Hard to Believe: A Kiss Covers Compilation

Hard to Believe: A Kiss Covers Compilation
Version 1
Compilation album by various artists
Released	1990
Recorded	Between 1989–1990
Genre	Grunge, punk rock, alternative rock, hardcore punk
Length	75:15
Label	C/Z Records
Alternative cover
Version 2

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Select	[2]

Hard to Believe: A Kiss Covers Compilation is a Kiss tribute album with all of the tracks performed by (at the time) underground, independent, punk bands of the late 1980s. The two bands featured on this album that would continue on to greater success are Nirvana and Melvins, though Doug Martsch of Treepeople later founded Built to Spill. This is one of two released Nirvana recordings with Jason Everman on guitar. ^[1]

Tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"Detroit Rock City"	Paul Stanley, Bob Ezrin	Bullet LaVolta	4:32
2.	"Parasite"	Ace Frehley	Smelly Tongues	5:06
3.	"Snow Blind"	Frehley	Skin Yard	4:58
4.	"Deuce"	Gene Simmons	Treepeople	4:29
5.	"Christine Sixteen"	Simmons	All	3:47
6.	"Calling Dr. Love"	Simmons	Hullabaloo	5:22
7.	"God of Thunder"	Stanley	Melvins	5:17
8.	"Beth"	Peter Criss, Ezrin, Stan Penridge	Coffin Break	4:38
9.	"Rip It Out"	Frehley, Larry Kelly, Sue Kelly	Chemical People	5:04
10.	"I Want You"	Stanley	King Snake Roost	5:39
11.	"Do You Love Me?"	Stanley, Ezrin, Kim Fowley	Nirvana	5:16
12.	"Lick It Up"	Stanley, Vinnie Vincent	Hard-Ons	4:51
13.	"War Machine"	Simmons, Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance	Instigators	5:27
14.	"Makin' Love"	Stanley, Sean Delaney	Thrust	5:48
15.	"Love Gun"	Stanley	Surfin' Caesars	4:56
Total length:				75:15

Songs that appear on other versions of the album include:^{[ citation needed ]}

• "Is That You?" (Gerard McMahon) performed by Girl Monstar
• "Sure Know Something" (Stanley, Vini Poncia) performed by The Whipper Snappers
• "Charisma" (Simmons, Marks) performed by The Plunderers

Various labels

• Waterfront Records DAMP-121 (Australia, 8/90 – Double LP, Red Vinyl)
• Southern Records DAMP-121 (UK, 8/90 – Single LP in Gatefold)
• Records (Europe, 8/90 – Single LP)
• C/Z Records CZ-024 (USA, 8/90 – Single LP in Gatefold)

References

1. "Allmusic review" . Retrieved 2009-01-15.
2. Finlay, Leo (September 1990). "Various: Hard To Believe (Kiss Covers)". Select . No. 3. p. 95.

External links

• Amazon