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Urban Hat€monger ? · 12-08-2007, 07:50 PM

111. KISS - CREATURES OF THE NIGHT (1982)

OK OK Shut up. The way i've always seen it is like this. If you want to listen to big dumb rock music (And let's face it there's room for it , i'd go mad if I spent my entire life listening to intense avant garde unlistenable bollocks)Then you may as well embrace the biggest dumbest rock band there has ever been.

I can't help including this. I've owned this since I was about 14 years old and it still gets the odd airing. One of the things I love about this album is the production. It's just so in your face in the same way that Mike Tyson would be ,especially the drums. I'd love to know how many speakers i've damaged by playing this loud.

Kiss had a point to prove when they came out with this. Coming out after line up changes and their worst album ever in Music From The Elder. Hell , forget trying to write meaningful rock epics with Lou Reed , thats not what I want from Kiss , this is.
Once you hear the thud of the drums on the opening track (The title track) and Vinnie Vincent's flashy riff (Ace Frehley didn't play on the album and was fired shortly after) you know they're back on form. Creatures Of The Night is easily Paul Stanley's finest hour since Strutter. Even the traditional rock ballad in 'I Still Love You' isn't all that bad , well ... isn't bad compared to most 80s rock ballads anyway. 'I Love It Loud' is the best rock anthem Kiss ever wrote , it's good here but it's a shame it's not a live version. Seeing them playing it live in Rio De Janiero in front of 250,000 people singing along to it was one of my earliest musical memories and was a defining moment of me discovering music. One last track that deserves a mention is 'War Machine' the song that closes the album. It's the heaviest most powerful song Kiss have ever written. Which makes it a real shame that it was co written with Bryan Adams. Yes , THAT Bryan Adams. Oh well.

I now return you to your usual elitist music snob.

Favourite Songs : Creatures Of The Night , Keep Me Comin' , I Love It Loud , War Machine

12-08-2007, 07:50 PM	#25 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	111. KISS - CREATURES OF THE NIGHT (1982) OK OK Shut up. The way i've always seen it is like this. If you want to listen to big dumb rock music (And let's face it there's room for it , i'd go mad if I spent my entire life listening to intense avant garde unlistenable bollocks)Then you may as well embrace the biggest dumbest rock band there has ever been. I can't help including this. I've owned this since I was about 14 years old and it still gets the odd airing. One of the things I love about this album is the production. It's just so in your face in the same way that Mike Tyson would be ,especially the drums. I'd love to know how many speakers i've damaged by playing this loud. Kiss had a point to prove when they came out with this. Coming out after line up changes and their worst album ever in Music From The Elder. Hell , forget trying to write meaningful rock epics with Lou Reed , thats not what I want from Kiss , this is. Once you hear the thud of the drums on the opening track (The title track) and Vinnie Vincent's flashy riff (Ace Frehley didn't play on the album and was fired shortly after) you know they're back on form. Creatures Of The Night is easily Paul Stanley's finest hour since Strutter. Even the traditional rock ballad in 'I Still Love You' isn't all that bad , well ... isn't bad compared to most 80s rock ballads anyway. 'I Love It Loud' is the best rock anthem Kiss ever wrote , it's good here but it's a shame it's not a live version. Seeing them playing it live in Rio De Janiero in front of 250,000 people singing along to it was one of my earliest musical memories and was a defining moment of me discovering music. One last track that deserves a mention is 'War Machine' the song that closes the album. It's the heaviest most powerful song Kiss have ever written. Which makes it a real shame that it was co written with Bryan Adams. Yes , THAT Bryan Adams. Oh well. I now return you to your usual elitist music snob. Favourite Songs : Creatures Of The Night , Keep Me Comin' , I Love It Loud , War Machine __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.