℗ 2014 The Island Def Jam Music Group
| Released | November 10, 1981 |
| Duration | 42m 53s |
| Record Label | UMe Direct 2 |
| Genre | Rock |
Music From The Elder
Kiss
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Fanfare
Kiss |
1:22 | |||
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1.2
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Just A Boy
Kiss |
2:26 | |||
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1.3
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Odyssey
Kiss |
5:40 | |||
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1.4
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Only You
Kiss |
4:17 | |||
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1.5
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Under The Rose
Kiss |
4:51 | |||
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1.6
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Dark Light
Kiss |
4:19 | |||
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1.7
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A World Without Heroes
Kiss |
2:41 | |||
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1.8
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The Oath
Kiss |
4:32 | |||
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1.9
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Mr. Blackwell
Kiss |
4:51 | |||
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1.10
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Escape From The Island
Kiss |
2:51 | |||
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1.11
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I
Kiss |
5:03 |
"... songs are catchy, performances respectable and, despite its concept, is better than anything the group has recorded in years."
- Rolling Stone
This is an unusual, courageous and ambitious project completely out of character with what Kiss was doing at the time. An epic concept album produced by Bob Ezrin, the story deals with the struggle between good and evil. Ezrin, at the time hot off his gig co-producing Pink Floyd's The Wall, brought in an orchestra and choir and gave the record the grandiose scale Kiss felt it deserved. The band was undergoing two major changes in personnel surrounding this album: guitarist Ace Frehley was on his way out (The Elder was his last involvement with Kiss until a reunion tour in the 1990s) while new drummer Eric Carr was on his way in (The Elder was his first Kiss album).
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – UMe Direct 2 Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.05 -0.11 to 0.00 | -15.99 -19.56 to -14.38 | -12.82 -14.10 to -11.70 | 10 10 to 11 | |
| 1 | Fanfare | -0.03 | -19.56 | -14.1 | 11 |
| 2 | Just A Boy | -0.10 | -15.79 | -12.8 | 10 |
| 3 | Odyssey | -0.11 | -15.63 | -12.8 | 10 |
| 4 | Only You | -0.02 | -15.03 | -12.2 | 10 |
| 5 | Under The Rose | -0.01 | -16.22 | -13.4 | 10 |
| 6 | Dark Light | -0.04 | -15.78 | -12.2 | 10 |
| 7 | A World Without Heroes | -0.09 | -16.53 | -13.6 | 10 |
| 8 | The Oath | -0.05 | -14.38 | -11.7 | 10 |
| 9 | Mr. Blackwell | 0.00 | -16.28 | -13.4 | 11 |
| 10 | Escape From The Island | -0.07 | -14.98 | -12.8 | 11 |
| 11 | I | 0.00 | -15.68 | -12.0 | 10 |