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Due to the underachievement of their exceptional 1982 comeback album, Creatures of the Night, Kiss knew the time was right to drop the makeup, so in September 1983 the band shocked their fans by unmasking on MTV. Their first non-makeup album, Lick It Up, followed soon after and successfully re-established the band among the heavy metal masses worldwide. Kiss also reconnected with their stateside fans Lick It Up was the bands first record to achieve gold status since 1980s Kiss Unmasked. The albums success was spurred by MTVs repeated airing of the imaginative video for the albums strong title track, and songs such as Exciter, Not for the Innocent, A Million to One, and the rap-rocker All Hells Breaking Loose confirmed that the band was back on the right track. Vinnie Vincent again proved to be a worthy replacement to original guitarist Ace Frehley but would unfortunately leave the band after the completion of the Lick It Up worldwide tour (eventually resurfacing with the Vinnie Vincent Invasion in the late 80s). Lick It Up is undoubtedly Kiss best non-makeup album. ~ Greg Prato

Re-mastered 180-gram heavyweight vinyl includes a voucher to download an MP3 version of the album.