Lick It Up

Kiss's 1983 album, launched with the band's first appearance without makeup.

Lick It Up is Kiss's eleventh studio album, released in 1983, its first for Mercury Records after leaving Casablanca. Before its release the members appeared on MTV without their makeup, their first public appearance without it.

Quick Facts

Released: 1983
Label: Mercury

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Background

It was recorded over two months right after the Creatures of the Night tour ended in June 1983 and built on that album's harder sound, with Vinnie Vincent on lead guitar. It was certified platinum by December 1990.

The title song, by Paul Stanley and Vinnie Vincent, was the first Kiss video without makeup.

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