Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Sonic Boom / KISS (2009)


1. Modern Day Delilah
2. Russian Roulette
3. Never Enough
4. Yes I Know (Nobody's Perfect)
5. Stand
6. Hot And Cold
7. All For The Glory
8. Danger Us
9. I'm An Animal
10. When Lightning Strikes
11. Say Yeah

Many people questioned when they heard that KISS was releasing a new album how the album would be. As we all know, Ace and Peter had left the band, and Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer, who was previously in the band, joined the band. The brain of the band, Paul and Gene, remained. They toured around the world and showed everyone how tight the band was with those two new members. However, many people asked if they could make another KISS record without Peter and Ace.

The answer is that they came back strong with a great KISS album. From the track 1, they play KISS style rock 'n' roll throughout the album. Cool riffs, catchy chorus, great harmony, unique voices, this is KISS. Tommy and Eric are great musicians. Even though they are great technicians, they kept themselves to be a part of four pieces. Surprisingly, my favorite song in this album is track 7 which is sung by Eric Singer. His voice is different from Peter's, but it really matches well with the band. I felt the same when I first listened to him singing "Black Diamond." Tommy did a great job with track 10 as well.

KISS truly showed that they could still kick everyone's bud. In this period of their career, they created a great album. I don't know if people would considered this album comparable to their past catalogues, but this album is pure KISS album with 100% awesome rock 'n' roll songs.

☆☆☆☆

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