Asshole (album)
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| Asshole | ||||
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| Released | June 8, 2004 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 44:38 | |||
| Label | Sanctuary | |||
| Producer | Gene Simmons | |||
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Asshole is the second solo studio album by Kiss's Gene Simmons and it was released in 2004 on Sanctuary Records. Its controversial title does not appear on the front cover. On the side of the CD case the title reads "asshole". "It's just another way of me saying, 'I don't care what anyone says about me," Simmons declared. "I'm preempting what people say and therefore diffusing the power of my detractors."[1]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Blender | [3] |
The album contains a song co-written by Bob Dylan. "A lot of Bob Dylan's lyrics just make me take a breath and go, 'Okay, I will never be in that class," Simmons remarked. "If you look at the lyrics to one song – The Times They Are a-Changin' or Blowin' in the Wind – that's a lifetime achievement."[4]
"Black Tongue" was based on an unfinished song of the same name composed by Frank Zappa. Simmons licensed a recording of Zappa playing the initial riff and built a new composition around it, with playing by Dweezil Zappa and backup vocals by Dweezil, Ahmet Zappa, Moon Zappa and Frank Zappa's widow, Gail.[5]
Dave Navarro plays guitar on the Prodigy cover "Firestarter".
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Sweet & Dirty Love" | Gene Simmons | 3:03 |
| 2. | "Firestarter" (The Prodigy cover, featuring Dave Navarro) | Liam Howlett, Keith Flint, Trevor Horn, J. J. Jeczalik, Anne Dudley, Kim Deal, Gary Langan, Paul Morley | 3:20 |
| 3. | "Weapons of Mass Destruction" | Gene Simmons | 3:44 |
| 4. | "Waiting for the Morning Light" | Gene Simmons, Bob Dylan | 3:22 |
| 5. | "Beautiful" | Mark Addison, Nina Singh | 4:04 |
| 6. | "Asshole" | Frank Albin Tostrup | 3:19 |
| 7. | "Now That You're Gone" | Gene Simmons, Bob Kulick | 3:20 |
| 8. | "Whatever Turns You On" | Gene Simmons, Dave Williams | 3:14 |
| 9. | "Dog" | Gene Simmons, Bag | 3:07 |
| 10. | "Black Tongue" | Gene Simmons, Frank Zappa | 4:28 |
| 11. | "Carnival of Souls" | Gene Simmons, Scott Van Zen | 3:26 |
| 12. | "If I Had a Gun" | Gene Simmons, Bag | 2:59 |
| 13. | "1,000 Dreams" | Gene Simmons | 3:19 |
| Total length: | 44:38 | ||
- The Japanese edition featured two bonus tracks: Everybody Knows and You're My Reason For Living.
