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Ace Freeley – Freeley’s Comet – Vinyl Record
Ace Frehley is best known as the original lead guitarist of the rock band KISS.
Frehley’s Comet is the name of Ace Frehley’s solo band after his departure from KISS. The band released albums under this name in the late 1980s and early 1990s. One of their notable albums is Frehley’s Comet, released in 1987.
In 1978, all four members of Kiss released solo albums simultaneously. Consensus among fans held that guitarist Ace Frehley’s album was the most impressive of the four. Solo ambitions were what prompted Frehley to leave Kiss in the early ’80s, but a serious car crash and recurring problems with drugs and drink postponed the release of 1987’s FREHLEY’S COMET for a number of years.
This album marked Ace Frehley’s return to the music scene after leaving KISS, and it showcased his signature guitar style and songwriting.
Joining Frehley in his new band were session bassist John Regan, Cheap Trick touring sideman Tod Howarth (guitar/vocals/keyboards), and drummer Anton Fig (of David Letterman’s house band). While FREHLEY’S COMET doesn’t quite match up to Frehley’s solo debut, it has proved to be his best post-Kiss solo outing. Like many other ’70s rock artists who resurfaced in the ’80s, Frehley tried to inject glossy pop into his metal instead of sticking with the straight-ahead raw rock of yore. Still, the album includes several highlights, such as the anthem Rock Soldiers (detailing Frehley’s near-fatal car crash), Into the Night, Stranger in a Strange Land, and the album-closing instrumental Fractured.
For fans of Ace Frehley’s solo career and Frehley’s Comet, Frehley’s Comet remains a significant part of his discography.
Brand new, never played and still sealed in the factory plastic seal with promo punch in jacket
Atlantic Records 1987
Track Listing
1. Rock Soldiers
2. Breakout
3. Into The Night
4. Something Moved
5. We Got Your Rock
6. Love Me Right
7. Calling To You
8. Dolls
9. Stranger In A Strange Land
