Hot in the Shade

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Hot in the Shade
Hot in the shade cover.jpg
Studio album by Kiss
Released October 17, 1989
Recorded July - August 1989, The Fortress, Hollywood, California
Genre Hard rock, glam metal
Length 58:39
Label Mercury
Vertigo (Europe)
Producer Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley
Kiss chronology
Crazy Nights
(1987)Crazy Nights1987		 Hot in the Shade
(1989)		 Revenge
(1992)
Singles from Hot in the Shade
  1. "Hide Your Heart"
    Released: October 17, 1989
  2. "Forever"
    Released: January 5, 1990
  3. "Rise to It"
    Released: April 1, 1990

Revenge1992

Hot in the Shade is the 15th studio album by Kiss, released in 1989. It is the first Kiss full 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". It is also the final Kiss album to feature Carr in its entirety before his death in November 1991.

Album information

Hot in the Shade contains the most songs of any Kiss studio album with 15. The album is one of the band's longest, with a running time of nearly an hour (58:39). Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley appeared in Kiss make-up for the first time since their 1983 unmasking in the video for "Rise to It". Although the scene with Simmons and Stanley in make-up took place in 1975, the costumes they used were historically inaccurate; Simmons' was from the Unmasked (1980) era while Stanley's was from Love Gun (1977).

Tommy Thayer, who co-wrote "Betrayed" and "The Street Giveth And The Street Taketh Away", became Kiss' permanent lead guitarist in 2002, replacing Ace Frehley as "The Spaceman". A single co-written by Michael Bolton, "Forever", was a pop hit and became a fixture of the band's live performances, but otherwise the album has been largely ignored on live shows following the reunion of the original lineup. Bruce Kulick has also performed "Hide Your Heart" in solo concerts.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars[1]
Sputnikmusic 2.5/5 stars[2]
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars[3]
Vista Records 3/5 stars[4]
Metal Nightfall 3/5 stars[5]

Hot in the Shade was certified Gold on December 20, 1989 by the RIAA.[6]However, the album has sold over 800,000 copies since its release, reaching only gold status.

Its most successful single, "Forever" reached #8 on the Billboard charts, the band's highest charting single in the US since "Beth", 13 years earlier.[7]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Lead Vocals Length
1. "Rise to It"   Paul Stanley, Bob Halligan, Jr Stanley 4:08
2. "Betrayed"   Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer Simmons 3:38
3. "Hide Your Heart"   Stanley, Desmond Child, Holly Knight Stanley 4:25
4. "Prisoner of Love"   Simmons, Bruce Kulick Simmons 3:52
5. "Read My Body"   Stanley, Halligan Stanley 3:50
6. "Love's a Slap in the Face"   Simmons, Vini Poncia Simmons 4:04
7. "Forever"   Stanley, Michael Bolton Stanley 3:52
8. "Silver Spoon"   Stanley, Poncia Stanley 4:38
9. "Cadillac Dreams"   Simmons, Poncia Simmons 3:44
10. "King of Hearts"   Stanley, Poncia Stanley 4:26
11. "The Street Giveth and the Street Taketh Away"   Simmons, Thayer Simmons 3:34
12. "You Love Me to Hate You"   Stanley, Child Stanley 4:00
13. "Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell"   Simmons, Poncia Simmons 3:52
14. "Little Caesar"   Eric Carr, Simmons, Adam Mitchell Carr 3:12
15. "Boomerang"   Simmons, Kulick Simmons 3:30

Personnel

Additional personnel

  • Tommy Thayer - acoustic and electric guitar on "Betrayed" and "The Street Giveth and the Street Taketh Away"
  • Phil Ashley - keyboards on "Hide Your Heart" and "Forever"
  • Pat Regan - brass on "Cadillac Dreams"
  • Charlotte Crossley, Valerie Pinkston, Kim Edwards-Brown - backing vocals on "Silver Spoon"
  • Kevin Valentine - drums on "You Love Me to Hate You"

Album cover art director/Designer: Mitchell Kanner

Charts

Album
Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[9] 36
Canadian Albums Chart[10] 46
European Albums Chart[11] 84
German Albums Chart[12] 46
Japanese Albums Chart[13] 48
Norwegian Albums Chart[12] 8
Swedish Albums Chart[12] 29
Swiss Albums Chart[12] 23
UK Albums Chart[14] 35
US Billboard Pop Albums[15] 29
Singles
Single Chart (1989) Peak position
"Hide Your Heart" US Mainstream Rock Tracks[16] 22
The Billboard Hot 100[16] 66
Single Chart (1990) Peak
position
"Forever" Mainstream Rock Tracks[16] 17
The Billboard Hot 100[16] 8
"Rise To It" Mainstream Rock Tracks[16] 40
The Billboard Hot 100[16] 81

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[17] Platinum 100,000
United States (RIAA)[6] Gold 500,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Hot in the Shade at AllMusic
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  7. ↑ "Singles Chart Action". The Kiss FAQ. Retrieved July 30, 2006.
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  11. ↑ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bSQEAAAAMBAJ&lr=&rview=1
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=KISS&titel=Hot+In+The+Shade&cat=a
  13. ↑ http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/57696/ranking/cd_album/
  14. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/kiss/
  15. ↑ "Kiss Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" at AllMusic. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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