The opening song “Got To Choose” is a good song to start off the album.
The cool cover photo of the band, with its oriental symbols and look, showed that KISS were not just going to take over North America, but take the world over. Nonetheless, the band attempted to make a heavier album than the first one. Both Stanley and Criss write in their books that the latter threatened to quit the band during the making of the album ( Criss states he would not have done it, but some books state otherwise). Several KISS fans will know the stories behind the scenes tales during this recording - taking the band from New York to California to record, Ace Frehley crashing his car during the sessions (which affected the photo shoot for the album), and Paul Stanley having his guitar stolen. One second album that gets overlooked in my opinion is Hotter Than Hell.Īfter supporting their debut album on tour, KISS were sent back into the studio by their label to get another one done. When it is time for the second release, some fall flat, but there are many legendary acts that made great second releases - Mötley Crüe, Skid Row, Poison, Rush and Van Halen all had great second albums. An act may have a great debut album, that took many years to get signed and use songs that they have been playing for years.
Most music critics talk about the sophomore jinx when it comes to albums.
