KISS - Sonic Boom (2009) [Two CDs plus DVD - Limited Edition] KISS - Sonic Boom (2009)
FLAC-IMG+CUE+LOG => 713 MB | Complete Scans => 57 MB
ISO | Full DVD => 1,74 GB | MP3 CBR 320 Kbps => 223 MB
2CD Limited Edition includes Bonus DVD: Live in Buenos Aires
Sonic Boom is the 19th studio album and the first in 11 years from rock band Kiss, released on October 6, 2009. The cover artwork was created by artist Michael Doret who has worked with Kiss previously to create the cover of their 1976 album Rock and Roll Over. Wal-Mart is the exclusive distributor of the album in the US and Canada, selling it as a three disc package including the new album, the album Kiss Klassics (a completely re-recorded greatest hits album already and exclusively released in Japan as Jigoku-Retsuden), and six song live DVD recorded April 5, 2009 in Buenos Aires, Argentina as part of the South American leg of the Kiss Alive/35 World Tour. The album was sold as a digipak including a 20 page booklet.
In the 11 years since their last album, the big and bloated Psycho Circus, the reunited, original, make-up wearing Kiss split once again when Ace Frehley and Peter Criss hit the door. In a shocking move that disgusted Kiss purists, remaining members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons decided that Ace and Peter's characters were up for grabs, and handed the make-up over to their new guitar-playing spaceman, Tommy Thayer, and their catman 2.0, Eric Singer, for subsequent tours. It was hardly the first time Paul and Gene were painted as an anything-for-a-buck duo -- they've licensed everything from Kiss action figures to Kiss caskets after all -- but maybe, just maybe, it was a sincere move after all, one designed to please fans. Unlike Psycho Circus with Ace and Peter, Sonic Boom with Tommy and Eric captures the spirit of the original group through simple, unashamedly macho songs that could have appeared on any of their pre-Destroyer albums. Lunkheaded lyrics like "The deck is loaded when I like what I see" ("Russian Roulette") or "Danger you, danger me, danger us" ("Danger Us") aren't so much an issue when the hooks are as solid and the songs are as exciting as they are here. "Yes I Know (Nobody's Perfect)" is the quintessential Gene song with the usual demon bass fills, plenty of cowbell, and "Baby it's time to take off your clothes" lyrics, while the closing "Say Yeah" is a sure fan pleaser, falling somewhere between "Black Diamond" and "Nothin' to Lose." Besides the underlying feeling that there's a bit more smirking than before, there's little sign the original duo have matured, which is good news, but the old-school idea of one song for the spaceman ("When Lightning Strikes") and one for the cat ("All for the Glory") should've been dropped, as both slow down the proceedings, plus Eric's number sings of "We're all for one and we're all for the glory" with absolutely no sense of irony. No one will be turned on to the band by Sonic Boom, and all the usual criticisms -- dumb, sexist, gaudy, and dumb -- apply, but the Kiss Army have waited over two decades for something this solid and fun. Pretend this is the back-to-basics follow up to Love Gun, and those 20 years of so-so albums fade away. Classic and maybe even a little awesome, Sonic Boom makes that "hottest band in the world" tag much easier to swallow.
-- Review by David Jeffries, allmusic.com
Tracklist - Disc One: Sonic Boom
01. Modern Day Delilah
02. Russian Roulette
03. Never Enough
04. Yes I Know (Nobody's Perfect)
05. Stand
06. Hot and Cold
07. All For the Glory
08. Danger Us
09. I'm an Animal
10. When Lightning Strikes
11. Say Yeah
Produced by Paul Stanley. Co-produced by Greg Collins.
Tracklist - Disc Two: New recordings of "Kiss Klassics"
01. Deuce
02. Detroit Rock City
03. Shout it Out Loud
04. Hotter Than Hell
05. Calling Dr. Love
06. Love Gun
07. I Was Made for Lovin' You
08. Heaven's on Fire
09. Lick It Up
10. I Love It Loud
11. Forever
12. Christine Sixteen
13. Do You Love Me?
14. Black Diamond
15. Rock and Roll All Nite
Produced by KISS. Engineered & Mixed by Greg Collins.
Tracklist - Disc Three: Live In Buenos Aires DVD
01. Deuce
02. Hotter Than Hell
03. C'mon and Love Me
04. Watchin' You
05. 100,000 Years
06. Rock and Roll All Nite
Filmed at April 5, 2009 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
All thanks goes to Rockberto, MMT & more.
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