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Kiss, both in terms of their lyrics and music, are
not the most subtle band in the world. The words are straight to the point (examples
include "Mister you can kindly kiss my ass") and the sound is loud and hard. It is in this
context that their album Revenge (1992) needs to be placed. Anyone who doesn't
like this hard rocking approach will doubtless regard this album as a load of rubbish.
Others, though, will probably be a bit more receptive.
Next up is "Spit" which is neither good nor bad, just rather mundane. It's well played by the band, but ultimately "Spit" is just an average kind of song. Thankfully it gives way to the highlight of the album "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to you II." Opening with a stirring guitar passage (which is slightly reminiscent of Guns 'n' Roses' November Rain) it then evolves into Kiss's tribute to the joys of rock and, in turn, becomes somewhat of a rock ornament of its own. The final song of side A is "Domino," which kind of serves as the dividing line between good and average on this album. This song is like those at the start of Revenge - not the greatest song ever written, but enjoyable just the same. From here, though, the music develops more along the lines of "Spit"- pretty average. "Heart of Chrome," "Thou Shalt not," "Every Time I Look at you," "Paralyzed," "I Just Wanna" and "Carr Jam 1981" all have their moments and are all well presented by the band, but never really rise to any great heights. Still, a couple of these songs deliver some originality to the album. "Every Time I Look at you" is the only ballad on Revenge and presents a pleasant change from the louder stuff beforehand, even if it is quite a clichéd love song. And "Carr Jam 1981" is an instrumental (discovered in the vaults) written by deceased member Eric Carr. The liner notes offer the best explanation. "...while going through the vaults, Ezrin came across an old 24 track of a hot riff written by Eric Carr and recorder by us...It included a thunderous drum solo...We cut it down in Go To Page: 1 2 |
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