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KISS Album: “Killers”
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Release Date:1982-05-01
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Rock, Classic Rock, Hard Rock
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:000081277148
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Review - :
1981's {^The Elder} was such a bomb worldwide that {$Kiss}' record company outside the U.S., {@Casablanca}/{@Phonogram}, demanded that the band immediately assemble another greatest-hits package to prove to their befuddled fans that they were still a {\heavy metal} group, not experimental prog rockers. Since a greatest-hits set was issued just four years prior in the form of the double LP {^Double Platinum}, the band decided to include four brand-new tracks along with some hits, under the title of {^Killers} (a single album). The new tracks ({&"I'm a Legend Tonight,"} {&"Down on Your Knees,"} {&"Nowhere to Run,"} {&"Partners in Crime"}) resembled the {$Kiss} of old more than anything the band had released for a few years by this point (again, guitarist {$Bob "Alive II" Kulick} subs for {$Ace Frehley}). The only hits on {^Killers} that hadn't already appeared on {^Double Platinum} were {&"I Was Made for Loving You,"} {&"Sure Know Something,"} and {&"Rock and Roll All Nite (Live)"}; the rest were repeats ({&"Love Gun,"} {&"Detroit Rock City,"} {&"God of Thunder,"} {&"Cold Gin,"} and {&"Shout It out Loud"}). {^Killers} didn't accomplish what the record company hoped it would -- re-establishing {$Kiss} as chart-toppers -- but it did show their fans outside the U.S. that the band meant business again. [The Australian and Japanese versions of {^Killers} include a slightly different track listing.] ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide
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