Double Platinum (Remaster) (CD)

A theatrical rock band formed in the 1970s heyday of glitter, Kiss brought to life a cast of cartoonish figures sustained by heavy riffs and an endless supply of face paint. With each band member assuming an alter-ego (Gene Simmons, demon; Paul Stanley, stud; Ace Frehley, spaceman; and Peter Criss, cat), Kiss set the standard for the ultimate spectacle, combining monstrously hook-heavy rock with outrageous costumes and stage shows. Following the release of four simultaneous solo albums, Criss left the group, and a few years later Frehley also departed. Simmons and Stanley soldiered on with various lineups, and the group even abandoned their make-up beginning with 1983's LICK IT UP. In 1996, the original quartet reunited and donned their old faces and outfits for a hugely successful tour.

• Category:  Music  »  Hard Rock & Metal  »  General/Heavy Metal
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: September 16, 1997
• Label: Mercury
• UPC: 731453238329
• WAPI (Tower ID): 105800866
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #25621 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #963 in Hard Rock & Metal (See Top 100 Hard Rock & Metal Bestsellers)
• #654 in General/Heavy Metal (See Top 100 General/Heavy Metal Bestsellers)

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Originally released as a 2-LP set.

Kiss: Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley (vocals, guitar); Gene Simmons (vocals, bass); Peter Criss (vocals, drums).

Producers: Kiss, Bob Ezrin, Eddie Kramer, Kenny Kerner, Rich Wise, Neil Bogart.

Compilation producers: Kiss, Sean Delaney.

As a best-of collection, DOUBLE PLATINUM is textbook stuff--released while Kiss was at the height of its game, it brings together only the band's finest, originally covering four LP sides in an impressive, shiny package. As the unabashedly sales-oriented title implies, (few have accused Kiss of subtlety) these are the tracks that made them kings. Despite the updated "Strutter '78," DOUBLE PLATINUM is pure history, though it was admittedly pretty recent history at the time (their debut had only come out four years earlier).

No era of the band's action-packed career is ignored on this set--early classics such as "100,000 Years" and "Hotter Than Hell" sit right alongside such latter-day staples as "Detroit Rock City" and "God of Thunder." The band's progression in its then-brief history is remarkable. Though Kiss's powerful, primal gift was apparent from the very start, it took a few years of hard touring on a global scale before they developed their uncanny ability to write stadium rock of the grandest scale--songs like "Rock And Roll All Night," that went straight to the center of an era's collective musical consciousness.

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