Tracklist:
Side One- "Got To Choose"
- "Parasite"
- "Goin' Blind"
- "Hotter Than Hell"
- "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
Side Two
- "All The Way"
- "Watchin' You"
- "Mainline"
- "Comin' Home"
- "Strange Ways"
Principal Members
- Paul Stanley – vocals, rhythm guitar
- Ace Frehley – lead guitar, bass guitar on "Parasite", backing vocals on "Parasite", "Comin' Home" and "Strange Ways"
- Gene Simmons – vocals, bass guitar
- Peter Criss – vocals, drums, percussion
Let me trope, rock 'n' roll.
- Album Cover Designer: John Van Hamersveld.
- Cover Song: "Parasite" would be covered by its original composer Ace Frehley on his solo album Origins, Vol. 1
- Face on the Cover: All four members of KISS, dressed in Japanese-influenced costumes. The back cover had a single face made up of various elements of the band members' individual makeup jobs.
- Gratuitous Japanese: The cover of this album had these.
- Bilingual Bonus: The Japanese in the top-right corner (地獄のさけび, or Jigoku no Sakebi) translates as "Hell's shout" or "The shout of hell". The character at the bottom is "chikara," meaning force, power, strength, energy, ability, or vigor.
- "Blind Idiot" Translation: On the other hand, the members' names are a little... off. In particular, Frehley's name being rendered as エイス フューリ (eisufyuuri; Ace Fury) instead of エースフレーリー (eesufureerii).
- Groove Metal: "Parasite" is cited as the first prototypical groove metal track. Fittingly enough, Dimebag Darrell, of Pantera was a massive Ace Frehley devotee.
- Heavy Meta: "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll".
- Intercourse with You: "Hotter Than Hell" is about a guy lusting after a married woman. Also "Mainline".
- May–December Romance: "Goin' Blind" details a doomed romance between a 93-year-old and an underage girl.
- New Sound Album: In contrast to the debut album being the benchmark for what Kiss sounds like, this one sticks out in their discography as only about two or three of the songs were similar to "Rock and Roll All Nite" or other classic Kiss hits - tellingly, only the title track remains well-known - with "Parasite" being more of a "stoner metal" song and "Goin' Blind" having a very low-key, almost '90s alternative sound to it. Quite a few of these songs were written by guitarist Ace Frehley, who had much less of a "pop" sensibility than the other band members.
- One-Word Title: "Parasite" and "Mainline".
- Record Producer: Kenny Kerner, Richie Wise.
- Step Up to the Microphone: Peter Criss on "Mainline" and "Strange Ways".
- Title Track: "Hotter Than Hell".
