1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kisscover.png]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:350:"You wanted the best, and you got the best."]] |
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4 | ''KISS'' is the name of the American hard rock band Music/{{KISS}}'s self-titled debut album, which was released in 1974, sometime before ''Music/HotterThanHell''. |
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6 | !!Tracklist: |
7 | [[AC:Side One]] |
8 | # "Strutter" |
9 | # "Nothin' To Lose" |
10 | # "Firehouse" |
11 | # "Cold Gin" |
12 | # "Let Me Know" |
13 | |
14 | [[AC:Side Two]] |
15 | # "Kissin' Time" |
16 | # "Deuce" |
17 | # "Love Theme From KISS" |
18 | # "100,000 Years" |
19 | # "Black Diamond" |
20 | |
21 | !! Principal Members |
22 | * Paul Stanley – vocals, rhythm guitar |
23 | * Ace Frehley – lead guitar |
24 | * Gene Simmons – vocals, bass guitar |
25 | * Peter Criss – drums, percussion, vocals |
26 | |
27 | ---- |
28 | !!"Anytime is a tropin' time, USA": |
29 | |
30 | * ButLiquorIsQuicker: A gender-reversed version of this is in "Cold Gin." |
31 | * CoverSong: "Kissin' Time", originally by Bobby Rydell. |
32 | * EverythingIsAnInstrument: A fire engine siren sounds off at the end of "Firehouse". |
33 | * FaceOnTheCover: All four members of KISS, with Peter Criss in an early version of his Cat makeup. |
34 | * {{Instrumentals}}: "Love Theme From KISS". |
35 | * IntercourseWithYou: "Nothin' To Lose" chronicles the singer coercing his girlfriend into trying anal sex, and her subsequent enjoyment of it. |
36 | * {{Irony}}: Gene Simmons sings lead vocals on "Cold Gin". The irony is that Gene is the only member of KISS who doesn't drink. |
37 | * OdeToIntoxication: "Cold Gin", written by Ace Frehley, but sung by Gene Simmons (the teetotaler). Ace Frehley would cover his own song on his solo live concert tours. |
38 | * OneWordTitle: "Strutter" and "Deuce". |
39 | * PrecisionFStrike: In "100,000 Years": |
40 | -->''It must have been a bitch while I was gone.'' |
41 | * RecordProducer: Kenny Kerner, Richie Wise. |
42 | * SelfTitledAlbum |
43 | * UpdatedRerelease: "Strutter" would be updated four years later for the ''Double Platinum'' GreatestHits album. |
44 | * VocalTagTeam: Paul, Gene, and Peter get in on singing "Kissin' Time". |
45 |
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