Dynasty (album)

Dynasty (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Dynasty
Type = Album
Artist = Kiss


Released = May 23 1979
Recorded = 1979
Genre = Hard rock, disco| pop Length = 38:57
Label = Casablanca
Producer = Vini Poncia
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ysjm7i2jg7dr link]
* "Pitchfork" rating-10|2.0 [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19090/Kiss_Dynasty link]
*"Rolling Stone" (unfavorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kiss/albums/album/321535/review/5942878/dynasty link]
Last album = "Paul Stanley"
(1978)
This album = "Dynasty"
(1979)
Next album = "Unmasked"
(1980)
Misc = Singles
Name = Dynasty
Type = studio
single 1 = I Was Made for Lovin' You
single 1 date = May 1979
single 2 = Sure Know Something
single 2 date = 1979
single 3 = Dirty Livin'
single 3 date = 1979
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"Dynasty" is a studio album by the American hard rock band Kiss. It was released less than a year after the four solo albums, which were commercial disappointments. The album, and its subsequent tour, were billed as the "Return of Kiss." The band as a full unit had not released a studio album since 1977 and had not toured since the Spring of 1978. The album would restore the band to commercial prominence, reaching # 9 on the US Billboard album chart.

Kiss enlisted Vini Poncia, who produced Peter Criss's solo album, to produce "Dynasty". After pre-production and rehearsals were completed, Poncia decided to exclude Criss from most of the recording, judging him unable to drum well enough. Criss, by this time, had fallen deep into substance abuse and was also recovering from an automobile accident. He performed on only one song, "Dirty Livin'." The rest of the drums were recorded by Anton Fig, who played drums on Ace Frehley's 1978 solo album.

The first single from the album, "I Was Made For Lovin' You," marked a rather drastic stylistic departure for Kiss. It had a pronounced disco beat, and was a success at a time when disco was at its peak popularity.

After waiting nearly three years to record lead vocals for a Kiss song (1977's "Shock Me"), Ace Frehley contributed three to "Dynasty" - "2,000 Man," "Hard Times" and "Save Your Love." "2,000 Man," a cover of the 1967 Rolling Stones song, would become a concert staple for Kiss and one of Frehley's signature songs. "Hard Times" and "Save Your Love" were recorded in the same hard rock style as Frehley's solo album. This was the only Kiss album where Frehley sang as many songs as Paul Stanley and more than Gene Simmons. Simmons, one of the band's primary songwriters, sings only two. (Reportedly Simmons was not happy with the idea of doing a disco oriented record and as a result had less input on the album.) "Dynasty" was certified Platinum on July 10, 1979, when it had sold 1,000,000 copies.

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Track listing

# "I Was Made for Lovin' You" (Paul Stanley, Vini Poncia, Desmond Child) – 4:33
# "2,000 Man" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 4:56
# "Sure Know Something" (Stanley, Poncia) – 4:01
# "Dirty Livin'" (Peter Criss, Poncia, Stan Penridge) – 4:27
# "Charisma" (Gene Simmons, Howard Marks) – 4:25
# "Magic Touch" (Stanley) – 4:42
# "Hard Times" (Ace Frehley) – 3:31
# "X-Ray Eyes" (Simmons) – 3:46
# "Save Your Love" (Frehley) – 4:40

Personnel

*Gene Simmonsbass guitar, lead vocals
*Paul Stanleyrhythm guitar, lead vocals, guitar solo on "Sure Know Something.
*Ace Frehleylead guitar, lead vocals on "2,000 Man", "Hard Times" and "Save Your Love"Gill, Julian. [http://www.kissfaq.com/reference/song_who.html "Who Played What On What?"] . The KISSFAQ. Retrieved July 10, 2006.]
*Peter Crissdrums, vocals (4)with

*Anton Fig – drums (1-3, 5-9) (uncredited)Gill, Julian. [http://www.kissfaq.com/reference/song_who.html "Who Played What On What?"] . The KISSFAQ. Retrieved July 10, 2006.]
*Vini Poncia – producer, keyboards and backing vocals on "I Was Made For Lovin' You," backing vocals on "Sure Know Something"Gill, Julian. [http://www.kissfaq.com/reference/song_who.html "Who Played What On What?"] . The KISSFAQ. Retrieved July 10, 2006.]

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)Singles - AustriaSingles - GermanySingles - New ZealandSingles - United Kingdom

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.kissfaq.com/discography/dynasty.html Kiss FAQ - "Dynasty"] , Accessed on July 14, 2005.


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