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Alive III

 
Album Review: Alive III

  • Artist: Kiss
  • Rating: StarStar
  • Release Date: May 18, 1993
  • Total Time: 67:26
  • Type: Live
  • Genre: Rock

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Creatures of the Night (Lyrics) Adam Mitchell, Paul Stanley Kiss (4:40)
Deuce (Lyrics) Gene Simmons Kiss (3:42)
I Just Wanna (Lyrics) Paul Stanley, Vinnie Vincent Kiss (4:21)
Unholy (Lyrics) Vinnie Vincent, Gene Simmons Kiss (3:43)
Heaven's on Fire (Lyrics) Desmond Child, Paul Stanley Kiss (4:02)
Watchin' You (Lyrics) Gene Simmons Kiss (3:35)
Domino (Lyrics) Gene Simmons Kiss (3:47)
I Was Made for Lovin' You (Lyrics) Vini Poncia, Paul Stanley, Desmond Child Kiss (4:31)
I Still Love You (Lyrics) Vinnie Vincent, Paul Stanley Kiss (6:04)
Rock and Roll All Nite (Lyrics) Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley Kiss (3:33)
Lick It Up (Lyrics) Vinnie Vincent, Paul Stanley Kiss (4:18)
Forever (Lyrics) Michael Bolton, Paul Stanley Kiss (4:20)
I Love It Loud (Lyrics) Gene Simmons, Vinnie Vincent Kiss (3:40)
Detroit Rock City (Lyrics) Paul Stanley, Bob Ezrin Kiss (5:11)
God Gave Rock & Roll to You II Paul Stanley, Russ Ballard, Gene Simmons, Bob Ezrin Kiss (5:21)
The Star Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith Kiss (2:38)

Credits

Paul Stanley (Vocals), Eddie Kramer (Producer), Gene Simmons (Vocals), Eric Singer (Vocals), Eric Singer (Drums), Gene Simmons (Bass), Kiss (Producer), Paul Stanley (Guitar), Bruce Kulick (Guitar)
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Alive III
Live album by Kiss
Released May 18, 1993
Recorded November 27-29, 1992
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length 67:26
Label Mercury
Producer Eddie Kramer & Kiss
Professional reviews
Kiss chronology
Revenge
(1992)
Alive III
(1993)
Kiss Unplugged
(1996)

Alive III is a live album released by the American hard rock band Kiss in 1993, and certified gold in 1994.

The recording of Alive III took place over multiple dates (in Cleveland, Detroit and Indianapolis) during the band's 1992 tour in support of Revenge. It was the first live album the band had released since 1977's Alive II, and the first live recordings released since 1985's "Animalize Live Uncensored" concert film.

The recording of "I Was Made For Loving You", was actually recorded at one of the bands' soundchecks, but had the crowd overdubbed in the song to make it appear as if it is "live" which led to speculation that many other songs on "Alive III" could be overdubbed. Additionally, the fact that keyboardist Derek Sherinian appears on Alive III leads to much speculation that the band faked vocal parts on stage, specifically Gene Simmons, as he had done so on the "Hot In The Shade" tour in 1990. (This is evidenced by unmixed bootleg videos from two of the Auburn Hills concerts.) The band has been very secretive about having side keyboard players on possibly many of their tours through the 80's and early 90's. Kiss fans are no stranger to the fact that some of Alive! and Alive II had certain parts doctored in the studio, and that some of the songs are not even recorded "live" in concert but at Electric Lady Studios with Eddie Kramer.

One prime example of editing is the song "I Just Wanna", because the live version had Paul and the audience singing "I Just Wanna Fuck". In order to avoid a Mature Audiences label, they edited to the tamer "I Just Wanna Fuh", but the change is pretty noticeable.

The album also has other differences compared to its two predecessors, such as being the only live Kiss album released during the group's non-makeup era excluding Kiss Unplugged, released later in 1996. During the recording of Alive II, Kiss did not want to duplicate songs from Alive!, although some songs from Alive III are duplicate songs from their previous live albums. For example, "Rock And Roll All Night" was performed on Alive! and again on Alive III, but was not featured on Alive II. Lastly, it's the first Kiss live album to feature a different line-up to the first two featured the same line-up.

The liner notes of Alive III include a family tree showing the various Kiss lineups from 1973-1993, as well as bands that the then-current and former members of Kiss were in. It was designed by the band's Japanese fan club. Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, for whom Singer drummed 1986-87, is misnamed Tommy.

The re-release of Alive III (as part of the Kiss Alive! 1975-2000 box set) contains an additional track, "Take It Off", thus matching the original international CD and US vinyl versions of the album.

Alive III was certified Gold by the RIAA on October 27, 1994.[1]

Contents

Track listing

# Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "Creatures of the Night"   Paul Stanley, Adam Mitchell Paul Stanley 4:40
2. "Deuce"   Gene Simmons Gene Simmons 3:42
3. "I Just Wanna"   Stanley, Vinnie Vincent Stanley 4:21
4. "Unholy"   Simmons, Vincent Simmons 3:43
5. "Heaven's on Fire"   Stanley, Desmond Child Stanley 4:02
6. "Watchin' You"   Simmons Simmons 3:35
7. "Domino"   Simmons Simmons 3:47
8. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"   Stanley, Child, Vini Poncia Stanley 4:31
9. "I Still Love You"   Stanley, Vincent Stanley 6:04
10. "Rock and Roll All Nite"   Stanley, Simmons Simmons 3:33
11. "Lick It Up"   Stanley, Vincent Stanley 4:18
12. "Forever"   Stanley, Michael Bolton Stanley 4:20
13. "I Love It Loud"   Simmons, Vincent Simmons 3:40
14. "Detroit Rock City"   Stanley, Ezrin Stanley 5:11
15. "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II"   Stanley, Simmons, Ezrin, Russ Ballard Stanley, Simmons 5:21
16. "The Star Spangled Banner"   Francis Scott Key (instrumental) 2:38


"Take It Off" originally was a bonus track on the Japanese and European CD releases and the US vinyl release only, being placed between "Forever" and "I Love It Loud". This version of the album would later be included in the Alive! 1975-2000 4 CD boxed set.

Personnel

with

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1993 The Billboard 200 9[3]

Album - ARIA (Australia)

Year Chart Position
1993 Australian ARIA Aalbum Chart 14[4]

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1993 "I Love It Loud" Mainstream Rock Tracks 22[5]

Sales accomplishments

RIAA certification[1] (United States)

Date Designation Total Sales
October 27,
1994
Gold 500,000

CRIA certification[6] (Canada)

Date Designation Total Sales
June 30,
1993
Gold 50,000

Releases

  • Mercury 314 514 777-2 (May 18, 1993): CD
  • Mercury 314 522 647-1 (May 18, 1993): vinyl

References

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