Rock And Roll Over
KISS
Casablanca Records, 1976
http://wwww.kissonline.com
REVIEW BY: Christopher Thelen
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 05/06/1997
With all the fuss and press over the Kiss reunion tour of the
past year or so, it may surprise some of our readers that we
haven't reviewed a Kiss album on "The Daily Vault" until now.
It may also surprise people to know that
Rock And Roll Over was the first Kiss album I ever bought.
I've made no secret that some of my best finds are at used record
stores and garage sales. In fact, it was at a garage sale when I
was in high school that I found this particular album, paid my
quarter for it, and rushed home to see what the big deal over Kiss
was. And it wasn't that I was ignorant to the band's history -
"Tears Are Falling" was plastered all over MTV, but the band was
far from their glory days of the '70s.
Paul Stanley and crew were at the top of their game when
Rock And Roll Over came out in 1976 - they were coming off
the smash hit
Destroyer, featuring "Detroit Rock City." To some people,
this album was a step backward for Kiss - if you will, the
beginning of the end of the classic period.
And while there are some good songs on this album, the sad fact
is this album has not withstood the test of time. The majority of
the album is "filler" - songs that sound like they were leftovers
from previous albums.
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