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List Price: $11.98 | | Label: Polygram Records
Salesrank: 678084
Released: May 18, 1993 |
| Our Price: $13.99 |
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| Media: Audio Cassette |
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Alive III Track Listing:
1. Creatures of the Night - Kiss, Stanley, Paul
2. Deuce - Kiss, Simmons, Gene [1]
3. I Just Wanna - Kiss, Stanley, Paul
4. Unholy - Kiss, Simmons, Gene [1]
5. Heaven's on Fire - Kiss, Stanley, Paul
6. Watchin' You - Kiss, Simmons, Gene [1]
7. Domino - Kiss, Simmons, Gene [1]
8. I Was Made for Lovin' You - Kiss, Stanley, Paul
9. I Still Love You - Kiss, Stanley, Paul
10. Rock and Roll All Nite - Kiss, Simmons, Gene [1]
11. Lick It Up - Kiss, Stanley, Paul
12. Forever - Kiss, Stanley, Paul
13. I Love It Loud - Kiss, Simmons, Gene [1]
14. Detroit Rock City - Kiss, Stanley, Paul
15. God Gave Rock & Roll to You II - Kiss, Ballard, Russ
16. The Star Spangled Banner - Kiss, Key, F.S.
Editorial Review:
With Alive! Kiss created one of the most exciting and essential live albums of all time. Its 1977 sequel, Alive II, failed to measure up for a variety of reasons--including, perversely, the inclusion of an album side of studio material--and it took the band 15 years to return to the well once again. Alive III holds up surprisingly well, though that may be due to reduced expectations for a band that was nearing the end of its "unmasked" period, performing without makeup and without original members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss. Still, Kiss have always excelled onstage, whether through genuine inspiration or mere professionalism. Alive III rocks the house with a generous 16-song selection of material that cuts the chaff from their weaker mid-period studio albums and doesn't neglect fan favorites such as "Rock and Roll All Nite," "Deuce," "Heaven's on Fire," and "Detroit Rock City." --Daniel Durchholz
Alive III Reviews:
Sorry, okay play list but too much "cleanup" 
2008-10-04 - My Kiss fandom goes back to 1976 and apart from the classics I really enjoyed some newer stuff like the "Rock the Nation" DVD and of course all the Kissology DVDs etc. Favorite Kiss albums include Kiss, Hotter Than Hell, Alive!, Destroyer, Creatures, Unplugged, and Revenge. But "Alive III" just never sat well with me. I always had the feeling, from the very first play, that it was WAYYYYY too cleaned up in the studio.
Out comes Kissology Volume 3 and.... guess what? The Revenge Tour footage in that boxed set is the same concert used for most (if not all) of "Alive III" and you can CLEARLY hear the differences. No doubt about it, they overdubbed A LOT of vocals for "Alive III" and it's less lively because of it.
The only track I really play over and over from "Alive III" is "Watching You." It's great to hear that classic played by Gene, Paul, Bruce, and Eric Singer. They really were probably the most talented performing lineup overall.
I was really glad to have Eric Carr in the lineup, but as a drummer myself I'm convinced that Eric Singer was really the finest drummer the band had on stage. He's very precise and rocks hard but he doesn't go for lots of self-indulgent slamming around. Very crisp, like Alex Van Halen at his peak.
So I say, for the performances just watch 'em on Kissology 3.
Good CD but NOT the Original Alive 1 or 2
2008-06-17 - This CD rocks for what it is. I can kinda get into it, so it'll stay in my KISS collection. I've written before that i'm a biased 70's era KISS fan and i dislike the most of the 80's stuff and 90's Revenge. BUT this Live CD rocks in it's own right, i gotta say. It doesn't have that Rock and Roll Garage Spirit of the original Line up, But I dig the Energy on this disc, doctored/overdubbed or not. Again, it by no means has the raw power of the original KISS ALIVE...and I miss Ace on these tracks A LOT, but it's a pretty good CD for what it is.
Awsome Live Album 
2007-10-15 - This album has all the energy of the original Alive album with a better clarity of sound. These live versions really kick a** !
Good, But SO many Songs are MISSING!!!!!
2007-06-05 - What's on this record sounds great. The music is played well. But what a major dissappointment when I saw this was 16 songs!!!?? Where is "Tears are Falling"? "Crazy Nights" "War Machine" "Fits Like a Glove".....the list could go on of songs that SHOULD have been on here. Songs that were staples in their shows for years that fans wanted on this record! By not including them, they created a big hole in their catalog of great songs not included on the offical live records. Why do they think bootlegging got so big at this time? Because fans saw they could get a better boot of a show than what Kiss would release!! Eric Singer even stated in the Kiss Authorized biography that he listened to some boots that were better than Alive 3. I own a show from the NJ Meadowlands that murders Alive 3. On the Revenge tour Kiss were playing an awesome setlist...usually about 23-25 songs. Alive 3 is like a sampler...what a shame.
alive 3
2006-03-28 - I'm not one of these old fogies who was a teenager back in the 70's. I didn't see KISS live until I was in 6th grade and they came to town on the Animalize tour. I have all of their albums. This is the lineup I like best. Bruce and Eric play circles around Ace & Peter and it shows up in this performance. The production on Alive 1&2 sucked. This shows a tighter sounding and more talented KISS than that of the 70's. Nice selection of songs as well. Go ahead and keep the first 2 ALives.
