It made sense to follow up Lick It Up with another strong release. The charismatic performance by Stanley once again shines. And then we get to the KISS theory part of this review. My theory with KISS is that Paul Stanley writes songs that he knows are going to appeal to the mainstream, while the songs that bassist Gene Simmons writes focus primarily on being darker and, musically, heavier. Drummer Eric Carr seemed to pick up on this, at least subconsciously, because his drumming always seems more adventurous on songs that Simmons wrote.
Child is given songwriting credit on three of the nine tracks here.
It's a good song and features some good guitar work from Mark St. John. Yes, after Vinnie Vincent left after Lick It Up , guitarist Mark St. John joined the band. He left the band after this release due to health reasons. In general, this release isn't all that strong. All rights reserved.