Hot In The Shade - October 17, 1989

KISSFeaturing 15 songs, Hot in the Shade contains the largest amount of material of any of KISS's studio albums. Subsequently, the album is also one of the band's longest, with a running time of nearly a full hour (58:39).

The Band

GENE SIMMONS - Vocals / Bass
PAUL STANLEY - Vocals / Guitar
ERIC CARR - Vocals / Drums
BRUCE KULICK - Guitars

Album Notes

  • Produced By :
    Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley

  • Additional Personnel:
    Tommy Thayer – guitar on "Betrayed"
    Phil Ashley – keyboards on "Hide Your Heart" and "Forever"

  • Recorded at The Fortress, Hollywood, California.

Charts & RIAA Certifications

  • "Hide Your Heart" single reaches only # 66 in the charts.

  • "Forever", hits the charts top-ten at #8. In 2001,

  • "Forever" ranked # 13 on VH-1's "Whats My 20? - Power Ballads"

  • "Rise To It" only reaches # 81 in the charts.

  • Certified Gold - 12/20/1989

  • BillBoard Album Chart Peak: #29

Billboard Album Charting by Week

Week #1

#64

 

Week #10

#62

 

Week #19

#63

Week #2

#32

 

Week #11

#68

 

Week #20

#58

Week #3

#31

 

Week #12

#75

 

Week #21

#57

Week #4

#29

 

Week #13

#90

 

Week #22

#59

Week #5

#32

 

Week #14

#84

 

Week #23

#59

Week #6

#33

 

Week #15

#80

 

Week #24

#64

Week #7

#43

 

Week #16

#79

 

Week #25

#73

Week #8

#45

 

Week #17

#73

 

Week #26

#79

Week #9

#59

 

Week #18

#67

 

Week #27

#97

Track Listing

  1. Rise to It (Stanley/ Halligan)

  2. Betrayed (Simmons/ Thayer)

  3. Hide Your Heart (Stanley/ Child/ Knight)

  4. Prisoner of Love (Simmons/ Kulick)

  5. Read My Body (Stanley/ Halligan)

  6. Love's a Slap in the Face (Simmons/ Poncia)

  7. Forever (Stanley/ Bolton)

  8. Silver Spoon (Stanley/ Poncia)

  9. Cadillac Dreams (Simmons/ Poncia)

  10. King of Hearts (Stanley/ Poncia)

  11. The Street Giveth and the Street Taketh Away (Simmons/ Thayer)

  12. You Love Me to Heate You (Stanley/ Child)

  13. Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell (Simmons/ Poncia)

  14. Little Ceasar (Carr/ Simmons/ Mitchell)

  15. Boomerang (Simmons/ Kulick)