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KISS "rock and roll over" cd,1976.

KISS released Destroyer in 1976, the returned to the studio to make a more simplistic album the same year....
Rock And Roll Over is a basic 3 chord rock album...nothing fancy or outrageous, just some straight foreward rock songs, well, not rock, more "rock-pop"(wow!, just invented a new genre, didnt realise how easy it is to do that!...he says with tongue planted firmly in cheek!).
a pretty good album from a predominantly "singles" band,one track i dont like (take me), one i absolutely love(hard luck woman) and eight others that are reasonable efforts...even Gene Simmons ones make the grade here...
Hard Luck Woman was originally written by Paul Stanley for Rod Stewart, but Rod had just completed his sessions for his album of the same year, and Paul wanted this one out, so drummer Peter Criss gets the nod here, and a fine job he does at it.
look, the main problem i have always had with KISS is that its hard to take them too seriously as they make some almost comical tracks at times(purely unintentionally) but they do detract from the whole rock element of what they are supposed to stand for...and those stupid comic book album covers dont really do it for me neither...either way, this is a fine KISS album, but nowhere near as good as its predeccessor "destroyer", not 1991's "revenge" IMO..

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: take me
best track: hard luck woman

tracks:

1. i want you **
KISS Rock The Nation Live! I Want You - YouTube live
2. take me *
3. calling dr.love **
Kiss - Calling Dr. Love - Live Largo, MD 1979 Dynasty Tour (UNCUT VERSION) - YouTube live
4. ladies room **
5. baby driver **
6. love 'em and leave 'em **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DWSdWIhuy8 audio
7. mr.speed **
8. see you in your dreams **
9. hard luck woman ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HM4K1mWIpU audio
10.makin' love **

3s=1
2s=8
1s=1

rating: 2.0