Alive III

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Alive III
Alive III cover.jpg
Live album by Kiss
Released May 18, 1993 (1993-05-18)
Recorded November 27–29, 1992
Venue Cleveland, Detroit, and Market Square Arena, Indianapolis
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length 66:53
Label Mercury
Producer Kiss, Eddie Kramer
Kiss chronology
Revenge
(1992)Revenge1992		 Alive III
(1993)		 Kiss Unplugged
(1996)
Singles from Alive III
  1. "I Love It Loud"
    Released: May 8, 1993

Kiss Unplugged1996

Alive III is a live album released by the American hard rock band Kiss in 1993, and certified gold in 1994. The recording of Alive III took place over multiple dates (in Cleveland, Detroit and Indianapolis) during the band's 1992 tour in support of Revenge.

Album information

It was the first live album the band had released since 1977's Alive II, and the first live recordings released since 1984's Animalize Live Uncensored concert film. The recording of "I Was Made For Lovin' You" was actually recorded at one of the band's soundchecks, but had the crowd overdubbed in the song to make it appear as if it is "live," which led to speculation that many other songs on "Alive III" could be overdubbed. The fact that keyboardist Derek Sherinian appears on Alive III leads to speculation that the band faked vocal parts on stage, specifically Gene Simmons, as he had done so on the Hot in the Shade Tour in 1990.

This is evidenced by unmixed bootleg videos from two of the Auburn Hills concerts.[citation needed] The band has been very secretive about having side keyboard players on possibly many of their tours through the 1980s and early 1990s. Kiss fans are no stranger to the fact that some of Alive! and Alive II had certain parts doctored in the studio, and that some of the songs are not even recorded live in concert, but rather at Electric Lady Studios with Eddie Kramer.

The album is the only live Kiss album released during the group's non-makeup era, excluding Kiss Unplugged, released later in 1996. During the recording of Alive II, Kiss did not want to duplicate songs from Alive!, although some songs from Alive III are duplicate songs from their previous live albums. For example, "Rock and Roll All Nite" was performed on Alive! and again on Alive III, but was not featured on Alive II. It is also the first Kiss live album to feature a different lineup to the previous two, which featured the original lineup.

The liner notes of Alive III include a family tree showing the various Kiss lineups from 1973–1993, as well as bands that the then-current and former members of Kiss were in. It was designed by the band's Japanese fan club. Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, for whom Eric Singer drummed in 1986–87, is misnamed Tommy. The notes also mistakenly claim that "Watchin' You" is from Kiss, and "I Was Made for Lovin' You" from Dressed to Kill. The re-release of Alive III (as part of the Kiss Alive! 1975–2000 box set) contains an additional track, "Take It Off", matching the original international CD and US vinyl versions of the album.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars[1]
Q 3/5 stars[2]

Alive III was certified Gold by the RIAA on October 27, 1994.[3]

"Canny power pop given a merciless headbanging," decided Jeremy Clarke in Q.[4] Kerrang! magazine listed Alive III eleventh best album of 1993.[5]

Bruce Kulick's climactic version of "The Star Spangled Banner" was ranked seventh on the Ultimate Classic Rock list Top 10 National Anthem Guitar Solos, before Ace Frehley's version and after Joe Satriani's.[6]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "Creatures of the Night"   Paul Stanley, Adam Mitchell Paul Stanley 4:40
2. "Deuce"   Gene Simmons Gene Simmons 3:43
3. "I Just Wanna"   Stanley, Vinnie Vincent Stanley 4:24
4. "Unholy"   Simmons, Vincent Simmons 3:27
5. "Heaven's on Fire"   Stanley, Desmond Child Stanley 4:15
6. "Watchin' You"   Simmons Simmons 3:35
7. "Domino"   Simmons Simmons 3:47
8. "I Was Made for Lovin' You"   Stanley, Child, Vini Poncia Stanley 4:32
9. "I Still Love You"   Stanley, Vincent Stanley 6:03
10. "Rock and Roll All Nite"   Stanley, Simmons Simmons 3:32
11. "Lick It Up"   Stanley, Vincent Stanley 4:18
12. "Forever"   Stanley, Michael Bolton Stanley 3:53
13. "Take It Off" (Bonus track) Stanley, Bob Ezrin, Kane Roberts Stanley 6:04
14. "I Love It Loud"   Simmons, Vincent Simmons 3:20
15. "Detroit Rock City"   Stanley, Ezrin Stanley 5:30
16. "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You II"   Stanley, Simmons, Ezrin, Russ Ballard Stanley, Simmons 5:22
17. "The Star-Spangled Banner"   Francis Scott Key (instrumental) 2:40

"Take It Off" was a bonus track on the Japanese, European and South American CD releases and the US vinyl release. This version of the album would later be included in the Kiss Alive! 1975–2000 CD box set.

Personnel

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Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[13] Gold 50,000
United States (RIAA)[3] Gold 500,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Releases

  • Mercury 314 514 777-2 (May 18, 1993): CD
  • Mercury 314 522 647-1 (May 18, 1993): vinyl
  • Universal Music (2014) B0020470-01: vinyl

References

  1. ↑ Alive III at AllMusic
  2. ↑ QJune 1993
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  4. ↑ Q, June 1993
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  6. ↑ Top 10 National Anthem Guitar Solos. ultimateclassicrock.com. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
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