KISS EXPLAIN MUCH, EVEN THEMSELVES
The word for today is “great.” As in “Great sound, great material, great songs, great playing.” These thoughts, dear readers, come to you straight from the lips of Paul Stanley, and he should know better than anyone else. “Every time we talk about a new album, I always tell you it’s great,” he reasons, “so why should this one be different?”
KISS EXPLAIN MUCH, EVEN THEMSELVES
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Elianne Halbersberg
The word for today is “great.” As in “Great sound, great material, great songs, great playing.” These thoughts, dear readers, come to you straight from the lips of Paul Stanley, and he should know better than anyone else. “Every time we talk about a new album, I always tell you it’s great,” he reasons, “so why should this one be different?” Quite frankly, friends, I have to agree. Kiss album number 21 is one hot piece of work, and they’ve never let us down before. Why would they start now?
The first question that comes to mind, however, is the lengthy wait for product release. Kiss, after all, has lived instantaneously—record, tour, record, tour. “We will send no album before its time!” Stanley offers. “The reason we took longer is no mystery. Although the writing had always been good, we thought we’d take more time this year and make it even better. Second, we wanted Ron Nevison to produce, and his schedule was booked with the Heart album. When that was finished, we started our record.”