Performer Notes

As Kiss approach 40 years of ridiculous rock & roll fun, it makes sense that their 20th studio album, Monster, is more self-referential than anything. Following 2009's Sonic Boom, the album marks the second set of tunes by a revamped "original" Kiss lineup, with Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons joined by new guitarist Tommy Thayer and re-emerging Eric Singer donning the makeup and personas originated by Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, respectively. Monster is a tremendous throwback to the superhuman partying and heavy metal Ragnar?k of Kiss albums like Destroyer and Love Gun, with meaty riffs, hamfisted drumming, and a combination of Simmons' patented demonic growls and Stanley's interstellar party-starting, not to mention amounts of cowbell that would have been above average even in 1977. "All for the Love of Rock & Roll" is a big-hearted boogie rocker that would have fit on Frehley's stoney 1978 solo album, while the campily sinister metal riffage of "The Devil Is Me" and "Freak" fit more into the era of slick radio metal of 1992's Revenge. The muddy analog a cappella intro of "Eat Your Heart Out" sets the tone for tongue-in-cheek double entendres updating "Shout It Out Loud" with slightly different lyrics but the same bell-bottomed irreverence. ~ Fred Thomas

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.70) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] 'The Devil Is Me,' where Gene Simmons low-talks like the smoothest used-car salesman in hell."

Billboard (p.36) - "'Back to the Stone Age' tilts toward the MC5 brand of garage rock, while the lusty 'Eat Your Heart Out' has an a cappella start and plenty of cowbell."

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Album: Monster
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Hell Or Hallelujah
2)	Wall of Sound
3)	Freak
4)	Back To The Stone Age
5)	Shout Mercy
6)	Long Way Down
7)	Eat Your Heart Out
8)	Devil Is Me, The
9)	Outta This World
10)	All For The Love Of Rock & Roll
11)	Take Me Down Below
12)	Last Chance

Album: Monster
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Hell Or Hallelujah
2)	Wall of Sound
3)	Freak
4)	Back To The Stone Age
5)	Shout Mercy
6)	Long Way Down
7)	Eat Your Heart Out
8)	Devil Is Me, The
9)	Outta This World
10)	All For The Love Of Rock & Roll
11)	Take Me Down Below
12)	Last Chance