KISS DESTROYER ORIGINAL STILL IN SHRINK KISS LP PINK FLOYD THE WALL BOB EZRIN

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Additional Information about Destroyer [Original] by Kiss (LP, 1976 Casablanca # 7025)

CONDITION: COVER EXC STILL IN SHRINK ; SHINY VINYL IS EXC/NM- SHOWING A SUPERFICIAL SCUFF ON SIDE TWO NO BIG DEAL. NEAR FLAWLESS!  PERFECT LABELS NO SPINDLE TRAILS OR WOL. ‘STERLING’ STAMPED ON TRAILOFF/DEADWAX AREAS. RECORDED AT THE RECORD PLANT IN NYC. STERLING STUDIOS INCLUDES THE KISS ARMY-SHOUT IT OUT LOUD INNER SLEEVE IN GREAT SHAPE AS WELL. SMALL OLD STORE PRICE STICKER ATTACHED TO THE SHRINK NOT ON THE COVER (SEE PHOTO) OVERALL IN NM CONDITION. AND ITS ORIGINAL NOT A REISSUE.

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Album Features

Artist:

KISS

Format:

LP

Release Year:

1976

Record Label:

Casablanca NBLP 7025

Genre:

Hard Rock, Rock

Track Listing
1. Detroit Rock City
2. King of the Night Time World
3. God of Thunder
4. Great Expectations
5. Flaming Youth
6. Sweet Pain
7. Shout It out Loud
8. Beth
9. Do You Love Me

Details

Playing Time:

34 min.

Producer:

Bob Ezrin

Distributor:

Casablanca

Recording Type:

Studio

Recording Mode:

Stereo

SPAR Code:

n/a

Album Notes
Kiss: Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley (vocals, guitar); Gene Simmons (vocals, bass); Peter Criss (vocals, drums).Recorded at The Record Plant, New York, New York. Mastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio at Sterling Sound, New York, New York.Personnel: Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley (guitar); Peter Criss (drums).  Recording information: Record Plant Recording Studios, New York, NY. Illustrator: Ken Kelly. Before DESTROYER, Kiss' studio albums were only moderate sellers. But the band's concerts were selling out regularly, and 1975's ALIVE! album had gone gold, putting Kiss on the pop map. DESTROYER, on which they teamed with Alice Cooper producer Bob Ezrin, was the breakthrough that finally got Kiss' grandiose rock ideas down on record. DESTROYER is a chancy, ambitious album. It opens with a radio announcer reporting a teen's death in a car crash, followed by a snippet of "Rock And Roll All Nite" (which had appeared on 1975's DRESSED TO KILL); then the band launches into "Detroit Rock City," an homage to the first city to make them stars. "Great Expectations" features ornate orchestration, a heavenly chorus and a guitar tone that exposes the band's glam-rock ambitions. DESTROYER also includes a ready-made rock anthems ("Shout It Out Loud"), a swipe at manipulative groupies ("Do You Love Me," which is punched up with tubular bells) and a foreboding song about "the lord of the wasteland" that became Gene Simmons' signature tune ("God Of Thunder").And then there is "Beth," an uncharacteristic ballad, sung and co-written by drummer Peter Criss. The lush strings and delicate piano gave Kiss a Top-10 hit and a greater fan base. Soon would come a TV Movie ("Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park") and a comic book.

Editorial Reviews
...Their magnum opus....So mindless, it's almost Zen.
Mojo