SONIC BOOM isn't a bad album. It's just a fairly average sounding Kiss album by their usual standards. The lead-off cut "Modern
Day Delilah" is easily a highlight with its muscular main riff and sounds slightly reminiscent of the LICK IT UP era Kiss. In
fact, the first four cuts are likable enough, but wouldn't be strong enough to be highlights on any other truly great Kiss album.
Paul's "Never Enough" is probably underrated a bit and is the sort of song that could have easily been a hit for them during the
80s.
Tommy's pseudo Ace licks are charming at first, but are obviously weaker than the real deal. It's this sort of contrived formula
that becomes more pervasive as the album progresses and just cheapens the overall package. PSYCHO CIRCUS was calculated in a
similar way, but at least had the original lineup copying themselves. Still, this is fun for what it is and most hardcore fans will
be willing to overlook this album's more glaring shortcomings.
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