Whether you appreciate their music or not you can't argue with the greatness of the Kiss Alive! album cover. Well you can, but why would you?
It has everything a great cover needs: guitars, smoke, make up, bright lights, the band's name in neon, costumes and platform boots - everything that can captivate the imagination of a young boy. Along with their album Dressed to Kill, I stared at this cover for hours on end, pretending to be Ace Frehley with a Gibson guitar in my hands. Years later, the album still piques my imagination.
Even though there has been speculation of overdubbing to correct mistakes, Alive! is still quite possibly Kiss' greatest album - maybe their most impressive musical statement - and it's certainly considered to be one of the band's most compelling covers.
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