Hot in the Shade

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Hot in the Shade
Hot in the Shade cover
Studio album by KISS
Released October 17, 1989
Recorded July-August 1989
Genre Hard Rock
Length 58:39
Label Mercury Records
Producer(s) Gene Simmons &
Paul Stanley
Professional reviews
KISS chronology
Smashes, Thrashes & Hits
(1988)
Hot in the Shade
(1989)
Revenge
(1992)


Hot in the Shade is a KISS album released in 1989. It was certified Gold by the RIAA. It is the first KISS studio album since 1981's Music From "The Elder" to feature three members singing lead on the album. It also marked the last KISS album with drummer Eric Carr before his death in 1991.

Featuring 15 songs, Hot in the Shade contains the largest amount of material of any of KISS's studio albums. Subsequently, the album is also one of the band's longest, with a running time of nearly a full hour (58:39).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Rise to It" (Paul Stanley, Bob Halligan) – 4:08
    • Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley
  2. "Betrayed" (Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer) – 3:38
    • Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons
  3. "Hide Your Heart" (Stanley, Desmond Child, Holly Knight) – 4:25
    • Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley
  4. "Prisoner of Love" (Simmons, Bruce Kulick) – 3:52
    • Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons
  5. "Read My Body" (Stanley, Halligan) – 3:48
    • Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley
  6. Love's a Slap in the Face (Simmons, Vini Poncia) – 4:04
    • Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons
  7. "Forever" (Stanley, Michael Bolton) – 3:52
    • Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley
  8. "Silver Spoon" (Stanley, Poncia) – 4:38
    • Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley
  9. "Cadillac Dreams" (Simmons, Poncia) – 3:44
    • Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons
  10. "King of Hearts" (Stanley, Poncia) – 4:26
    • Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley
  11. "The Street Giveth and the Street Taketh Away" (Simmons, Thayer) – 3:34
    • Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons
  12. "You Love Me to Hate You" (Stanley, Child) – 4:00
    • Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley
  13. "Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell" (Simmons, Poncia) – 3:52
    • Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons
  14. "Little Caesar" (Eric Carr, Simmons, Adam Mitchell) – 3:08
    • Lead Vocals - Eric Carr
  15. "Boomerang" (Simmons, Kulick) – 3:30
    • Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons

[edit] Personnel

with

  • Tommy Thayerguitar on "Betrayed"
  • Phil Ashley – keyboards on "Hide Your Heart" and "Forever"
  • Charlotte Crossley – backing vocals on "Silver Spoon"
  • Valerie Pinkston – backing vocals on "Silver Spoon"
  • Kim Edwards-Brown – backing vocals on "Silver Spoon"

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1989 The Billboard 200 29

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1989 "Hide Your Heart" Mainstream Rock Tracks 22
1989 "Hide Your Heart" The Billboard Hot 100 66
1990 "Forever" Mainstream Rock Tracks 17
1990 "Forever" The Billboard Hot 100 8
1990 "Rise To It" Mainstream Rock Tracks 40
1990 "Rise To It" The Billboard Hot 100 81

[edit] Album notes

  • "Hide Your Heart" was covered by Ace Frehley on his Trouble Walkin' album.
  • Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley appeared in KISS makeup for the first time since their 1983 unmasking in the video for "Rise to It." Although the scene with Gene and Paul in makeup took place in 1975, the costumes they used were historically inaccurate; Gene's was from the Unmasked (1980) era while Paul's was from Love Gun (1977).
  • The original version of "Little Caesar" was called "Ain't that Pecuilar," and can be found on The Box Set released in 2001.
  • Tommy Thayer, who co-wrote "Betrayed" and "The Street Giveth And The Street Taketh Away," eventually became KISS's permanent lead guitarist in 2002, replacing Ace Frehley as "The Spaceman."

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