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''Hot in the Shade'' is the fifteenth
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by American rock band
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, released in 1989. It is the first Kiss studio album since 1981's ''
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'' to feature lead vocals from someone other than
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or
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, with drummer
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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 ''
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''. Unlike its predecessor album, 1987's ''
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'', ''Hot in the Shade'' does not heavily feature keyboards. The album includes the biggest hit of the band's non-makeup era, the power ballad "Forever", which was co-written by Stanley and
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. The single reached No. 8 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in April 1990.


Composition

''Hot in the Shade'' showcases a more straight-ahead sound, following the keyboard-centered pop-metal of ''
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'', and even flirts with speed metal on "Boomerang". 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
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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. "Little Caesar" was Eric Carr's only lead vocal on an original song, although he previously sang lead on a re-recorded version of "
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" for the compilation album ''
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''.


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
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epidemic, asking fans to use condoms to reduce the risk of catching and spreading it, adding, "AIDS is no party".


Promotion

Three music videos were made for the promotion of the album. The first was " Hide Your Heart", a concept video filmed on a rooftop in Los Angeles. The second video, "
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", shows
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and
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appearing 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. Both videos were held to be released in January and April 1990 to
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. The final video, "
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," depicts the band in
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monochrome, with yellow highlights from the sunlight. 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 ''
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'' and reached No. 47 on MTV's top 100 videos for 1990. 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
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.


Reception

''Hot in the Shade'' was certified
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on December 20, 1989, by the
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. Its most successful single, "
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", reached No. 8 on the Billboard charts, the band's highest-charting single in the US since "
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" 13 years earlier."Singles Chart Action"
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Track listing


Personnel

;Kiss *
Paul Stanley Paul Stanley (born Stanley Bert Eisen; January 20, 1952) is an American musician who is the co-founder, frontman, rhythm guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the hard rock band Kiss. He is the writer or co-writer of many of the band's most popular ...
– vocals, rhythm guitar,
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on "Rise to It", acoustic guitar on "Forever", brass arrangements on "Cadillac Dreams", producer *
Gene Simmons Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; he, חיים ויץ, ; born August 25, 1949) is an Israeli-American musician. Also known by his stage persona The Demon, he is the bassist and co-lead singer of Kiss, the hard rock band he co-founded with Paul ...
– vocals, bass guitar; rhythm guitar on "Cadillac Dreams", producer *
Eric Carr Paul Charles Caravello (July 12, 1950 – November 24, 1991), better known professionally as Eric Carr, was an American musician who was the drummer for the rock band Kiss from 1980 to 1991. Caravello was selected as the new Kiss drummer after ...
– drums, percussion, vocals, bass on "Little Caesar" *
Bruce Kulick Bruce Howard Kulick (born December 12, 1953) is an American guitarist and since 2000 a member of the rock band Grand Funk Railroad. Previously, Kulick was a long-time member of the band Kiss (19841996). He was also a member of Union with John Cor ...
– lead guitar, backing vocals, all guitars on "Little Caesar", bass and acoustic guitar solo on "Forever" ;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 Kevin Valentine is an American rock drummer who is best known for being a member of Donnie Iris and the Cruisers. Valentine played drums on all of the band's early albums during the 1980s. Valentine has recorded as a member of Breathless, The ...
– drums on "King of Hearts" and "You Love Me to Hate You" *
Tommy Thayer Thomas Cunningham Thayer (born November 7, 1960) is an American musician and songwriter. He is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the American hard rock band Kiss. He was also lead guitarist for the band Black 'n Blue. Early life Thomas Cun ...
– electroacoustic guitar on "Betrayed" and "The Street Giveth and the Street Taketh Away" ;Production *Pat Regan – engineer *Mikey Davis – additional engineering *Dave Wittman – mixing at the
Cherokee Studios Cherokee Studios is a recording studio facility in Hollywood founded in 1972 by members of 1960s pop band The Robbs. Cherokee has been the location of many notable recordings by such artists as Steely Dan, David Bowie, Journey, The Cars, Foreign ...
, Los Angeles *
Greg Fulginiti Gregory Fulginiti (born February 13, 1951 in Cape May Court House section of Middle Township, New Jersey) is an American recording and mastering engineer. Fulginiti grew up in Wildwood, New Jersey and graduated from Wildwood High School in 1969 ...
– mastering at
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, Hollywood *Michael Bays – art direction *Mitchell Kanner – art direction, cover design *Scott Townsend – cover design


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Singles


Certifications


References


External links

* {{Authority control 1989 albums Kiss (band) albums Albums produced by Gene Simmons Albums produced by Paul Stanley Mercury Records albums Vertigo Records albums