{"id":13394,"date":"2014-08-01T01:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T05:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=13394"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:51:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:51:25","slug":"13394","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=13394","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Ace Frehley &#8211; Space Invader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13396 \" src=\"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/acefrehleyspaceinvadercover-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"acefrehleyspaceinvadercover\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" \/>Ace Frehley \u2013 Space Invader<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Release Date: August 19, 2014<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Label: eOne Music<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What can I say about Ace Frehley\u2019s latest album Space Invader other than what a huge fucking surprise. When Ace put out 2009\u2019s Anomaly I remember that it left me kind of scratching my head and I quickly forgot about it. You can imagine my reluctance to even dive into this album but ya know what? It\u2019s fucking Ace Frehley and I\u2019m a fan so I just had to. As \u201cSpace Invader\u201d filled my room I just nodded with approval and loved it but as soon as \u201cGimme A Feelin\u2019\u201d kicked in I felt this shit eating grin take over my face. This is some great shit!<\/p>\n<p>Ace definitely knows that his strong suit is not hiding from his past as a member of KISS and with songs like, \u201cChange\u201d, \u201cToys\u201d, and \u201cInside the Vortex\u201d I feel like Ace tapped into his legacy as a member of KISS and wrote some of the best KISS material that will never be. \u201cWhat Every Girl Wants\u201d could\u2019ve been on Love Gun and in my opinion is one of Ace\u2019s shining moments. It\u2019s a catchy, fun song that has one of the catchiest hooks I\u2019ve heard from him to date. \u201cPast the Milky Way\u201d was another fantastic moment that I felt had Ace really pushing himself as a singer which I thought was really cool. I really could\u2019ve done without his cover of that God awful Steve Miller Band song \u201cThe Joker.\u201d Not even Ace could make that song any good. I wish he would\u2019ve chosen something that was more \u201chim\u201d like he did with ELO\u2019s \u201cDo Ya.\u201d The album does close out with a really great instrumental called \u201cStarship\u201d that I feel like joins the \u201cFractured\u2026\u201d family very well. I love hearing Ace just rip on a guitar and I have to say, \u201cSorry Tommy Thayer. You\u2019re a great guitarist but you\u2019re great at playing Ace Frehley. Ace is Ace and always will be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tjFJTZFL4fc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>At the end of it all, Space Invader is fun fucking album. It sounds fantastic and Ace sounds like he\u2019s having more fun than he\u2019s had in years.\u00a0\u00a0 This is the best thing he\u2019s done, in my opinion, since his KISS solo album. I mean, in all honesty, if you\u2019re looking for compelling, thought provoking songwriting this is not the album to do so but really? It\u2019s Ace Fucking Frehley. He\u2019s not out to pique your brain. He\u2019s out to rock your fucking face off and once again be the soundtrack to your good times, to your car rides with the windows and\/or top down, and to your adult life just like he was for you as a kid. Space Invader is that album that I hoped Ace Frehley would make but really didn\u2019t think he would make. This is some good shit folks and it proves to all that Ace still has what it takes to be great. The Ace is back and I told you so!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ace Frehley \u2013 Space Invader Release Date: August 19, 2014 Label: eOne Music What can I say about Ace Frehley\u2019s latest album Space Invader other than what a huge fucking surprise. When Ace put out 2009\u2019s Anomaly I remember that it left me kind of scratching my head and I quickly forgot about it. You can imagine my reluctance to even dive into this album but ya know what? It\u2019s fucking Ace Frehley and I\u2019m a fan so I just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,277],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-13394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-music-news","tag-ace-frehley"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13394"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19757,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13394\/revisions\/19757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}