“Yes I Know (Nobody’s Perfect)” is a fun Gene song reminiscent of the Rock And Roll Over era. “Never Enough”, another Paul song, is a huge rip-off of Poison‘s “Nothin’ But A Good Time”. The walking bassline is on of The Demon’s coolest in Kisstory. “Russian Roulette” is the first Gene Simmons song on the album, and also his strongest offering. It’s a very cool rocker, but not a very commercial or radio friendly song. “Modern Day Delilah” lets you know that KISS is back and that they are ready to rock, but I don’t necessarily think it’s the wisest idea to let the song stay as the single for long. ![]() There’s a very cool break-down in the song where Paul does a metal scream behind only the drum part before kicking back in to the rest of the song. The album starts off with “Modern Day Delilah”, the first single, which is a great album opener with a riff reminiscent of 70s KISS. A mish-mash of all eras of KISS, it’s an album full of rockers, and there’s not a single ballad or outside songwriter to be found. KISS has returned with one of the band’s most solid releases ever. Recording in analog wasn’t a gimmick, it is truly one of the best produced albums of the new millennium. But, let me tell you something, YouTube does not do the production of the album justice. And I had someone send me the Jigoku-Retsuden tracks, so I knew what I was buying before I bought it. I had heard “Modern Day Delilah” a while ago and put it on a couple mix CDs, and I had heard the whole album on YouTube a couple days before buying the CD. I go back into the store and exchange it for a new copy. I check out the discs and notice that the bonus DVD is scratched up like the opposite side of the Guns N’ Roses Greatest Hits CD. The new KISS album, 11 years in the making. The lineup of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer was the first concert I had ever seen, on their 2004 Rock The Nation tour (I was 14), and it’s the concert that got me into music. ![]() And then, when the time arrives, I purchase my copy of Sonic Boom. I fill up the time between 10:30 and 12:20 the best I can. I’m told I’ll be able to buy it at 12:20, because that’s when the registers switch over, but they can take a copy up front and leave a note to sell it to “the blonde in the work uniform.” I wander around the store, go outside to do homework, talk with a friend on my cell and then talk to a woman who works at the store who happened to be named “Beth”. I go to the entertainment section in the back of the store and ask if I can buy the new KISS album (which features a bonus disc of re-recorded songs and a bonus DVD) at midnight. I realize that Wal-Mart is across the street, and I know I won’t have to work for a couple days because I’ve got my classes and my internship, and it wouldn’t be worth the gas money to go back home and go back to Wal-Mart. I can barely afford to put gas in my tank. Sure, I have no debt, but I have no money either. It’s been a long day at work but the day is now done. Times are tough in this economy.
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