 One of their best albums....Period! |
| Review Date: March 5, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Michael Mcdermott, |
I know alot of people want Peter Criss and Ace Frehley to be in KISS forever, but they are not. They honestly don't belong in KISS anymore. I love this band and have always loved this band. Yes I think the classic line from 1974-1978 was it's best. No doubt about it. But the reunion tour,Psycho tour, and Farewell tours told the real truth about Peter and Ace. We listened with our hearts and not our ears. Ace Frehley was a mess on those tours and Peter flat out can't play anymore. They made lots of mistakes. The 70's were great, but the reunion was bad.
As far as Tommy and Eric wearing the make up I have mixed emotions about it. They are the Spaceman and the Catman, not Ace and Peter. I would rather Eric Singer wear the Fox make up. The fact is they are way better musicians at this time than Peter and Ace. Kiss is Gene and Paul. Always has been and always will be. They proved it since 1980 when Peter left. No one will ever replace Paul. EVER. You can't replicate his voice. I seen lots of tribute bands and no one can do it completely.
As far as Sonic Boom, this is a true Kiss album. It sounds like Rock And Roll Over and Revenge had a child. It is the most complete album since Revenge and is as good as anything they've done. There's more clunkers on Love Gun then there is on Sonic Boom. Gene's songs are back to his howling great roots. Paul voice is as powerful as ever and both Eric and Tommy's playing are great. Eric and Tommy are doing the band great justice. Ace and Peter could't even perform on Psycho Circus. They don't have the discipline and skill anymore. I know Anomoly is pretty good, but the lyrics are on a third grade reading level. Ace still rocks, but he plays bars and clubs, not arenas and stadiums. I think he would be smart to open up for KISS this year!
I listen to this album over and over and love it. I can't find a weak track. I know Kiss fans will disagree, but a true Kiss fan would love this album for what it is, not for who's playing on it. By the way Kiss used studio drummers and guitar players in the 70's because Ace and Peter couldn't always perform. Kiss is Kiss. |
Great new album.
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| Review Date: March 7, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Deimos, Alberta |
| This is a great album, way better than anything after Lick It Up. Great songs, tight band even though not the full line up of KISS and the vocals are great. I was not sure what to expect from a new KISS album but this one delivers and then some. Very impressed I hope they do another but include Ace, don't really care for Peter he's useless compared to Singer. |
A great, and surprising return to form!
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| Review Date: December 27, 2009 |
| Reviewer: W. Rabeneck, Arkansas United States |
I picked up this album, mostly to keep my collection going. I have all of the other ones. But my hopes weren't that high after "Psycho Circus" which was dreadful.
On "Sonic Boom" KISS do as they have done much of their career, just when you think they're done after a bad album or two, they produce a great album again.
I think part of the genius of this album is that they did away with all of the outside songwriters, and went back to Paul, and Gene as the primary songwriters with current members Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer also co-writing some. This has the album sounding much more like 'Classic' KISS - the 'Dressed To Kill' through 'Love Gun' period.
One of the earlier reviewers compared this album to what AC/DC does, basically put out records that sound exactly like what you would expect AC/DC to sound like, but still doing a very good job of it. That's kind of what KISS has done here. No significant innovations or surprises. Just great KISS music, like you would expect out of KISS.
Some of my favorites are: Modern Day Delilah, Never Enough, Yes I Know (Nobody's Perfect), All For The Glory, and When Lightning Strikes.
Hopefully, they'll put out another album, just as good, in four of five years, maybe?
If you liked KISS, circa 1975-1978, go out and get this one.
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Made Me Smile
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| Review Date: January 13, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Mr. Richard L. Crowfoot, |
| When I first heard Sonic Boom I was pretty ambivalent in my opinion of it as a return to form classic sounding kiss album. Those early classics like Hotter than Hell and Dressed to Kill, and to a certain extent Rock and roll over were ragged yet awesome affairs , sometimes poorly recorded and childish in terms of musical prowess, but therein lay their charm and classic status. Sonic Boom is not poorly recorded and the musicianship is pretty spot on as you would expect of a band of Kiss'vintage. A couple of tracks stood out initially like Say Yeah and All for the Glory and i thought I was pretty well over this album by the third or so listen. How wrong I am and what a sleeper Sonic Boom has proven to be. Nobody's Perfect is the best Kiss track since I Stole Your Love and it puts a smile on my face every time I play it. The rest of the disc is now revealing its treasures and presto, I'm a Kiss fan again after writing them off years ago. I can understand people feeling ripped off about Eric and Tommy wearing the old makeup and perhaps new characters would have been better, But man do they sound like they belong in the band. Don't write them off just yet as I got a feeling the best is yet to come. Here's to a live DVD featuring the song from Sonic Boom. |
I hate Walmart and I hate Gene Simmons. However...
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| Review Date: October 21, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Anthony James, Orange County, CA |
| ...as a diehard KISS fan for the past 16 years, there's simply no denying the fact that this is not only one of KISS's best studio albums of all time but also the best album released this past decade. The best of CD and live DVD are the icing on the cake. A must buy. |
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