Kiss - Love Gun (remastered) - Music & Performance - CD

This deluxe reissue has been remastered from the original master tapes and features enhanced packaging restoring elements available on the LP release. Track listing: "I Stole Your Love," "Christine Sixteen," "Got Love for Sale," "Shock Me," "Tomorrow And Tonight," "Love Gun," "Hooligan," "Almost Human," "Plaster Caster" and "Then She Kissed Me."

Love Gun was Kiss' fifth studio album in three years (and seventh release overall, peaking at number four on Billboard), and proved to be the last release that the original lineup played on. By 1977, Kiss merchandise was flooding the marketplace (lunch boxes, makeup kits, comic books, etc.), and it would ultimately lead to a Kiss backlash in the '80s. But the band was still focused on their music for Love Gun, similar in sound and approach to Rock and Roll Over, their previous straight-ahead rock release. It included Ace Frehley's lead vocals on "Shock Me," as well as one of Kiss' best and most renowned hard rockers in the thunderous title track. The album's opener, "I Stole Your Love," also served as the opening number on Kiss' ensuing tour, while "Christine Sixteen" is one of the few Kiss tracks to contain piano prominently. "Almost Human" is an underrated rocker and features a great Jimi Hendrix-esque guitar solo from Frehley (no doubt due to ex-Hendrix producer Eddie Kramer manning the boards again), while "Plaster Caster" is a tribute to the famous groupies of the same name. The only weak spots on an otherwise stellar album are an obvious "Rock and Roll All Nite" ripoff titled "Tomorrow and Tonight," and a pointless remake of the Phil Spector-penned classic "Then He Kissed Me" (reworked as "Then She Kissed Me"). ~ Greg Prato, Rovi

Performer	Kiss
Music genre	Heavy Metal
Music subgenre	Heavy
Media format	CD
Original release date	1997
Edition	remastered
Language	English
Is collectible	Y
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Track listing	I Stole Your Love, Christine Sixteen, Got Love for Sale, Shock Me, Tomorrow and Tonight, Love Gun, Hooligan, Almost Human, Plaster Caster, Then She Kissed Me
Record label	Mercury
Composer	KISS
Songwriter	Kiss
Track name	I Stole Your Love, Christine Sixteen, Got Love for Sale, Shock Me, Tomorrow And Tonight, Love Gun, Hooligan, Almost Human, Plaster Caster and Then She Kissed Me.
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	Y