The Kiss Album Focus, Vol. 2: Hell or High Water, 1983-96 [Paperback]

Julian Gill (Author)

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ISBN-10: 1599263580 | ISBN-13: 978-1599263588 | Publication Date: November 11, 2005 | Edition: 3

THE KISS ALBUM FOCUS (3RD EDITION) VOL. II

Originally debuting as a feature on the KISS Asylum website the unofficial and unsanctioned "KISS Album Focus" work was compiled into book format and privately published in two editions in 2002. De

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After moving to America in 1978, Julian Gill quickly discovered that Bonny M, the Osmands, and Meat Loaf weren't the only music around. That fact was illustrated at a school talent show where he witnessed fellow students dressed up in tin-foil and makeup,

Product Details

• Paperback: 424 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris; 3 edition (November 11, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1599263580
• ISBN-13: 978-1599263588
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,934,786 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Album Focus?, February 10, 2007

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B. King "www.10headshigh.com" (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Kiss Album Focus, Vol. 2: Hell or High Water, 1983-96 (Paperback)

I did enjoy this book, although I was looking forward to it being focused on Kiss' albums. It was approxamately 60% album focus and 40% Kiss common knowledge info. I was expecting something more like "The Beatles Recording Sessions" type of format where the albums, the songs and the recording sessions are analized in great detail. Don't get me wrong, after being a fan of Kiss for 25 years, I did still learn some things from reading this book- but there was still too much non-album focus.....

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not nearly as good as the first Kiss Album Focus book, January 22, 2008

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I Rock "I'm a Rocker" (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Kiss Album Focus, Vol. 2: Hell or High Water, 1983-96 (Paperback)

The Kiss Album Focus Volume 2 book is good, but not nearly as good as the first volume. And not because I'm biased toward the original line up of Kiss, (isn't every Kiss fan?!), but because this book doesn't go through album by album and song by song like the first book did. I was looking forward to detailed information about the recording of especially Lick It Up, Animalize, and Asylum, and it's more of an overview. Don't get me wrong this volume 2 IS a good book for Kiss fans and probably the best stuff on the Vinnie Vincent-Mark St.John-Eric Carr era you'll find. Actually the chapter on Vinnie is outstanding. But, compared to volume one... just not nearly as much about the recording of the albums and the in-studio insights and stuff like that. It doesn't go through each song on each album like the first book did. This volume 2 is more like "Kiss 1983 to 1996 Biography" not an "Album Focus." Volume 2 does include the Unplugged reunion and into the launch of the '96+ era and it's probably the best book available on this specific era of KISStory. Still a must-read for the major Kisshead, but a bit of a let-down after volume one.

3.0 out of 5 stars Book replaced with updated version..., February 19, 2011

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This review is from: The Kiss Album Focus, Vol. 2: Hell or High Water, 1983-96 (Paperback)

Volume II was replaced by an updated/revised "4th edition" in 2010 with ISBN 0982253702 - The Kiss Album Focus, Fourth Edition, Volume II: Hell or High Water 1983 - 1996...