Creatures Of The Night [Import]

SITUATION;The band are having a tough time as their last albums were comercial flop.`dynasty`(platinum even if disco),`unmasked`(wich was receved gracefully in australia),the mystical `the elder`(who severly damaged their reputation) being the band `s last 3 album ,had almost killed the band. their last attemp was the`killers`compilation they included 4 new songs to get the album more interresting.

kiss knew they had to come with a special record that would save the band.meanwhile during the `kiss 10th aniversairy tour`the attendence were so low that they cancelled many concerts of that tour.they decided their next album was going to be their heaviset in order to regain their lost army.

when they were going to produce the album ace frehley decided to leave.in hopes that frehley wouldnt quit they hired 3 guitarists steve farris,vinnie vincent(who would become their guitarist until`84),and bob kulick.the day after the video for `i love it loud`was aired ace annonce he quitted.it was a sad moment, ace was there from the debut and now he left,he was probly the best guitarist they had.

Even if creatures of the night was their heaviest and was one of their best it took a certain time until it reached gold status.what makes the album so good is eric carr`s intense drumming he plays particulary loud on this one,as it sounds like canons!the cover still has frehley on the cover because 1;he was at the edge of leaving (he didnt annouced it)and 2;they didnt want the world to know they had problems with a member again ,they wanted to keep it secret.

After a couple of experimenting album such as `unmasked`the elder` they were focused again and an awesome album was made.Eric Carr`s drumming pushed the band to be heavier and it did.Vinnie Vincent was not only an awesome guitar player but he could wrote songs very well,its a shame that he is only credited to have played on `lick it up`.

many great songs here;

creatures of the night;the awesome title track ,great drumming by eric carr,the most known song on the album 10/10

saint and sinner;i dont like this song.6/10

keep me comin;good song a song that would have fit on rock and roll over or love gun.8/10

rock and roll hell;co wrote with brian adams,a great song i love it ,about a musician who wants to get out of his trouble with rock,that must have been what kiss felt as they had tough times recently.woth buying the album to hear it 10/10

danger;suprinsing lyrics here as`give me mesures of pleasure and pain boiling the blood in my veins`good.7.5/10

i love it loud;represent how kiss fans like it co-wrote with vinnie vincent a great party tune.10/10

i still love you; 6 min song a good kiss ballad 7.5/10

killer;i dont really like this song.6/10

war machine`worth buying the album alone!it rocks!one of my fav kiss tune ever,with gene`s superhuman voice ,gotta check out this song!11/10

My ratings on the songs doesnt really matter what does is this album is amzing!

the heaviest(either this one or revenge),about the favorite i own i got the debut and others.if you want their heaviest its probly this one great tracks and cool cover.i recommend it to starters,and fans.the best of the 80s no doubt!

In retrospect, Creatures Of The Night is a preview of what I call the heavy metal tryptych consisting of Lick It Up, Animalize, and Asylum. One thing's for sure, KISS finally decided to listen to its fans and make the album they had promised, the heaviest KISS album ever. Well, that wouldn't be until 1984's Animalize, but Creatures was a start in that direction, thanks to some thunderous drums from the Fox and a new fiery guitar from the Pharaoh, Vinnie Vincent, who has co-writing credits on three songs.

The title track is a definite sign that a heavier sound is in the making, with the song having a theme of underdogs by day being winners at night.

"Saints And Sinners" has Gene's demonic voice there, and evidence of Vinnie Vincent's guitar, a different but still great contrast from Ace's trademark licks, and one that would really come into fruition on Lick It Up. Telling off a goody-two shoes woman has never been so great"Kiss my heart bye-bye/and I don't need no one at all."

The loud anthemic braggadocio of a female conquest in "Keep Me Comin'" shows KISS having lost none of its another-notch-on-the-belt 'tude.

Then comes one of two songs written by Gene Simmons, with assistance from Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance(!!) "Rock And Roll Hell" describes the plight of a rocker burned out, trapped by the music game, wanting to scrabble up to #1.

The protagonist in "Danger" seems to be one burning the candle at both ends, grabbing life by the throat, and thundering drums and Vincent's guitarwork mirrors the frantic life: "Oh I wanna know/how far to go/takin' my life in my hands/out on my own/fighting alone/call me the desperate man."

The next three songs were co-written by Vinnie Vincent. First up, those familiar anthemic drums, chants, and Gene's power vocals come into play on the heavy metal anthem "I Love It Loud." Given how acts like Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne were blazing the metal trail in the late 70's and to that point, the title mirrored the demands of KISS's fans who demanded something louder and heavier.

"I Still Love You" starts out in a quiet and tender way like "Beth", but the guitar rises to a heavy metal wave in the chorus. One of the few serious love songs KISS did since "Beth."

Quick Sabbath-like riffs figure in "Killer" of a woman who's got more than a sadistic edge, and who better than Gene to sing about her? "Watch out for your jugular/she's a killer/animal with a twisted brain/she's a killer!" Gulp, I think. This is a precursor to Gene singing about similar woman in Animalize ("Burn B-tch Burn") and Asylum ("Secretly Cruel")
Heavy Sabbath-like riffs that Danzig's guitarist might have appropriated in "Snakes of Christ" frame "War Machine", the second song co-written by Adams and Vallance. This is closest to an anti-war song as KISS got by singing from the POV of a totalitarian-minded warmonger: "Take the reins of power and seize them/draw the battle lines/Armageddon's just a matter of time/tear down the voice of reason/let the arrows fly/your freedom's just a state of mind, yeah." Hmm, was this song played by the people who wrote the Patriot Act?

The first step in revamping KISS into a heavy metal machine, a step that would reach its maximum in Animalize. Their next album though, should've been titled after their 1980 album, given what the album cover showed, but I already told that story.

Personnellement, mon meilleur album de Kiss. La voix de Stanley excellente, celle de Simmons, à son meilleur. Pour la musique, l'une des plus lourde de Kiss, l'album probablement le plus métal de leurs albums. Aucun point faible à cet album