KISS Album: “20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Kiss, Vol. 2”

There is some pretty good songs here.These wre the days when good old Eric Carr was at the skins.Man did he thump those bongo's to a T.When he was there Kiss had a different sound,and it gave what i think was new life,and a different energetic sound to this band.I quite liked Kiss in the 80's,but i'm as diehard as you get.These days there is nothing new,but reflecting on there old music,its realy good to hear this era of Kiss.

I would of given this Cd 5 stars if it had of had more than 12 songs.

There is lots of songs i could of added to this collection from the same era.They picked 2 songs from each of the albums from Creatures through to Hot In The Shade.

It was a realy good era for music from this band,which battled back after Ace and Peter left as well as removing the make-up.

It appeared that their careers were on the line,but creativity stepped in and this is a partial reflection.

In my opinion the 20th Century masters were not really masters at finding good KISS songs. But I think people who are just getting into the 80's KISS era would like this one. I like to think of it as a demo, because there should've been more songs

I really don't get why so many people knock 80's and 90's KISS. Perhaps they are jaded having grown up with the original incarnation, but to me 80's KISS has always been superior. The song writing was much more evolved, playing was infinitely better (Carr,Kulick and Singer really pushed Paul and Gene in to becoming better musicians), and if anything, the focus was finally put more on the music than the image. I love all of the early stuff as well, but feel KISS hit their stride with Creatures.

As for this comp- it's nice to see a collection that focuses on the 80's output, but there certainly could have been more squeezed onto this disc. Why not some of the zillions of unreleased demos and what not from this period? If anything, it would be nice to have the live version of "Heaven's on Fire" from the Tears are Fallin' single on cd. Oh well, I suppose the record company would rather churn out something cheap and easy than something for the fans.

Overall- glad they haven't forgotten the 80's, but it's too bad they've forgotten the fans.

Yes, Universal has done it again. This makes the 6th "Best Of" compilation in 8 years, and it's getting quite pathetic. If you do not own any compilations I would recomend "Kiss Gold 1974-1982" which will be released in August of this year. Better choices would be "Double Platinum", "Killers", or "Smashes, Thrashes & Hits" because they have something different on them instead of the same old songs re- released for the umpteenth time!!

For a 12-song greatest hits of the 80's CD, this really is a excellent selection of KISS songs. This CD is a testament to how good KISS still was in the 80's when many weren't paying them any attention.

There's no doubt that this CD could have been even better and longer, but the Millennium series CDs are value CDs with a limited amound of songs. In this case, they chose 2 songs from every KISS CD between 1982 and 1989. I really can't dispute any of the selections made for this CD. So for what it is, it's pretty much a perfect compilation of twelve of their best 80's songs.

"Tears Are Falling", "Crazy, Crazy Nights" and "Forever" are great KISS tracks and three of my personal KISS favorites.

For those with a keen ear, you might notice that the two opening selections from the "Creatures of the Night" album are actually taken from the late-80's reissue and remix of the CD and not from version you can currently buy in stores.

Anyhow, I think this album is a great pickup and a PERFECT companion to the "KISS Gold" 2-disc CD set that leaves off right where this CD begins.