Kiss - Alive! Box Set
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Artist: KissEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2006-11-21
Music Label: Island
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Free Music Review: I can't find anything wrong with it
Hit: 5 Stars
First off another reviewer nailed it. Paul and Gene have nothing to do with this release. At best, Tommy Thayer served as a reference to the company that released it. That's about as close to a KISS connection as it gets on this one. This was released by Universal, which now owns Mercury/Polygram (Kiss's old label). They still own some rights to the music they recorded while being under contract to that company. Which brings us to this product and actually the last few Kiss releases, all of which have been "best of" collections put out by Universal. The only releases of recent times that were completely under Paul and Gene's control were: Kissology Vol. 1, Alive IV symphony, Rock the Nation DVD. Those are all valid products full of unseen footage and unreleased material (unless you're familiar with the bootleg market). So please stop slammin' Gene and Paul so much! yes they are greedy, money hungry, penny pinchers, but at least we get something out of it when it's under their control.
And as for this CD collection.... I actually enjoy it. Yes, 3 of the 4 discs are just remasters of currently available stuff. But, Alive III was never remastered, and of course the Millennium concert is new. For someone who doesn't have any of Kiss's live stuff, this would be a great set. For someone who has Alive I and II but never bought Alive III (which seems to be the case with some generations of Kiss fans), again this would be a great deal. And everybody, new or old fans, get thier money's worth just because of the Millenium disc. Especially if you get it at the Amazon or Best Buy price. The packaging is awesome (typical Kiss), the sound quality is excellent (I can't tell a difference between this remaster and the ones from a few years ago for Alive I/II, but Alive III definitely sounds better, and the Millennium show is at least a 4 star disc if released by itself), they even got both the original Alive albums onto one disc each. All in all I say this is a solid effort to put out a decent product for once from the Universal company in relation to Kiss.
I don't really see it necessary at this point to review it from a musical standpoint. Again, 3 of the 4 discs are just remasters of older material, and even the Millenium show is just a showcase of the bands history to that point. The only new songs that the fans haven't heard live before are the ones from Psycho Circus. So if you are even reading this I imagine you are already familiar with the Alive series of albums and my insight into them wouldn't be of much help anyway. Just go buy it.... new or old fan. If you've heard the Alive albums before, just listen again, they only get better with time, especially compared to what gets pumped out of the music biz nowadays. And if you haven't heard them before.... well I'm sorry, genuinely sorry that you haven't heard this piece of music history that way too often gets overlooked or tossed aside because of an image. There's still time to redeem and educate yourself. Go buy this!
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There is no shortage of Kiss collections out there, but, as they used to say before Paul, Gene, Ace, and Peter took the stage, "You wanted the best and you got the best!" Spanning four discs, Alive! 1975-2000 makes a great time capsule for Kiss Army completists, packed with a quarter-century of pictures and band reminiscences. And then there's the music. Remastered and packaged together for the first time, the immortal hard-rock one-two punch of Alive! and Alive II together with 1993's makeup-free Alive III showcase the legendary band in their element: driving audiences wild with their thunderous riffs, bombastic ballads, and shameless showmanship. Previously unreleased, Alive: The Millennium Concert captures the reunited and remasked original lineup at the New Year's Eve 1999 stop on what appears to be a never-ending farewell tour. It's safe to say the definitive live Kiss experience is captured here--from Paul Stanley's barefaced buttering-up of the crowd ("This song is dedicated to you, 'cause this song is about people who know what rock 'n' roll is about") to Peter Criss's nearly-epic "God of Thunder" drum solo, and four, count 'em, four, versions of "Rock and Roll All Nite." Kiss was never a band likely to be accused of understatement, and Alive! 1975-2000 is an appropriately exalted celebration of their excess and excellence. --Ben HeegeClassic Rock Music CDs
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