The last album with the original line-up (unless you count the 1998 reunion Psycho Circus), Love Gun contains a few missteps (such as the reworking of the classic "Then He Kissed Me") but is mostly packed to the gills with the good, fun, trashy rock & roll that made Kiss legendary. One frequently overlooked high point is the song "Almost Human", which strikes a positively creepy note. Then there's Ace Frehley's first stint on lead vocals with "Shock Me", the un-PC but affectionate "Plaster Caster", and the well-known title track. True, there's no equivalent to "Rock & Roll All Night" (the obvious attempt falls flat), but that doesn't stop this from being not only classic Kiss, but classic 1970s rock. --Genevieve Williams