Dressed To Kill (Remastered) Kiss

• 1 Room Service 03:01
• 2 Two Timer 02:46
• 3 Ladies In Waiting 02:31
• 4 Getaway 02:42
• 5 Rock Bottom (Album Version) 03:54
• 6 C'mon And Love Me (Album Version) 02:55
• 7 Anything For My Baby (Album Version) 02:32
• 8 She (Album Version) 04:09
• 9 Love Her All I Can 02:39
• 10 Rock And Roll All Nite 02:47
• Total Runtime 29:56

Info for Dressed To Kill (Remastered)

The Wall Street finery sported by Kiss, as they unveiled their third studio album Dressed to Kill on March 19, 1975, was in no way representative of the very modest state of their personal finances.

Indeed, although the still-young band had already started making a decent coin out on the road, every cent of it was being immediately reinvested into their increasingly ambitious stage presentation, or other promotional expenses. So, there’s no exaggeration in saying that money was even tighter than Gene Simmons’ suit – which he incidentally borrowed from Kiss manager Bill Aucoin, because drummer Peter Criss was the only member of the band who actually owned one.

All of which helps explain why Dressed to Kill was frantically rushed into record stores that day, not even six months after the release of Kiss’ sophomore album Hotter than Hell, and just over a year beyond their February 1974 eponymous debut. At this juncture, the future of Kiss’ career was still quite uncertain and, even worse, their label Casablanca Records was on life support.

After quarreling with distributor Warner Bros. and failing to break any other artists, Casablanca president Neil Bogart was desperate for a hit that might turn his company’s fortunes around. So desperate that he begged Kiss back into the studio somewhat sooner than they were ready (tour support funds having effectively dried up) and then insisted on producing Dressed to Kill himself — not because he had any studio experience, but because he couldn’t even afford to hire a producer.

Yet, despite all of these challenges and the mounting pressure to perform, the members of Kiss still turned out a respectable (if uneven and exceedingly short, at barely half-an-hour) collection of new tunes, highlighted by Paul Stanley’s infectious “C’Mon and Love Me,” Simmons’ resurrected Wicked Lester number, “She,” Ace Frehley and Stanley’s punchy “Rock Bottom” (complete with acoustic intro), and Simmons and Stanley’s made-to-order anthem “Rock and Roll All Nite.”

"By the release of their third album, 1975's Dressed to Kill, Kiss were fast becoming America's top rock concert attraction, yet their record sales up to this point did not reflect their ticket sales. Casablanca label head Neil Bogart decided to take matters into his own hands, and produced the new record along with the band. The result is more vibrant sounding than its predecessor, 1974's sludgefest Hotter Than Hell, and the songs have more of an obvious pop edge to them. The best-known song on the album by far is the party anthem "Rock and Roll All Nite," but it was the track "C'Mon and Love Me" that became a regional hit in the Detroit area, giving the band their first taste of radio success. Since the band was on the road for a year straight, songs such as "Room Service" and "Ladies in Waiting" dealt with life on the road (i.e., groupies), and a pair of songs were reworked from Kiss' precursor band, Wicked Lester ("Love Her All I Can" and "She"). With Dressed to Kill's Top 40 showing on the Billboard charts, the stage was now set for Kiss' big commercial breakthrough with their next release." (Greg Prato, AMG)

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