Hot in the Shade
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| Studio album by Kiss | |||||
| Released | October 17, 1989 | ||||
| Recorded | July-August 1989 | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock | ||||
| Length | 58:39 | ||||
| Label | Mercury | ||||
| Producer | Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley |
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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).
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).
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."
Hot in the Shade was certified Gold on December 20, 1989.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side one
- "Rise to It" (Paul Stanley, Bob Halligan, Jr) – 4:08
- Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley
- "Betrayed" (Tommy Thayer, Gene Simmons) – 3:38
- Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons
- "Hide Your Heart" (Stanley, Desmond Child, Holly Knight) – 4:25
- Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley
- "Prisoner of Love" (Bruce Kulick, Simmons) – 3:52
- Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons
- "Read My Body" (Stanley, Halligan) – 3:48
- Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley
- Love's a Slap in the Face (Simmons, Vini Poncia) – 4:04
- Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons
- "Forever" (Stanley, Michael Bolton) – 3:52
- Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley
- "Silver Spoon" (Stanley, Poncia) – 4:38
- Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley
[edit] Side two
- "Cadillac Dreams" (Simmons, Poncia) – 3:44
- Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons
- "King of Hearts" (Stanley, Poncia) – 4:26
- Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley
- "The Street Giveth and the Street Taketh Away" (Thayer, Simmons) – 3:34
- Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons
- "You Love Me to Hate You" (Stanley, Child) – 4:00
- Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley
- "Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell" (Simmons, Poncia) – 3:52
- Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons
- "Little Caesar" (Eric Carr, Simmons, Adam Mitchell) – 3:08
- Lead Vocals - Eric Carr
- "Boomerang" (Kulick, Simmons) – 3:30
- Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons
[edit] Covers
- "Hide Your Heart" has been covered by Bonnie Tyler, Molly Hatchet, Ace Frehley, and Robin Beck.
[edit] Personnel
- Gene Simmons – bass guitar, lead vocals
- Paul Stanley – rhythm guitar, lead vocals
- Bruce Kulick – Lead guitar, backing vocals
- Eric Carr – drums, vocals (lead vocals on "Little Caesar")
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1989 | The Billboard 200 | 29 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1989 | "Hide Your Heart" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 22 |
| 1989 | "Hide Your Heart" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 83 |
| 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] External links
- Kiss FAQ - Hot In The Shade, Accessed on July 14, 2005.
