Kiss (album)
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Publication |
February 18, 1974 |
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| Label (s) | Casablanca Records | |||
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
35:11 |
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Kenny Kerner and Richard Wise |
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Studio (s) |
Bell Sound Studios , New York |
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Kiss is the debut album by the hard rock band Kiss . It was released in 1974 on the Casablanca Records label . The album was produced by Kenny Kerner and Richie Wise and recorded at Bell Sound Studios in New York City . The album sold over 500,000 times in the US and got a gold record there . The album was released in Germany in November 1976.
Emergence
With the first demo and a completely new image with make-up , the band's manager, Bill Aucoin , managed to sign a record deal with Casablanca Records . Just two weeks after signing the contract, the studio recordings began in the Bell Sounds Studios in New York . The track list consists essentially of the pieces from the demo (except Watchin 'You ) and some newly written songs, of which Firehouse in particular is still one of the band's classics today.
Track list
- Strutter (Stanley / Simmons)
- Nothin 'to Lose (Simmons)
- Firehouse (Stanley)
- Cold Gin (Frehley)
- Let Me Know (Stanley)
- Kissin 'Time (Man / Lowe)
- Deuce (Simmons)
- Love Theme from Kiss (Stanley / Simmons / Criss / Frehley)
- 100,000 Years (Stanley / Simmons)
- Black Diamond (Stanley)
Chart placements
In the US, the album was number 87 on the Billboard 200 and received a gold record for more than 500,000 units sold . According to estimates, the album is said to have sold around 100,000 times in Germany. In New Zealand , the album was at number 38 for a week.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holger Stratmann (Ed.): RockHard Encyclopedia. 700 of the most interesting rock bands from the last 30 years . Rock Hard, Dortmund 1998, ISBN 978-3-9805171-0-2 , pp. 196 .
- ↑ Chart statistics "Kiss". charts.org.nz, accessed September 20, 2009 .