HOTTER THAN HELL
| Kiss
HOTTER THAN HELL
Hotter Than Hell is the second studio album by American hard rock band Kiss, released on October 22, 1974 by Casablanca Records. It was certified gold on June 23, 1977, having shipped 500,000 copies.The album was re-released in 1997 in a remastered version. It peaked on the Billboard 200 charts at No. 100, without the benefit of a hit single. Many of the album's songs are live staples for the band, including "Got to Choose", "Parasite", "Hotter Than Hell", "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll" and "Watchin' You". -Wikipedia
Critic Reviews
Show All-
All Music
another quintessential Kiss release. Many of the songs have been forgotten over the years (few have been featured in concert after the '70s), but there are still more than a few gems to be found.
-
Rolling Stone
1975 - With twin guitars hammering out catchy mondo-distorto riffs and bass and drums amiably bringing up the rear, Kiss spews forth a deceptively controlled type of thunderous hysteria closely akin to the sound once popularized by the German panzer tank division.
-
Mike Ladano
Hotter Than Hell could easily score a 5/5 stars, but the sonics are impossible to simply ignore. Every time you listen to it, there are things that sound irritating ... But it was OK.
-
Icon Fetch
2010 - No knock on the actual songwriting or performances here; it’s the god-awful production sound that ruins it.
-
Alltime Records
Surprisingly, they were able to write a fair number of catchy riffs, many of which are utterly dirty and perfectly trashy. But there was just one hitch, Kiss were still pretty terrible musicians - I guess they didn't have much time to take lessons in the eight months between the release of their debut album and this.
-
Glacially Musical
2012 - All in all, though this album didn't produce as many well known Kiss songs as the eponymous debut, this is a more mature (I know right?) album by Kiss and a much better effort.
-
Poffy's Movie Mania
2015 - Like a mastodon struggling through quicksand, Hotter Than Hell is darker, gloomier, heavier and more muscular than Kiss – with even worse production.
-
Ultimate Guitar
2007 - If it was stolen or lost I'm not sure if I'd buy it again. It's a good album but I don't know if I like it that much to be honest.
-
Starling
never even once breaks the 'keep it simple-stupid' credo and contains about the same percentage of absolute rock classics than a limited edition collection of raw demo versions of Frank Sinatra's earliest performances
-
Mark's Record Reviews
Less generic r'n'r pishposh, more actual grit, meanness and catchiness.
-
Heavy Music Headquarters
Perhaps the oddest-sounding album Kiss ever recorded, Hotter Than Hell is also one of the most interesting.
-
Metal Music Archives
2018 - It lacks the energy and bombast of later efforts, and just tends to drag along boringly with no real passion.
Rate This Album and Leave Your Comments