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Animalize (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 Criss And Frehley Subsequently Left The Band Again And Have Been Replaced By Singer And Tommy Thayer.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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Animalize Is An Album By The American Hard Rock/heavy Metal Band Kiss. In A Continuation Of The Commercial Resurgence Begun With Lick It Up Animalize Was Certified Platinum By The RIAA On December 12 1984. It Was The Highest-Selling Kiss Album Since 1977's Alive II. The Album Marked The Only Appearance By Lead Guitarist Mark St. John Who Replaced Vinnie Vincent In April 1984. St. John Would Be Forced To Leave Kiss During The Subsequent Tour After Being Diagnosed With Reiter's Syndrome. By November 1984 He Was Out Of The Band The Third Lead Guitarist To Exit The Band In Two Years. Mark Went On To Form White Tiger. When Asked What 'Animalize' Meant Stanley Said That People Were Starting To Become More Like Computers - And That "making Music By Pressing Buttons" Was No Fun. Mark St. John Aka Mark Norton Has Stated That When Recording This Record He Had Utilized His Rockman Gear And That Heavy Equalization Was Used To Take The "Boston" Sound Out Of The Recording. Throughout The Years "Heaven's On Fire" Has Been The Only Song In The Album Played Regularly On Live Performances. Track Listing
"I've Had Enough Into The Fire " Paul Stanley Desmond Child – 3 50 Lead Vocals – Paul Stanley "Heaven's On Fire" Stanley Child – 3 18 Lead Vocals – Paul Stanley "Burn Bitch Burn" Gene Simmons – 4 38 Lead Vocals – Gene Simmons "Get All You Can Take" Stanley Mitch Weissman – 3 42 Lead Vocals – Paul Stanley "Lonely Is The Hunter" Simmons – 4 27 Lead Vocals – Gene Simmons "Under The Gun" Stanley Eric Carr Child – 3 59 Lead Vocals – Paul Stanley "Thrills In The Night" Stanley Jean Beauvoir – 4 18 Lead Vocals – Paul Stanley "While The City Sleeps" Simmons Weissman – 3 39 Lead Vocals – Gene Simmons "Murder In High Heels" Simmons Weissman – 3 51 Lead Vocals – Gene Simmons Trivia
This Was The Last Kiss Album Available On 8-Track Tapes Through The Columbia Record Club. Personnel
Gene Simmons – Bass Guitar Lead Vocals Paul Stanley – Rhythm Guitar Lead Vocals Mark St. John – Lead Guitar Eric Carr – Drums Percussion Backing Vocals With Desmond Child – Backing Vocals. Jean Beauvoir – Bass On "Get All You Can Take" "Under The Gun" And "Thrills In The Night" Backing Vocals. Allan Schwartzberg – Assorted Drum Overdubs. Bruce Kulick – Guitar Solo On "Lonely Is The Hunter" Lead Guitar Overdubs On "Murder In High Heels" Charts
Album - Billboard North America Year Chart Position 1984 The Billboard 200 20 Singles Year Nation Chart Single Position 1984 United States Billboard Mainstream Rock "Heaven's On Fire" 11 1984 United States Billboard Hot 100 "Heaven's On Fire" 49 1984 Austria Pop Singles "Heaven's On Fire 62 1984 Canada Pop Singles "Heaven's On Fire" 48 Sales Accomplishments
RIAA Certification United States Date Designation Total Sales December 3 1984 Gold 500 000 December 12 1984 Platinum 1 000 000 CRIA Certification Canada Date Designation Total Sales November 1 1984 Gold 50 000 March 1 1985 Platinum 100 000