Masterpiece (August 27, 2010)

Everyone should have a copy of Rock And Roll Over in their collection if you ask me. So many great songs, such great performances. This is one of the absolute best KISS albums ever made. Quintessential.

Put it on and press repeat.

Over Rated (August 25, 2010)

IMO, this is the most over rated KISS album, right up there with Dressed to Kill and Ace Frehley's solo album. While Dressed to Kill is billed as a sell out, and Ace Frehley's was mere hype, here it gets over rated because it's still from KISS' prime in the 70s. Hard Luck Woman remains a gem in the KISS repetoire, which I guess is their most under rated song. Elsewhere, however, Calling Dr. Love and Makin' Love are the only other noteworthy tracks on a pretty boring album. Get it if you must, but it has little to offer other than Hard Luck Woman.

hard rock almost masterpiece lives on (June 27, 2010)

If "destroyer" was a masterpiece of rock and roll ( which it is) then this is almost one with it's straight forward rock and roll jam. This is the type of music that kiss fans love the best. Some of their 80's discs and "revenge" were straight ahead rock and roll like this too and they shine in pure fun levels just like this one. This one is the one that I had several copies of because I wore it out! Records always decline in sound quality as you play them. So I was glad when cd's came out and I would jam this record over and over. With hit's on it like "calliing dr love" , 'hard luck woman" and other fantastic songs such as 'makin love" , 'take me' , 'ladies room' , and others made this a pure near masterpiece of what hard rock melodic metal is all about. This is one that anyone could relate to who loves rock and roll or melodic metal.

For the love of nostalgia (December 15, 2009)

This 30 minutes of extra tasty bubblegum rock blows bigger bubbles than any of their other studio albums. Each song seems to have a formula: 2 minutes of rocking out, a 30-second guitar solo, and 30 seconds of the chorus being repeated forever. One thing I never noticed before, was how much the shuffle guitar work in Take Me sounds similar to Love Em Leave Em. What can I say though, I Want You is an awesome opener, and each song is rockin. I still don't understand why my favorite track live off of this one is Makin' Love. I even like Baby Driver, and the hidden gem Mr. Speed. Eddie Kramer (minus KISS) produced the most fun material for these guys: Alive!, this one, Ace Frehley's solo album. I think if you can find a decent copy for a lincoln, it's worth every penny. Casual fans will want I Want You, Calling Dr. Love, and Hard Luck Woman. Sample Mr. Speed to see if it's up your alley.

A Rockin' and Rollin' Rollercoaster! (November 10, 2009)

Yes! KISS returns to it's roots with this amazing album doing what they do best, straight-forward, hard rockin' Rock N' Roll!

The best thing about this album is it's two love songs. No, not Hard Luck Woman, or See You in Your Dreams, which are great songs in their own right. I'm talking about Calling Dr Love, and Makin' Love! But, let's not get ahead of ourselves here just yet. The rest of the album is just as good.

It starts out fast and furious with the song titled I Want you, which is everything that you'd expect from a KISS Rock song, awesome guitar riffs, great singing, drumming...the works. Next is the hard Rocker, Take Me, which again features some great guitar playing by all, accompanied by Paul Stanley's masterful vocals. And then we come to the above mentioned and totally amazing, Calling Dr. Love, which opens with it's fantastic power chords, and very cool cowbells, while Gene Simmons sings, "You need my love, Baby, Oh so bad...!" Everything about this song is total awesome Rock perfection, down to it's drums, and the background vocals, and especially when we get to the stunning Ace Frehley guitar solo towards the end of the song.

Following this scorcher comes, Ladies Room, which is another song Gene Simmons sings, and it features more great guitar riffs, and bangin' drumwork by Peter Criss (With even more cool cowbells, Baby!). Next up is Baby Driver which is sung by Peter Criss, and he does an excellent job on this Rocker, which also features a standout bass line by Gene, and of course great guitar work by Paul and Ace.

Which then brings us to Love 'Em and Leave 'Em, which is a nice little ditty sung by Gene Simmons, but the best part is the sensational super sonic Ace Frehley guitar solo! Even more smoking guitars come flying at you in the next song, Mr. Speed, which will definitely have you air guitarists out there strumming away madly. Then comes See You in Your Dreams Tonight, another nice Rocker. After that, Peter Criss sings his heart out again in the acoustical Hard Luck Woman, which is not a bad little song at all.

The last song on the album is titled Makin' Love, and it is another heavy guitar-driven hard Rocker featuring the great Paul Stanley on vocals, and the legendary Space Ace Frehley doing what we love most and what he does best. The song also features a nice little drum solo at the very end by Criss.

When all is said and done, this album flat-out Rocks your socks off. Rock and Roll Over is absolutely at the very top of my all-time favorite KISS albums. Tied at the number 1 spot in a threeway with their debut album, KISS, and KISS Dressed To Kill. All I can say is, if you're considering buying this album, don't wait. Buy it now. You will be glad you did.