Hokeyboy

From KissAslyum.com ... reposting from KissOnline.com... long rumored and pretty much confirmed:

Classic KISS Revisited
From: KISSonline.com
Posted: August 15, 2008

DefSTAR Records/Sony Music Japan is releasing KISS JIGOKU-RETSUDEN, a new KISS Greatest Hits CD featuring all new recording of 15 KISS Classics! The tracks were recently recorded and feature Paul, Gene, Eric and Tommy. The CD is scheduled to be released in Japan on August 27. A Limited Edition version of the CD is also being released, and includes a bonus KISSOLOGY Special DVD with live footage from KISS' legendary 1977 performance at BUDOKAN.

JIGOKU-RETSUDEN - NEW RECORDINGS CD:

1. DEUCE
2. DETROIT ROCK CITY
3. SHOUT IT OUT LOUD
4. HOTTER THAN HELL
5. CALLING DR.LOVE
6. LOVE GUN
7. I WAS MADE FOR LOVIN' YOU
8 .HEAVEN'S ON FIRE
9. LICK IT UP
10. I LOVE IT LOUD
11. FOREVER
12. CHRISTINE SIXTEEN
13. DO YOU LOVE ME
14. BLACK DIAMOND
15. ROCK AND ROLL ALL NITE

KISSOLOGY SPECIAL DVD *Only for limited edition:

LIVE AT BUDOKAN TOKYO, JAPAN '77

1. DETROIT ROCK CITY
2. LET ME GO,ROCK'N'ROLL
3. LADIES ROOM
4. FIREHOUSE
5. I WANT YOU
6. COLD GIN
7. NOTHIN' TO LOSE
8. GOD OF THUNDER
9. ROCK AND ROLL ALL NITE
10. SHOUT IT OUT LOUD
11. BLACK DIAMOND

B5Erik

Well.... It's better than just another greatest hits package.

...but I'd much rather have a new album.

Giantrobo

KISS = Milking it like no one else for over 30 years....

nodeerforamonth

No one's forcing anyone to buy this. That's the cool thing about freedom!

Yeah, I'd rather have a new album too. Or a DVD that hasn't been released before. Everyone basically has the "rerecordings" if they have any of the professionally recorded live concerts they did in 2004.

The Cow

Pretty disappointing.

Come on guys, at least mix in some different songs!

(or come up with a few new tunes, even just 1)

SkullOrchard

Meh.

Supermallet

I'll pass.

Giantrobo

KISS FANBOYS = Making Gene and Paul richer and richer buying their halfassed lazy rehashed shit for far too long.

bigjim25

I don't know. I think the Rolling Stones might have them beat.

cdollaz

At least the Stones tour new albums.

Supermallet

The Stones did do a tour for that 40 Licks collection, but you are correct in that they normally tour for new albums. And, frankly, I'd say both Bridges To Babylon and A Bigger Bang were better albums than anything Kiss has done since Revenge.

Jason

I can see rerecording some of the older songs to give them a crunchier, more metal feel. Paul would always say on stage that they were playing I Was Made for Loving You "the way it was supposed to sound" as opposed to the poppy version on Dynasty.

If they deconstruct them a bit, it might be a fun listen. If they're just rerecording them so they don't have to pay residual royalties to Ace and Peter, then fuck them with a broken bottle.

Supermallet

I like "I Was Made For Loving You" as a disco song.

cdollaz

And Voodoo Lounge was as good as both of those put together.

auto

And that isn't saying much itself.

B5Erik

I would say that those Stones albums are arguably better than Psycho Circus, but definitely not Carnival of Souls. Carnival was a great album, and a perfect mid 90's follow up to Revenge.

Supermallet

Can't disagree with you more there. Aside from "Love Is Strong" and "The Worst," I felt like Voodoo Lounge was The Stones weakest album since...um...Steel Wheels. No, but seriously, there's so much goddamn filler and utterly forgettable tracks on that album that I pretty much never listen to it. I thought Bridges To Babylon was a significant improvement, and A Bigger Bang was pretty consistent, as well.

To be totally honest, I think Bridges to Babylon is a better album than Revenge is, so I definitely think it's better than Carnival of Souls. But this is off topic, I wasn't trying to start a Stones vs. Kiss debate.

cdollaz

I'm just the opposite. I thought Bridges was mostly crap. And I thought A Bigger Bang is somewhere in between.

I will agree with you on The Worst. It may be my favorite Keith Stones song. I also think Out Of Tears, Sweethearts Together, YOu Got Me Rocking, Mean Disposition, and Blinded By Rainbows are all really great songs.

johnbook

Detroit Rock City, Rock and Roll all Night = No sale, at least Forever, Lick it Up and Heavens on Fire are on there but still no thanks i'll keep my money Gene.

islandclaws

Terribly lame. At least they didn't include "Shock Me" or "2000 Man". I wish they would have at least recorded one new song for inclusion here. C'mon guys, would it have really been that hard to give fans some incentive to want this?

nothingfails

if they're gonna go into the studio and rerecord the oldies.... why not just get off Gene's high horse and record a new album?

nodeerforamonth

So? It's THEIR choice!

ANYONE who buys an album of a band they like is a "fanboy" who is making their band "richer".

macnorton

I am going to say the same thing I said when Ozzy re-recorded his stuff....

You are screwing your fans, screwing your legacy, and losing any integrity you once had.

Giantrobo

Calm down fuzzy britches. I've been a KISS Fan since the 70's. So I've poured my fair share of coin into Paul and Gene's bank account over the years. I'm just saying that these halfassed money grabs by KISS are tiresome; and one of main reasons I stopped spending money on them. How many times should I dip KISS music? I mean shit guys, get serious, write GOOD NEW material, and release it.

Stop milking the same fuckin' shit over and over.

nodeerforamonth

Ok, fancy pants. But it's not up to YOU to decide. You get one vote. With your pocketbook. You chose not to buy. If you don't want to buy it, fine. But it's not up to YOU to dictate what they put out and how much they put out. It's up to them.

I don't like vegetables, but I'm not telling the farmers "Enough! Stop growing them!" It's not my right to dictate what the farmers grow. They will grow stuff and people will buy and eat it (and line the farmer's pocketbooks with $$$). Same goes with music.

Many bands have chosen to re-record their classic works: Cheap Trick, Exodus, Saxon, Tankard, Destruction, Sodom, and more. Where's all the hatred for them?