i am not a huge fan of the 1981 kiss album, "music from 'the elder'", at least not based upon my recollections of it.
perhaps it would be a different story if i were to hear the album again now. nevertheless, based upon my memory, i do like the song 'dark light' (co-written by ace frehley, my favourite band member) and i know there were a few other decent moments on there, e.g. perhaps 'just a boy'. and i think 'escape from the island' (again co-written by frehley) was a pretty rocky little instrumental track.
all things considered however, upon receiving it for xmas (on cassette) as a 10 year-old, i was not as impressed with it as i was with "unmasked" which contained stellar tracks like 'talk to me' (ace again) and 'torpedo girl' ("c'mon: get your feet wet!"; co-written by ace).
on "music from 'the elder'", in the simmons ballad 'a world without heroes' gene seem to be lamenting - and/or perhaps even foreseeing - the demise of kiss in the 1980s, after the heady days of the 1970s (i guess there was probably only one way to go from the latter really). i didn't see gene give a rendition of this ballad on his more recent 'reality' tv show 'rock shool' - perhaps we shall see this in the second season series?
more recently, i got myself a copy of 'double platinum' which is a bloody solid kiss compilation indeed. i don't usually go in for these compilation (or greatest-hits-type) thingos, but in this case i'd always had a curiosity about this one and it hasn't disappointed. it provides a good selection of numeorus key tracks from the first five (i believe) studio albums throughout the mid-1970s and thereabouts; i.e. prior to the solo albums then 'dynasty', 'unmasked', and the steady descent into the world without heroes. a few songs, most notably strutter have had a re-working which (although i am not intimately familair with the original mixing) seem to work well in my opinion. there are numerous highlights (.e.g 'you pulled the trigger of my [da-da-da-da] love gun!') but on the whole it is hard to go past simmons' 'calling dr love'.
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perhaps it would be a different story if i were to hear the album again now. nevertheless, based upon my memory, i do like the song 'dark light' (co-written by ace frehley, my favourite band member) and i know there were a few other decent moments on there, e.g. perhaps 'just a boy'. and i think 'escape from the island' (again co-written by frehley) was a pretty rocky little instrumental track.
all things considered however, upon receiving it for xmas (on cassette) as a 10 year-old, i was not as impressed with it as i was with "unmasked" which contained stellar tracks like 'talk to me' (ace again) and 'torpedo girl' ("c'mon: get your feet wet!"; co-written by ace).
on "music from 'the elder'", in the simmons ballad 'a world without heroes' gene seem to be lamenting - and/or perhaps even foreseeing - the demise of kiss in the 1980s, after the heady days of the 1970s (i guess there was probably only one way to go from the latter really). i didn't see gene give a rendition of this ballad on his more recent 'reality' tv show 'rock shool' - perhaps we shall see this in the second season series?
more recently, i got myself a copy of 'double platinum' which is a bloody solid kiss compilation indeed. i don't usually go in for these compilation (or greatest-hits-type) thingos, but in this case i'd always had a curiosity about this one and it hasn't disappointed. it provides a good selection of numeorus key tracks from the first five (i believe) studio albums throughout the mid-1970s and thereabouts; i.e. prior to the solo albums then 'dynasty', 'unmasked', and the steady descent into the world without heroes. a few songs, most notably strutter have had a re-working which (although i am not intimately familair with the original mixing) seem to work well in my opinion. there are numerous highlights (.e.g 'you pulled the trigger of my [da-da-da-da] love gun!') but on the whole it is hard to go past simmons' 'calling dr love'.
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posted by fergal at 3:43 PM
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Yeah, I liked that bit too! Cool post, Fergal.
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