KISS "DESTROYER" LP PICTURE DISC ORIGINAL DUTCH STEMRA # 242 MINT & UNPLAYED
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Description
YOU ARE BIDDING ON A PICTURE DISC LP BY THE BAND KISS CALLED "DESTROYER". IT WAS RELEASED ON THE STEMRA LABEL (#242) OUT OF THE NETHERLANDS IN 1986. THE PICTURE DISC LP IS MINT & UNPLAYED WITH NO DEFECTS
***ALL LP'S COMES IN RESEALABLE JAPANESE MYLAR SLEEVES FOR PROTECTION
Tracklist
Detroit Rock City 5:20 King Of The Night Time World 3:13 God Of Thunder 4:13 Great Expectations 4:21 Flaming Youth 2:55 Sweet Pain 3:20 Shout It Out Loud 2:50 Beth 2:45 Do You Love Me 3:33The pressure was on Kiss for their fifth release, and the band knew it. Their breakthrough, Alive!, was going to be hard to top, so instead of trying to recreate a concert setting in the studio, they went the opposite route. Destroyer is one of Kiss' most experimental studio albums, but also one of their strongest and most interesting. Alice Cooper/Pink Floyd producer Bob Ezrin was on hand, and he strongly encouraged the band to experiment -- there's extensive use of sound effects (the album's untitled closing track), the appearance of a boy's choir ("Great Expectations"), and an orchestra-laden, heartfelt ballad ("Beth"). But there's plenty of Kiss' heavy thunder rock to go around, such as the demonic "God of Thunder" and the sing-along anthems "Flaming Youth," "Shout It Out Loud," "King of the Night Time World," and "Detroit Rock City" (the latter a tale of a doomed concert-goer, complete with violent car-crash sound effects). But it was the aforementioned Peter Criss ballad, "Beth," that made Destroyer such a success; the song was a surprise Top Ten hit (it was originally released as a B-side to "Detroit Rock City"). Also included is a song that Nirvana would later cover ("Do You Love Me?"), as well as an ode to the pleasures of S&M, "Sweet Pain." Destroyer also marked the first time that a comic-book illustration of the band appeared on the cover, confirming that the band was transforming from hard rockers to superheroes
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