Re:Sonic Boom
Gamer4Life | The United States | 08/26/2010
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I call it Sonic Suck. I find it interesting that many Kiss fans these days are saying this is the greatest album Kiss has done. A question for all you fans out there-do you guys know that the "Ace" on this album isn't Ace at all, and The "Peter" on this album isn't Peter at all? Do they care? obviously not. That's an insult to Ace and Peter. The only Decent song on this one is Paul's. "Danger us". I know I may get slammed for this, but it's time for Gene and Paul to either fire Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer, and bring back Ace and Peter, or hang it up, for good. We wanted the best? well, we're not getting it with this line up. 70's and 80's Kiss kicks ass, this album blows. Nuff said."
Expanded Psycho Circus as a vintage album
W. Breffle | 09/16/2010
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I don't have time or energy to spend one minute on Sonic Bomb. However, I have enjoyed very much listening to my "expanded" version of Psycho Circus, which is now 12 years old. In iTunes, you can create this beast by adding three songs that round out the album nicely. The first is Nothing Can Keep Me From You, Paul's power ballad that was the theme song to the Detroit Rock City movie. I believe it was co-written by Holly Knight, who helped with other parts of the album. The second is In Your Face, which came with the video for Psycho Circus and it's on the Japanese version of PC too. This has Ace on vocals and guitar, and Peter on drums. The third song is It's My Life, which has been rattling around for years. It has Gene and Ace on lead vocals, Ace on lead guitar, and Peter on drums. So, this expanded edition has three Ace vocals, four Ace lead guitars, three Peter drums, and some quality material contributed by Gene and Paul. These three songs were recorded during the PC sessions, so they fit right in and sound the same. Play it on random mode on your CD player and you will enjoy it a lot. The depth of this 13-song expanded edition competes well with the first seven studio albums - it's a pity these songs were not originally included. If you can find the six-song EP from the PC tour, which has three live songs from the album that was new at the time, you will really like that too."