Lick It Up

This article is about the Kiss album. For other uses, see Lick It Up (disambiguation).
Lick It Up
Cover photo by Bernard Vidal
Studio album by
Kiss
ReleasedSeptember 22, 1983 (1983-09-22)[1]
RecordedJuly–August 1983
StudioRight Track Recording, The Record Plant, Atlantic Studios and The Hit Factory, New York City
Genre
Length41:27
LabelMercury
Producer
Kiss chronology
Creatures of the Night
(1982) 		Lick It Up
(1983) 		Animalize
(1984)
Singles from Lick It Up
  1. "Lick It Up"
    Released: September 18, 1983
  2. "All Hell's Breakin' Loose"
    Released: February 6, 1984
Alternative cover
Japanese obi sheet cover of Lick It Up

Lick It Up is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Kiss. Before its 1983 release, the band members appeared on MTV without their trademark make-up. It was the first public appearance without make-up by the band, and their first for Mercury Records, where they had been signed following their departure from Casablanca Records. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA for selling over a million units in the US.

  1. ^ "RIAA certifications". Recording Industry Association of America.
  2. ^ "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. October 13, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  3. ^ Klosterman, Chuck (2002). Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural Nörth Daköta. Scribner. p. 155. ISBN 0-7432-0227-9. By and large, Lick It Up is a pretty good hard rock record and the catalyst for KISS' recovery as a platinum-selling artist.
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