Kiss Music:

Dressed to Kill Track Listing:
1. Room Service
2. Two Timer
3. Ladies in Waiting
4. Getaway
5. Rock Bottom
6. C'mon and Love Me
7. Anything for My Baby
8. She
9. Love Her All I Can
10. Rock and Roll All Nite

Editorial Review:
Digitally remastered Japanese reissue of the band's 1975& top 40 album in a miniaturized LP sleeve limited to theinitial pressing only. 10 tracks, including 'Rock And RollAll Nite', 'Rock Bottom' and 'She'. 1998 Mercury release.

Description of Dressed to Kill:
After the misstep of Hotter Than Hell, Kiss recaptures the energy of their first album and go one better with Dressed to Kill. Obviously the most well-known song off this album is "Rock and Roll All Nite," but there's a lot of other good material here as well, including the upbeat "Room Service," the groove-heavy "C'mon and Love Me," and the sensual "She." Though Kiss would not become superstars until their next album (that would be Destroyer), Dressed to Kill shows them headed in the right direction, having hit on the elusive formula of heavy chords, strong rhythms, and a determination not to take themselves too seriously. --Genevieve Williams

Dressed to Kill Reviews:
TIMELESS hard rock! A seminal KISS release!
2009-11-16 - 'DTK' is great hard rock, period. Lots of great fun classic KISS songs here with memorable riffing and melodies. Standout tunes here include 'Room Service', 'Rock Bottom', 'C'mon and love me', 'She', 'Love her all I can', and 'rock and roll all nite'. Essentially, most of the release!

Proof That KISS Did Thrive Before "Alive"
2009-11-11 - While most people justifiably point at "Alive" as the album that shot KISS to the top of the rock scene, they had three solid studio albums that set the tone before it. Their self-titled debut and "Hotter Than Hell" have gained in popularity over the years. Somehow the third album from KISS, "Dressed To Kill," doesn't seem to gain as much respect.

I personally believe that "Dressed To Kill" is quite possibly the strongest of KISS' three early albums. It is known primarily for having the first studio recorded release of "Rock And Roll All Nite," which ranks as one of, if not the, greatest rock anthem in history. However, the entire album offers up some great rock n' roll tunes.

In addition to "Rock And Roll All Nite," a few lesser known KISS classics included on this album are "Rock Bottom," "She," and "C'mon And Love Me." While all of these songs are great, I think that every other song on this album can hold its own in the KISS catalogue.

For instance, the album opener, "Room Service," is a nothing short of a fun rocker. "Ladies In Waiting" and "Two Timer" are a couple of other standout tracks. All of the songs have an unpolished, real feel to them that hints at what is to come in "Alive."

Even though "Rock And Roll All Nite" is the popular favorite on this album, I personally believe that the rolling rocker "Getaway" featuring Peter Criss on vocals is the true gem on "Dressed To Kill."

While I wouldn't go as far as to say that "Dressed To Kill" is on the same level as "Destroyer" or "Rock And Roll Over" when compared to KISS' studio albums, I will say that it is definitely in the upper echelon of KISS' work. Of the pre-"Alive" albums, it is definitely the best overall.

Recommended to KISS fans who've been around awhile and have yet to pick up "Dressed To Kill." Newer fans will most likely buy it for "Rock And Roll All Nite," but I think that they'll soon see just how great the rest of this album really is. If you enjoy fun rock and hard rock, I highly recommend KISS' "Dressed To Kill."



A Mega Rock and Roll Masterpiece!
2009-11-05 - Way back in 1975, if memory serves me correctly, KISS Dressed To Kill was the very first record album that I had ever bought. I was just getting into music at the time and maybe owned a few 45s, but after hearing Rock and Roll All Nite, I just had to have this album. Needless to say, it was worth every penny that I scraped up doing odd jobs like grass cutting and a paper route to get. In fact, I ended up playing this album so many times, the grooves in the vinyl were so worn out as to be pretty much useless after a couple of years or so. So, admittedly, this album has a very special place in my heart. Years later, sometime in the late 1990's, as I was revisiting some of the old music that I had enjoyed as a teenager, I bought this album on CD, and fell in love with it all over again. It once again started my KISS craze. Listening to it today, it sounds just as great as it ever did. This album, to me, is THE definitive KISS album. It features 10 great songs with all the original band members working together harmoniously at a time when, in my opinion, they were at their very best. Every song on here is an awesome work of art. It's also an air guitarist's dream come true. Especially on tracks like She, with it's amazing guitar licks, and it's heavy bass grooves, to Rock Bottom, with it's beautiful two minute acoustical opening, which leads into some blistering guitars accompanied by Paul Stanley's great vocals! Or, C'Mon and Love Me, featuring one of Spaceman Frehley's best solos, and again, on Love Her All I Can, which also has excellent drumming by Peter Criss, cowbells and all. Then there's Room Service which features more blistering Ace Frehley guitars, and Two Timer, with the great Gene Simmons doing some very cool vocals. The song Getaway features Peter Criss singing his heart out along with more amazing guitar riffs backing him up throughout. And, Anything For My Baby features some outstanding drum playing by Peter, while Paul Stanley sings once again proving that he is without a doubt the Starchild Rock God. Gene Simmons does the main vocals on Ladies in Waiting, another great rocker. lastly, there is the album's closer which has got to be the best end song on any album that I have ever heard, the mighty and well-known KISS signature anthem song, Rock and Roll All Nite. Man, Oh Man, albums just do not get any better than this!

Dressed To Kill
2009-11-02 - Of the classic Kiss output in the 1970's, Dressed To Kill belongs to the weaker side of the releases. But this isn't becuase of the music really. The only real complaint about the music is the complete and total lack of energy, esecially among Peter Criss' drumming. There just isn't in life in there, I mean listen to 'Two Timer.' But the real problem lays in the production. It's just flat as most original Kiss records are, but this one however seems to be worse than the rest. Just plain dull.

Tracks like 'Room Service' 'Ladies In Waiting' and the killer Ace Frehley cut 'Getaway' are all classic kiss. The same can be said for 'She' and the groups first hit, and signature track 'Rock And Roll All Nite' which closes out the album.

Overall it's not a bad album at all, it just feels very juvinile, which is to be expected from cock rockers like Kiss. It's a very enjoyable album, to just let rock, though it's ages behind the self-titled debut, and Rock N' Roll Over.

KISS' third album still a charm almost 35 years later
2009-10-07 - New York rockers KISS released their third album in less than a year's time entitled Dressed to Kill in March of 1975.
After the failure of their first two albums, KISS were still wowing concert crowds but album sales were soft. Then KISS (rhythm guitarist/singer/songwriter Paul Stanley, bass player/singer/songwriter Gene Simmons, drummer Peter Criss and lead guitarist Ace Frehley) went back in the recording studio with their Casablanca Records chief Neil Bogart to produce its third album. It was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York. The album predated by one year what The Ramones would do , record an album with a short running time. Dressed To Kill is the shortest KISS album at close to 30 minutes but not short on classics. I first got the cassette in July of 1988. Then got the CD in June of 1993 but some of the endings of the tracks faded earlier than the tape. The 1997 remaster has all of the songs at their proper length and sounding killer.
We open with Paul's rocker "Room Service" which is a great rocker which sounds superb on the remaster (on original CD, the ending was short than original LP, on this 1997 remastered CD the songs are restored to original LP length). Next is Gene's rocking "Two Timer" which is a great song. Next is another Simmons rocker out of "Ladies in Waiting". Next is Ace's superb rocker "Getaway" with a killer vocal from Peter. We end side one with "Rock Bottom" (which was Ace's collaboration with Paul) that starts acoustic before kicking into a killer rocker.
Paul starts side two with first the rocker "C'mon and Love Me" then the melodic number "Anything For My Baby". Then we have two pre-KISS songs that Paul and Gene had from Wicked Lester re-recorded in KISS style with "She" and "Love Her All I Can" Both are transformed into rockers which replaced flutes from Wicked Lester with Ace's killer guitar work. The album ends with the un-official "rock national anthem" of course KISS' first hit "Rock and Roll All Nite" which is a KISS song that is their signature song.
Dressed to Kill is a classic and is the predecessor to the live album that would change everything. Dressed to Kill was also KISS' first US Top 30 album hitting #27 on word of mouth (eventually going Gold).
Dressed to Kill still sounds relevant and great nearly 35 years on!
Recommended!