There's room for both Unmasked and Monster in my heart! Hey, Unmasked Monster would be a pretty good song/album title...
I haven't listened to or watched the KISS Rocks Vegas set yet, but the packaging* is probably the coolest thing they've put out since Double Platinum. *Same style as the Rolling Stones Totally Stripped
Not really I like about 4 tunes on that one (Is that You?, Tomorrow, Shandi, Naked City), I lean towards the heavier side of the band (KISS/HTH/Alive!/Destroyer/Creatures/LIU/Revenge/COS). The band hasn't delivered a perfect or near perfect album yet, Monster doesn't work for me on any level, for one it sounds awful (the recording, engineering, the mix, mastering), I've played it less than 5 times total which puts it right at the bottom with HITS, Crazy Nights, Psycho Circus and Sonic Boom (love Modern Day Delilah though).
I purchased the deluxe blue ray and lp's for KISS Rock Vegas and watched the blue ray last night. The deluxe packaging is great and the blue ray was excellent. I thought production of the show was excellent and although the show may have been touched up with some overdubs it was done very well. When I watched the blue ray yesterday I noticed the band played the songs at a faster pace which was refreshing for a live video performance. I would recommend the blue ray for any KISS fans who are on the fence on purchasing the product.
yeah, I have to agree. I wrote a review after it came out comparing "monster" to a painting in a hotel lobby, in that it might have been well done but otherwise completely unremarkable.
Here's 5 of them (easily)....10-12 tracks each off the top of my head (some of these I have on CD-R), then you have a whole bunch of other tunes available KISS (74-75) - Debut album re-worked/sequenced 1- Deuce 2- Watchin' You 3- Cold Gin 4- Firehouse 5- She (with Let me Know outro) 1- Strutter 2- Nothin to Lose 3- Love her all I can 4- 100,000 Years 5- Black Diamond (Double Plat version). KISS (Spirit of 76) 1- Detroit Rock City 2- King of the.... 3- Calling Dr. Love (DP version) 4- Mr. Speed 5- Do you Love Me? 6- Hard Luck Woman 1- I Want You 2- Flaming Youth 3- God of Thunder 4- Shout it out Loud 5- Makin' Love KISS - Power Pop 79-80 1- I Was Made for Lovin' You 2- Tomorrow 3- Naked City 4- Hard Times 5- Magic Touch 1- Is that You? 2- Sure Know Something 3- Shandi 4- Talk to Me 5- Charisma KISS - Creatures/LIU/Animalize 1- Creatures of the Night 2- Not for the Innocent 3- Heavens on Fire 4- Rock n Roll Hell 5- All Hell's Breakin' Loose 1- I've Had Enough 2- A Million to One 3- War Machine 4- Exciter 5- Get All You can Take 6- I Love it Loud KISS - The Carnival's Revenge... 1- Unholy 2- Master and Slave 3- Heart of Chrome 4- Childhood's End 5- God Gave Rock n Roll to You II 1- Modern Day Delilah 2- It's my Life 3- Psycho Circus 4- Within 5- Jungle 6- Journey of 1,000 Years
A tidy six album discography. I don't get the love for Naked City. It's not bad, it just doesn't stand out to me like others like You're All That I Want.
On the other hand, "You Are All What I Want" is one of the worst songs on "Unmasked". At least the chorus, which I can't stand. And "Naked City" is a terrific power pop tune to me.
I have mixed feelings about Monster. I think the first and last songs are excellent. I love those two. Everything in between? It's weird for me. I can listen to it and say, "Yeah, this is okay....this one is good....this is a good sound for them," but then after you've listened, something about them at the same time is very forgettable, imho. I know some really love the LP and I wish I felt the same way.
I love Unmasked. At first I didn't like it that much because it's basically sugary pop songs, but after a few listens I grew to really like it. It's my favorite reissue from the 2014 campaign.
I think Easy As It Seems has an addictive beat, pretty catchy. It also has a bit harder edge than some of the other material.
Shouldn't that be The Carnival's Psycho Revenge? ....and I love the idea of a Carnival/Revenge comp. Talk about a sledgehammer in your face...
Yeah, see, this shows everyone has different likes, preferences, and reactions to the same given material. I looove Naked City. My first listen to Unmasked, the only songs I really liked were Is That You? and Naked City.
Yeah, I will agree with you on that part of the song, but I'm more or less with @Hail Vinyl! on this.
I believe we can chalk that up to Tommy Thayer - he sure knows something about how to put together a pleasing package for KISS fans...
I like it! I've always thought the Monster cover could have been so much more...the one they went with is fine as a concert t-shirt but not as an album cover...
I was at 2 of the shows on this run. Maybe? My Amazon (exclusive?) package - book, bluray, dvd, & cd set arrived yesterday. I'm going to try to dig into it tonight. I ended up skipping the vinyl set to this point. Wondering if I need it? Is there a comparison? Does the vinyl sound much better than the cd?
I see it's sold out. I'll be in Maui same time as this Kruise. Man, I have to remember for next year. Are you in?
The Amazon deluxe set in the book? Is the one I got - $79 from Amazon. (I bought a different set- Stones Totally Stripped from Japan) I know you didn't get the vinyl set. Lol
I ended up canceling my vinyl preorder and just got the bluray/cd for now. I am curious how the vinyl version turned out, I just gotta wait until my wallet recovers from "back To School" expenses before I pick it up. I really like this concert and the bluray looks incredible, I can only imagine how awesome it was for you to see this live!
