Rock And Roll Over Delaware

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.