- rock, hard rock
- 59 min
- 15 tracks
- Vertigo
Hot in the Shade is the fifteenth studio album by American rock band Kiss, released in 1989. It is the first Kiss studio album since 1981's Music From "The Elder" to feature lead vocals from someone other than Paul Stanley or Gene Simmons, with drummer Eric Carr singing lead on "Little Caesar".
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Character
Classical in form, unpretentious, grave and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- effortlessdemanding
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- AllMusic2/5 ★
- Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 ★
- Rock Hard7/10
- Rolling Stone1/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Rise to It4:04
- 2Betrayed3:40
- 3Hide Your Heart4:26
- 4Prisoner of Love3:45
- 5Read My Body3:49
- 6Love’s a Slap in the Face4:05
- 7Forever3:53
- 8Silver Spoon4:43
- 9Cadillac Dreams3:48
- 10King of Hearts4:27
- 11The Street Giveth and the Street Taketh Away3:32
- 12You Love Me to Hate You4:04
- 13Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell3:49
- 14Little Caesar3:12
- 15Boomerang3:32
15 tracks, 59 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- KISS
- Label
- Vertigo
- Released
- 1989
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- DE
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