Lick It Up
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September 23, 1983 |
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July and August 1983 |
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| Label (s) | Mercury Records | |||
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10 |
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41:27 |
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Studio (s) |
Right Track Studios , Atlantic Studios , Hit Factory , The Record Plant Studio |
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Lick It Up is the eleventh studio album by the US hard rock band Kiss . With the release of this album, the members of the group renounced the masks and costumes they had worn since 1973, thereby giving up their trademark. At the same time, Lick It Up is the first album by the group that Vinnie Vincent was involved in recording as a member of the band.
History of origin
After an excursion into the world of pop rock ( Dynasty and Unmasked ) and the unsuccessful attempt to win back fans with the concept album Music from the Elder, Kiss had re-embarked on familiar paths in hard rock with Creatures of the Night . Lead guitarist Ace Frehley left the band in 1982 and was replaced by Vinnie Vincent for the Creatures of the Night tour. In April 1982 the band had separated from their long-time manager Bill Aucoin , Danny Goldberg had then taken on the task of advising Kiss as a “creative consultant”; In fact, he took on management tasks.
The band recorded the follow-up to Creatures of the Night in four different studios in New York to: In the Right Track Studios, the Atlantic Studios, the Hit Factory, and the Record Plant Studios. No outsiders were allowed in for the songwriting ; only the members of the group were involved. In addition, the band decided not to record a cover version . Vinnie Vincent complained in interviews he gave after he was kicked out of the band in 1984 that he was circumcised while recording by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley by giving him precise instructions on what his playing should sound like. As a tech-savvy and modern guitarist who loved shredding , this lack of freedom bothered him significantly. His attempts to break out of the specifications were unsuccessful: the solo he had recorded for the song Exciter was replaced by Stanley and Simmons by recording a new solo that Rick Derringer recorded.
Goldberg advised the group to get rid of the masks and costumes, and it was clear to him that MTV would have to show the band's first appearance without their trademark. This was easier said than done, however, because MTV was not particularly keen on the idea of bringing back into the limelight of a group that had been successful in the 1970s and long since abandoned commercial success. Ultimately, however, those in charge at the station understood that you would become part of something special if the band got rid of their past in this radical way. For Kiss it was also the chance to connect with the world of MTV, with which she had had next to nothing to do before. On September 18, 1983, at 11.30 p.m., the band appeared for the first time without make-up or costumes in front of the cameras of the music channel, which is becoming increasingly popular worldwide. The event later appeared in the list of "100 Greatest TV Rock & Roll Moments" on the music channel VH1 .
publication
Lick It Up was released five days after the media-effective unmasking on September 23, 1983 on record , MC and CD and became the group's most successful album since Unmasked (1980). It was the first album since Unmasked to be awarded a gold record by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) ; a total of around 800,000 copies had been sold by then. It wasn't until 1990 that the band received a platinum award for one million units sold.
As singles were Lick It Up and All Hell's Breakin 'Loose published.
Track list
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- Exciter (Paul Stanley, Vinnie Vincent) - 4:10
- Not for the Innocent (Gene Simmons, Vinnie Vincent) - 4:22
- Lick It Up (Paul Stanley, Vinnie Vincent) - 3:56
- Young and Wasted (Gene Simmons, Vinnie Vincent) - 4:05
- Gimme More (Paul Stanley, Vinnie Vincent) - 3:43
- All Hell's Breakin 'Loose (Paul Stanley, Eric Carr, Vinnie Vincent, Gene Simmons) - 4:34
- A Million to One (Paul Stanley, Vinnie Vincent) - 4:17
- Fits Like a Glove (Gene Simmons) - 4:04
- Dance All Over Your Face (Gene Simmons) - 4:16
- And on the 8 th Day (Gene Simmons, Vinnie Vincent) - 4:02
tour
Despite the success of her album and single was the subsequent Lick It Up -Tournee that on 11 October 1983 in Lisbon began, on March 17, 1984 in Evansville ( Indiana ) ended the least visited tour that ever the band as headliners had denied: The average number of visitors was 5052 viewers. To save costs, the group continued to use the stage they had used on the previous tour.
After the end of the European tour on November 25, 1983, Vincent was released, but immediately brought back into the group, as no replacement guitarist could have been found and trained until the start of the North American tour on December 26, 1983. Vincent lost his job as the band's guitarist after the North American tour ended on March 17, 1984.
literature
- Julian Gill: The Kiss Album Focus - Hell or High Water, 1983-1996 . 4th edition. KissFaq.com, 2005, ISBN 978-0-9822537-0-0 .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d e Curt Gooch, Jeff Suhs: Kiss Alive Forever - A Complete Touring History . 1st edition. Billboard Books, 2002, ISBN 0-8230-8322-5 .
- ^ A b David Leaf, Ken Sharp: Kiss: Behind the Mask . Warner Books, New York 2003, ISBN 0-446-53073-5 .
- ^ Dale Sherman: Black Diamond - The Unauthorized Biography of Kiss . Collectors Guide Publishing, 1997, ISBN 1-896522-35-1
- ↑ Charts DE Charts UK Charts US
- ^ CK Lendt: Kiss and Sell - The Making of a Supergroup . Billboard Books, 1997, ISBN 0-8230-7551-6