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This album is a touch more consistent than the last couple. It opens with I Stole Your Love - which is probably the 2nd best opening song Kiss ever did. It has as much attitude as B.A. Baracus, but with dueling guitar solos so you know it means business! Christine Sixteen is a fun little sleazy Gene ditty about picking up high school girls or something. I'm not entirely sure; I didn't even pick up high school girls when I was in high school. Hell, I can't even pick up girls in general. Got Love For Sale is the most unappreciated gem in the Kiss catalogue. It has so much groove and coolness, yet people seem to forget it exists. Listen to it once and you'll be hooked like me. Or I'll hook your face with a pointy guitar!
Shock Me is Ace's first song on lead vocals and it is awesome. Because Ace is awesome and this song is awesome. Except for that time I saw Tommy Thayer singing it and had to boo. Tomorrow and Tonight has that obvious feel of 'we're trying to make an anthem here' but it doesn't quite work. Love Gun is one of the greatest Kiss songs ever. Wanna fight about it??
Hooligan is Peter's contribution and I really dig it. People like to hate on Peter Criss, but those people can fuck off; most of the time, his tracks were good and his vocals added something really different. Unlike Almost Human, which is basically God of Thunder part 2. I'm not overly fond of the first one, so an inferior reworking hardly lights my world on fire. Then we end with Plaster Caster - a super groovy classic track that was actually the 2nd Kiss song I ever learned and performed - and a cover of And Then She Kissed Me. Odd song to close things out, but the album still rules so take your complaints to Gene Simmons' accountant and Paul Stanley's zimmerframe.
Highlights:
I Stole Your Love, Got Love For Sale, Shock Me, Love Gun, Plaster Caster
Lowlights:
This album being considered inferior to Destroyer, when it rocks WAY harder
Verdict = 5 Smoking Les Paul Guitars
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