Creatures of the Night
Studio album by Kiss
Released	October 13, 1982
Recorded	July-September 1982
Genre	Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
Length	38:47
Label	Casablanca
Producer	Michael James Jackson, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork (1.5/10) link
Kiss chronology
Killers (1982) Creatures of the Night (1982) Lick It Up (1983)
Alternate cover
The 1985 re-release cover pictures new lead guitarist Bruce Kulick (bottom right)

Creatures of the Night is a 1982 album from U.S. hard rock band Kiss. It is the band's 14th studio album and the last for Casablanca Records, the only label the group had ever recorded for up to that point. The album was also dedicated to the memory of Casablanca founder and early Kiss supporter Neil Bogart, who had died of cancer during the recording sessions. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (900x900, 238 KB) This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the music in question. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1972 (see 1972 in music). ... is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hard Rock redirects here. ... “Heavy metal” redirects here. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... This article is about Casablanca, the record label. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... This article is about the metal musician. ... Chaim Witz (חיים וויץ), (born August 25, 1949 in Haifa, Israel), better known by his stage name Gene Simmons, is an Israeli-American hard rock bass guitarist and vocalist. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork and occasionally shortened to P4K or pfork,[1] is a United States-based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. ... Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1972 (see 1972 in music). ... Killers is a greatest hits album by American hard rock group Kiss. ... // Track listing Exciter (Paul Stanley, Vinnie Vincent) - 4:10 Not For The Innocent (Gene Simmons, Vincent) - 4:32 Lick It Up (Stanley, Vincent) - 3:59 Young And Wasted (Simmons, Vincent) - 4:04 Gimme More (Stanley, Vincent) - 3:41 All Hells Breakin Loose (Eric Carr, Stanley, Vincent, Simmons) - 4:34... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (900x900, 226 KB) This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the music or artwork in question. ... Bruce Kulick (born on December 12, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York) was the lead guitarist for the rock band KISS from September 1984 to February 1996. ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Hard Rock redirects here. ... Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1972 (see 1972 in music). ... This article is about Casablanca, the record label. ... Neil Bogart (February 3, 1943 – May 8, 1982) was an American record executive. ...

The album represented a conscious effort on Kiss's part to return to the style of hard rock that had helped them achieve commercial success in the 1970s. That success had been in decline since 1979's album Dynasty and 1980s Unmasked, both decidedly pop-oriented efforts. Both albums, although relative commercial successes, had completely alienated Kiss's original rock-based "Kiss Army" fan base, and Music from "The Elder", a concept album in 1981, sealed the deal. By 1981, most original Kiss fans had abandoned the group in disgust.^{[citation needed]} Hard Rock redirects here. ... KISS released Unmasked in 1980. ... Alternate cover Japan only full Obi album cover Music from The Elder is a 1981 concept album released by the American hard rock band Kiss. ... In popular music, a concept album is an album which is unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical (Shuker 2002, p. ...

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Album background

As shown on the back of the "I Love It Loud" single, Ace Frehley (bottom left) was still portrayed as a member of Kiss, despite ceasing his active involvement with the group in 1981.

By 1982, Kiss' popularity in the U.S. had plummeted. This was due partly to the changing landscape of popular music, but also due to the fact that Kiss had strayed from the hard rock style that had made them popular in the first place. 1979's Dynasty, while commercially successful, alienated many fans with the disco-flavored track "I Was Made For Lovin' You". 1980s Unmasked was a pure pop album, and their first album that failed to achieve platinum status since 1975s Dressed to Kill. The band did not even tour the US behind the album, and was soon faced with its first lineup change - founding member Peter Criss, who had not participated in any of the Unmasked recording sessions, officially left Kiss in 1980. He was replaced by Eric Carr, a drummer much more in the mold of John Bonham than Criss. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1000x1000, 227 KB) Source - http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1000x1000, 227 KB) Source - http://www. ... Dynasty is a studio album by the American hard rock band KISS. It was released less than a year after the four solo albums, which were commercial disappointments. ... This article is about the music genre. ... I Was Made for Lovin You is a hard rock/disco song by the American hard rock band Kiss, originally released on their 1979 album Dynasty (see 1979 in music). ... KISS released Unmasked in 1980. ... Dressed to Kill is a 1975 album from American hard rock group Kiss. ... Peter Criss (born George Peter John Criscuola--pronounced Chris-cola-- on December 20, 1945), is an American musician best known as co-founder, drummer, vocalist for the rock band KISS. Peter Criss established the cat character for his KISS persona. ... Paul Charles Caravello (July 12, 1950 - November 24, 1991), better known as Eric Carr, was an American musician, best known as drummer for the rock band Kiss. ... John Henry Bonzo Bonham (May 31, 1948 – September 25, 1980) was an English drummer and member of the English rock band Led Zeppelin. ...

Fan hopes were raised in late 1980 when Kiss announced that they were going to record their heaviest record yet. Instead, however, the band released Music From "The Elder" in late 1981, a concept album originally intended to complement a movie called The Elder that was ultimately neither conceived, nor filmed, nor released. The album was storyline-based and had ballads, a short orchestral piece, and lyrical themes more in common with bands like Rush and Yes than with Kiss. The album failed to achieve gold status, and, faced with the double displeasure of having cancelled their United States Unmasked tour just a short time before, the band again cancelled their planned tour for Elder. In addition to this situation, the final original member other than Simmons and Stanley, member Ace Frehley, soon left the band after expressing his displeasure over the path the band had chosen — and after having begun to drift into heavy alcoholism. Alternate cover Japan only full Obi album cover Music from The Elder is a 1981 concept album released by the American hard rock band Kiss. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... // Regular Context The line of a story. ... A ballad is a story in song, usually a narrative song or poem. ... Orchestra at City Hall (Edmonton). ... Rush is a Canadian rock band comprising bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Paul Daniel Frehley (born April 27, 1951[1]), better known as Ace Frehley, is an American guitarist best known as a founding member and lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss. ... Alcoholism is the consumption of, or preoccupation with, alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the drinkers normal personal, family, social, or work life, and may lead to physical or mental harm. ...

Kiss' label situation had changed as well. Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart had sold the label to its distributor, PolyGram, and went on to briefly form The Boardwalk Recording Company before being diagnosed with (and later succumbing to) cancer. Using a clause in their Casablanca contract that gave the band an option to leave the label if Bogart did, Kiss became free agents and signed a multi-million-dollar deal with Mercury Records. Ironically, Mercury - a label also owned by PolyGram - reverted the band back to their "old" label, though in name only. Neil Bogart (February 3, 1943 – May 8, 1982) was an American record executive. ... Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ...

After the disastrous failure of "The Elder", Kiss knew it needed to deliver on their earlier promise of a heavy record if they were to continue as a band. The first key ingredient was songwriter/guitarist Vincent Cusano, with whom the band had recently begun writing and recording. Cusano brought a heavier style of playing to the group, and was working with Kiss to record demos but was not a member of the band. Vincent John Cusano, stage name Vinnie Vincent (born August 6, 1952, in Bridgeport, Connecticut), is a guitarist and songwriter most famous for his brief membership in the band KISS. Vincent played lead guitar on the album Creatures of the Night and subsequently toured with KISS in Ankh Warrior makeup. ...

When recording sessions for Creatures of the Night began in July 1982, Kiss was essentially a trio. Frehley still made appearances with the band but had essentially ended his musical involvement with Kiss. Frehley looked completely out of sorts in promotional appearances for the album — in cases where the band was lip synching to recorded tracks, it is obvious that he did not know the material. It was only after the album was released and a short tour of Europe was completed that Frehley officially left Kiss. The lead-guitar replacement for Frehley for the Creatures tour in the U.S. was Cusano, who by then had taken the stage name of Vinnie Vincent and adopted "Ankh Warrior makeup. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Vincent John Cusano, stage name Vinnie Vincent (born August 6, 1952, in Bridgeport, Connecticut), is a guitarist and songwriter most famous for his brief membership in the band KISS. Vincent played lead guitar on the album Creatures of the Night and subsequently toured with KISS in Ankh Warrior makeup. ... For other uses, see Ankh (disambiguation). ...

Musically, Creatures of the Night was the band's heaviest recording since the Love Gun (album) in 1977, and was matched later only by Revenge in 1992. The progressive rock stylings of Music From "The Elder" and the pop of Dynasty and Unmasked were completely absent from Creatures of the Night – which was, of course, the point. In its place was a sound that was as close to true heavy metal as the band had ever achieved up to that point, a sound that was matched later only by 1992's Revenge — and even then, it wasn't quite the same. "I Still Love You", the only ballad on Creatures, was still heavier and darker than any ballad Kiss had released in earlier years. The production values contributed to the heaviness - in particular, the drum sound was louder and heavier than on any previous Kiss album, and is still considered by critics to be one of the heaviest, darkest drum sounds on any rock album. Love Gun is an album by the American hard rock band Kiss. ... Revenge is a studio album by Kiss, released in 1992. ... Heavy metal is a form of rock music characterized by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ...

Creatures of the Night is the first Kiss album to have all lead vocal duties handled by either Gene Simmons or Paul Stanley exclusively. All previous studio releases, solo albums notwithstanding, contained at least one song with lead vocals by another band member.

The band released a video for "I Love It Loud", which received moderate airplay on MTV. In it was a stage setup that featured Eric Carr's drum kit as a giant, metallic tank (with an exploding turret). Flames and explosions were also in abundance, as Kiss attempted to produce a video that reflected the music on Creatures of the Night. Although Frehley had not played on the album, he did appear in the video as the rhythm guitarist, albeit Stanley is shown playing Cusano's seven-note solo. The picture cover of the I Love It Loud single is similar in design to the Creatures of the Night album cover. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as a cowbell, wood block or tambourines, arranged for convenience playing by a single drummer. ...

Despite positive reviews, Creatures of the Night did not return the band to the commercial standing they had held five years previous. Although the album charted higher than "The Elder" (#45), it also failed to achieve gold status (until 1994). Even more dramatically, the tour that followed, the band's first US tour since Dynasty, was essentially a flop – canceled shows and at-most half-full arenas were the rule, not the exception. In later years, Kiss fans and researchers have come to regard Creatures of the Night as one of the band's best albums, matched only by 1976's Destroyer and 1992's Revenge. However, it is clear that multiple shifts in the band's lineup, image and musical styles from 1979 through 1981 had done severe damage. As a result, though musically rich, Creatures of the Night is still one of the major commercial disappointments for Kiss.^{[citation needed]} For other uses, see Arena (disambiguation). ...

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Album notes

• Three different covers of this album exist: the 1982 original issue, the 1985 reissue (featuring Bruce Kulick, and the band without makeup), and the 1997 remastered version (same photo as the original, but with variations in the logo and lettering).
• From 1995 to 1999, Extreme Championship Wrestling's Tazz used "War Machine" as his theme music. Today, in World Wrestling Entertainment's new version of ECW, Tazz uses an instrumental version with his speaking over the music.
• Some early pressings of the album mistakenly contained one full side of John Cougar's "American Fool". Both Kiss and Cougar were under the umbrella of Mercury Records at the time. Today, those mistake albums are highly sought after by Kiss collectors.
• Canadian '80s rock star Bryan Adams and his writing partner Jim Vallance contributed to the album with Gene Simmons for two songs. The songs are "Rock and Roll Hell" and the very popular "War Machine".

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Track listing

1. "Creatures of the Night" (Paul Stanley, Adam Mitchell) – 4:01
   • Lead vocals - Paul Stanley
2. "Saint and Sinner" (Gene Simmons, Mikel Japp) – 4:50
   • Lead vocals - Gene Simmons
3. "Keep Me Comin'" (Stanley, Mitchell) – 4:00
   • Lead vocals - Paul Stanley
4. "Rock and Roll Hell" (Simmons, Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) – 4:08
   • Lead vocals - Gene Simmons
5. "Danger" (Stanley, Mitchell) – 3:55
   • Lead vocals - Paul Stanley
6. "I Love It Loud" (Simmons, Vincent Cusano) – 4:12
   • Lead vocals - Gene Simmons
7. "I Still Love You" (Stanley, Cusano) – 6:06
   • Lead vocals - Paul Stanley
8. "Killer" (Simmons, Cusano) – 3:19
   • Lead vocals - Gene Simmons
9. "War Machine" (Simmons, Adams, Vallance) – 4:13
   • Lead vocals - Gene Simmons

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Personnel

• Gene Simmons – bass guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals, rhythm guitar (on 9)
• Paul Stanley – rhythm guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals, lead guitar (on 6)
• Ace Frehley – credited lead guitar, rhythm guitar (on 6)
• Eric Carr – drums, bass guitar (on 7), backing vocals

Uncredited musicians

• Vincent Cusano – lead guitar (on 2-3, 8-9), rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Bob Kulick – lead guitar and rhythm guitar (on 5)
• Robben Ford – lead guitar (on 4, 7)
• Adam Mitchell – rhythm guitar (on 1)
• Steve Farris – guitar solo (on 1)
• Jimmy Haslip – bass guitar (on 5)

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Charts

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