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Sonic Boom
is the nineteenth
studio album,
and the first in
11 years,
by the rock band
Kiss,
released on
October 6, 2009.
The album was recorded at
Conway Recording Studios
in Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
and produced by
Paul Stanley
and co-produced by
Greg Collins.
This is the first album
to feature
new lead guitarist
Tommy Thayer.
It also features
the return of drummer
Eric Singer
following his return
to the band in 2004.
Thayer and Singer
also have
lead vocal performances
on the album.
Stanley stated,
"the purpose of this album
isn't to let people know
that we're still around
it's to let people know
we can still knock
out anybody who's out there!".
Album Information
A fan-routed
North American tour
promoted the album
along with international shows
throughout 2010,
which included the band
headlining the
Rock am Ring festival
in Germany.
The cover artwork
was created by artist
Michael Doret
who had worked
with Kiss
previously to create
the cover of their
1976 album
Rock and Roll Over.
Wal-Mart
is the exclusive distributor
of the album
in the US
and Canada,
selling it as a
three disc package
including the album,
Kiss Klassics
(a completely re-recorded greatest hits album)
that until now had been exclusively
released in Japan as
Jigoku-Retsuden
and a six-song live
DVD
recorded
April 5, 2009,
in Buenos Aires,
Argentina
as part of the
South American leg
of the
Kiss Alive/35 World Tour.
The album was sold as a
digipak
including a
20-page booklet.
The album's first single
was announced on
the band's official website
to be
"Modern Day Delilah".
The album was also released on
limited edition
180 gram vinyl
and was pressed into
five colors
(red, green, black, blue and purple)
with 1000 copies
NOTES :
THIS UPLOAD IS
THREE CDS..
CD 1 (Sonic Boom)
CD 2 ( Jigoku-Retsuden)
* CD 3 (Buenos Aires, Argentina 04/05/09)
* (One TracK)
pressed of each.
"Modern Day Delilah"
was announced and
released as the lead single
from
Sonic Boom
on August 19, 2009,
to radio.
It was Kiss'
first single release
in 11 years,
the last being
"You Wanted the Best"
released in 1998.
The music video for
"Modern Day Delilah"
leaked online
on the first days of
December and was
officially released on
December 9, 2009,
and premiered on Yahoo!.
The video is topped
and tailed by
footage of giant sized
members of Kiss
walking through Detroit.
The video went on to
top UK
music video channel Scuzz's
"Most Rockin:
Viewer Request Show"
chart on December 3, 2009.
The single was released as
downloadable content
for Guitar Hero 5
and
Band Hero
on November 19, 2009,
along with the singles
"I Was Made for Lovin' You"
and
"Lick It Up".
Modern Day Delilah
peaked at No. 50
on the Billboard
Rock songs chart.
The song was used
for their opening song
for the
Sonic Boom Over Europe Tour
and
The Hottest Show on Earth Tour.
"Say Yeah"
was added to the shows
on the
Sonic Boom Tour/Alive 35
North American Tour 2009.
Later on,
it was mentioned during
Kiss' Facebook
concert broadcast that
"Say Yeah"
was going to be the
next single off
Sonic Boom.
On December 5,
it was announced that
the single would be
released to radios on
December 8th
The single was
released on
the second week of
January 2010
in Argentina.
"Say Yeah"
also hit No. 1
on February 5, 2010,
on a Russian Radio Chart
after debuting at No. 11.
"Never Enough"
was released as the
next radio single
from
Sonic Boom
in early June 2010
and was mentioned on
KISSonline.com.
The song
was not incorporated
into the band's setlist
on its
2010 Summer Tour
of the US
and Canada.
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