Kiss - Lick It Up (LP) (1983) - €10,00

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Lick It Up is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Kiss. Before its 1983 release, the band members appeared on MTV without their trademark make-up. 

It was the first public appearance without make-up by the band, and their first for Mercury Records, where they had been signed following their departure from Casablanca Records. 

The album was certified platinum by the RIAA for selling over a million units in the US.

The album marked a turnaround from the band's flagging fortunes of the previous several years and successfully introduced them to a new generation of fans, as well as marking the beginning of the "unmasked" era that would last for the next decade.

Due to the underachievement of their exceptional 1982 comeback album, Creatures of the Night, Kiss knew the time was right to drop the makeup, so in September 1983 the band shocked their fans by unmasking on MTV. Their first non-makeup album, Lick It Up, followed soon after and successfully re-established the band among the heavy metal masses worldwide. 

Kiss also reconnected with their stateside fans -- Lick It Up was the band's first record to achieve gold status since 1980's Kiss Unmasked. 

The album's success was spurred by MTV's repeated airing of the imaginative video for the album's strong title track, and songs such as "Exciter," "Not for the Innocent," "A Million to One," and the rap-rocker "All Hell's Breaking Loose" confirmed that the band was back on the right track. 

Vinnie Vincent again proved to be a worthy replacement to original guitarist Ace Frehley but would unfortunately leave the band after the completion of the Lick It Up worldwide tour (eventually resurfacing with the Vinnie Vincent Invasion in the late '80s). Lick It Up is undoubtedly Kiss' best non-makeup album.

Side A

A1.  Exciter - 4:10  

A2.  Not For The Innocent - 4:32  

A3.  Lick It Up - 3:59  

A4.  Young And Wasted - 4:04  

A5.  Gimme More - 3:41  

Side B

B1.  All Hell’s Breakin’ Loose - 4:34  

B2.  A Million To One - 4:17  

B3.  Fits Like A Glove - 4:04  

B4.  Dance All Over You Face - 4:13  

B5.  And On The 8th Day - 4:02 

Kiss

• Paul Stanley – vocals, rhythm guitar, producer, bass on "Gimme More"
• Gene Simmons – vocals, bass, producer
• Eric Carr – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Vinnie Vincent – lead guitar, backing vocals

Additional musician

• Rick Derringer – guitar solo on "Exciter"

Production

• Michael James Jackson – producer
• Frank Filipetti – engineer, mixing
• Rob Freeman – basic tracks engineer on "Lick It Up", "Dance All Over Your Face", and "And on the 8th Day"
• Maria Marquis, Stephen Benben – assistant engineers
• Dave Wittman, Dave Caccavo – additional engineering
• George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York

Notes

Release: 1983

Format:  LP, Vinyl

Genre:  Hard rock

Label:  Casablanca Records

Catalog#  814297-1

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)

Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00