KISS (Dynasty) 1979 Dynasty Poster Insert Dynasty by all accounts should suck, especially after the opening song
I Was Made For Lovin' You, a clear attempt at cashing in on the Disco craze to win over new fans. Um....it didn't work and in the process they lost a ton of members from the
KISS Army. The song now is a huge hit during the set list, but I personally just can't listen to it anymore. They need to put that one to bed once and for all IMO.
What follows after this song is pretty damn good. Starting with
Ace Frehley's cover version of
The Rolling Stones song
2,000 Man, which gets the MVP award for the album.
Now it's time to explain why this album is included in the poll when I said that
Love Gun was the last with the original members. By the time the band got around to recording
Dynasty, a certain person was happily self medicating themself. I'm speaking of course about
Peter Criss. He was so f*cked up which drastically affected his drumming that he was excused from the process. The only song he was allowed to play on was his own called
Dirty Livin', which absolutely sucks btw.
His replacement would be
Anton Fig. He would later go on to be a part of
Paul Shaffer's band on
The David Letterman Show, as well as eventually working with
Ace Frehley on his post-
KISS solo albums. But getting back to
Anton. He was never given credit for his playing on the album and once again,
KISS felt the need to pull a fast one on us by saying this was a "
KISS" record when in fact it was not. At the time, this is what I believe to be true. Such a little kid.
Also of note,
Ace, after his monster success with his solo album, now got to sing 3 songs on the same
KISS album. Unheard of at the time.
Fave Songs:
2,000 Man, Charisma, Magic Touch, Hard Times, X-Ray Eyes and
Save Your LoveFreebie insert trend continues with a full size
Dynasty wall poster. And the album cover still kicks ass IMO.
Dynasty Music Videos