http://heavymetaladdiction.com/2009/10/31/ace-frehley-anomaly-2009/ Hard Rock and Heavy Metal news, reviews & discussion Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:21:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://heavymetaladdiction.com/2009/10/31/ace-frehley-anomaly-2009/#comment-28111 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:24:19 +0000 http://heavymetaladdiction.com/?p=4270#comment-28111 Nice analysis of Ace’s latest. I agree, but I don’t like Ace singing slower songs. I love Ace, but his voice isn’t suited to slower numbers. Same with Bruce Kulick, but that’s a different album. But, like you, I love the heavier stuff. My favorite is Pain In The Neck.

]]> http://heavymetaladdiction.com/2009/10/31/ace-frehley-anomaly-2009/#comment-25346 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:40:03 +0000 http://heavymetaladdiction.com/?p=4270#comment-25346 [...] Scot Coogan (drums/vocals) and Anthony Esposito (bass/vocals), who both played on his new record, ANOMALY, as well as, new guitarist Todd [...]

]]> http://heavymetaladdiction.com/2009/10/31/ace-frehley-anomaly-2009/#comment-24626 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:36:15 +0000 http://heavymetaladdiction.com/?p=4270#comment-24626 [...] Ace Frehley – Anomaly (2009): Ace Frehley has always been my favorite member of KISS and, with KISS being my favorite band, anything a current of former member of KISS does is a big deal. The last time Ace released a solo album was TROUBLE WALKIN’ in 1989…..20 years later ANOMALY has finally arrived! I have followed Ace’s career in and out of KISS since I was a little kid and he has talked about a new record since the early ’90s but nothing has ever come of it. Then there was the KISS reunion that lasted 6+ years and Ace started talking about a new solo record after he left the band in 2002 but nothing was released again. The only time I believed that Ace was releasing anything was when the album cover was released in June…..but would an actual record come out? September 15, 2009…..I was outside Best Buy before the store opened to get my hands on ANOMALY. One listen was all it took to hear that Ace Frehley had made a huge comeback with his solo career, ANOMALY is a well-written Hard Rock album and Ace sounds as focused as ever. Of all the albums he’s released as a solo artist or in Frehley’s Comet, ANOMALY ranks just below his KISS solo album. ‘Foxy & Free’, ‘Outer Space’, ‘Pain In The Neck’ and even the cover of Sweet’s ‘Fox On The Run’ are all solid Hard Rock songs that are catchy and full of that signature Ace guitar tone. The surprises here are the acoutically driven ballads like ‘Change The World’ & ‘A Little Below The Angels’ that show Ace’s diversity. This whole album is top notch from the music, to the album cover Ace designed to the special digipak packaging that tuens into a pyramid. I gave this album a ton of listening time and I still haven’t taken it out of my daily rotation! When I started to make this year end best of list I installed ANOMALY near the top because I enjoyed it so much. The bottom line on this list is that I enjoy the album and, between the excellent songs and my KISS worship, Ace Frehley has gained the #2 spot for 2009. [...]

]]> http://heavymetaladdiction.com/2009/10/31/ace-frehley-anomaly-2009/#comment-24342 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:10:25 +0000 http://heavymetaladdiction.com/?p=4270#comment-24342 I agree across the board… yet I do like the instrumentals a lot. Nifty CD packaging, I am not going to mess with it by building the pyramid shape though… afraid to make a “mint” copy into a messed up one.

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