Revenge is the 16th studio album by the American hard rock band KISS, released in 1992. It is the first to feature Eric Singer, the drummer that replaced Eric Carr who died in November 1991.
Tracklist:
- "Unholy"
- "Take It Off"
- "Tough Love"
- "Spit"
- "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll To You II"
- "Domino"
- "Heart Of Chrome"
- "Thou Shalt Not"
- "Every Time I Look At You"
- "Paralyzed"
- "I Just Wanna"
- "Carr Jam 1981"
Principal members:
- Paul Stanley - rhythm guitar, vocals
- Gene Simmons - bass guitar, vocals (rhythm guitar on "Domino")
- Eric Carr - backing vocals on "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You II", drums and guitar on "Carr Jam 1981"
- Bruce Kulick - lead guitar, backing vocals (bass guitar on "Tough Love", "Every Time I Look at You") (all guitars on "Carr Jam 1981")
- Eric Singer - drums, backing vocals
"Every time I trope at you...":
- Break Up Song: "I Just Wanna".
- Cover Version: "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll To You II" is an updated version of the Argent original, made for the soundtrack of Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey.
- Darker and Edgier: Compared to their albums from the last half of the 1980s, which have become pretty tame by hard rock standards.
- Dedication/
In Memoriam: To Eric Carr, who died a year before this album's release. - Gosh Dang It to Heck!: "Spit".
- Groin Attack: "Domino" has the singer saying that the subject of the song has "got me by the balls".
- Heavy Meta: "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll To You II".
- He's Back!: "Unholy" is Gene's return to The Demon persona, if not the full makeup version.
- Instrumentals: "Carr Jam 1981".
- Intercourse with You: "Tough Love".
- "I Want" Song: "I Just Wanna".
- Last-Second Word Swap: "I Just Wanna":Time to take my chances, find somebody newI just wanna fu-I just wanna fu-I just wanna forget you
- Literary Allusion Title: "Thou Shalt Not" (Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5).
- Lyrical Cold Open: "I Just Wanna".
- Metal Scream: "Unholy" ends with an epic one from Gene.
- Minimalistic Cover Art: Just the band name and the album title on a sheet of patched metal.
- New Sound Album: More hard rock and featured darker lyrics than their mid-eighties Hair Metal/Glam Rock output, which is still present on the album, but downplayed.
- One-Word Title: "Unholy", "Spit", "Domino", and "Paralyzed".
- Power Ballad: "Every Time I Look At You" and "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll To You II".
- Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: "Gimme...TOUGH!...LOVE!"
- Record Producer: Bob Ezrin.
- Rock Me, Asmodeus!: "Unholy":"I was created by man, yeah I'm the Lord of the flies, you know I'm..."
- Thousand-Year Reign: Mentioned in the lyrics of "Unholy":"I'm the cycle of painOf a thousand year old reign."
