Asylum [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Kiss

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 1, 1998)
• Original Release Date: September 16, 1985
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Island / Mercury
• ASIN: B00000AF96
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (65 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #45,134 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) paper sleeve pressing. Universal. 2008. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars C'mon Now...., March 13, 2000

By	[e-mail] (Anarica) - See all my reviews

The 80s' were a tough time for Kiss, what with losing Peter Criss and Ace Frehley, and the desperate struggle of Gene and Paul to stay with the times and not fade out like so many other bands have. But Kiss proved their staying power and on this record, their musical ability as well.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good,but not the best, June 26, 2005

A Kid's Review

this was a good album.it holds some of the greatest songs ever written in the 80s like "Tears Are Falling","Anyway You Slice It","King of the Mountain" and "I'm Alive".Although songs like "Radar for Love" were a disapointment.
But I dont really know why people put this album down.one of the greatest Kiss lineups started here.Bruce Kulice is one of the best guitarests to ever play with Kiss.Hiss solo for "Tears Are Falling" will prove that to you.And all in all,this may not be their best,but its a must-have!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Typical for Kiss in the 1980's, February 5, 2003

By	L. B. Ivarsson (Rock City) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Kiss have at least since the 1980's been very sensitive to musical trends. After their excellent period of hard rock, Simmons and Stanley put their fingers up in the air to see where the winds were blowing... After two pop sounding albums ("Dynasty" and "Unmasked") the two leaders decided (against the will of Ace Frehley) to record a theme album: "The elder", which didn't work out. Kiss went back to hard rock but had lost something from their heydays. A couple of more or less decent albums followed but it became more and more clear that especially Simmons either lost his ability to write good tunes or simply didn't care anymore.

"Asylum" from 1985 gives us a band that jumped the "hair metal" train. For the first time in music history heavy metal/hard rock wasn't mainly for the boys, and a lot of band got more polished, ballad oriented and image became even more important due to MTV. A lot of new bands (Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Icon etc) popped up and gained success. Obviously Kiss wanted to be a part of the whole circus.

But what about the music? Well, this album include at least one good song: "King of the mountain", and a couple of average standard like "Any way you slice it" and "Uh! all night". Then we got "Tears are falling" and "Who wants to be lonely", two songs that by the times standard and musical climate was quite good, and were in fact smaller hits. With hindsight they didn't stand the test of time but they can be interesting as a document of the music back in 1985. Sad to say, the album also include some songs that are indeed not good like the awful "Love's a deadly weapon".

This is not Kiss best or worst effort, and actually deserves 2 1/2 stars.