Kiss : Destroyer

Destroyer 

is the fourth 

studio album

 by American

 rock band

 Kiss,

 released on

 March 15, 1976 

by Casablanca Records

 in the US. 

It was the third

 successive 

Kiss album

 to reach 

the top 40

 in the US, 

as well as 

the first 

to chart in

 Germany

 and

 New Zealand.

 The album was 

certified gold

 by the RIAA 

on April 22, 1976, 

and platinum on 

November 11

of the same year, 

the first Kiss album

 to achieve platinum.

 The album marked a

 departure from the

 raw sound of the

 band's first

 three albums.

In anticipation of the

 35th anniversary 

of the release of

 Destroyer,

 producer

 Bob Ezrin 

approached 

Simmons and Stanley

 about doing a

 remix and re-release 

of the original album. 

With their approval,

 Ezrin acquired 

the original 16-track 

analog master tapes

 and had them 

digitally transferred 

for remixing.

 In addition to 

re-equalizing elements

 of each song,

 Ezrin also added in

 some parts of tracks 

that had been omitted

 from the original mix.

 Notable among these are 

some additional vocals on

 "Detroit Rock City"

 and

 "Beth",

 and the substitution 

of a guitar solo by

 Frehley on

 "Sweet Pain"

for the one from

 the original that

 had been
 performed by

Wagner 

a version of

 "Sweet Pain" 

with Frehley's solo 

was included as track 6, 

while the original version

 with Wagner's solo

 is appended as a 

"bonus" track 

at the end 

of the new CD

 Ezrin also used

 digital manipulation to

 fix an incorrect lyric 

("down 95") 

on

 "Detroit Rock City". 

The resulting album,

 titled

 Destroyer: Resurrected, 

was released on 

August 21, 2012.

 It featured Ken Kelly's 

original cover artwork

 prior to alteration by 

Casablanca

 for the 1976 release.

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