My God

[Seriously]

How about re-recording the best of "Goes to Hell" & "Lace and Whiskey", give it a combination name of the two titles like "Whiskey Hell" or similar, you know what I mean.
What tracks would you pick?

[Desperado22]

The production sucks

Hmmm, yeah, think I know what you mean. I have always thought it sounds too 'ambient'(although that works with My God ironically enough) as I do with 'Goes to Hell' - not sure what Bob was thinking of with those albums but the warmer/dryer sound on say, FTI (David Foster) works better. I think this spoils those two albums to a degree - particularly L&W as the title track, Road Rats etc would sound much better otherwise. Cooper sounds like he's in a bathroom throughout these records!!!!

Also, whilst on a bit of a grumble, what was his management thinking allowing an obviously 'out of focus' Alice to put out such 'easy listening' stuff (with titles like 'I never wrote those songs') at a time KISS were taking over the world using the space left by Alice who at the time was singing about regretting his songs, talking about writing crooney things for Sinatra, doing 'disco' and rock and roll!!!????? Was that really good marketing at the time?????

Good points.

[steven_crayn]

It's a truly great song the best on the album, with a great production.

Obsessed? I used to carry a folded envelope with a letter on my person with instructions to have it played at my funeral, really need to get that sorted with a solicitor!

Really love half of the stuff on that album, King Of The Silver Screen is a highlight (Wagner's solo is something else) but also not crazy on half of the songs.
Not as good as it's predecessor or what followed it, which was truly great but some on here can't stand From The Inside, which I've never understood as everything about it from songs, to musicianship, to production to packaging is spot on, still that's their loss.

[A_MichaelUK]

>From The Inside, which I've never understood as everything about it from songs, to musicianship, to production to packaging is spot on, still that's their loss.

Also, as I think I've pointed out before, Alice thinks that, in some ways, it's the best album he's ever recorded.

[steven_crayn]

that's right I know in 82 in an interview with Richard Skinner he even went as far as to say Serious was his favourite song of all time