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| A make-up masterpiece...from the delicate hit ballad Beth to the thundering ode Detroit Rock City. Also includes Shout It Out Loud, Flaming Youth and more. |
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| 1 Detroit Rock City |
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| 2 King of the Night Time World |
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| 3 God of Thunder |
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| 4 Great Expectations |
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| 5 Flaming Youth |
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| 6 Sweet Pain |
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| 7 Shout It out Loud |
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| 8 Beth |
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| 9 Do You Love Me |
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| 10 [Untitled] |
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Album Review
The pressure was on Kiss for their fifth release, and the band knew it. Their breakthrough, "Alive!", was going to be hard to top, so instead of trying to recreate a concert setting in the studio, they went the opposite route. "Destroyer" is one of Kiss' most experimental studio albums, but also one of their strongest and most interesting. Alice Cooper/Pink Floyd producer Bob Ezrin was on hand, and he strongly encouraged the band to experiment -- there's extensive use of sound effects (the album's untitled closing track), the appearance of a boy's choir ("Great Expectations"), and an orchestra-laden, heartfelt ballad ("Beth"). But there's plenty of Kiss' heavy thunder-rock to go around, such as the demonic "God of Thunder" and the sing-along anthems "Flaming Youth," "Shout It Out Loud," "King of the Night Time World," and "Detroit Rock City" (the latter a tale of a doomed concert-goer, complete with violent car crash sound effects). But it was the aforementioned Peter Criss ballad "Beth" that made "Destroyer" such a success; the song was a surprise Top Ten hit (it was originally released as a B-side to "Detroit Rock City"). Also included is a song that Nirvana would later cover ("Do You Love Me?"), as well as an ode to the pleasures of S&M, "Sweet Pain." "Destroyer" also marked the first time that a comic book illustration of the band appeared on the cover, confirming that the band was transforming from hard rockers to superheroes. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide
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