MUSIC FROM THE ELDER
| Kiss
MUSIC FROM THE ELDER
The album marked a substantial departure from their previous output with its epic concept and orchestral elements: its sales were so poor that Kiss did not embark on a supporting tour for the first time in its eight-year history, opting instead to make a handful of promotional appearances. Music from "The Elder" was the first album with drummer Eric Carr and the last album to feature Ace Frehley until their 1996 reunion Alive/Worldwide Tour apart from appearing on the cover of the compilation album Killers and the next album Creatures of the Night and a handful of promotional appearances with the band until late 1982
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Mark's Record Review
The key thing to know about this record is that the entire first half is completely unrecognizable as Kiss. It's art rock!
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Don Ignacio
As a Kiss album, it isn't very exciting. And as an art-rock album, it isn't very good either.
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Spinditty
2018 - It's certainly their most musically adventurous offering, and contains more than a few listenable tracks.
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AV Music
2011 - Or think of Music From “The Elder” for what it really was: a dispiriting dead end disguised as a bold new beginning.
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Mike Ladano
Music From the Elder is a flawed album, mostly marred by sonic muddiness. It has an uncharacteristic quantity of ballads and un-Kiss-like songs, so fans stayed away in droves.
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Rolling Stone
1982 - By scaling down the band’s bluster and adding orchestral sweetening, Ezrin makes Kiss sound strangely like Jethro Tull. Throw in some honest-to-goodness melodies and you’ve got a Kiss LP you can listen to without embarrassment.
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All Music
Only two tracks resemble the Kiss of old (Frehley's "Dark Light" and the instrumental "Escape from the Island"), while the rest is downright embarrassing ("Odyssey," "A World Without Heroes," "Under the Rose").
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The Great Southern Brain Fart
2011 - HAHAHA. Oh brother. The album closes with that dreaded Casio keyboard and some brilliant dialog from The Demon as he speaks to who I’m guessing is “The Elder” or whatever. I really LOL’d on this one and that was that. Wow.
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Sequart Organization
2014 - it’s the worst album released by the hard rock band Kiss
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Metal Insider
2014 - It’s too nerdy and arty for regular KISS fans and probably too KISS for true prog fans, but for those who are willing to open their mind and listen to the album for what it is, the rewards are great.
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Hokey Blog!
a freaking mess. Not a total disaster, to be sure, with some good material mixed in with the bad. However the album lacks consistency of quality, which makes for a strangely jarring and mostly disjunctive listening experience.
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Diffuser
2014 - it's one of the most entertaining bad albums you’ll ever hear
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Poffy's Movie Mania
2015 - For the first time in KISS’s career, everything slots into place majestically. Not a note out of place, not a song out of sync. What happened then? Wrong band, wrong time.
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Rilaly's Blog
I also can’t determine if the music on the album simply appeals to me in that intangible manner that some music appeals to one person more than others, or if the album contains great music that people “won’t” like, because they fear the counter arguments (see ridicule) from their peers.
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Glorious Noise
2009 - It’s a modern masterpiece, occasionally outshining more recognized classics.
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Medium
2018 - I’m glad Music from “The Elder” is out there. It’s an enjoyable testament to how good talented musicians can be even when they, in the words of Rolling Stone, produce a “misfire.”
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