Revenge is the 16th studio album by American hard rock band Kiss. It was released in May 1992 and was dedicated to longtime drummer Eric Carr, who died during the recording process. Five songs from the album were released as singles; of them, God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II reached the top ten in the UK. Revenge received favorable reviews from German-language critics. The album reached top ten placings in the US, Switzerland and the UK, and achieved gold status in the US and Canada. The Revenge tour, which included the tour video, took the band on a 77-show tour of North America and Europe.
Revenge (Kiss album)
Title List
All pieces were composed in 4/4 time.
| Revenge | |||
| No. | Title | Author(s) | Length |
| 1. | Unholy | Gene Simmons, Vinnie Vincent | 4:30 |
| 2. | Take It Off | Bob Ezrin, Kane Roberts, Paul Stanley | 4:50 |
| 3. | Tough Love | Bob Ezrin, Paul Stanley, Bruce Kulick | 3:44 |
| 4. | Spit | Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Scott Van Zen | 3:32 |
| 5. | God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II | Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Russ Ballard | 5:18 |
| 6. | Dominoes | Gene Simmons | 4:01 |
| 7. | Heart of Chrome | Bob Ezrin, Paul Stanley, Vinnie Vincent | 4:02 |
| 8. | Thou Shalt Not | Gene Simmons, Jesse Damon | 3:59 |
| 9. | Every Time I Look at You | Bob Ezrin, Paul Stanley | 4:38 |
| 10. | Paralyzed | Bob Ezrin, Gene Simmons | 4:14 |
| 11. | I Just Wanna | Paul Stanley, Vinnie Vincent | 4:07 |
| 12. | Carr Jam 1981 | Eric Carr | 2:46 |
| Overall length: | 48:51 | ||
Music style
Overall, the album continued the moments of the classic phase of the album Destroyer and presented itself more powerful. Significant is for example the simple, direct riffing. The album begins with the metal-like Unholy. The following track Take It Off, on the other hand, is much more rock-oriented and played in normal E-tuning. It also features a quiet bridge section with sophisticated, multi-part guitar arrangements. Other parts of the album, such as God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II, Heart of Chrome and I Just Wanna also feature such arrangements. On Tough Love, the string instruments are a whole tone lower.
Spit, a break-dominated track, incorporates the US national anthem alienated by the distorted lead guitar using the guitar's whammy bar. Musically, the standout track is God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II, which begins with a clean guitar and also features only slightly distorted picking in the verse.
The song Domino is much faster and starts with a guitar lick. In contrast, a midtempo groove is prevalent on Heart of Chrome. Embedded in the heavy rock pieces Thou Shalt Not and Paralyzed follows the ballad Every Time I Look at You, played with acoustic guitar and piano. At the end of the latter song, synth string arrangement mixes with blues rock guitar leads. After the blues rock influenced track I Just Wanna, which was released as the second single in the US, the album is closed with the drum session recording Carr Jam 1981.
