Asylum (Kiss album)

Asylum
Studio album by Kiss
Released September 16, 1985
Recorded June – July 1985
Studio Electric Lady Studios
Right Track Studios, New York City
Genre Heavy metal, glam metal[1]
Length 38:50
Label Mercury
Vertigo (Europe)
Producer Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons
Kiss chronology
Animalize
(1984)		 Asylum
(1985)		 Crazy Nights
(1987)
Singles from Asylum
  1. "Tears Are Falling"
    Released: September 16, 1985

Asylum is the thirteenth studio album by the heavy metal band Kiss. It is the first with lead guitarist Bruce Kulick as an official band member. He had replaced guitarist Mark St. John on some songs on Animalize (1984) during his absence due to reactive arthritis. Subsequently, Kulick filled St. John's spot during most segments of the Animalize tour. The lineup of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Eric Carr, and Kulick would last until Carr's death in November 1991, while Kulick would stay with the band until the reunion of the original lineup in 1996.

Album information

On the album cover, the band members are shown with colored lips, mirroring the colors of the 1978 solo releases: red for Simmons, purple for Stanley, blue for Kulick (replacing Frehley) and green for Carr (replacing Peter Criss). The tour for the album featured the largest Kiss logo the band has ever used, as well as one of the largest lighting rigs. No concert footage of the tour was used in the Kissology II DVD release, except for short clips without sound in the background of the main menu.

The three music videos for the album were filmed on set in London, England, for the songs "Who Wants to Be Lonely", "Uh! All Night" and "Tears Are Falling". Only "Tears Are Falling" was released for retail sales as a single. It is the only song on the album that has been played regularly in live performances; however, like many Kiss songs of the mid-1980s, it was rarely played live after the reunion of the original lineup, although it did feature in both 2004's Rock the Nation Live! DVD and 2014's Kiss Rocks Vegas live release.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Nightfall[2]
Vista Records[3]
Allmusic[4]
Rolling Stone[5]

Fan reaction to Asylum was mixed. The album was certified Gold in November, 1985 by the RIAA.[6]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."King of the Mountain"Paul Stanley, Bruce Kulick, Desmond ChildStanley4:17
2."Any Way You Slice It"Gene Simmons, Howard RiceSimmons4:02
3."Who Wants to Be Lonely"Stanley, Child, Jean BeauvoirStanley4:01
4."Trial By Fire"Simmons, KulickSimmons3:25
5."I'm Alive"Stanley, Kulick, ChildStanley3:43
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
6."Love's a Deadly Weapon"Stanley, Simmons, Rod Swenson, Wes BeechSimmons3:29
7."Tears Are Falling"StanleyStanley3:55
8."Secretly Cruel"SimmonsSimmons3:41
9."Radar for Love"Stanley, ChildStanley4:02
10."Uh! All Night"Stanley, Child, BeauvoirStanley4:01

Personnel

Kiss

Additional musicians

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[18] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[6] Gold 500,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/asylum-mw0000190545
  2. ↑ "KISS : ASYLUM (1985)" (in French). Metal.nightfall.fr. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  3. ↑ "VISTA RECORDS – KISS – Asylum (1985)". Vistarecords.proboards.com. March 28, 2010. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  4. ↑ Asylum at AllMusic
  5. ↑ "Kiss: Album Guide | Rolling Stone Music". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  6. 1 2 "American album certifications – Kiss – Asylum". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
  7. ↑ Saulnier, Jason (14 March 2011). "Bruce Kulick Interview". Music Legends. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  8. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  9. ↑ "Search – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=KISS&titel=Asylum&cat=a
  11. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 263. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  12. ↑ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  13. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/kiss/
  14. ↑ "Kiss Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" at AllMusic. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
  15. ↑ "Billboard chart history-Kiss singles". Retrieved February 10, 2009.
  16. ↑ "Song information "Tears Are Falling"". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Archived from the original on August 26, 2009. Retrieved August 20, 2009.
  17. ↑ "The Official Charts Company". Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  18. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Kiss – Asylum". Music Canada.
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