KISS

KISS
MUSIC FROM "THE ELDER" (1981)
REMASTER
320 KBPS

This is a KISS album for those who don't like KISS. Granted, it's a mixed bag and some other bands might have done a way better job with the exact same material but it's not the disgrace too many reviewers have said it was. For starters, the choice of Bob Ezrin at the production was a clever one, the man certainly knows how to handle ambitious rock music (see Alice Cooper's Welcome to My Nightmare), whatsmore, his previous work with KISS (Destroyer, 1976) certainly eased the band in their attempt at a conceptual work. Suffice to say he certainly was the strength uniting the band in a time when all seemed to fall apart and if it didn't help KISS get the artistic respect they were looking for and is one of the poorest album sales throughout the band's history it's still a pretty good album those looking for a little more than just a KISS album should check out. Just keep in mind that it gets better with each listen and forget the band name on the cover and you might very well be up for a nice suprise.

1. Fanfare
2. Just A Boy
3. Odyssey
4. Only You
5. Under The Rose
6. Dark Light
7. A World Without Heroes
8. The Oath
9. Mr. Blackwell
10. Escape From The Island
11. I