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Creatures of the Night completely absent from "Creatures of the Night", making it the heaviest album the group had made at that point. "I Still Love You", the only ballad on "Creatures of the Night", was still heavier and darker than any ballad Kiss had released in earlier years. Also contributing to the heavy sound was Carr's drumming style, which was similar to John Bonham's drumming than to Criss' jazz-influenced style. Some of the earliest pressings of the album mistakenly contained one full side of John Cougar's "American Fool". Both Kiss and Cougar were under the umbrella of Mercury Records at the time. "Creatures