Along with You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!!, this album was issued to coincide with the group's 1996–97 Alive/Worldwide Tour. The US version covers only selected hits from 1974 to 1980, with an exclusive live version of "Shout It Out Loud"; the non-US releases include the band's 1992 hit "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II."
"Shout It Out Loud" (recorded live at Tiger Stadium, Detroit, MI, on June 28, 1996)
Stanley, Simmons, Ezrin
Stanley, Simmons
3:39
13.
"God of Thunder"
Stanley
Simmons
4:15
14.
"Calling Dr. Love"
Simmons
Simmons
3:46
15.
"Beth"
Criss, Ezrin, Penridge
Criss
2:46
16.
"Strutter"
Simmons, Stanley
Stanley
3:12
17.
"Rock and Roll All Nite"
Stanley, Simmons
Simmons
2:53
18.
"I Want You"
Stanley
Stanley
3:02
19.
"Plaster Caster"
Simmons
Simmons
3:27
20.
"God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II"
Ballard, Stanley, Simmons, Ezrin
Stanley, Simmons
5:20
Note: The Mexican release has the European track listing misprinted on the packaging.
Personneledit
Kiss
Paul Stanley – vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar on "Sure Know Something", intro guitar solo on "C'mon and Love Me", first guitar solo on "I Want You", 12-string acoustic guitar on "Hard Luck Woman", bass on "Love Gun" and "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
Gene Simmons – vocals, bass; rhythm guitar on "Christine Sixteen"
Ace Frehley – lead guitar, second guitar solo on "I Want You", acoustic guitar on "Hard Luck Woman"; vocals, all guitars and bass on "Two Sides of the Coin", "Shock Me" and "2,000 Man"
Bruce Kulick – lead guitar on "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II"
Eric Singer – drums on "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II"
Eric Carr – backing vocals on "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II"
Additional musicians
Anton Fig – drums on "Sure Know Something", "2,000 Man", "I Was Made for Lovin' You" and "Two Sides of the Coin"
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Greatest Kiss is a greatest hits album by American hard rock band Kiss It was released in 1997 on Mercury Records Greatest KissGreatest hits album by KissReleasedApril 8 1997Recorded1973 1996GenreHard rock heavy metalLength56 04LabelMercuryProducerVariousKiss chronologyYou Wanted the Best You Got the Best 1996 Greatest Kiss 1997 Carnival of Souls The Final Sessions 1997 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide 3 Contents 1 Background 2 Track listings 3 Personnel 4 Charts 5 Certifications 6 ReferencesBackground editAlong with You Wanted the Best You Got the Best this album was issued to coincide with the group s 1996 97 Alive Worldwide Tour The US version covers only selected hits from 1974 to 1980 with an exclusive live version of Shout It Out Loud the non US releases include the band s 1992 hit God Gave Rock n Roll to You II Track listings editUS versionNo TitleWriter s Lead vocalsLength1 Detroit Rock City Paul Stanley Bob EzrinStanley3 382 Hard Luck Woman StanleyPeter Criss3 353 Sure Know Something Stanley Vini PonciaStanley4 024 Deuce Gene SimmonsSimmons3 425 Do You Love Me Stanley Ezrin Kim FowleyStanley3 346 I Was Made for Lovin You Stanley Desmond Child PonciaStanley4 307 Calling Dr Love SimmonsSimmons3 468 Christine Sixteen SimmonsSimmons3 129 Beth Criss Ezrin Stan PenridgeCriss2 4610 Strutter Simmons StanleyStanley3 1211 Cold Gin Ace FrehleySimmons4 2212 Plaster Caster SimmonsSimmons3 2713 Rock and Roll All Nite Stanley SimmonsSimmons2 5314 Flaming Youth Ezrin Frehley Simmons StanleyStanley3 0015 Two Sides of the Coin FrehleyFrehley3 1516 Shout It Out Loud recorded live at Tiger Stadium Detroit MI on June 28 1996 Stanley Simmons EzrinStanley Simmons3 39 Produced by Kiss and Eddie KramerEuropean and Australian versionNo TitleWriter s Lead vocalsLength1 Detroit Rock City Stanley EzrinStanley3 382 Black Diamond StanleyCriss5 143 Hard Luck Woman StanleyCriss3 354 Sure Know Something Stanley PonciaStanley4 025 Love Gun StanleyStanley3 166 Deuce SimmonsSimmons3 427 Goin Blind Simmons Stephen CoronelSimmons3 368 Shock Me FrehleyFrehley3 479 Do You Love Me Stanley Ezrin FowleyStanley3 3410 She Simmons CoronelSimmons4 0811 I Was Made for Lovin You Stanley Child PonciaStanley4 3012 Shout It Out Loud recorded live at Tiger Stadium Detroit MI on June 28 1996 Stanley Simmons EzrinStanley Simmons3 3913 God of Thunder StanleySimmons4 1514 Calling Dr Love SimmonsSimmons3 4615 Beth Criss Ezrin PenridgeCriss2 4616 Strutter Simmons StanleyStanley3 1217 Rock and Roll All Nite Stanley SimmonsSimmons2 5318 Cold Gin FrehleySimmons4 2219 Plaster Caster SimmonsSimmons3 2720 God Gave Rock n Roll to You II Russ Ballard Stanley Simmons EzrinStanley Simmons5 20 Japanese versionNo TitleWriter s Lead vocalsLength1 Detroit Rock City Stanley EzrinStanley3 382 Black Diamond StanleyCriss5 143 Hard Luck Woman StanleyCriss3 354 Sure Know Something Stanley PonciaStanley4 025 Love Gun StanleyStanley3 166 Deuce SimmonsSimmons3 427 Goin Blind Simmons CoronelSimmons3 368 Shock Me FrehleyFrehley3 479 Do You Love Me Stanley Ezrin FowleyStanley3 3410 She Simmons CoronelSimmons4 0811 I Was Made for Lovin You Stanley Child PonciaStanley4 3012 Shout It Out Loud recorded live at Tiger Stadium Detroit MI on June 28 1996 Stanley Simmons EzrinStanley Simmons3 3913 God of Thunder StanleySimmons4 1514 Calling Dr Love SimmonsSimmons3 4615 Beth Criss Ezrin PenridgeCriss2 4616 Strutter Simmons StanleyStanley3 1217 Rock and Roll All Nite Stanley SimmonsSimmons2 5318 C mon and Love Me StanleyStanley2 5919 Rock Bottom Stanley FrehleyStanley3 5520 God Gave Rock n Roll to You II Ballard Stanley Simmons EzrinStanley Simmons5 20 Mexican versionNo TitleWriter s Lead vocalsLength1 Detroit Rock City Stanley EzrinStanley3 382 Black Diamond StanleyCriss5 143 Hard Luck Woman StanleyCriss3 354 Sure Know Something Stanley PonciaStanley4 025 Love Gun StanleyStanley3 166 Deuce SimmonsSimmons3 427 Goin Blind Simmons CoronelSimmons3 368 2000 Man The Rolling Stones cover Mick Jagger Keith RichardsFrehley4 539 Do You Love Me Stanley Ezrin FowleyStanley3 3410 She Simmons CoronelSimmons4 0811 I Was Made for Lovin You Stanley Child PonciaStanley4 3012 Shout It Out Loud recorded live at Tiger Stadium Detroit MI on June 28 1996 Stanley Simmons EzrinStanley Simmons3 3913 God of Thunder StanleySimmons4 1514 Calling Dr Love SimmonsSimmons3 4615 Beth Criss Ezrin PenridgeCriss2 4616 Strutter Simmons StanleyStanley3 1217 Rock and Roll All Nite Stanley SimmonsSimmons2 5318 I Want You StanleyStanley3 0219 Plaster Caster SimmonsSimmons3 2720 God Gave Rock n Roll to You II Ballard Stanley Simmons EzrinStanley Simmons5 20 Note The Mexican release has the European track listing misprinted on the packaging Personnel editKissPaul Stanley vocals rhythm guitar lead guitar on Sure Know Something intro guitar solo on C mon and Love Me first guitar solo on I Want You 12 string acoustic guitar on Hard Luck Woman bass on Love Gun and I Was Made for Lovin You Gene Simmons vocals bass rhythm guitar on Christine Sixteen Peter Criss drums vocals Ace Frehley lead guitar second guitar solo on I Want You acoustic guitar on Hard Luck Woman vocals all guitars and bass on Two Sides of the Coin Shock Me and 2 000 Man Bruce Kulick lead guitar on God Gave Rock n Roll to You II Eric Singer drums on God Gave Rock n Roll to You II Eric Carr backing vocals on God Gave Rock n Roll to You II Additional musiciansAnton Fig drums on Sure Know Something 2 000 Man I Was Made for Lovin You and Two Sides of the Coin Dick Wagner acoustic guitar on Beth Bob Ezrin piano on Beth Charts editAlbumChart 1997 PositionBillboard 200 4 77Chart 1996 PositionAustralian ARIA Albums Chart 5 11Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units salesArgentina CAPIF 6 AsGreatest Hits Gold 30 000 Australia ARIA 7 Platinum 70 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone References edit Erlewine Stephen Thomas Greatest Kiss Kiss Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic AllMusic Retrieved 5 May 2018 Larkin Colin 2006 Encyclopedia of Popular Music Vol 4 4 ed Muze p 875 ISBN 978 0 19 531373 4 Brackett Nathan Hoard Christian David 2004 The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Simon and Schuster ISBN 978 0 7432 0169 8 Archived from the original on June 27 2011 Greatest Kiss Kiss Billboard com billboard com Retrieved 26 June 2011 ARIA chart history Kiss albums database Retrieved February 12 2009 Argentinian album certifications Kiss Greatest Hits Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers ARIA Charts Accreditations 1997 Albums PDF Australian Recording Industry Association Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Greatest Kiss amp oldid 1165081435, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,