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KISS 1974
Track listing: (1st Pressing) Strutter, Nothin To Lose, Firehouse,
Cold Gin, Let Me Know, Deuce, Love Theme From KISS, 100,000 Years, Black
Diamond. Later pressing include Kissing Time. Excellent debut album, loaded
with KISS Classics. Best tracks are pretty much all of them with the exception
of Kissing Time. US chart peak #87-Gold. |
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HOTTER THAN HELL 1974
Track listing: Got To Choose, Parasite, Goin Blind, Hotter Than Hell,
Let Me Go-Rock N Roll, All The Way, Watchin You, Mainline, Comin Home, Strange Ways. Great album still loaded with classics. Best tracks Got to Choose, Parasite, Hotter Than Hell, Watchin You. US Chart peak #100-Gold. |
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DRESSED TO KILL 1975
Track listing: Room Service, Two Timer, Ladies In Waiting, Getaway,
Rock Bottom, C'Mon And Love Me, Anything For My Baby, She, Love Her All
I Can, Rock and Roll All Night. Great album still more classics. Best tracks
Rock Bottom (excellent intro), C'Mon and Love Me, She (Wicked Lester song),
Love Her All I Can (Wicked Lester song), Rock And Roll All Night (rock
anthem). US Chart peak #32-Gold |
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ALIVE 1975
Track listing: Deuce, Strutter, Got To Choose, Hotter Than Hell, Firehouse,
Nothin To Lose, C'Mon And Love Me, Parasite, She, Watchin You, 100,000
Years, Black Diamond, Rock Bottom, Cold Gin, Rock And Roll All Night, Let
Me Go-Rock N Roll. Great live album, rated as one the best alltime live
albums. First Kiss album to feature a special insert, which was a photo
booklet. US Chart peak #9- Quadruple Platinum. |
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DESTROYER 1976
Track listing: Detroit Rock City, King Of The Night Time World,
God Of Thunder, Great Expectations, Flaming Youth, Sweet Pain, Shout It
Out Loud, Beth, Do You Love Me?. Excellent Album, Produced by Bob Ezrin
and reflects his influence. A bit of an experimental album. All tracks
are great except for Great Expectations. There were no inserts with this
album but there is a special hidden track following Do You Love Me? This
track was on the 1st pressing but not on later pressings. US Chart peak
#11-Triple Platinum. |
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THE ORIGINALS 1976
A special 3 album set, repackaging the 1st three albums. This set also
includes a special booklet, 6 cards and a KISS Army sticker. This album
is rare and hard to find complete, it is a highly sought after collectable.
US Chart peak #36. |
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ROCK AND ROLL OVER 1976
Track listing: I Want You, Take Me, Calling Dr. Love, Ladies Room,
Baby Drive, Love Em And Leave Em, Mr. Speed, See You In Your Dreams Tonight
Hard Luck Woman, Makin Love. Great album. Kiss is going back to their traditional
style. Best tracks are Calling Dr. Love, I Want You, Ladies Room. This
album features a sticker of the cover, a merchandise order form and questionnaire/membership
form for the KISS Army. These merchandise order forms, while probably not
to important originally are now sought after by KISS collectors looking
for complete albums with all inserts. US Chart peak #11-Double Platinum. |
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LOVE GUN 1977
Track listing: I Stole Your Love, Christine Sixteen, Got Love For Sale,
Shock Me, Tomorrow And Tonight, Love Gun, Hooligan, Almost Human, Plaster
Caster, Then She Kissed Me. Great album, follows Rock and Roll Over nicely.
Best tracks are Christine 16, Love Gun, Shock Me, Plaster Caster, I Stole
Your Love. Love Gun was first album to feature all members singing. Ace
sang Shock Me. Love Gun features a Love Gun cardboard gun with a paper
insert that made a pop noise when gun was assembled, and a merchandise
order form. Love Gun with an unassembled Love Gun is very rare. US
Chart peak #4-Triple Platinum. |
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ALIVE II 1977
Track listing: Detroit Rock City, King Of The Night Time World, Ladies
Room, Makin Love, Love Gun, Calling Dr. Love, Christeen Sixteen, Shock
Me, Hard Luck Woman, Tommorow And Tonight, I Stole Your Love, Beth, God
Of Thunder, I Want You, Shout It Out Loud, All American Man, Rockin In
the USA, Larger Than Life, Rocket Ride, Any Way You Want It. Excellent
2nd Live album (and my personal favorite) Side 4 of album (All American
Man to Any Way You Want It) are studio tracks. Alive II comes with a special
Evolution of KISS booklet, tattoos and merchandise order form. There is
an alternate version of Alive II that lists 3 additional tracks; Take Me,
Hooligan, & Do You Love Me? These tracks are only on the cover and
not on the actual album. This variation album is extremely rare (approxiamately
50 copies or less are rumored to exist). It is a highly sought after and
valuable collectable. US Chart peak #7-Triple Platinum. |
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DOUBLE PLATINUM 1978
Special Double LP best of package. Features and updated version of
Strutter (Strutter 78). Special inserts for this album were a Cardboard
Platinum Award for the fans and a merchandise orderform. Mint awards are
rare. US Chart peak #24-Platinum. |
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PETER CRISS 1978
Track Listing: I'm Gonna Love You, You Matter To Me, Tossin And Turnin,
Don't You Let Me Down, That's The Kind of Sugar Papa Likes, Easy Thing,
Rock Me Baby, Kiss The Girl Goodbye, Hooked On Rock N Roll, I Can't Stop
The Rain. Decent album, the least popular of the solo albums. Best Tracks
are Tossin And Turnin and Hooked on Rock N Roll. This album, along with
each solo album, feature a poster (one of each member) the four posters
can be combined together to form a giant mural poster. Each album also
feature a merchandise order form featuring merchandise on each respective
member. Peter's album also featured a insert listing all the additional
musicians and song writing credits. US chart peak #43-Platinum. |
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ACE FREHLEY 1978
Track Listing: Rip It Out, Speedin Back To My Baby, Snow Blind, Ozone,
What's On Your Mind?, New York Groove, I'm In Need of Love, Wiped Out,
Fractured Mirror (Ace would later compose two more songs Fracture Too and
Fractured III to comlete the trilogy)Ace's solo album would become the
most popular of the four. Best Tracks are Rip It Out, Ozone, New York Groove
(this song would become Ace's most popular and a standard in concert with
KISS), I'm In Need of Love, Fractured Mirror. This album came with a poster
and merchandise order form. US chart peak #26-Platinum. |
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GENE SIMMONS 1978
Track Listing: Radioactive, Burning Up With Fever, See You Tonight,
Tunnel Of Love, Living In Sin, Always Near You/Nowhere To Hide, Man Of
1000 Faces, Mr. Make Believe, See You In Your Dreams Tonight, When You
Wish Upon A Star. Good album, features numerous guest performers. Cher,
Bob Seger, Donna Summer, Janis Ian, Michael Des Barres, Rick Nielsen (Cheap
Trick), Joe Perry (Aerosmith), Jeff Baxter, and Katie Sagal (Peg Bundy
on Married With Children). Mitch Weissman and Joe Pecorino of Beatlemania
sang back up on See You Tonight (a song with definite Beatle influence).
Best tracks are Radioactive, Tunnel of Love, See You Tonight, Man Of 1000
Faces. Of special note See You In Your Dreams Tonight original was on Rock
and Roll Over, and When You Wish Upon A Star is the song from Disney's
Pinoccio. This album also featured a poster and merchandise orderform.
US chart peak #22-Platinum. |
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PAUL STANLEY 1978
Track Listing: Tonight You Belong To Me, Move On, Ain't Quite Right,
Wouldn't You Like To Know Me?, Take Me Away(Together As One), It's Alright,
Hold Me-Touch Me(Think of me when we're apart), Love In Chains, Goodbye.
Decent album although it did chart well. Best tracks are Goodbye and Hold
Me, Touch Me. Also came with poster and merchandise orderform. US chart
peak #40-Platinum. |
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DYNASTY 1979
Track listing: I Was Made For Lovin You, 2000 Man, Sure Know Something,
Dirty Livin, Charisma, Magic Touch, Hard Times, X-Ray Eyes, Save Your Love.
Not one of KISS' best albums from a musical standpoint but did enjoy more
commercial success. Had a bit of a disco sound. Best Tracks are 2000 Man,
Sure Know Something. Came with a poster and merchadise order form. Last
album to feature Peter Criss. US chart peak #9-Double Platinum. |
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UNMASKED 1980
Track listing: Is That You?, Shandi, Talk To Me, Naked City, What Makes
The World Go Around, Tomorrow, Two Sides Of The Coin, She's So European,
Easy As It Seems, Torpedo Girl, You're All that I Want. Similar in style
to Dynasty, but not as succesful. Kiss used a session drummer on this record.
Came with poster and merchandise order form. US chart peak #35-Gold. |
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MUSIC FROM THE ELDER 1981
Track listing: Fanfare, Just A Boy, Odyssey, Only You, Under The Rose,
Dark Light, A World Without Heroes, The Oath, Mr. Blackwell, Escape From
The Island, I. This was a concept album, produced by Bob Ezrin. It was
not a commercial success for Kiss. The track listing here is not how it
actually appeared on the album, but this the original format. This album
is actually very good. Musically speaking I feel that it is one of KISS's
best. This album was to be a soundtrack for a movie, but the moment was
never made. This album has a variation that comes with a lyric sheet. Last
album to fully feature Ace Frehley and first to feature new drummer Eric
Carr the Fox. US chart peak #75. |
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KILLERS 1982
This album was not released in the US. The Japanese version has two
extra tracks not on other versions released in Europe. Features mostly
classics but does contain 4 new tracks. I'm A Legend Tonight, Down On Your
Knees, Nowhere To Run, Partners In Crime. Features Ace Frehley on guitar. |
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CREATURES OF THE NIGHT 1982
Track listing: Creatures Of The Night, Saints And Sinners, Keep Me
Comin, Rock And Roll Hell, Danger, I Love It Loud, I Still Love You, Killer,
War Machine. Great album. Very heavy with leanings towards heavy metal.
Best tracks are Rock and Roll Hell, I Love It Loud, War Machine, Creatures
Of the Night. Features Ace on the cover but he didn't participate in the
recording. Bob Kulick and Vincent Cusano were used in the sessions. Cusano
would be hired as permanent replacement. Became Vinnie Vincent his persona
was the Egyptian Lover makeup was an Ankh. Last album to feature band in
makeup. US chart peak #45-Gold. |
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LICK IT UP 1983
Track listing: Exciter, Not for the Innocent, Lick It Up, Young and
Wasted, Gimme More, All Hells Breakin Loose, A Million to One, Fits Like
a Glove, Dance All over Your Face, And On the 8th Day. Great album KISS
is back to the heavy stuff. All tracks are great. First album to feature
band without makeup. Last album with Vinnie Vincent. US chart peak #24-Platinum. |
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ANIMALIZE 1984
Track listing: I've Had Enough (Into the Fire), Heaven's On Fire, Burn
Bitch Burn, Get All You Can Take, Lonely Is the Hunter, Under the Gun,
Thrills In the Night, While the City Sleeps, Murder in High Heels. Great
album, Animalize was first in a long stream of successful albums. Best
tracks are Heaven's on Fire, Get All You Can Take, Burn Bitch Burn, Thrills
in the Night. Mark St. John replaced Vinnie Vincent on lead guitar. US
chart peak #19-Platinum. |
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ASYLUM 1985
Track listing: King of the Mountain, Any Way You Slice It, Who Wants
to be Lonely, Trial by Fire, I'm Alive, Love's a Deadly Weapon, Tears are
Falling, Secretly Cruel, Radar For Love, Uh All Night. Great album, Kiss
begans to experiment with ballads, which get them alot of airplay on MTV.
Best tracks are Tears are Falling, Radar For Love, UH All Night. Bruce
Kulick replaces Mark St. John. US chart peak #20-Platinum. |
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CRAZY NIGHTS 1987
Track listing: Crazy Crazy Nights, I'll Fight like Hell to Hold You,
Bang Bang You, No No No, Hell or High Water, My Way, When Your Wall
Come Down, Reason to Live, Good Girl Gone Bad, Turn on the Night, Thief
in the Night. Another great album. Best tracks are Reason to Live, Hell
or High Water. US chart peak # 18-Platinum. |
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SMASHES, TRASHES, & HITS 1988
Another best of package with two new tracks. Let's Put the X in Sex,
(You Make Me)Rock Hard. Also features a new version of Beth with Eric Carr
vocals. The new tracks are really good and Carr does a great version of
Beth. US chart peak#21 Double Platinum. |
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HOT IN THE SHADE 1989
Track listing: Rise To It, Betrayed, Hide Your Heart, Prisoner of Love,
Read My Body, Love's A Slap in the Face, Forever, Silver Spoon, Cadillac
Dreams, King of Hearts, The Street Giveth and the Street Taketh Away,
You Love Me to Hate You, Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell, Little Ceasar,
Boomerang. Great album. Best tracks are Rise To It, Hide Your Heart (also
on Ace Frehley's Trouble Walkin album. Also done by Molly Hatchet on their
Lightning Strikes Twice album), Forever. Last album to feature Eric Carr
who passed away in 1991. US chart peak #29-Gold. |
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REVENGE 1992
Track listing: Unholy, Take it Off, Tough Love, Spit, God Gave Rock
n Roll To You, Domino, Heart of Chrome, Thou Shalt Not, Every Time I Look
At You, Paralyzed, I Just Wanna, Carr Jam 1981.. Great album, very heavy.
First to feature Eric Singer on drums. Best tracks are Unholy, Take It
Off, God Gave Rock n Roll To You, I Just Wanna. US chart peak #6-Gold. |
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KISS ALIVE III 1993
Track listing: Creatures of the Night, Deuce, I Just Wanna, Unholy,
Heaven's on Fire, Watchin You, Domino, I Was Made for Lovin You, I Still
Love You, Rock and Roll All Night, Lick It Up, Forever, I Love It Loud,
Detroit Rock City, God Gave Rock n Roll To You II, Star Spangled Banner,
(Take It Off on Import versions). Another great live album. Nothing beats
live KISS. US chart peak #9-Gold. |
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KISS MY ASS 1994
Track listing: Deuce-Lenny Kravitz, Hard Luck Woman-Garth Brooks, She-Anthrax,
Christine Sixteen-Gin Blossoms, Rock and Roll All Night-Toad the Wet Sprocket,
Calling Dr. Love-Shandi's Addiction, Goin Blind-Dinosaur Jr., Strutter-Extreme,
Plaster Caster-The Lemonheads, Detroit Rock City-The Mighty Mighty Bosstones,
Black Diamond-Yashiki, (Unholy-Die Artze on imported versions).
Kiss My Ass is the only official KISS tribute album. In each country
it was released in, it features that country's flag in the background.
US chart peak NA-Gold. |
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UNPLUGGED 1995
Track listing: Comin Home, Plaster Caster, Goin Blind, Do You Love
Me?, Domino, Sure Know Something, A World Without Heroes, Rock Bottom,
See You Tonight, I Still Love You, Every Time I Look At You, 2000
Man, Beth, Nothin To Lose, Rock and Roll All Night, (Got to Choose on import
versions). Great album. KISS Unplugged-What a great concept. Kiss performing
some songs never played live before. US chart peak #15-Gold. |
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YOU WANTED THE BEST, YOU GOT THE BEST 1996
Live greatest hits package. Plus 3 songs never released live before.
Take Me, Let Me Know, Two Timer. (New York Groove on import versions).
Also features an interview with all four members from the Tonight Show
with Jay Leno. US chart peak #17-Gold. |
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GREATEST KISS 1997
Greatest hits package. Features a new video version of Shout it Out
Loud. Import versions feature slightly different track listings. In England
Polygram released Greatest Hits with a similar track listing but with different
packaging. |
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CARNIVAL OF SOULS 1997
Track listing: Hate, Rain, Master & Slave, Childhood's End, I Will
Be There, Jungle, In My Head, It Never Goes Away, Seduction of the Innocent,
I Confess, In the Mirror, I Walk Alone. Great album recorded in 1995. Last
to feature Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer. Best Tracks are I Will Be There,
Hate, Jungle, I Walk Alone (sung by Bruce). US Chart peak #27 |
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PSYCHO CIRCUS 1998
Track listing: Psycho Circus, Within, I Pledge Allegiance To The State
of Rock & Roll, Into the Void, We Are One, You Wanted the Best, Raise
Your Glasses, I Finally Found My Way, Dreamin, Journey of 1000 Years. Great
album, the original Kiss back together after 19 years. Best tracks are
Psycho Circus, Within, Into the Void, We are One. Japanese version feature
an extra disc with 6 live tracks. Cover has a lenticular design that moves. |
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ALIVE IV release date unknown
KISS will be releasing Alive IV sometime in the future, with material
recorded from the Vancouver 1-1-2000 show.
Track listing: Psycho Circus, Shout It Out Loud, Deuce, Heaven's On Fire, Into The Void, Firehouse, Do You Love Me, Let Me Go Rock
& Roll, I Love It Loud, Lick It Up, 100,000 Years, Love Gun, Black Diamond, Beth, Rock and Roll All Nite. Bonus Tracks for Japan: 2000 Man, God Of Thunder, Detroit Rock City
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CREATURES OF THE NIGHT-alternate cover
See other listing for information. Alternate cover of KISS without makeup and Bruce Kulick.
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CHIKARA
Rare Japanese Only Import. Greatest hits type package, features extended version of I Was Made For Lovin You...
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GREATEST HITS
Rare Import from England. Similar track listing to the Greatest KISS CD but with different packaging.
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