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1981's The Elder was such a bomb worldwide that Kiss' record company outside the U.S., Casablanca/Phonogram, demanded that the band immediately assemble another greatest-hits package to prove to their befuddled fans that they were still a heavy metal group, not experimental prog rockers. Since a greatest-hits set was issued just four years prior in the form of the double LP Double Platinum, the band decided to include four brand-new tracks along with some hits, under the title of Killers (a single album). The new tracks ("I'm a Legend Tonight," "Down on Your Knees," "Nowhere to Run," "Partners in Crime") resembled the Kiss of old more than anything the band had released for a few years by this point (again, guitarist Bob "Alive II" Kulick subs for Ace Frehley). The only hits on Killers that hadn't already appeared on Double Platinum were "I Was Made for Loving You," "Sure Know Something," and "Rock and Roll All Nite (Live)"; the rest were repeats ("Love Gun," "Detroit Rock City," "God of Thunder," "Cold Gin," and "Shout It out Loud"). Killers didn't accomplish what the record company hoped it would -- re-establishing Kiss as chart-toppers -- but it did show their fans outside the U.S. that the band meant business again. [The Australian and Japanese versions of Killers include a slightly different track listing.]
© Greg Prato /TiVo
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Adam Mitchell, ComposerLyricist - Kiss, MainArtist - Paul Stanley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ACe Frehley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Simmons, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael James Jackson, Producer - Peter Criss, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1982 The Island Def Jam Music Group
BRYAN ADAMS, ComposerLyricist - Kiss, MainArtist - Paul Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Michael James Jackson, Producer - Michael Japp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1982 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kiss, MainArtist - ACe Frehley, ComposerLyricist - Kenny Kerner, Producer - Richie Wise, Producer
℗ 1974 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kiss, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Stanley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ACe Frehley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Kramer, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Corky Stasiak, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gene Simmons, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Criss, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Bob Ezrin, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Kiss, MainArtist - Paul Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Corky Stasiak, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gene Simmons, ComposerLyricist - Jay Messina, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Bob Ezrin, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Kiss, MainArtist - ACe Frehley, ComposerLyricist - Eric Carr, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kiss, MainArtist - ACe Frehley, ComposerLyricist - Jay Messina, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vincent Poncia, Producer
℗ 1980 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kiss, MainArtist - Paul Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Jay Messina, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vincent Poncia, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1979 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kiss, MainArtist - Paul Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Michael James Jackson, Producer - Dave Thoener, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Adam Mitchell, ComposerLyricist - Kiss, MainArtist - Paul Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Michael James Jackson, Producer
℗ 1982 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Bob Ezrin, ComposerLyricist - Kiss, MainArtist - Paul Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Michael James Jackson, Producer
℗ 1982 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Bob Ezrin, Producer - Kiss, MainArtist - Paul Stanley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Desmond Child, ComposerLyricist - Kiss, MainArtist - Paul Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Michael James Jackson, Producer - Vincent Poncia, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1982 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kiss, MainArtist - Paul Stanley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ACe Frehley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Simmons, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Messina, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Criss, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Vincent Poncia, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1980 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kiss, MainArtist - Paul Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Kramer, Producer - Gene Simmons, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
1981's The Elder was such a bomb worldwide that Kiss' record company outside the U.S., Casablanca/Phonogram, demanded that the band immediately assemble another greatest-hits package to prove to their befuddled fans that they were still a heavy metal group, not experimental prog rockers. Since a greatest-hits set was issued just four years prior in the form of the double LP Double Platinum, the band decided to include four brand-new tracks along with some hits, under the title of Killers (a single album). The new tracks ("I'm a Legend Tonight," "Down on Your Knees," "Nowhere to Run," "Partners in Crime") resembled the Kiss of old more than anything the band had released for a few years by this point (again, guitarist Bob "Alive II" Kulick subs for Ace Frehley). The only hits on Killers that hadn't already appeared on Double Platinum were "I Was Made for Loving You," "Sure Know Something," and "Rock and Roll All Nite (Live)"; the rest were repeats ("Love Gun," "Detroit Rock City," "God of Thunder," "Cold Gin," and "Shout It out Loud"). Killers didn't accomplish what the record company hoped it would -- re-establishing Kiss as chart-toppers -- but it did show their fans outside the U.S. that the band meant business again. [The Australian and Japanese versions of Killers include a slightly different track listing.]
© Greg Prato /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:46
- Main artists: Kiss
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMe Direct 2
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1982 The Island Def Jam Music Group ℗ 2014 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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