| ACE FREHLEY is the best, a hard-rocking classic. PAUL STANLEY comes in second, with a great mix of rockers and ballads, with interesting and professional compositions. PETER CRISS is the underdog, with a bluesy-type album that, while more than a bit dated, is still heartfelt and true from the seemingly most down-to-Earth member of KISS. Then there's GENE SIMMONS...rLazy, lazy, lazy. Wanna know how all of these lumbering songs are composed? Verse, chorus, verse, chorus, then beat the song title into the ground by repeating it over and over, ad infinitum. You've got a dumb, quasi-scary opener ("Radioactive"); Gene seemingly bragging about how he's sleeping with Cher and you're not ("Living in Sin"); a weak cover of a lesser KISS tune ("See You in Your Dreams"); and a downright silly version of "When You Wish Upon a Star" (supposedly heartfelt, but I don't buy it--how can you take seriously a guy whose apparent dream is to photograph every women he's ever slept with?).r |
