Destroyer

Destroyer
     This album was Kiss' first studio album since Alive!.  They pre-sold over 500,000 copies but suddenly the sales stopped because new material was "different".  But one song stood out and would go on to win the 1977 People's Choice Award.  That song was Beth.  Co-written and sung by Peter Criss, Beth took America by storm.  Detroit Rock City, God Of Thunder, and Great Expectations are also Kiss classics.  Ace Frehley wasn't in the studio when they record Sweet Pain and was replaced by Dick Wagner.  On the original and remastered versions there is an extra track.  Destroyer is one of Kiss' greatest albums.
Rating:   (5/5)

Additional Performers:

  • The brooklyn Boys Choir
  • Dick Wagner (Lead Guitar)

Song List


1. Detroit Rock City (5:20)
2. King Of The Night Time World (3:13)
3. God Of Thunder (4:13)
4. Great Expectations (4:21)
5. Flaming Youth (2:59)
6. Sweet Pain (3:19)
7. Shout It Out Loud (2:48)
8. Beth (2:45)
9. Do You Love Me (3:33)

 

Detroit Rock City
(Paul Stanley & Bob Ezrin)
 
"... congressional reports. president Ford says that he's disappointed with 
Congress's performance. In Detroit, a Pontiac, Michigan youth was reported 
dead at the scene of a head-on collision on Grand Avenue this morning. The 
youth was reportedly driving on the wrong side of the boulevard when he 
struck a delivery truck and was catapulted through the windshield of his 
car. The driver of the truck is reported to be uninjured. The identities 
of both men are being withheld by local police. 
County legislatives today are expected to rally to the aid of striking 
longshoremen in hopes of ending the 9 month deadlock ..." 

"..roll all night and party every day 
I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day" 

I feel uptight on a Saturday night 
Nine o' clock, the radio's the only light 
I hear my song and it pulls me through 
Comes on strong, tells me what I got to do 
I got to 

Get up 
Everybody's gonna move their feet 
Get down 
Everybody's gonna leave their seat 
You gotta lose your mind in Detroit Rock City 

Get up 
Everybody's gonna move their feet 
Get down 
Everybody's gonna leave their seat 

Getting late 
I just can't wait 
Ten o'clock and I know I gotta hit the road 
First I drink, then I smoke 
Start up the car, and I try to make the midnight show 

Get up 
Everybody's gonna move their feet 
Get down 
Everybody's gonna leave their seat 

Movin' fast, doin' 95 
Hit top speed but I'm still movin' much too slow 
I feel so good, I'm so alive 
I hear my song playin' on the radio 
It goes 

Get up 
Everybody's gonna move their feet 
Get down 
Everybody's gonna leave their seat 

Twelve o'clock, I gotta rock 
There's a truck ahead, lights starin' at my eyes 
Oh my God, no time to turn 
I got to laugh 'cause I know I'm gonna die 
Why 

Get up 
Everybody's gonna move their feet 
Get up 
Everybody's gonna leave their seat
(Top)

 

King Of The Night Time World
(Ken Fowley, Michael Anthony, Paul Stanley & Bob Ezrin)
 
It's so sad, livin' at home 
Far from the city and the midnight fun 
It's so bad, goin' to school 
So far from me and the dirty things that we do 

I'm the king of the night time world 
And you're my headlight queen 
I'm the king of the night time world 
Come live your secret dream 

It's so fine, lovin' with ease 
Far from the house and the family fights 
It's so fine, bein' with you 
Bein' with me makes everything alright 

I'm the king of the night time world 
And you're my headlight queen 
I'm the king of the night time world 
Come live your secret dream, alright 

It's so sad, you're not content 
Far from the music and the neon glow 
Ain't you glad we got the time 
Far from our folks, they'll never ever know 

I'm the king of the night time world 
And you're my headlight queen 
I'm the king of the night time world 
Come live your secret dream 

I'm the king, I'm the king, I'm the king, I'm the king 
I'm the king, I'm the king, I'm the king, I'm the king 

I'm the king of the night time world 
And you're my headlight queen 
I'm the king of the night time world 
Come live your secret dream 
I'm the king of the night time world 
And you're my headlight queen 
I'm the king of the night time world 
Come live your secret dream 
I'm the king of the night time world 
And you're my headlight queen 
I'm the king of the night time world 
Come live your secret dream 
I'm the king of the night time world
(Top)

 

God Of Thunder
(Paul Stanley)
 
You've got something about you 
You've got something I need 
Daughter of Aphrodite 
Hear my words and take heed 

I was born on Olympus 
To my father a son 
I was raised by the demons 
trained to reign as the one 

God of thunder and rock and roll 
The spell you're under 
Will slowly rob you of your virgin soul 

I'm the lord of the wastelands 
A modern day man of steel 
I gather darkness to please me 
And I command you to kneel 
Before the 

God of thunder and rock and roll 
The spell you're under 
Will slowly rob you of your virgin soul 

I am the lord of the wastelands 
A modern day man of steel 
I gather darkness to please me 
And I command thee to kneel 
Before the 

God of thunder and rock and roll 
The spell you're under 
Will slowly rob you of your virgin soul
(Top)

 

Great Expectations
(Gene Simmons & Bob Ezrin)
 
You're sittin' in your seat 
And then you stand and clutch your breast 
Our music drives you wild along with the rest 

You watch me singing this song 
You see what my mouth can do 
And you wish you were the one I was doing it to 

And you watch me playin' guitar 
And you feel what my fingers can do 
And you wish you were the one I was doing it to 
Well, listen 

You've got great expectations 
You've got great expectations 

You're dying to be seen 
And you wave and call my name 
But in the day it seems that I'm a million miles away 

You watch me beatin' my drum 
And you know what my hands can do 
And you wish you were the one I was doing it to 
Well, listen 

You've got great expectations 
You've got great expectations 
You've got great expectations 

Then you feels these eyes from the stage 
And you see me staring at you 
And you hear between the lines, my voice is calling to you 
Well, listen 

You've got great expectations 
You've got great expectations 
You've got great expectations, do you want to play the role 
You've got great expectations, you'd even sell me your soul 
You've got great expectations 
You've got great expectations 
You've got great expectations, do you want to play the role 
You've got great expectations, you'd even sell me your soul 
You've got great expectations, as long as you can play the role 
You've got great expectations
(Top)

 

Flaming Youth
(Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons & Bob Ezrin)
 
Whoo yeah 
My parents think I'm crazy and they hate the things I do 
I'm stupid and I'm lazy, man, if they only knew 

How flaming youth will set the world on fire 
Flaming youth, our flag is flying higher and higher and higher 

My uniform is leather, and my power is my age 
I'm gettin' it together to break out of my cage 

'Cause flaming youth will set the world on fire 
Flaming youth will set the world on fire 
Flaming youth, our flag is flying higher and higher and higher 

Flaming youth will set the world on fire 
Flaming youth will set the world on fire 
Flaming youth will set the world on fire 
Flaming youth will set the world on fire 
Flaming youth will set the world on fire 
Flaming youth, our flag is flying higher and higher 
And higher and higher and higher and higher and higher
(Top)

 

Sweet Pain
(Gene Simmons)
 
Ahh 
My leathers fit tight around me 
My whip is always beside me 
You want the same thing every day 
I'll teach you love a different way 
You'll learn to love me and my sweet pain 

My love will drive you insane 
Sweet pain, my love will drive you insane 

And pain has got its reason 
And if you don't stop your teasin', baby 
I'm gonna show you now 
You'll get your lovin' anyhow, anyhow 
And you'll get to love me and my sweet pain 

My love will drive you insane 
Ahh, sweet pain, my love will drive you insane 

Ahh, you get to love me any way I say 
Ahh, you get to love me and my sweet pain 

Oh 
Pain has got it's reason 
You find it pleasin', yes you do, yes you do 
And I'm gonna show you now 
You'll get to love it anyhow, anyhow and 
You'll get to love me and my sweet pain 

My love will drive you insane 
Ahh, sweet pain, my love will drive you insane 
Sweet pain my love will drive you insane 
Sweet pain my love will drive you insane 
Ahh, sweet pain (sweet pain) my love will drive you insane 
Sweet pain (sweet pain) my love will drive you insane 
Sweet pain (sweet pain) my love will drive you insane 
Sweet pain (sweet pain) my love will drive you insane
(Top)

 

Shout It Out Loud
(Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons & Bob Ezrin)
 
Well, the night's begun and you want some fun 
Do you think you're gonna find it (think you're gonna find it) 
You got to treat yourself like number one 
Do you need to be reminded (need to be reminded) 

It doesn't matter what you do or say 
Just forget the things that you've been told 
We can't do it any other way 
Everybody's got to rock and roll, whoo, oh, oh 

Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud 
Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud 

If you don't feel good, there's a way you could 
Don't sit there broken hearted (sit there broken hearted) 
Call all your friends in the neighborhood 
And get the party started (get the party started) 

Don't let 'em tell you that there's too much noise 
They're too old to really understand 
You'll still get rowdy with the girls and boys 
'Cause it's time for you to take a stand, yeah, yeah 

Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud 
Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud 

Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud 
You've got to have a party 
Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud 
Turn it up louder 
Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud 
Everybody shout it now 
Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud 
Oh yeah 
Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud 
Hear it gettin' louder 
Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud 
And everybody shout it now 
Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud
(Top)

 

Beth
(Peter Criss, Stan Penridge & Bob Ezrin)
 
Beth, I hear you callin' 
But I can't come home right now 
Me and the boys are playin' 
And we just can't find the sound 

Just a few more hours 
And I'll be right home to you 
I think I hear them callin' 
Oh, Beth what can I do 
Beth what can I do 

You say you feel so empty 
That our house just ain't a home 
And I'm always somewhere else 
And you're always there alone 

Just a few more hours 
And I'll be right home to you 
I think I hear them callin' 
Oh, Beth what can I do 
Beth what can I do 

Beth, I know you're lonely 
And I hope you'll be alright 
'Cause me and the boys will be playin' 
All night
(Top)

 

Do You Love Me
(Ken Fowley, Bob Ezrin & Paul Stanley)
 
You really like my limousine 
You like the way the wheels roll 
You like my seven inch leather heels 
And goin' to all of the shows, but 

Do you love me, do you love me 
Do you love me, really love me 

You like the credit cards and private planes 
Money can really take you far 
You like the hotels and fancy clothes 
And the sound of electric guitars, but 

Do you love me, do you love me 
Do you love me, I mean like do you 
Really love me 

You really like rock 'n' roll 
All of the fame and the masquerade 
You like the concerts and studios 
And all the money, honey, that I make, but 

Do you love me, do you love me 
Do you love me, really love me 

Your backstage pass and black sunglasses 
Make you look just like a queen 
Even the fans, they know your face 
From all of the magazines, but 

Do you love me (do you love me) 
Do you love me (do you love me) 
Do you love me (do you love me) 
Really love me (really love me) 
I wanna know 

Do you love me (do you love me) 
Do you love me (do you love me) 
Do you love me (do you love me) 
I mean like do you 
Really love me (really love me) 
I wanna know 
Do you love me (do you love me) 
Do you love me (do you love me) 
Do you love me (do you love me) 
I mean like do you 
Really love me (really love me) 

I want you to (do you love me, do you love me) 
I need you to (do you love me, do you love me) 
And you know I'm so tired of everybody sayin' it 
And you know, (do you love me, do you love me) 
I just gotta know if you really really really, really love me 
(do you love me, do you love me) 
So come on, do you love me (do you love me) 
I need you to 
Do you love me (do you love me) I want you to 
Do you love me (do you love me) I need you 
Really love me (do you love me) 
I wanna know 
Do you love me (do you love me) do you, do you 
Do you love me (do you love me) 
I just got to have some love (do you love me, do you love me) 
I just got to have some love (do you love me) 
I just got to have some love, love, love, love, love
(Top)