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The Kiss. This band is very loved, but there are people who hate it. Keep your ideas, but I really like them (otherwise, why would I be reviewing this album?), so I decided to take on the not-so-easy task of reviewing "Creatures Of The Night." With this album, the Fab Four of the "Kiss" aimed to achieve harder tones after the release of "Dynasty," which contained the well-known "I Was Made For Lovin' You" and then "Unmasked," making this probably the hardest album by Kiss. After the poor success of "Unmasked," Kiss fired Peter Criss and brought in Eric Carr, with whom they recorded "Music From The Elder" and then this beautiful album.
We start with the title track, and from this piece, you can already tell the sound has become harder. The track is great with a very catchy chorus, and at the end, there's a nice little solo. We move on to the second track: the beautiful "Saint And Sinner." This piece is hard, especially in the chorus where Gene Simmons repeats: "You're a Saint, I'm a Sinner," and at the end of the song, Ace Frehley performs a solo that seems to slowly fade into the air. The third track, "Keep Me Comin'," is less hard and more melodic than the preceding tracks, and it's a spectacle to hear the little chorus accompanying Paul Stanley in the refrain. "Rock And Roll Hell" was written together with Bryan Adams, but for this, you should absolutely not think that Kiss are settling into Adams' style; quite the opposite: This is one of the hardest tracks on the album, and Simmons' bass, together with Carr's bass drum, creates a very hard intro. Then immediately follows "Danger," and Stanley returns to sing, delivering another hard piece, and in the chorus, it slightly recalls "I Surrender" by the legendary Rainbow. "I Love It Loud" needs no introduction: it starts with the drums and then the iconic stadium chants kick in for one of the best and hardest tracks by Kiss, to which Simmons contributes with a heavy and fierce voice. Now you hear a guitar arpeggio, a great intro for "I Still Love You," a tragic account of a love ended. It continues with "Killers," a very hard song about a woman-assassin and one of the best episodes of this album. We thus arrive at the last song, honestly my favorite along with "I Love It Loud," "War Machine." This is the hardest track on the album and was also written with Bryan Adams. A distorted guitar riff leads us into this track, where Carr's bass drum, reminiscent of a cannon, must be mentioned.
In short, this album is a MUST-HAVE!!!
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
02 Saint and Sinner (04:50)
I'm getting off this carousel, you can do as you please, you can go to hell
You put my back against the wall
Well I'm not gonna fall on my knees, no not at all
So you're a saint, I'm a sinner, but deuces are wild
Better wake up, it's break up, I ain't got the time
So (baby) you can kiss my heart bye bye
Next to you I feel I'm all alone, love's turned to stone, ooh yeah
Cross my heart and hope to cry, well I'm not gonna die
Without you it's aces high
So you're a saint, I'm a sinner, but deuces are wild
Better wake up, it's break up, I ain't got the time
So (baby) you can kiss my heart bye bye
Bye bye babe
Kiss my heart bye bye, you missed my heart this time around
Kiss my heart bye bye, and I don't need no one at all, no!
There's no right and there's no wrong, I'm moving on
I'll go it alone, because love's turned to stone
So you're a saint, I'm a sinner, but deuces are wild
Better wake up, it's break up, I ain't got the time
So (baby) you can kiss my heart bye bye
So bye bye babe, bye bye babe
No I'm not gonna die, cross my heart and hope to cry
No no no no I'm not gonna die, so bye bye bye babe
Well I'm not gonna die without you babe
No I'm not gonna die
05 Danger (03:56)
In the night I will be waitin'
Ready to go, soon as the daylight is fadin'
In the night my heart is beating
Out of control, can't stop the way that I'm feeling
I wanna know how far to go, takin' my life in my hands
Out on my own, fighting alone, call me the desperate man
Danger, danger, give me danger, danger
Give me measures of pleasure and pain, boiling the blood in my veins
Danger, danger, give me danger, danger
Give me nothing to stand in my way, I'll make the best of my days
In the night, oh, I can feel it
Time slips away, if I can't pay I will steal it
In the night I will be screamin'
Hour by hour livin' the life that I'm dreamin'
Under the gun, I'll be the one, walking the edge of the knife
Taking the best, leaving the rest, I'm gonna run for my life
Danger, danger, give me danger, danger
Give me measures of pleasure and pain, boiling the blood in my veins
Danger, danger, give me danger, danger
Give me nothing to stand in my way, I'll make the best of my days
I wanna know how far to go, takin' my life in my hands
Out on my own, fighting alone, call me the desperate man
Danger, danger, give me danger, danger
Give me fires that endlessly burn, I've passed the point of return
Danger, danger, danger, danger, danger, danger
08 Killer (03:20)
Her love is a gun, her love is a blade, she's a killer
Bitch is insane, she deals in pain, she's a killer
Ooh, she'll cut you clean, then she'll watch you bleed
So obscene, she's what I need, she loves to hear me scream
Black lace, stiletto heels, she's a killer
Crack the whip, submission trip, she's a killer
Ooh, cat in heat, mistress of deceit
Nerves of steel, her next meal, she's searching for the meat
She's a killer, stone cold killer, killer, stone cold killer
Watch out for your jugular vein, she's a killer
Animal with a twisted brain, she's a killer
Ooh, she guarantees you'll suffer with desire
Wicked queen, night machine, she'll make you walk through fire
Killer, run for your life, killer, will she bite
Killer, run for your life, killer, will she bite, suck your blood tonight
Killer, stone cold killer, she's a killer, stone cold killer
Killer, stone cold killer, she's a killer, stone cold killer
She's a killer, she's a killer, stone cold killer
She's a killer, stone cold killer, she's a killer
09 War Machine (04:13)
Wanna bite the band that feeds me
Wanna turn the tides
Set the demons free and watch 'em fly
Strike down the one who leads me
I'm gonna take his place
Gonna vindicate the human race
Better watch out
'Cause I'm a war machine
Better watch out
'Cause I'm a war machine
Take the reins of power and seize them
Draw the battle lines
Armageddon's just a matter of time
Tear down the voice of reason
Let the arrows fly
Your freedom's just a state of mind, yeah
Better watch out
'Cause I'm a war machine
You better watch out
'Cause I'm a war machine, yeah
You better watch out
'Cause I'm a war machine
You better watch out
'Cause I'm a war machine
Better watch out
'Cause I'm a war machine
I'm a war machine
I'm a war machine....
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By il giustiziere
The title track is a statement of intent: enormously pumped-up drums and metallic riffs create a sound never so powerful in the Kiss household.
"I Still Love You" is probably the definitive ballad for Kiss as well as one of their best songs ever.
