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KISS «Music From The Elder» 1981 (Remaster 1997)

Genre: Hard Rock

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Music from "The Elder" is a 1981 concept album released by the American hard rock band Kiss. It was an attempt on the part of the group to establish Kiss as credible artists, and also to reverse the trend of declining album sales and commercial popularity that had begun in 1979. Buy Book at Lowest Price on Amazon

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By the end of 1980, Kiss knew that their next album had to be a strong one -- a glorious return to hard rock a la their classic Destroyer. New drummer Eric Carr had refueled the band's desire to rock, and the quartet began working on a straight-ahead rock album in early 1981. Midway through, the band felt that they were rewriting past songs, and the sessions were aborted. Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley then came up with the idea of recording a concept album, based on a mythical original story by Simmons. Destroyer producer Bob Ezrin was back and encouraged the band's concept album idea (against both Ace Frehley's and Carr's wishes). Simmons and Stanley had high hopes for The Elder (such as a movie, an elaborate tour, a follow-up record, etc.), but it completely bombed upon release. The reason? The music is totally uncharacteristic of Kiss -- it resembles heavy prog rock for the most part. Some of the songs could have been classics if the pompous and/or hard-to-decipher lyrics were replaced, such as "The Oath," "Only You," "I," and "Just a Boy." Only two tracks resemble the Kiss of old (Frehley's "Dark Light" and the instrumental "Escape From the Island"), while the rest is downright embarrassing ("Odyssey," "A World Without Heroes," "Under the Rose"). The Elder was the final straw for Frehley, who would leave the band in 1982.

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Tracklist:

1 "Fanfare" (Bob Ezrin, Paul Stanley) – 1:21

* Instrumental

2 "Just A Boy" (Stanley, Ezrin) – 2:25

* Lead vocals - Paul Stanley

3 "Odyssey" (Tony Powers) – 5:36

* Lead vocals - Paul Stanley

4 "Only You" (Gene Simmons) – 4:17

* Lead vocals - Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley

5 "Under The Rose" (Eric Carr, Simmons) – 4:51

* Lead vocals - Gene Simmons

6 "Dark Light" (Ace Frehley, Anton Fig, Lou Reed, Simmons) – 4:18

* Lead vocals - Ace Frehley

7 "A World Without Heroes" (Stanley, Ezrin, Reed, Simmons) – 2:40

* Lead vocals - Gene Simmons

8 "The Oath" (Stanley, Ezrin, Powers) – 4:31

* Lead vocals - Paul Stanley

9 "Mr. Blackwell" (Simmons, Reed) – 4:52

* Lead vocals - Gene Simmons

10 "Escape From The Island" (Frehley, Ezrin, Carr) – 2:52

* Instrumental

11 "I" (Simmons, Ezrin) – 5:03

* Lead vocals - Paul Stanley & Gene Simmons

* Gene Simmons - bass guitar; rhythm guitar on "Only You"; vocals

* Paul Stanley - rhythm guitar; vocals

* Ace Frehley - lead guitar; vocals

* Eric Carr - drums; backing vocals

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* Bob Ezrin - producer; bass guitar on "Mr. Blackwell", "Escape from the Island" and "Dark Light"

* Allan Schwartzberg - drums on "Odyssey" and "I"

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