Gebruiker:Nietanoniem/Kladblok/Gene Simmons soloalbum
Gene Simmons | |||||||
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Album van Kiss | |||||||
Uitgebracht | 18 september 1978 | ||||||
Genre | Hardrock | ||||||
Label(s) | Casablanca | ||||||
Producent(en) | Gene Simmons, Sean Delaney | ||||||
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Gene Simmons is een soloalbum van Gene Simmons, de bassist van de hardrockband KISS. Het album verscheen op 18 september 1978, tegelijkertijd met de soloalbums van de andere bandleden van KISS. Het soloalbum van Simmons bereikte plek 22 in de Amerikaanse hitlijst Billboard 200 en was daarmee het bestverkochte van de vier soloalbums bij uitbrengen. Later zou het album van Ace Frehley in totale verkopen de andere albums overstijgen.[1]
Op het album ligt de nadruk op hardrock, maar er zijn ook andere muziekstromingen te herkennen zoals van de Beatlesachtige popliedjes, jaren 70 funk en rock-'n-roll. Ook is er gebruik gemaakt van koren en strijkinstrumenten.[2]
Er is één single van uitgebracht: Radioactive.
en werd geproduceerd door Gene Simmons en Sean Delaney.
Het album
[bewerken | brontekst bewerken]Naast zang speelde Simmons op dit album voornamelijk elektrische en akoestische gitaar. Naast de sessiemuzikanten werden ook een aantal gastmuzikanten ingeschakeld. Hieronder waren bekende artiesten als Joe Perry (van Aerosmith), Bob Seger, Rick Nielsen (van Cheap Trick, Donna Summer, Helen Reddy en Cher. Met Cher had Simmons in de periode rond de opnames een relatie.[3] De op dat moment nog onbekende achtergrondzangeres Katey Sagal zou later een bekende actrice worden.
Simmons re-recorded "See You in Your Dreams" because he reportedly was not happy with the way it was recorded on Rock and Roll Over.[4] Simmons said that he covered "When You Wish Upon a Star" because he related to the song and was a fan of Disney movies. "When I first heard that song I could barely speak English but I knew the words were true. Anybody can have what they want, the world and life can give its rewards to anyone".[5]
The songs "Burning up With Fever", "Man of 1000 Faces" and "True Confessions" were demoed in August 1975 for the Destroyer album but rejected by Bob Ezrin.[6] but were finally released in 2021 on the bonus disc in the 2cd and Superdeluxe box set versions of "Destroyer".[7] "See You Tonite" was also demoed in 1975, and the demo versions of all four songs are on the Gene Simmons Vault box set, along with a 1976 demo of "Mr Make Believe"[8]
On the original CD release in 1988, [826 239-2] the first two songs are split incorrectly. The introduction that leads into "Radioactive" is split at the 51-second mark while the rest of "Radioactive" and all of "Burning Up with Fever" are played in the second track. However, the track listing of the cover lists the two songs as two separate tracks. The rest of the CD is split correctly.[9] The 1997 remastered edition fixes this mistake with "Radioactive" and "Burning up With Fever" being split as two separate tracks. The introduction played before "Radioactive" is left in as part of the song.
Nummers
[bewerken | brontekst bewerken]- "Radioactive" (Gene Simmons)
- "Burning Up with Fever" (Simmons)
- "See You Tonite" (Simmons)
- "Tunnel of Love" (Simmons)
- "True Confessions" (Simmons)
- "Living in Sin" (Simmons, Sean Delaney, Howard Marks)
- "Always Near You/Nowhere to Hide" (Simmons)
- "Man of 1,000 Faces" (Simmons)
- "Mr. Make Believe" (Simmons)
- "See You in Your Dreams" (Simmons)
- "When You Wish upon a Star" (Ned Washington, Leigh Harline)
[[Categorie:Muziekalbum van Kiss]] [[Categorie:Muziekalbum uit 1978]]
- ↑ Ace Frehley on outselling Paul Stanley & Gene Simmons during KISS’ prime
- ↑ >https://www.allmusic.com/album/gene-simmons-mw0000423629 Gene Simmons op allmusic.com]
- ↑ How Gene Simmons Recorded His 1978 Solo Album
- ↑ Gene Simmons, by Gene Simmons
- ↑ Archived copy. Gearchiveerd op June 16, 2013. Geraadpleegd op 6 april 2013.
- ↑ Linnaeus, Carl (2014). Kiss - den osminkade sanningen. ISBN 9789187301896.
- ↑ https://michaelcavacini.com/2021/11/16/review-kiss-destroyer-45th-anniversary-super-deluxe-edition/
- ↑ Kiss Related Recordings; GENE SIMMONS 1966 - 2016 the Vault 11 CD Boxset 2018(chronological order).
- ↑ Gene Simmons - Kiss: Gene Simmons. Discogs. Geraadpleegd op 17 april 2018.