovin' You (Single Edit) (P. Stanley - V. Poncia - D. Child) 1979
17. Shandi (P. Stanley - V. Poncia) 1980
18. A World Without Heroes (G. Simmons - P. Stanley - B. Ezrin - L. Reed) 1981
19. I Love It Loud (P. Stanley - V. Gusano) 1982
20. Down On Your Knees (P. Stanley - M. Japp - B. Adams) 1982
21. Lick It Up (P. Stanley - V. Vincent) 1983
22. Heaven's On Fire (P. Stanley - D. Child) 1984
Disc2
01. Tears Are Falling (P. Stanley) 1985
02. Reason To Live (P. Stanley - D. Child) 1987
03. Let's Put The X In Sex (P. Stanley - D. Child) 1988
04. Forever (P. Stamley - M. Bolton) 1990
05. God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II (R. Ballard - P. Stanley - G. Simmons) 1991
06. Unholy (Live/1992) (G. Simmons - V. Vincent) 1993
07. Do You Love Me? (Live From MTV Unplugged) (K. Fowley - B. Ezrin) 1996
08. Room Service (Live In Davenport, Iowa/1975) (P. Stanley) 1996
09. Jungle (Radio Edit) (P. Stanley - B. Kulick - C. Cuomo) 1997
10. Psycho Circus (Without Intro) (P. Stanley - C. Cuomo) 1998
11. Nothing Can Keep Me From You (D. Warren) 1999
12. Detroit Rock City (Live) The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (P. Stanley) 2003
13. Deuce (Live From Burgettstown, PA) (G. Simmons) 2004
14. Firehouse (Live At B.C. Place Stadium, Vancouver) (P. Stanley) 2006
15. Modern Day Delilah (P. Stanley) 2009
16. Cold Gin (Live From Detroit, MI/2009) (A. Frehley) 2009
17. Crazy Crazy Nights (Live) (P. Stanley - A. Mitchell) 2010
18. Hell Or Hallelujah (P. Stanley) 2012
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