Description
PSYCHO CIRCUS is an Enhanced CD containing both a full audio program as well as multimedia computer files.
*3D Hologram Cover*
SAMPLES: www.allmusic.com/album/psycho-circus-mw0000043652
Psycho Circus is the 18th studio album by American band Kiss. The album features the original four members back together, and in full make-up.
The track “You Wanted the Best” is the only Kiss song in which lead vocals are shared by the entire lineup.
“Psycho Circus” was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance.
Track listing:
No. Title Writer(s) [Lead vocals] Length
1. “Psycho Circus” Paul Stanley, Curtis Cuomo [Stanley] 5:30
2. “Within” Gene Simmons [Simmons] 5:10
3. “I Pledge Allegiance to the State of Rock & Roll” Stanley, Cuomo, Holly Knight [Stanley] 3:32
4. “Into the Void” Ace Frehley, Karl Cochran [Frehley] 4:22
5. “We Are One” Simmons [Simmons] 4:41
6. “You Wanted the Best” Simmons [Simmons, Stanley, Peter Criss, Frehley] 4:15
7. “Raise Your Glasses” Stanley, Knight [Stanley] 4:14
8. “I Finally Found My Way” Stanley, Bob Ezrin [Criss] 3:40
9. “Dreamin'” Stanley, Bruce Kulick [Stanley] 4:12
10. “Journey of 1,000 Years” Simmons [Simmons] 4:49
Length 44:24
Paul Stanley lead vocals, rhythm guitar, bass guitar (on “I Finally Found My Way” and the chorus section of “I Pledge Allegiance to the State of Rock and Roll”)
Ace Frehley lead guitar, lead vocals (on “Into the Void”, “You Wanted the Best”, and “In Your Face”)
Gene Simmons lead vocals, bass guitar, rhythm guitar (on “We Are One”)
Peter Criss drums (on “Into the Void”), lead vocals (on “You Wanted the Best” and “I Finally Found My Way”)
Kiss – You Wanted The Best “Video”
Non credited Musicians:
Bruce Kulick backwards guitar intro and solo (on “Within”), rhythm and bass guitar (on “Dreamin'”).
Tommy Thayer lead guitar (except on “Into the Void”, “You Wanted the Best”, and “In Your Face”)
Kevin Valentine drums (except on “Into the Void”)
Shelly Berg acoustic piano (on “I Finally Found My Way” and “Journey of 1,000 Years”)
Bob Ezrin Fender Rhodes (on “I Finally Found My Way”)
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Kiss – I Pledge Allegiance to the State of Rock & Roll ” Video”
Kiss – Raise Your Glasses “Video”
Its 1978 all over again! Comeback kings Kiss reunite the original lineup for their first album in 19 years, and its as if time had not moved. Following a mega-successful tour in 1996, the grease-painted warriors give the Kiss army something to sink its teeth into. But rather than copy its past, the album is more of a continuation. From the power chords of the opening title track, the listener is drawn into this R&R Barnum and Bailey world. Keeping things current are “Within,” a Gene Simmons track left over from 1997s CARNIVAL OF SOULS, and “Dreamin,” co-written by Bruce Kulick (from the CARNIVAL era lineup).
The rest of the songs are direct descendants of Kiss circa ’75-’79. “Into The Void” features a stellar Ace Frehley guitar solo in a track reminiscent of “Rocket Ride.” “I Finally Found My Way” is a touching Peter Criss ballad that resembles “Beth” and “Journey Of 1,000 Years” holds up to “Great Expectations.” The band is tight and the album leans toward good-time hard rock anthems that stress unity with their fans. PSYCHO CIRCUS continues the grand tradition of this innovative rock group that has sold over 75 million albums and shows no signs of stopping.
Recorded at A&M Studios & One On One Studios, New York, New York.
Kiss: Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley (vocals, guitar); Gene Simmons (vocals, bass); Peter Criss (vocals, drums).
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Shelly Berg (piano); Bob Ezrin (Fender Rhodes piano).
Arranger: Shelly Berg.Rolling Stone (11/12/98, p.119) – “…PSYCHO CIRCUS–an album of platform-stomping rhythms, roller-coaster guitar riffs and sing-along choruses–is far more respectable than any of the awkward flops from the no-makeup years…”
Entertainment Weekly (9/25/98, p.106) – “…This is rock with a capital R, captured in all its cheesy glory….This new effort proves that in the circus of hard-rock dinosaurs, Kiss remains its Barnum & Bailey.” – Rating: A
Kiss – Dreamin’ “Video”
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