Comments on: Top of the Week 25 https://www.onechord.net/2009/06/22/top-of-the-week-25/ Country, Americana, Folk, Power Pop, Indie Pop Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:28:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: onechord https://www.onechord.net/2009/06/22/top-of-the-week-25/#comment-25 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:28:34 +0000 http://onechord.wordpress.com/?p=326#comment-25 Yeah. I think I definitely need to dig deeper into the Kiss back catalogue so thank you for the tips. The only problem I’m facing is that I’m stuck with Strutter and the debut album and always start by listening to it. Therefore I still need some work with the other three albums I bought before moving on. However, if I know myself at all, I think I will own a few other Kiss albums before the end of the summer. Hotter Than Hell and Ace and Paul solos seems like a good next step to take.

]]> By: Mikko https://www.onechord.net/2009/06/22/top-of-the-week-25/#comment-24 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:26:38 +0000 http://onechord.wordpress.com/?p=326#comment-24 Hey, great to hear about your Kiss reacquaintance programme! EVERYTHING up to Creatures Of The Night (which, BTW, features a couple of tracks by Bryan Adams!) is worth getting, even The Elder “soundtrack” (with some warnings of it being the most pretentious and kitschy album they ever made). The late 70s period (Dynasty and Unmasked) may be hated by some fans, but from a powerpop viewpoint, it’s some of the best stuff they ever did, flirting openly with Raspberries-style powerpop and the current fads of the era (disco and US AOR). Paul Stanley’s solo record from 77/78 is wonderful in the same vein (Stanley even admitted stealing a trick or two from the Raspberries for the album) and Ace Frehley solo is one of the best records of all time, period.

Venturing further into the 80s may be a bit daring, but at least Lick It Up is a pretty good hard rock album.

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