Odyssey: The Definitive Examination of Music from the Elder, KISS By by Tim McPhate & Julian Gill

This is a book about the only concept album in KISStory. The album itself is polarizing among fans; some love it and some hate it. Among the members themselves, Ace, Paul and Gene voice their displeasure with the album itself. But it is an album that is shrouded in mystery. There are so many questions about stuff missing, about what happened to certain things and this book tries to find the answers behind the questions that some people still wonder about almost 40 years later. Personally, I like some of the songs off the album as they are strong although different then the rest of the KISS catalog. This is for the fans that love the album and need to know everything about it! At times the focus on particular parts of the album drag on and seem unimportant compared to things we really want to know about like the missing guitar work, speech work, movie that never happened etc. I really don't need an interview about how the door was made. I would have also loved to hear from the band members on their memories and thoughts on the album as there, to me at least, may answer some of those pressing questions. Basically, fans of the album need this book in their life. Haters, keep walking...you'll hate it more then the album itself.