Destroyer

Artist	Kiss
Format	CD
Genre	Rock
Label Name	Casablanca
Producer	Bob Ezrin
Release Date	1990 10 25
Run Time	34:03
Song List	1: Detroit Rock City (5:17) 2: King of the Night Time World (3:21) 3: God of Thunder (4:17) 4: Great Expectations (4:24) 5: Flaming Youth (3:00) 6: Sweet Pain (3:21) 7: Shout It Out Loud (2:50) 8: Beth (2:49) 9: Do You Love Me (3:40) 10: [Untitled Outro] (1:25)
Style.Categories	Pop-Metal, Album Rock, Arena Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop/Rock, Hard Rock

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The pressure was on Kiss for their fifth release, and the band knew it. Their breakthrough, Alive!, was going to be hard to top, so instead of trying to recreate a concert setting in the studio, they went the opposite route. Destroyer is one of Kiss' most experimental studio albums, but also one of their strongest and most interesting. Alice Cooper/Pink Floyd producer Bob Ezrin was on hand, and he strongly encouraged the band to experiment -- there's extensive use of sound effects (the album's untitled closing track), the appearance of a boy's choir ("Great Expectations"), and an orchestra-laden, heartfelt ballad ("Beth"). But there's plenty of Kiss' heavy thunder rock to go around, such as the demonic "God of Thunder" and the sing-along anthems "Flaming Youth," "Shout It Out Loud," "King of the Night Time World," and "Detroit Rock City" (the latter a tale of a doomed concert-goer, complete with violent car-crash sound effects). But it was the aforementioned Peter Criss ballad, "Beth," that made Destroyer such a success; the song was a surprise Top Ten hit (it was originally released as a B-side to "Detroit Rock City"). Also included is a song that Nirvana would later cover ("Do You Love Me?"), as well as an ode to the pleasures of S&M, "Sweet Pain." Destroyer also marked the first time that a comic-book illustration of the band appeared on the cover, confirming that the band was transforming from hard rockers to superheroes. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide