Love Gun Songs Ranked
Love Gun is the sixth studio album by Americanhard rock band Kiss, released on June 30, 1977. Casablanca Records and FilmWorks shipped 1,000,000 copies of the album on this date. It was certified platinum and became the band’s first top 5 album on the Billboard 200. The album was remastered in 1997 and again in 2014. It was their first album to feature a lead vocal performance from Ace Frehley, making it the first Kiss album to feature lead vocal performances from all four band members. It was also the last studio album to feature Peter Criss on every song, as he was replaced by session drummer Anton Fig for all but one song on 1979’s Dynasty. Here are all of Love Gun’s songs ranked.
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10. Got Love for Sale
“I Got Love For Sale” Love Gun starts off with three Gene Simmons’ tunes in a row and that’s kinda off-balancing. This song sounds eerily reminiscent of so many other previous Kiss tunes (and future ones too). Cool Ace riff and solo. A rocker of a lesser degree.”
9. Almost Human
“Great tune. Gene Simmons had to have the dark, weird songs and this is one of them. Where “God Of Thunbder” had come before, “Almost Human” followed. Eerie and shifty, it was a strange, experimental sound for Kiss.”
8. Tomorrow and Tonight
“Basic rock and roll, that’s what this tune is. Maybe a little bland in the fact that it sounds familiar. By Love Gun the Kiss sound was firmly laid down in concrete and that might have brought a few tunes down because they sounded too similar to other songs that Kiss had already come out with.”
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7. Plaster Caster
“In the early to mid seventies there was a particular groupie that went around making plaster casts of certain rock stars she had diddled. Kiss was on her list and she took a little momento from each of the boys in makeup. A Kiss staple and another sexual innuendo song. Classic.”
6. Shock Me
“Ace’s first turn at the microphone. His voice might have been an acquired taste. This tune sounds a bit formulaic and stiff. Ace sounds very uncomfortable singing here. Still a great Kiss tune, cool riffs, and catchy hooks, there’s an underlying tone here that you can’t help but notice.”
5. Hooligan
“Peter Criss had hit the jackpot with “Beth” then “Hard Luck Woman” and it was time for another payoff. Unfortunately “Hooligan” wasn’t it. A cool little song with very cheesy lyrics, Kiss was pushing way too hard with this one.”
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4. I Stole Your Love
“Pounding opener(for the album and for many a future setlist).Paul Stanley has never sounded more confident, bringing in a dual guitar solo(Stanley/Frehley)with a commanding ,”Guitar!”
3. Then She Kissed Me
“Many felt that this retooled 50’s tune was a miscue for Kiss, but I think it’s better than “Hooligan” at least. Nothing special, the boys in Kiss had to take a stab at a cover sooner or later. Not entirely awful, just not that good, either.”
2. Christine Sixteen
“Christine Sixteen” a song sang by an adult male about a hottie sixteen year old….hmmm. Creepy? Not then it wasn’t. Now would have been a different story. The cheesy little piano riff is kinda silly but this is another Kiss classic.”
1. Love Gun
“Trashy rock and roll. Great. Did Kiss invent the sexual innuendo? No, but they created a whole genre of hard rock using them. Love Gun is another word for . . . well…you know… and Kiss definitely had their share of women vying to become the holsters for their Love Guns. Dig it. This is where Motley Crue was born from. Great, rocking tune.”
