Hotter Than Hell

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Hotter Than Hell
Kiss studio album

Publication
(s)

October 22, 1974

Label (s) Casablanca Records

Format (s)

LP , CD

Genre (s)

Hard rock

Title (number)

10

running time

35:02

occupation

production

Kenny Kerner and Richard Wise

Studio (s)

The Village Recorder Studios, Los Angeles

chronology
Kiss Hotter Than Hell Dressed to Kill
(1975)

Hotter Than Hell is the second studio album by the hard rock group Kiss , released in 1974 on the Casablanca Records label . The album was produced by Kenny Kerner and Richard Wise and recorded in the Village Recorder Studios in Los Angeles . The album sold over 500,000 times in the US and got a gold record there . In Germany, Hotter Than Hell was released in March 1975.

Emergence

After earlier demos were partly used for the first album, Hotter Than Hell consists almost entirely of new pieces. Especially the title track and Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll are still classics of the band today. Ace Frehley had a car accident shortly before the cover photos were taken and was only able to make up half of his face because of the injuries. The rest of the make-up was subsequently processed in the photo laboratory . Peter Criss wanted to add a drum solo to the piece Strange Ways . The rest of the band opposed it and Criss threatened to leave Kiss, but decided to stay.

Track list

  1. Got to Choose (Stanley)
  2. Parasite (Frehley)
  3. Goin 'Blind (Simmons / Coronel)
  4. Hotter Than Hell (Stanley)
  5. Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll (Simmons / Stanley)
  6. All the Way (Simmons)
  7. Watchin 'You (Simmons)
  8. Mainline (Stanley)
  9. Comin 'Home (Stanley / Frehley)
  10. Strange Ways (Frehley)

Chart placements

In the US, the album reached number 100 and stayed on the Billboard 200 for 15 weeks . It sold over 500,000 times there and got a gold record. According to estimates, Hotter Than Hell has sold 90,000 times in Germany.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.kissfanshop.de: Hotter Than Hell
Kiss
Studio albums

Kiss (1974) • Hotter Than Hell (1974) • Dressed to Kill (1975) • Destroyer (1976) • Rock and Roll Over (1976) • Love Gun (1977) • Dynasty (1979) • Unmasked (1980) • Music from the Elder (1981) • Creatures of the Night (1982) • Lick It Up (1983) • Animalize (1984) • Asylum (1985) • Crazy Nights (1987) • Hot in the Shade (1989) • Revenge (1992) • Carnival of Souls (1997) • Psycho Circus (1998) • Sonic Boom (2009) • Monster (2012)
Solo albums: Peter Criss: Peter Criss (1978) • Ace Frehley: Ace Frehley (1978) • Gene Simmons: Gene Simmons (1978 ) • Asshole (2003) • Paul Stanley: Paul Stanley (1978) • Live to Win (2007)

Live albums

Alive! (1975) • Alive II (1977) • Alive III (1993) • Kiss Unplugged (1996) • You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best! (1996) • Kiss Symphony: Alive IV (2003) • Kiss Alive 35 (2008/2009) • Kiss Rocks Vegas (2016)

Soundtracks

Detroit Rock City

Compilation albums

The Originals (1976) • Double Platinum (1978) • The Best of the Solo Albums (1978) • Killers (1982) • Smashes, Thrashes & Hits (1988) • Chikara (1988) • Greatest Kiss (1997) • The Box Set (2001) • The Very Best of Kiss (2002) • The Best of Kiss: The Millennium Collection (2003) • The Best of Kiss, Volume 2: The Millennium Collection (2004) • Gold (2005) • Kiss Chronicles: 3 Classic Albums (2005) • The Best of Kiss, Volume 3: The Millennium Collection (2006) • Kiss Alive! 1975–2000 (2006) • Jigoku-Retsuden (2008) • Ikons (2008) • Kissology (2019)

Video albums

Kiss Konfidential & X-Treme Close Up (1993) • Kiss Unplugged (1995) • The Second Coming (1998) • Kiss Symphony - The DVD (2003) • Kiss Rock The Nation Live! (2005) • Kissology, Vol. 1, 1974–1977 (2006) • Kissology, Vol. 2, 1978–1991 (2007) • Kissology, Vol. 3, 1992-2000 (2007) • Kiss Rocks Vegas (2016)

Singles

Detroit Rock City • Beth • Christine Sixteen • I Was Made for Lovin 'You • Dirty Livin' • Hide Your Heart • God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II • Unholy • Jungle

Featurings

Wicked Lester • Kiss - Chased by Phantoms • Detroit Rock City