Album of the weekend

Frehley's Comet-self titled

There are people out  there who can't over certain things. Sometimes it's their first break up, (I knew a guy who at age 22 was still in love with a girl who cheated on him at age 16. Yikes!) or a job they loved that they somehow lost. Maybe it's the fact that their band opened for Third Eye Blind (Forget about them? They were the 1997 version of Nickleback) or they know someone who knows someone whose music was used in a Kevin Smith movie.

For others, it's the fact that anyone who likes the band Kiss is automatically a terrible person who has no music taste. I get this all the time. "What? You like Kiss? But you graduated college! But you also like the Jesus and Mary Chain (I do) and Iron Maiden (I do)." I do understand where they are coming from-Kiss is cheesy, they embrace simplicity and they don't have critical acclaim from any self respecting critic. Neither does AC/DC, but somehow AC/DC lacks the widespread hatred that Kiss receives.

Get over your hatred, if you have any of it, and go buy this album. Sure it's not a Kiss album but as I'm sure you know, Ace Frehley was the lead guitarist of Kiss and he's widely thought of (with some degree of truth, some degree of lies) as the "rock and roll" guy. After leaving Kiss he formed "Frehley's Comet" a short lived band that put out two great albums.

This is one of those albums where almost every song is good, with one glaring exception (Dolls is the exception. Terrible song). Ace can sing a little but he is a master at the guitar. Many rock gods (little "g") consider him a huge influence and it's not hard to see why after listening to this album. "Rock Soldiers" starts it off well as does "Breakout" which has drummer Eric Carr preforming. "Love me Right" and "Into the Night" are also good songs filled with great guitar solos and overall very catchy sounds.

I am convinced that if anyone else released this album it would be considered fantastic.