Kiss : Creatures of The Night (40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Box Set) (6 CD's)
TURN IT UP
HUNGRY FOR THE MEDICINE
TWO-FISTED
TO THE VERY END
is the tenth
studio album
by
American rock band
released in 1982.
It was the band's
last for
Casablanca Records,
the only label
for which Kiss
had recorded
up to that point.
The album was dedicated
to the memory of
Casablanca founder
and early
Kiss supporter
Neil Bogart,
who had died
of cancer
during the
recording sessions.
It is also the
band's last album
recorded with
Ace Frehley
credited as an
official member
and their first album
with
as the
initially uncredited
Lead Guitarist.
Vincent would later be
credited but not featured
on the cover
of the
1985 reissue
of the album.
It was also Kiss's
last album
to feature the band
with their trademark
makeup
until the release
of
Psycho Circus
in 1998.
Background
By 1982,
Kiss's popularity in the US
had plummeted due
to changing
musical tastes
and their move away
from the anthemic
hard rock
of their earlier material.
1979's Dynasty
while commercially successful,
alienated many fans
with the
disco-flavored track
"I Was Made for Lovin' You."
1980's
Unmasked
fell further into a
pop rock/power pop
oriented sound
and was Kiss's
first album not to
achieve platinum
status since 1975's
Dressed to Kill.
The band did not even tour
the US
for Unmasked,
and it also
soon faced
its first lineup change:
founding member
Peter Criss,
who had not participated
in any of the
Unmasked
recording sessions,
officially left Kiss
in 1980
and was
replaced by
Though Ace Frehley
did not play
on the album,
his face
was still featured
on the album cover
for contractual
and commercial reasons.
Frehley had been pushing
the band to do a
heavy rock record since
Dynasty,
and by the time of
Creatures of the Night,
he was fully
disillusioned with the band;
alcoholism
and a
prescription
medicine dependency
(begun after a car wreck)
led to him
not participating
in the recording sessions.
In fact,
when recording sessions
for
Creatures of the Night
began in July 1982,
Kiss was essentially
a trio.
It was only after
the album
was released
and a
short promotional tour
of Europe
was completed
that Frehley
officially left Kiss.
The lead guitar
replacement
for Frehley
for the
Creatures of the Night Tour/
10th Anniversary Tour
in the U.S. was
adopting his
Egyptian Ankh makeup,
hastily designed
by Stanley.
TRACKLIST
CD 1
Creatures of The Night
(1982/2022)
Creatures of the Night
(1982 Version)
Saint and Sinner
(1982 Version)
Keep Me Comin'
(1982 Version)
Rock and Roll Hell
(1982 Version)
Danger (1982 Version)
I Love It Loud
(1982 Version)
I Still Love You
(1982 Version)
Killer
(1982 Version)
War Machine
(1982 Version)
Creatures Of The Night
(2022 Remastered)
Saint And Sinner
(2022 Remastered)
Keep Me Comin'
(2022 Remastered)
Rock And Roll Hell
(2022 Remastered)
Danger
(2022 Remastered)
I Love It Loud
(2022 Remastered)
I Still Love You
(2022 Remastered)
Killer
(2022 Remastered)
War Machine
(2022 Remastered)
CD 2
Demos, Rarities & Outtakes-I
I'm A Legend Tonight
Down On Your Knees
Nowhere To Run
Partners In Crime
Deadly Weapon
(Penny Lane Demo)
Feel Like Heaven
(Penny Lane Demo)
Nowhere To Run
(Penny Lane Demo)
Deadly Weapon
(Original Demo)
Feel Like Heaven
(Original Demo)
Nowhere To Run
(Take 11 - Instrumental)
Tell It To A Fool
(Take 4 - Drums & Bass Instrumental)
Chrome Goes Into Motion
(Take 2 - Drums & Bass Instrumental)
I'm A Legend Tonight
(Mix 4 - Instrumental & Background Vocals)
Don't Leave Me Lonely
(Take 8 - Drums & Guitar Instrumental)
Something Seems To Happen At Night
(Gene Simmons Demo)
It's Gonna Be Alright
(Gene Simmons Demo)
Creatures of The Night
(1985 Remix)
CD 3
Demos, Rarities & Outtakes-II
Legends Never Die
(Gene Simmons Demo)
It's My Life
(Gene Simmons Demo)
Not For The Innocent
(Demo)
I Still Love You
(Take 1)
I Still Love You
(Take 2)
Saint And Sinner
(Take 1)
Saint And Sinner
(Take 2 - False Start)
Saint And Sinner
(Take 3)
Betrayed
(Outtake)
Creatures Of The Night
(Alternate Mix 19)
Partners In Crime
(Alternate Mix 16B)
I Love It Loud
(Alternate Mix 21)
War Machine
(Full-Length - Mix 11)
Rock And Roll Hell
(Take 2 9/10/82)
Rock And Roll Hell
(Take 1 - Incomplete 9/15/82)
Rock And Roll Hell
(Take 2 9/15/82)
I Love It Loud
(Single Edit)
CD 4
Soundboard
Live Recordings
from the Creatures
'82/'83 Tour I
Creatures Of The Night
(Live In Rockford, Illinois 12/31/82)
Strutter
(Live In Sioux City, Iowa 12/30/82)
Calling Dr. Love
(Live In Sioux City, Iowa 12/30/82)
Firehouse
(Live In Sioux City, Iowa 12/30/82)
I Love It Loud
(Live In Rockford, Illinois 12/31/82)
Cold Gin
(Live In Sioux City, Iowa 12/30/82)
Keep Me Comin'
(Live In Sioux City, Iowa 12/30/82)
War Machine
(Live In Sioux City, Iowa 12/30/82)
I Want You
(Live In Houston, Texas 3/10/83)
Rock And Roll Hell
(Live In Rockford, Illinois 12/31/82)
I Still Love You
(Live In Sioux City, Iowa 12/30/82)
Shout It Out Loud
(Live In Sioux City, Iowa 12/30/82)
Gene's Bass Solo
(Live In Sioux City, Iowa 12/30/82)
God Of Thunder / Eric's Drum Solo
(Live In Rockford, Illinois 12/31/82)
CD 5
Soundboard
Live Recordings
from the Creatures
'82/'83 Tour II
Paul's Love Gun Rap
(Live In Rockford, Illinois 12/31/82)
Love Gun
(Live In Rockford, Illinois 12/31/82)
Paul's Guitar Solo
(Live In Rockford, Illinois 12/31/82)
Black Diamond
(Live In Houston, Texas 3/10/83)
Detroit Rock City
(Live In Houston, Texas 3/10/83)
Rock And Roll All Nite
(Live In Houston, Texas 3/10/83)
Rock And Roll Hell
(Live In Sioux City, Iowa 12/30/82)
(BONUS LIVE PERFORMANCE)
I Want You
(Live In Rockford, Illinois 12/31/82)
(BONUS LIVE PERFORMANCE)
King Of The Night Time World
(Live In Pine Bluff, Arkansas 2/11/83)
(BONUS LIVE PERFORMANCE)
Cold Gin
(Live In Houston, Texas 3/10/83)
(BONUS LIVE PERFORMANCE)
I Still Love You
(Live In Houston, Texas 3/10/83)
(BONUS LIVE PERFORMANCE)
Strutter
(Live In Houston, Texas 3/10/83)
(BONUS LIVE PERFORMANCE)
I Love It Loud
(12" Inch Version) [*]
I Still Love You
(Just Vocals) [*]
Tank Start Of Show
(Tour Sound Effect)
Turbine
(Tour Sound Effect)
Firehouse Siren
(Tour Sound Effect)
Drum And Ending Tank
(Tour Sound Effect)
Bass Solo Wind
And Gargoyles
(Tour Sound Effect)
Bells
(Tour Sound Effect)
Flames
(Tour Sound Effect)
CD 6
(ALTERNATIVE MIXES)
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