20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of KISS

Decent collection

Kiss are a rock band that I had mild exposure to as a child. My dad really liked em', and we listened to classic rock radio a lot. So singles like Rock n' Roll All Nite and Detroit Rock City were parts of my childhood.

They say Kiss were never that great in the studio, that you had to see them perform to really get them, and I can certainly see why that is the case. That isn't to say that their hits still don't groove and rock in the studio. Strutter and Love Gun still slap, and Deuce and Calling Dr. Love are pretty great rockers as well. Kiss has always had chunky riffs and tight solos, and these songs are great examples of this. So choosing them for a collection is great and makes sense. Beth is the band's signature power ballad and it does make an appearance here, which is fine cause even if I'm not too keen on that song it at least makes sense to be in this Greatest Hits. I've never heard Hard Luck Woman before this and I was kind thrown off by it. Instrumentally sounds like folk Led Zep and melody-wise sounds like Maggie from Rod Stewart (which is a way better song).

There's only one song here I wish they would throw in the bin and that's Christine sixteen.. look at the lyrics and I shouldn't have to explain why.

Surprisingly there's no God of Thunder or Shout it Out Loud which to me are undeniable Kiss staples... but Whatever I suppose.

Overall it's decent, nothing I would consider essential, especially if you already like the band. There's also probably better collections that have way more music to dig into if you wanted to properly get into them.

" You know your man is workin' hard, he's worth a deuce!~