After a period of trouble, with shrinking sales and shrinking audiences, Ace Frehley jumped ship, and a change to the band that had ruled the 70's was needed. For the album, three session guitarists were used. One of those, Vinnie Vincent, became the touring band guitarist as well.
There seems to be a real effort to get back to their rock roots on this album, and for the most part it succeeds. Songs like Creatures Of The Night, Killer, Keep Me Coming and War Machine are very much closer to the KISS I love than stuff they had released prior to this. It doesn't all come together, but there is enough on this record to suggest they were back on track.
Vinnie Vincent didn't hang around long, which was somewhat of a shame. He seemed to give that extra kick at a vital time in theis band's history. His long-term contributions would have been interesting.
Rating : KISS back to something like their best. 3/5.
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