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Unmasked is the eighth studio album by American hard rock band Kiss, released on May 20, 1980, by Casablanca Records.It was their first not to feature original drummer and founding member Peter Criss (although largely absent from the preceding Dynasty, Criss only performed on that album's "Dirty Livin'").
The next three albums, Unmasked, Music From "The Elder" and Creatures of the Night, were domestic commercial failures, even as the band maintained popularity in many other parts of the world. Lick It Up was the first album featuring the band without makeup and was certified gold.
Tommy Thayer has written or co-written 16 songs for the group since 1989, as well as singing on two ("Outta This World" and "When Lightning Strikes"). Anton Fig performed drums on Dynasty and Unmasked, and co-wrote the song "Dark Light" for Music from "The Elder". Kiss covered Bobby Rydell's "Kissin' Time" for their 1974 self-titled debut album.
Most of its 1970s albums, particularly the first six released between 1974 and 1977 as well as 1982's Creatures of the Night and 1984's Animalize, featured a hard rock or traditional heavy metal style. 1979's Dynasty and 1980's Unmasked featured a more disco/pop rock sound, and 1981's Music from "The Elder" found the band dabbling in ...
The album and the following tour were billed as the "Return of Kiss", as the band had not released a studio album since Love Gun in 1977. Instead, the band released their second live album, Alive II, that same year, and each member had recorded eponymous solo albums, which were simultaneously released on September 18, 1978.
After performing with the band for several songs as part of MTV Unplugged the previous year, [10] Frehley and Criss officially rejoined Kiss in April 1996 for a reunion tour. [11] The group released new album Psycho Circus in 1998, but by January 2001 had splintered again, as Criss left between legs of the Kiss Farewell Tour and was replaced by ...
Three of Gene Simmons' songs are clear re-workings of demos from the 1975 Magna Graphics Studios demo: "Calling Dr. Love" is a re-working of "Bad, Bad Lovin'"; "Ladies Room" is based on "Don't Want Your Romance"; and "Love' Em and Leave' Em" is based on "Rock and Rolls-Royce"; [4] Criss's "Baby Driver" is a rewrite of a Peter Criss/Stan ...
Gold: The Definitive Hit Singles Collection (2001), released in the US as Gold: The Definitive Hits Collection, but with different artists performing the songs; Divas (2006) Andrew Lloyd Webber 60 (2008) Unmasked: The Platinum Collection (2018) [1] Other notable compilation albums, produced by other labels, include: