| Kiss Chronicles: 3 Classic Albums | ||||
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| Released | June 21, 2005 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Label | Mercury/Universal | |||
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Kiss Chronicles: 3 Classic Albums is a repackaging of the first three studio albums by the hard rock band Kiss. It is essentially identical to The Originals collection, which was released in 1976, except in CD format and with different packaging.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Strutter" | Stanley, Simmons | 3:10 |
| 2. | "Nothin’ To Lose" | Stanley | 3:26 |
| 3. | "Firehouse" | Simmons | 3:18 |
| 4. | "Cold Gin" | Frehley | 4:21 |
| 5. | "Let Me Know" | Stanley | 2:58 |
| 6. | "Kissin' Time" | Mann, Lowe | 3:52 |
| 7. | "Deuce" | Simmons | 3:05 |
| 8. | "Love Theme From Kiss" | Stanley, Simmons, Frehley, Criss | 2:24 |
| 9. | "100,000 Years" | Stanley, Simmons | 3:22 |
| 10. | "Black Diamond" | Stanley | 5:11 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Got To Choose" | Stanley | 3:52 |
| 2. | "Parasite" | Frehley | 3:01 |
| 3. | "Goin' Blind" | Simmons, Coronel | 3:34 |
| 4. | "Hotter Than Hell" | Stanley | 3:30 |
| 5. | "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll" | Stanley, Simmons | 2:16 |
| 6. | "All the Way" | Simmons | 3:17 |
| 7. | "Watchin' You" | Simmons | 3:45 |
| 8. | "Mainline" | Stanley | 3:50 |
| 9. | "Comin' Home" | Stanley, Frehley | 2:37 |
| 10. | "Strange Ways" | Frehley | 3:17 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Room Service" | Stanley | 2:59 |
| 2. | "Two Timer" | Simmons | 2:48 |
| 3. | "Ladies in Waiting" | Simmons | 2:32 |
| 4. | "Getaway" | Frehley | 2:44 |
| 5. | "Rock Bottom" | Frehley, Stanley | 3:55 |
| 6. | "C'mon and Love Me" | Stanley | 2:59 |
| 7. | "Anything for My Baby" | Stanley | 2:34 |
| 8. | "She" | Simmons, Coronel | 4:08 |
| 9. | "Love Her All I Can" | Stanley | 2:41 |
| 10. | "Rock and Roll All Nite" | Stanley, Simmons | 2:49 |
Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973 by Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss. Well known for its members' face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid–late 1970s with its shocking live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood-spitting, smoking guitars, shooting rockets, levitating drum kits, and pyrotechnics. The band has gone through several lineup changes, with Stanley and Simmons being the only members to feature in every lineup. The original and best-known lineup consists of Stanley, Simmons, Frehley, and Criss.
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"Parasite" is a song by American hard rock band Kiss, released in 1974 on their second studio album, Hotter Than Hell. The song is one of three songs featured on the album written by lead guitarist Ace Frehley. As one of the album's heaviest songs, "Parasite" was performed on the following tour, but Kiss dropped it from the setlist for the Destroyer Tour and did not play it again until the Revenge Tour in 1992. "Parasite" was performed most recently during the End of the Road World Tour. As Frehley was insecure about his singing ability, he passed that duty to Gene Simmons. In 2016, Frehley re-recorded the track with John 5 for Frehley's solo album Origins Vol. 1.
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