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| Ace Frehley - Ace Frehley Band: Ace Frehley Tracks: - Rip It Out - Speedin' Back to My Baby - Snowblind - Ozone - What's on Your Mind? - New York Groove - I'm in Need of Love - Wiped-Out - Fractured Mirror This is a TRUE rock classic! Do you Love rock-n-roll? Do you play guitar? If you answered yes to both, then you already have this album. Ace and Peter are the only members of Kiss who took the solo project seriously. With the Kiss shackles temporarily lifted, Ace came out with an incredible album. From the beginning notes of 'Rip it Out' you are instantly grapped and pulled into a world devoted to rock guitar. 'Fractured Mirror' the albums last tune is an instrumental that though soft, will blow you away and make you think of happier times. 'Speed Back to my Baby', 'Ozone', 'Snowblind' and the rest are all classix in my opinion. The album doesn't have a weak point. The only disappointment the album has is the future and what's yet to come. When the REAL Kiss broke up, I packed my bags and settled in the Ace camp, though I still listened to KISS, my loyalty stood by Ace. His solo career was disappointing, not because of the quality of his music, but the quantity. Three solo albums, and a Live EP. I really thought 'Trouble Walkin' would be his breakout album for the superstardom he was so overdue for. Unfortunatly, Space Ace was not heard form again until he rejoined with Kiss in '96. But of all the Ace Frehley efforts, his '78 solo was the best. Best Rocking of the Ill-Conceived Kiss Solo Albums Ace Frehley was the inadvertent catalyst of that memorable misstep of all four members of Kiss cutting solo albums at the end of the 1970s. Co-manager Bill Aucoin and bandmate Paul Stanley, desperate to keep Frehley in the band, suggested he cut a solo album to recharge himself but stay in the band; this led to the idea for each member of the quartet to cut a solo disc and then release them together. And it did keep Frehley in the band, at least for a couple of more years, anyway. As it turned out, Aucoin and Stanley's original suggestion might have been best left unaltered - certainly, Frehley's set rocks the best and the brightest and, in the bargain, has the best material. (The Kiss solo albums stand for the most part as little more than offering a taste of what each individual brought into The Band for root sensibilities, though each had its occasional moments, particularly bassist Gene Simmons' half-kidding crooning of "When You Wish Upon A Star".) Frehley's playing is pretty crisp and doesn't date (he was always a better musician than the critics would allow him); unfortunately, he's weaving silk purses from sow's ears and the threading doesn't hold too strongly. Still, you've got to give him credit: he was the only member of Kiss to get anything smelling like a hit from his solo album: "New York Groove" became a minor AOR hit and a deserved one, Frehley's arch stomp-rocker a genial salute to the rock senses in the city where Kiss got together in the first place and, for better or worse, shaped the taste of a generation and rewrote the book on Arena rock presentation. To save you a trip elsewhere, here's the skinny on the other Kiss solo sets: Paul Stanley is playing Mr. Big Rock Sex Star to the max; he's too self-conscious to bring it off without the loosey-goose bull kick of his Kiss mates, and he sure as hell needs their knowingness off which to bounce for his better song material. Peter Criss's loving croon of "Beth" was no fluke, but the Kiss trapsmasher should have picked some more Truly soulful material to Present himself as the Frank Sinatra of hard rock. Gene Simmons's cartoonish stage persona belied a kid who really did buy a lot of the familial cliche of his childhood (the only shock is that he didn't try a vocal version of "March of the Toys"), and it explains an awful lot about both his Kiss role and that he could cut such an endearingly sappy set that was nevertheless as disposable as one of the ketchup packets he'd chew up to spit stage blood. Bow To The Master Does it really get any better than this? Even if you're not a Kiss fan but appreciate a creative guitar, do yourself a favor and hook yourself in for a wild ride! This album defines rock and more importantly the rock guitarist. From the funky "New York Groove" to the haunting "Fractured Mirror", this is the one that inspired so many people to pick up a guitar. Every song is a rock classic..."Rip It Out" went on to become a Frehley staple and "What's On Your Mind" grabs you right away with an opening riff you won't forget. Frehley plays all guitars and bass lines on the album, and Eddie Cramer helped put together a slick sound in the studio. This was also the most succesful of the four solo albums and is probably the favorite of Kiss fans. Ace as of the last Five years is finally getting the recognition as a premier guitarist. Find out why he's the best... Buy Ace Frehley Ace Frehley at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.comJamster - the latest ringtones for your phone! |
