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Dressed To Kill (Album) by KISS

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Kiss Often Stylized As KIϟϟ Was An American Rock Band Formed In New York City In January 1973 By Paul Stanley Gene Simmons Ace Frehley And Peter Criss. Well Known For Its Members' Face Paint And Stage Outfits The Group Rose To Prominence In The Mid–late 1970s With Its Shocking Live Performances Which Featured Fire Breathing Blood-Spitting Smoking Guitars Shooting Rockets Levitating Drum Kits And Pyrotechnics. The Band Has Gone Through Several Lineup Changes With Stanley And Simmons Being The Only Members To Feature In Every Lineup. The Original And Best-Known Lineup Consists Of Stanley Vocals And Rhythm Guitar Simmons Vocals And Bass Frehley Lead Guitar And Vocals And Criss Drums And Vocals . With Their Make-Up And Costumes The Band Members Took On The Personae Of Comic Book-Style Characters The Starchild Stanley The Demon Simmons The Spaceman Or Space Ace Frehley And The Catman Criss . Due To Creative Differences Both Criss And Frehley Had Departed The Group By 1982. In 1983 Kiss Began Performing Without Makeup And Costumes Thus Marking The Beginning Of The Band's "unmasked" Era That Would Last For Over A Decade. The Band Experienced A Commercial Resurgence During This Era With The Platinum-Certified Album Lick It Up Successfully Introducing Them To A New Generation Of Fans And Its Music Videos Received Regular Airplay On MTV. Eric Carr Who Had Replaced Criss In 1980 Died In 1991 Of Heart Cancer And Was Replaced By Eric Singer. In Response To A Wave Of Kiss Nostalgia In The Mid-1990s The Original Lineup Re-United In 1996 Which Also Saw The Return Of Its Makeup And Stage Costumes. The Resulting Reunion Tour Was Highly Successful Grossing $143.7 Million Making It The Band's Most Successful Tour To Date. Criss And Frehley Subsequently Left The Band Again And Have Been Replaced By Singer And Tommy Thayer. The Band Has Continued With Its Original Stage Makeup With Singer And Thayer Using The Original Catman And Spaceman Makeup Respectively. In September 2018 Kiss Announced That After 45 Years Of Recording And Performing It Would Be Embarking On Its Ongoing Final Tour The End Of The Road World Tour Which Started In January 2019 And Concluded In December 2023. Kiss Is Regarded As One Of The Most Influential Rock Bands Of All Time As Well As One Of The Best-Selling Bands Of All Time Having Sold More Than 75 Million Records Worldwide Including 21 Million RIAA-Certified Albums. Kiss Also Holds The Title As America's No. 1 Gold Record Award-Winning Group Of All Time Having Earned 30 Gold Albums. Kiss Has 14 Platinum Albums With Three Albums Being Multi-Platinum. On April 10 2014 The Four Original Members Of Kiss Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Kiss Was Ranked By MTV As The Ninth "Greatest Metal Band Of All Time" And Placed Tenth On VH1's "100 Greatest Artists Of Hard Rock" List As Well As Being Ranked As The Third "Best Metal And Hard Rock Live Band Of All Time" By Loudwire Magazine. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Kiss_ Band Studio Albums
Kiss 1974 Hotter Than Hell 1974 Dressed To Kill 1975 Destroyer 1976 Rock And Roll Over 1976 Love Gun 1977 Dynasty 1979 Unmasked 1980 Music From "The Elder" 1981 Creatures Of The Night 1982 Lick It Up 1983 Animalize 1984 Asylum 1985 Crazy Nights 1987 Hot In The Shade 1989 Revenge 1992 Carnival Of Souls The Final Sessions 1997 Psycho Circus 1998 Sonic Boom 2009 Monster 2012 ___________________________________________________________________
There Are More Artists With The Same Name 2. Kiss 키스 Or K.I.S.S. Was A Korean Female Pop Trio. Their Debut Single "Because I'm A Girl" Was A Hit In 2001. The Music Video Stars Actress Goo Hyejin And Actor Shin Hyunjoon Which Increased Initial Public Interest In The Song. The Song Remained A Karaoke Staple In Korea For Many Years. This Helped To Launch The Career Of Kiss With An Album Quickly Following. However The Group Quickly Disbanded Afterwards Due To Internal Conflict That Could Not Be Resolved. "Because I'm A Girl" Has Been Covered By Numerous Artists Including Korean Female Duo 2NB. 3 Kiss Was A Short Lived Taiwanese Group Made Up Of Three Girls Cai Pei Lin 蔡裴琳 Zhang Shuo Fen 张硕芬 And Wang Tingxuan 王婷萱 In The Late 90’s Early 2000. They Only Released One Full Length Album Let's Wait And See And One CD Single Shut Up .

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Frogtoon Music Album Info: Dressed To Kill

Dressed To Kill Is A 1975 Album From American Hard Rock Group Kiss. It Is The Band's Third Studio Album And Is Unique For Having Been Produced By The President Of Casablanca Records Neil Bogart. "C'mon And Love Me" And "Rock And Roll All Nite" Were Released As Singles. Both Failed To Rise High On The Charts Until "Rock And Roll All Nite" Was Released In Its Live Format As A Single Later That Year Off Their Double Live Album Alive!. The Album Was Re-Released In 1997 Along With Most Of Kiss' Earlier Albums In A Remastered Version. It Was Certified Gold On February 28 1977 When It Sold 500 000 Copies. On The Album Cover Each Member Is Wearing A Business Suit But None Of Them Owned One At The Time They Didn't Even Fit Right. So They Had To Borrow Suits From Their Manager Bill Aucoin. While "Rock And Roll All Nite" Remains A Permanent Staple In The Band's Concerts Often Played To Close Out A Show Much Of The Album Is Rarely Played Live. Track Listing
Side One
"Room Service" Paul Stanley – 2 55 Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley "Two Timer" Gene Simmons – 2 47 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons "Ladies In Waiting" Simmons – 2 31 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons "Getaway" Ace Frehley – 2 43 Lead Vocals - Peter Criss "Rock Bottom" Frehley Stanley – 3 55 Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley Side Two
"C'mon And Love Me" Stanley – 2 55 Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley "Anything For My Baby" Stanley – 2 32 Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley "She" Simmons Stephen Coronel – 4 06 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons "Love Her All I Can" Stanley – 2 40 Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley "Rock And Roll All Nite" Stanley Simmons – 2 46 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons Personnel
Gene Simmons - Bass Guitar Guitar On 3 Lead Vocals Paul Stanley - Rhythm Guitar Lead Guitar On 6 Lead Vocals Ace Frehley - Lead Guitar Backing Vocals On 10 Peter Criss - Drums Vocals Production
Neil Bogart - Producer Dave Wittman - Engineer George Lopez - Assistant Engineer George Marino - CD Mastering Joseph Palamacco - Remastering Album - Billboard North America Year Chart Position 1975 Pop Albums 32 Singles - Billboard United States Year Single Chart Position 1975 "Rock And Roll All Nite" Pop Singles 68 Releases
Casablanca NBLP-7016 March 19 1975 1st LP Issue Mercury 824 148-2 M-1 July 1987 1st CD Issue Mercury 314 532 3762 July 15 1997 Remastered CD