Kiss
Dressed to kill

THE REVIEW

After producing two albums that were little acclaimed by the crowd at the time but have been re-evaluated lately, Kiss went all out, composing new tracks for the new album "Dressed to Kill." Dated 1975, the album certainly sold much more than the previous ones, and allowed the group to release a first single, "Rock and roll all nite," which gradually climbed the charts of American radio, with the memorable chorus: "I wanna rock and roll all nite/ and party everyday!"

Following a musical line still a bit distant from the glam of subsequent albums, but rather closer to hard rock/blues, Kiss churn out ten catchy tracks, ranging from songs with choruses akin to those of the Beatles ("Room service"; "Ladies in waiting"; "Anything for my baby") to more decisive hard rock (with songs like "She," for which even Anthrax did a cover 25 years later). The most melodic moment is undoubtedly the opening arpeggio of "Rock Bottom" in which Stanley and Frehley make use of the sound of two acoustic Gibson guitars, one of which (Frehley's) has 12 strings!!!

Subsequently to this album, Kiss will release their first live album that will surprise the production label, which no longer had faith in them due to poor sales! "Alive!" will sell more copies than all three previous CDs combined and will launch Kiss's career to the pinnacle with the following triad: "Destroyer," "Rock and roll over" & "Love Gun"!!!
Paul Stanley: "After 'Dressed to Kill' we were ready to leave the label because we were disappointing our own expectations. The only thing that kept us together was the success of 'Alive!'. We didn't want to believe it, and even today we still can't believe it" (Kiss behind the mask-the official authorized biography)