Review by Greg Prato

Kiss' 1974 self-titled debut is one of hard rock's all-time classic studio recordings. Kiss is chock full of their best and most renowned compositions, containing elements of Rolling Stones/New York Dolls party-hearty rock & roll, Beatles tunefulness, and Sabbath/Zep heavy metal, and wisely recorded primal and raw by producers Richie Wise and Kenny Kerner (of Gladys Knight fame). Main songwriters Stanley and Simmons each had a knack for coming up with killer melodies and riffs, as evidenced by "Nothin' to Lose" and "Deuce" (by Simmons), "Firehouse" and "Black Diamond" (by Stanley), as well as "Strutter" and "100,000 Years" (collaborations by the two). Also included is the Ace Frehley alcohol anthem "Cold Gin," "Let Me Know" (a song that Stanley played for Simmons upon their very first meeting, then titled "Sunday Driver"), and one of Kiss' few instrumentals: the groovy "Love Theme From Kiss" (penned by the entire band). The only weak track is a tacky cover of the 1959 Bobby Rydell hit "Kissin' Time," which was added to subsequent pressings of the album to tie in with a "Kissing Contest" promotion the band was involved in at the time. Along with 1976's Destroyer, Kiss' self-titled debut is their finest studio album, and has only improved over the years.

This one goes for this and all subsequent rips...



Tracklisting
1. STRUTTER
2. NOTHIN' TO LOSE
3. FIREHOUSE
4. COLD GIN
5. LET ME KNOW
6. KISSIN' TIME
7. DEUCE
8. LOVE THEME FROM KISS
9. 100,000 YEARS
10. BLACK DIAMOND


Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 3 from 28. July 2007

EAC extraction logfile from 13. January 2008, 11:21

Kiss / Kiss

Used drive : PLEXTOR CD-R PREMIUM Adapter: 1 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 30
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : Yes
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 32 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Archivos de programa\Exact Audio Copy\wapet.exe
Additional command line options : %d -t "Artist=%a" -t "Title=%t" -t "Album=%g" -t "Year=%y" -t "Track=%n" -t "Genre=%m" mac.exe %s %d -c3000


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2 | 3:13.37 | 3:26.73 | 14512 | 30034
3 | 6:40.35 | 3:18.47 | 30035 | 44931
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9 | 26:46.00 | 3:23.37 | 120450 | 135711
10 | 30:09.37 | 5:13.53 | 135712 | 159239


Range status and errors

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Filename C:\RIPEOS EAC\Kiss - Kiss.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Range quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 61F76011
Copy CRC 61F76011
Copy OK

No errors occurred

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.- FULL scans. NOTE: OBIs are silver so scanning is impossible.
.- Lyrics in PDF included.
.- Booklet stitched.

NOTE
It took me a long time to rip, scan, make lyrics and stictch the booklets; so now it depends on you to "see" the other 9 rips coming, dig it???
Now the ball is in your roof....