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Hot in the Shade is the fifteenth studio album by American rock band Kiss, released in 1989. It is the first Kiss studio album since 1981's Music From "The Elder" to feature lead vocals from someone other than Paul Stanley or Gene Simmons, with drummer Eric Carr singing lead on "Little Caesar". It is also the final Kiss album in its entirety to feature Carr before his death in November 1991 during production of the band’s next album Revenge. Unlike its predecessor album, 1987's Crazy Nights, Hot in the Shade does not heavily feature keyboards.[3]

Hot in the Shade
Studio album by Kiss
Released	October 17, 1989 (1989-10-17)
Recorded	July–August 1989
Studio	The Fortress, Hollywood, California
Genre	Pop metal[1] hard rock[2]
Length	58:39
Label	Mercury Vertigo (Europe)
Producer	Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley
Kiss chronology
Smashes, Thrashes & Hits (1988) Hot in the Shade (1989) Revenge (1992)
Singles from Hot in the Shade
"Hide Your Heart" Released: October 17, 1989 "Forever" Released: January 5, 1990 "Rise to It" Released: April 1, 1990

The album includes the biggest hit of the band's non-makeup era, the power ballad "Forever",[4] which was co-written by Stanley and Michael Bolton.[2] The single reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1990.[5]

Composition

Hot in the Shade showcases a more straight-ahead sound, following the keyboard-centered pop-metal of Crazy Nights, and even flirts with speed metal on "Boomerang".^{[citation needed]} It contains 15 songs, the most of any Kiss studio album, and is one of the band's longest, with a running time of nearly an hour (58:39). Future band member Tommy Thayer co-wrote "Betrayed" and "The Street Giveth and the Street Taketh Away".

Recording

The album was recorded during the summer of 1989 at the Fortress in Hollywood. Aiming for a more stripped-down sound, Simmons and Carr reportedly decided to record the album there after considering several different studios. To further give the album a more raw feel, along with being able to produce the album with a lower budget, the band elected to use the demos they recorded and polish them up via overdubs instead of re-recording the songs.[6]

"Little Caesar" was Eric Carr's only lead vocal on an original song, although he previously sang lead on a re-recorded version of "Beth" for the compilation album Smashes, Thrashes & Hits.[7]

Artwork and packaging

The album liner notes thanked a dozen Kiss fan-published magazines that helped Kiss fans connect with their favorite band and keep up to date with each member's activities. The liner notes concluded with a warning to fans about the HIV/AIDS epidemic, asking fans to use condoms to reduce the risk of catching and spreading it, adding, "AIDS is no party".[8]

Promotion

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Three music videos were made for the promotion of the album.

The first was "Hide Your Heart", a concept video filmed on the rooftop of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, directed by Marty Callner for Cream Cheese Productions.[6]

The second video, "Rise to It", was directed by Mark Rezyka for Mark Freedman Productions and was shot a few days before Thanksgiving in November 1989. In the video, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley appeared in Kiss makeup for the first time since their 1983 unmasking. Although the fictional scene with Simmons and Stanley in makeup was supposedly set in 1975,[6] their costumes were historically inaccurate; Simmons's was from the Unmasked (1980) era, while Stanley's was from Love Gun (1977). Both videos were held to be released in January and April 1990 to MTV.

The final video, "Forever," was also directed by Rezyka for Mark Freedman Productions and shot on December 16, 1989, in a building in downtown Los Angeles.[6] Even though "Rise to It" was shot and edited before "Forever", "Forever" was released as the second music video from the album to take advantage of the radio airplay the ballad was receiving. The "Forever" music video also reached No. 1 on Dial MTV and reached No. 47 on MTV's top 100 videos for 1990.

A long-form video was scheduled to be filmed, which included behind-the-scenes footage shot during soundchecks, rehearsals, and the first show for the tour in Lubbock, Texas. The long-form video was rumored to be titled KISS Exposed Part II and directed by Rezyka. A full concert was scheduled to be filmed of the Long Beach, California show on September 9, 1990, but the video project was cancelled by the record label just a little more than a week before.

Of the 15 tracks on the album, only five were performed live. "Forever" was a pop hit and became a semi-regular part of the live setlist. "Hide Your Heart" was played in 2014 on the Kiss 40th Anniversary World Tour.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	5/10[10]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[11]
Rock Hard	7.0/10[12]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[13]

Hot in the Shade was certified Gold on December 20, 1989, by the RIAA[14].

Its most successful single, "Forever", reached No. 8 on the Billboard charts, the band's highest-charting single in the US since "Beth" 13 years earlier.[15]

Track listing

Personnel

Kiss

• Paul Stanley – vocals, rhythm guitar, slide guitar on "Rise to It", acoustic guitar on "Forever", brass arrangements on "Cadillac Dreams", producer
• Gene Simmons – vocals, bass guitar; rhythm guitar on "Cadillac Dreams", producer
• Eric Carr – drums, percussion, vocals, bass on "Little Caesar"
• Bruce Kulick – lead guitar, backing vocals, all guitars on "Little Caesar", bass and acoustic guitar solo on "Forever"[16]

Additional musicians

• Phil Ashley – keyboards on "Hide Your Heart" and "Forever"
• The Sisters of No Mercy (Charlotte Crossley, Valerie Pinkston, Kim Edwards-Brown) – backing vocals on "Silver Spoon"
• Pat Regan – saxes on "Cadillac Dreams"
• All Star Cadillac Brass – end horns on "Cadillac Dreams"
• Kevin Valentine – drums on "King of Hearts" and "You Love Me to Hate You"[17]
• Tommy Thayer – electroacoustic guitar on "Betrayed" and "The Street Giveth and the Street Taketh Away"^{[citation needed]}

Production

• Pat Regan – engineer
• Mikey Davis – additional engineering
• Dave Wittman – mixing at the Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles
• Greg Fulginiti – mastering at Artisan Sound Recorders, Hollywood
• Michael Bays – art direction
• Mitchell Kanner – art direction, cover design
• Scott Townsend – cover design

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[32]	Platinum	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[14]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

External links

• Hot in the Shade at Discogs (list of releases)

На других языках

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[de] Hot in the Shade

Hot In The Shade ist das 15. Studioalbum der US-amerikanischen Hard-Rock-Band Kiss und das einzige Album der Gruppe, auf dem Schlagzeuger Eric Carr als Leadsänger eines neu geschriebenen Titels zu hören ist. Gleichzeitig ist es die letzte LP, an der Carr mitwirkte; er starb 1991. Mit 15 Songs ist es bis heute das Studioalbum mit den meisten Titeln der Band.

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- [en] Hot in the Shade

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[es] Hot in the Shade

Hot in the Shade es el decimoquinto álbum de estudio de la banda estadounidense de hard rock Kiss, publicado el 17 de octubre de 1989 a través de Mercury Records. Este trabajo fue el último lanzado por el grupo antes de la muerte del batería Eric Carr, quien además hizo su debut como vocalista principal en uno de los temas. Por su parte, la producción corrió a cargo del guitarrista Paul Stanley y el bajista Gene Simmons, quienes compusieron la mayoría de las canciones.

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[ru] Hot in the Shade

Hot in the Shade (с англ. — «Жара в тени») — студийный альбом американской хард-рок-группы Kiss, выпущенный в 1989 году.

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