I’m not the biggest Kiss fan if I’m honest, and I don’t have many of their early albums. I only own Destroyer and the live album, as I always thought they were all flash and very little substance. Take the pyro and make up away and what have you got?
After the failure of The Elder, the band were at a crossroads and struggling. Enter one Vincent Cusano, aka. Vinnie Vincent the man who saved Kiss. I know that is a very unpopular opinion, but that’s the truth as I see it. He gave them a serious kick in the ass, which is what they needed and this album put them on the right path to being even bigger than they were before, and their next album Lick It Up was a classic. Vinnie isn’t even credited as playing guitar on this album, and only gets three song writing credits.
I’m going for one of the Vinnie tunes as my favourite, which is Killer, even though War Machine is a close second. This copy is the half speed master audiophile release, and it sounds very crisp and clear. There is not a lot of tracks taken up from the original recording so this should and does sound great.
8.5/10 from The Grooveman.
