- rock, hard rock, heavy metal
- 42 min
- 10 tracks
- Casablanca Records
Lick It Up is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Kiss. Before its 1983 release, the band members appeared on MTV without their trademark make-up. It was the first public appearance without make-up by the band, and their first for Mercury Records, where they had been signed following their departure from Casablanca Records. By December 1990, seven years after release, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA for selling over a million units in the US.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, grave and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- effortlessdemanding
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 ★
- Rolling Stone1/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1-1Exciter4:12
- 1-2Not for the Innocent4:23
- 1-3Lick It Up3:57
- 1-4Young and Wasted4:06
- 1-5Gimme More3:45
- 2-1All Hell’s Breakin’ Loose4:34
- 2-2A Million to One4:11
- 2-3Fits Like a Glove4:04
- 2-4Dance All Over Your Face4:16
- 2-5And on the 8th Day4:02
10 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- KISS
- Label
- Casablanca Records
- Released
- 1983
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- JP
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