Artist: KISS
Album: REVENGE (CD)

Release date: 1992
EAN/UPS: 0042284803724
Media type: CD

Revenge is a studio album by Kiss, released in 1992. It was the band's first album since the death of long-time drummer Eric Carr in November 1991. His replacement, Eric Singer, had played with Black Sabbath, Badlands, and Alice Cooper, among others.

The album was dedicated to Carr, and the last track ("Carr Jam 1981") was a demo he had recorded soon after joining the group. One modification to the song, however, was the dubbing of Bruce Kulick's guitar over Ace Frehley's, which originally appeared. The main riff of the song was used as the basis for the Frehley's Comet song "Breakout," found on 1987's Frehley's Comet.

For Revenge, Kiss re-established ties with a pair of old associates—producer Bob Ezrin and guitarist/songwriter Vinnie Vincent. Ezrin had last worked with the group on 1981's ill-fated concept album, Music from "The Elder". Prior to that, he produced the band's highly successful Destroyer album in 1976.

Vincent, who in December 1982 had replaced original guitarist Ace Frehley, was fired from Kiss at the conclusion of their Lick It Up tour in March 1984, for reasons that have never been fully explained. Vincent received co-writing credit for three songs on Revenge.

"God Gave Rock 'N Roll To You II", originally recorded for the soundtrack to Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, was the last Kiss song to feature a performance by Eric Carr. Carr, too ill to play drums on the song, provided background vocals.

"God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II", "Unholy", and "Domino" are the songs from the album that have endured as regular Kiss live staples. "I Just Wanna" was played briefly on the Revenge tour and appeared on Alive III, and "Every Time I Look at you" was performed on Kiss Unplugged.

It was certified Gold on July 20, 1992, when it sold 500,000 copies.


TRACKLIST:

01 "Unholy" (Gene Simmons, Vinnie Vincent) – 3:40
Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons

02 "Take It Off" (Paul Stanley, Bob Ezrin, Kane Roberts) – 4:50
Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley

03 "Tough Love" (Stanley, Bruce Kulick, Ezrin) – 3:44
Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley

04 "Spit" (Simmons, Scott Van Zen, Stanley) – 3:32
Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley

05 "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II" (Russ Ballard, Stanley, Simmons, Ezrin) – 5:18
Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley & Gene Simmons

06 "Domino" (Simmons) – 4:01
Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons

07 "Heart of Chrome" (Stanley, Vincent, Ezrin) – 4:02
Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley

08 "Thou Shalt Not" (Simmons, Jesse Damon) – 3:59
Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons

09 "Every Time I Look at You" (Stanley, Ezrin) – 4:38
Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley

10 "Paralyzed" (Simmons, Ezrin) – 4:14
Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons

11 "I Just Wanna" (Stanley, Vincent) – 4:07
Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley

12 "Carr Jam 1981" (Eric Carr) – 2:46
Instrumental


LINE-UP:

Gene Simmons - bass guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals
Paul Stanley - rhythm guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals
Bruce Kulick - lead, rhythm guitar
Eric Singer - drums, backing vocals

with:
Eric Carr - backing vocals on "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II," drums on "Carr Jam 1981"
Vinnie Vincent - guitar intro on "Unholy"[2]
Kevin Valentine - drums on "Take It Off"
Dick Wagner - lead guitar on "Every Time I Look at You"