When a casino owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs go to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the warning that doing that damns him to Hell. Once back, he teams with his old partner, Itchy to prep his retaliation. He also stumbles on to an orphan girl who can talk to the animals, thus allowing him to get the inside info on the races to ensure his wins to finance his plans. However, all the while, he is still haunted by nightmares on whats waiting for him on the other side unless he can prove that he is worthy of Heaven again.

When a casino owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs go to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the warning that doing that damns him to Hell. Once back, he teams with his old partner, Itchy to prep his retaliation. He also stumbles on to an orphan girl who can talk to the animals, thus allowing him to get the inside info on the races to ensure his wins to finance his plans. However, all the while, he is still haunted by nightmares on what s waiting for him on the other side unless he can prove that he is worthy of Heaven again.

By the time On Earth as It Is in Heaven was released, the Kiss comparisons were finally beginning to peter out, but so was Angel s career. It was the last for bass player Mickey Jones, who was replaced by Felix Robinson for the even weaker White Hot album, which came out a year later, but such a minor change was quite unnoticeable when paralleled with the band s declining record sales. Despite all of the bad press, On Earth still contains a couple of sufficient glam-meets-heavy metal tunes, found in the eye-rolling sexual pomposity of Big Boy (Let s Do It Again) and on predictable riff movers like On the Rocks and Telephone Exchange. While the entire album may be a little much to sit through, a few of the tracks manage to sport a complaisant, all-in-good-fun hard rock feel, as do one or two of the tunes from each of Angel s first three releases. Still, a compilation or anthology of handpicked material is more convenient, especially for metal fans who want to check out Gregg Giuffria s early keyboard playing before his 80s hair band days in Giuffria.

A workingclass man named Marcos and his wife kidnap a baby for ransom money, but it goes tragically wrong when the infant dies. In another world is Ana, the daughter of the general for whom he drives, who does sexual acts to any man for pleasure. Marcos confesses his guilt to her in his troubled search for relief, and then finds himself on his knees amid the multitude of believers moving slowly toward the Basilica in honor of the Lady of Guadalupe.