Kiss - Revenge

So bad.
The fact that Kiss' cover of God Gave Rock And Roll To You II is on here obliterates any thing that could even remotley resemble anything good coming from this album.
I've been listening to Psycho Circus and Sonic Boom recently and surprisingly both those albums sound more like Kiss than this one.
Lyrically this is more fake angry tuff guy sexist ego maniac oriented. As opposed to the theme on Psycho Circus/Sonic Boom which is we're all in this together and are gonna rock n roll and forget all our problem together so let's have a good time! Because it's us together against them and they ain't gonna tell us what to do.
     Having grown up on Kiss and being a huge fan I was always aware of them, but pretty much dis missed them throughout the 80's. As I was becoming more and more interested in "serious" music. When Revenge came out, I just wasn't buying it anymore. Again it appeared that they were chasing trends and it wasn't honest. (At the time I never really investigated to find out if this was true). I only listened to this a handful of times out of curiosity in more recent years. It feels kind of forgettable, but better than the previous four albums, but I'm not really sure about that either.
     As I listen to it right now, I don't really feel that way. It's not obviously reminding me of something else. I think maybe I was influenced by the way they promoted it at the time as returning to their roots. But I thought they were only returning to their roots because they we're cited as an influence by Grunge bands that were so popular at the time. At the time I felt like they were trying to cash in on that. It didn't feel honest to me That feeling has always stayed with me. I guess the superlightweight commercial direction they took throughout the last half of the 80's really turned me off. Especially as I was discovering things like Slayer and underground bands.