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Gene Simmons - Asshole (2004) [Japanese Edition with Bonus tracks]

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Gene Simmons - Asshole (2004) [Japanese Edition with Bonus tracks]

Gene Simmons - ***hole (2004) [Japanese Edition]
EAC | FLAC-Image+CUE+LOG > 406 MB | Full Scans > 179 MB | MP3 CBR 320 Kbps > 120 MB
Rock / Hard Rock | 56:23 minutes | Label: BMG, Japan | Catalogue Number: BVCM-41001

Whether you love or hate Kiss bassist/marketing mastermind Gene Simmons, the main revelation of his second solo album is how eclectic he can be with his musical choices. (This is, after all, a guy who covered "When You Wish Upon a Star" on his solo debut at a time when he was still sporting demon make-up.) Apparently, the cocky bassist's Rolodex got quite a workout for this project. Former Kiss bandmates Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer were recruited for the swaggering "Weapons of Mass Destruction", Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro shows up on a scorching cover of Prodigy's "Firestarter", and Bob Dylan, of all people, helped co-write the heartfelt ballad "Waiting for the Morning Light". Throughout the record Simmons shifts gears, from the ZZ Top-flavored boogie of "Sweet & Dirty Love" to the Beatlesque ballad "Now That You're Gone", to the surprisingly catchy title cut. This notorious cad even gives another glimpse of his sentimental side on the lush, Patsy Cline-inspired closer "1,000 Dreams", complete with strings and crying pedal steel.

"Sweet & Dirty Love," the rocking kickoff to ***HOLE, could be one of the lesser tracks on Kiss' Double Platinum. It rocks, it's simple, it's what Gene Simmons is best at, but it doesn't hint at the mess of an album to follow. The can't-believe-it's-so-faithful-to-the-original cover of Prodigy's "Firestarter" is the first clue that the album is an indulgent mess. "Firestarter"'s sampling/composition credit means that the Breeders' Kim Deal will receive royalty checks because of its inclusion on ***HOLE, and that's brilliant in anyone's book. That's the thing about ***HOLE: you don't listen and engage with it as much as sit back and marvel at it, as in "how does he get away with it, and on such a grand scale?" How the God of Thunder can think a faithful cover of a techno song is a good idea for anything but the next throwaway soundtrack you're offered is just one of the fascinating blunders on the Simmons-produced, totally Simmons ***HOLE, but that's not what cripples it. Some outside help would have noticed that the album's cyclical layout makes listening to it in one sitting a chore. The pattern goes two or three rockers that all sound like big statement, album openers followed by dreamy, Beatlesque "every night I wonder why" ballads. Gene Simmons singing ballads with a chorus of "oohs" behind him is something easy to take potshots at, but you can tell he cares about what he's doing for a change. The ballads find Simmons sounding as earnest and inspired as he did delivering "A World Without Heroes" or his first solo album's "When You Wish Upon a Star." It's a side he rarely shows, and boy is it freakish. Just as weird is the fact that Bob Dylan sat with the Demon and co-wrote the very plain "Waiting for the Morning Light." That tops the bit of trivia that Lou Reed once co-wrote with Simmons, but it doesn't outfreak the fact that "Black Tongue"'s writers' credit reads Simmons/Zappa (that the fabulous, glittery photographer David LaChapelle was hired for the cover is freakout number three). Why Gail Zappa handed over some old tapes of Frank to Simmons is anyone's guess, but he builds an almost worthy rocker around the bit of Frank-on-tape, and the Zappa kids seem to be having a lot of fun singing backup. It's almost infectious, but more so is the singalong title track, even better on the edited version of the album since all the naughty "A" words get replaced with a ridiculous sheep bleat. "Whatever Turns You On (Turns Me On)" is the other singalong, but this time it's groovy with a near jam band feel. Former playmate Shannon Tweed and her family are in the chorus just to make it extra freaky. The rest of the album is just elaborate sludge and fluff with ho-hum music and lyrics that Simmons must think "clever" and "provocative" ("If I Had a Gun": "If I had a gun/I'd have me some fun/I'd shoot everyone who pisses me off today/So don't piss me off today"). There's no way a new artist could have gotten away with an album so over the top, so gonzo, and so misguided, but at least Simmons takes more chances on his own than he does with Kiss. It just beats buying the remastered Kiss Unmasked if you're a member of the Kiss Army and have finished paying off your Kiss Kasket. Everyone else who is merely curious should wait till it hits the cutout bins, get the edited version for the sheep bleats, and be happy that Kim Deal and Shannon Tweed are getting paid.

David Jeffries, allmusic.com
Tracklist:

01. Sweet And Dirty Love
02. Firestarter
03. Weapons Of Mass Destruction
04. Waiting For The Morning Light
05. Beautiful
06. Asshole
07. Now That You're Gone
08. Whatever Turns You On
09. Dog
10. Black Tongue
11. Carnival Of Souls
12. If I Had A Gun
13. 1,000 Dreams
14. Everybody Knows [Bonus Track]
15. You're My Reason For Living [Bonus Track]

Produced by Gene Simmons.
Recorded over many months, in a number of different locations.

Gene Simmons, vocals. Rhythm guitars and bass on track 3, bass on tracks 1, 7, 10, 11
Mark Addison, drums, bass, keyboards, guitar, background vocals on track 5
Michelle Casio, background vocals on track 8
Dan Cuprier, drums on track 8
Jeff Diehl, keyboards on track 7
Zachary Grant, background vocals on track 7
Richie Kotzen, guitars on tracks 10, 11
Bruce Kulick, guitars on tracks 1 & 3
Brian LeBarton, piano on track 8
Hollad McRae, lead guitar on track 8
Dave Navarro, guitar on track 2
Kylie O'Brien, background vocals on track 7
Chris Parrish, background vocals on track 11
Steve Parrish, background vocals on track 11
Thomas Ruud, lead guitar, rhythm guitar on track 6
Eric Singer, drums on tracks 1 & 3
Nina Singh, drums, guitar, percussion, background vocals on track 5
Frank Albin Tostrup, drums, bass, rhythm guitars, percussion on track 6
Louise Tweed, background vocals on track 8
Shannon Tweed, background noise on track 8
Nick Tweed Simmons, background vocals on track 11
Sophie Tweed Simmons, background vocals on track 7
Nira Weiss, background vocals on track 8
Dave Williams, background vocals on track 8
Ahmet Zappa, background vocals on track 10
Dweezil Zappa, guitar solo, background vocals on track 10
Frank Zappa, guitars, voice on track 10
Moon Zappa, background vocals on track 10
Gayle Zappa, background vocals on track 10


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Gene Simmons / Asshole

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