Dynasty

Dynasty is the seventh studio album by American rock band Kiss, produced by Vini Poncia and released on May 23, 1979 by Casablanca Records. A departure from the band's hard rock style, the album incorporates pop and disco. Drummer and founding member Peter Criss only performs on "Dirty Livin'", his last recording with the band until Psycho Circus (1998). While a commercial success, going platinum in five countries, the album's critical reception was mixed, and the supporting "Return of Kiss" tour saw a marked decline in attendance.

Dynasty received generally mixed reviews from contemporary and modern critics. According to David Fricke of Rolling Stone, most of the album's problems come from Poncia's production, which "has smothered most of the fire in the classic Kiss sound, reducing the guitars, drums and even Gene Simmons’ bloody howl to a pseudosophisticated whimper."