Hot in the shade
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17th October 1989 |
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July to August 1989 |
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15th |
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58:39 |
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Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley |
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Hot In The Shade is the 15th studio album by US hard rock band Kiss and the group's only album to feature drummer Eric Carr as the lead singer of a newly written title. At the same time it is the last LP on which Carr participated; he died in 1991. With 15 songs it is still the studio album with the most titles by the band.
History of origin
After the Crazy Nights tour ended, Paul Stanley put together a band to go on tour as a solo artist. In addition to Bob Kulick (guitar), Eric Singer also played in this group. Gene Simmons founded the record label Simmons Records in 1988 and took over the management from Liza Minnelli in 1989 .
The recordings coincided with a time when Def Leppard published her masterpiece Hysteria and Bruce Fairbairn had recorded the album Permanent Vacation with Aerosmith . Both albums benefited from the wave created by Bon Jovi's style, which had great success on radio stations and especially on MTV . In addition, in July 1987 was Appetite for Destruction by Guns N 'Roses released, and Kiss had still not managed to modernize so that they could compete with the currently trendy bands.
In contrast to the years since 1984, in which Paul Stanley set the direction that Kiss took musically, Simmons got more involved in Hot In The Shade: Nine of the fifteen tracks were written with his participation. The band decided not to work again with Ron Nevison, the producer of the previous album Crazy Nights, and began recording demos without knowing who would be doing the production of the album.
For the songwriting for Hot In The Shade, outside authors were brought in again, including Vini Poncia , who last worked with the group in 1980 for the album Unmasked , at that time still as a producer. It was also Desmond Child involved, wrote a song Paul Stanley with Michael Bolton . Tommy Thayer, who was still guitarist for the band Black 'n Blue at the time, also co-wrote two songs.
Eric Carr brought in three songs that he had recorded as a demo: Ain't That Peculiar, Looking Through the Eyes of Love and Somebody's Waiting, of which Ain't That Peculiar found their way onto the album as Little Caesar after Carr found him with Gene Simmons and Adam Mitchell.
- Cover
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The cover showed the picture of the Great Sphinx of Giza , photographed from the front and digitally processed , wearing black sunglasses (Shades). In the upper right corner of the cover was a so-called " single circle stamp ", in the middle of which was the title of the album in two lines. The circle on the outside was provided on the inside with band logos, also following the circular shape. To the right of it was the wave pattern known from old postmarks. There was a photo of the band on the back; all members wore sunglasses. The photo was centered, with the track list above it, including a small Kiss logo and the names of the band members in the order in which they could be seen in the photo.
publication
The album was released on October 17, 1989 on CD, MC and LP. Hide Your Heart was initially released as a single . The title, penned by Paul Stanley, Desmond Child and Holly Knight, had already been published by Bonnie Tyler the previous year , so that the version by Kiss was at least technically a cover . The song was also released by Ace Frehley , Robin Beck, and Molly Hatchet in 1989 .
reception
The German magazine Rock Hard wrote about Hot In The Shade:
“KISS has always stood for solid rock music, nothing more and nothing less. Four musicians who wanted to convey a good mood and the real message of Rock'n'Roll - namely fun - to people listening to their records. And Messrs. Stanley, Simmons and Co. succeeded in doing this again this time. Critics and fans who deny this fact have probably never understood the basic idea behind the band concept. Put on the LP, turn the volume control to the right and let yourself be carried away by tracks like 'Forever', 'Silver Spoon' or 'King Of Hearts'. Sure, it's only Rock'n'Roll - but I like it! "
Track list
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- Rise To It (vocals: Paul Stanley; music and lyrics: Paul Stanley, Bob Halligan, Jr.)
- Betrayed (vocals: Gene Simmons; music and lyrics: Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer )
- Hide Your Heart (vocals: Paul Stanley; music and lyrics: Paul Stanley, Desmond Child , Holly Knight)
- Prisoner Of Love (vocals: Gene Simmons; music and lyrics: Gene Simmons, Bruce Kulick )
- Read My Body (vocals: Paul Stanley; music and lyrics: Paul Stanley, Bob Halligan, Jr.)
- Love's A Slap In The Face (vocals: Gene Simmons; Gene Simmons, Vini Poncia)
- Forever (vocals: Paul Stanley; music and lyrics: Paul Stanley, Michael Bolton )
- Silver Spoon (vocals: Paul Stanley; music and lyrics: Paul Stanley, Vini Poncia)
- Cadillac Dreams (vocals: Gene Simmons; music and lyrics: Gene Simmons, Vini Poncia)
- King Of Hearts (vocals: Paul Stanley; music and lyrics: Paul Stanley, Vini Poncia)
- The Street Giveth and the Street Taketh Away (vocals: Gene Simmons; music and lyrics: Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer)
- You Love Me to Hate You (vocals: Paul Stanley; music and lyrics: Paul Stanley, Desmond Child)
- Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell (vocals: Gene Simmons; music and lyrics: Gene Simmons, Vini Poncia)
- Little Caesar (vocals: Eric Carr; music and lyrics: Eric Carr, Adam Mitchell, Gene Simmons)
- Boomerang (vocals: Gene Simmons; music and lyrics: Gene Simmons, Bruce Kulick)
literature
- Julian Gill: The Kiss Album Focus - Hell or High Water, 1983-1996 . 4th edition. KissFaq.com, 2005, ISBN 978-0-9822537-0-0 .