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KISS Alive III
NEAR MINT COVER NEAR MINT VINYL NEVER REMOVED FROM INNER SLEEVES, THE PIC OF VINYL IS AS FAR AS THEY HAVE EVER BEEN MOOVED FROM THEIR SLEEVES. RECORDS ARE ON BEAUTIFUL BLUE VINYL... SWEET!!!
Jump to navigationJump to search Alive III Live album by Kiss Released May 18, 1993 Recorded November 27–29, 1992 Venue Cleveland, Detroit, and Market Square Arena, Indianapolis Genre Hard rock, heavy metal Length 66:53 Label Mercury Producer Kiss, Eddie Kramer Kiss chronology Revenge(1992) Alive III
(1993) Kiss Unplugged
(1996) Singles from Alive III
- "I Love It Loud"
Released: May 8, 1993
Alive III is a live album released by the American hard rock band Kiss in 1993. It was certified gold in 1994. It is the third installment of the Alive series. The recording of Alive III took place over multiple dates (in Cleveland, Detroit and Indianapolis) during the band's 1992 tour in support of Revenge.
Contents
- 1Album information
- 2Reception
- 3Track listing
- 4Personnel
- 5Charts
- 6Certifications
- 7Releases
- 8References
Album information[edit]
It was the first live album the band had released since 1977's Alive II, and the first live recordings released since 1984's Animalize Live Uncensored concert film. The recording of "I Was Made For Lovin' You" was actually recorded at one of the band's soundchecks, but had the crowd overdubbed in the song to make it appear as if it is "live," which led to speculation that many other songs on "Alive III" could be overdubbed, just as was done on the first two in the series.
The album is the only live Kiss album released during the group's non-makeup era, excluding Kiss Unplugged, released later in 1996. During the recording of Alive II, Kiss did not want to duplicate songs from Alive!, although some songs from Alive IIIare duplicate songs from their previous live albums. For example, "Rock and Roll All Nite" was performed on Alive! and again on Alive III, but was not featured on Alive II. It is also the first Kiss live album to feature a different lineup to the previous two, which featured the original lineup.
The liner notes of Alive III include a family tree showing the various Kiss lineups from 1973–1993, as well as bands that the then-current and former members of Kiss were in. It was designed by the band's Japanese fan club. Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, for whom Eric Singer drummed in 1986–87, is misnamed Tommy. The notes also mistakenly claim that "Watchin' You" is from Kiss, and "I Was Made for Lovin' You" from Dressed to Kill. The re-release of Alive III (as part of the Kiss Alive! 1975–2000 box set) contains an additional track, "Take It Off", matching the original international CD and US vinyl versions of the album.
Reception[edit]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] Q [2]Alive III was certified Gold by the RIAA on October 27, 1994.[3]
"Canny power pop given a merciless headbanging," decided Jeremy Clarke in Q.[4] Kerrang! magazine listed Alive III eleventh best album of 1993.[5]
Bruce Kulick's climactic version of "The Star Spangled Banner" was ranked seventh on the Ultimate Classic Rock list Top 10 National Anthem Guitar Solos, before Ace Frehley's version and after Joe Satriani's.[6]
Track listing[edit]
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length 1. "Creatures of the Night" Paul Stanley, Adam Mitchell Paul Stanley 4:40 2. "Deuce" Gene Simmons Gene Simmons 3:43 3. "I Just Wanna" Stanley, Vinnie Vincent Stanley 4:24 4. "Unholy" Simmons, Vincent Simmons 3:27 5. "Heaven's on Fire" Stanley, Desmond Child Stanley 4:15 6. "Watchin' You" Simmons Simmons 3:35 7. "Domino" Simmons Simmons 3:47 8. "I Was Made for Lovin' You" Stanley, Child, Vini Poncia Stanley 4:32 9. "I Still Love You" Stanley, Vincent Stanley 6:03 10. "Rock and Roll All Nite" Stanley, Simmons Simmons 3:32 11. "Lick It Up" Stanley, Vincent Stanley 4:18 12. "Forever" Stanley, Michael Bolton Stanley 3:53 13. "Take It Off" (Bonus track) Stanley, Bob Ezrin, Kane Roberts Stanley 6:04 14. "I Love It Loud" Simmons, Vincent Simmons 3:20 15. "Detroit Rock City" Stanley, Ezrin Stanley 5:30 16. "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You II" Stanley, Simmons, Ezrin, Russ Ballard Stanley, Simmons 5:22 17. "The Star-Spangled Banner" Francis Scott Key (instrumental) 2:40"Take It Off" was a bonus track on the Japanese, European and South American CD releases and the US vinyl release. This version of the album would later be included in the Kiss Alive! 1975–2000 CD box set.
Personnel[edit]
- Paul Stanley – rhythm guitar, lead vocals
- Gene Simmons – bass guitar, lead vocals
- Bruce Kulick – lead guitar, backing vocals[7]
- Eric Singer – drums, backing vocals
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- Derek Sherinian – keyboards, backing vocals[8]
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