Lick It Up

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Lick It Up
Lick it up cover.jpg
Cover photo by Bernard Vidal
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 22, 1983 (1983-09-22) [1]
RecordedJuly–August 1983
StudioRight Track Recording, The Record Plant, Atlantic Studios and The Hit Factory, New York City
Genre
Length41:27
Label Mercury
Producer
Kiss chronology
Creatures of the Night
(1982)
Lick It Up
(1983)
Animalize
(1984)
Singles from Lick It Up
  1. "Lick It Up"
    Released: September 18, 1983
  2. "All Hell's Breakin' Loose"
    Released: February 6, 1984
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Exciter" Paul Stanley, Vinnie Vincent Stanley4:10
2."Not for the Innocent" Gene Simmons, VincentSimmons4:22
3."Lick It Up"Stanley, VincentStanley3:56
4."Young and Wasted"Simmons, VincentSimmons4:05
5."Gimme More"Stanley, VincentStanley3:43
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
6."All Hell's Breakin' Loose" Eric Carr, Stanley, Simmons, VincentStanley4:34
7."A Million to One"Stanley, VincentStanley4:17
8."Fits Like a Glove"SimmonsSimmons4:04
9."Dance All Over Your Face"SimmonsSimmons4:16
10."And on the 8th Day"Simmons, VincentSimmons4:02

Personnel

Kiss
Additional musician
Production

Charts

Chart (1983)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [15] 36
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [16] 13
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [17] 46
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [18] 14
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [19] 7
French Albums (SNEP) [20] 17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [21] 18
Icelandic Albums Chart [22] 5
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [23] 15
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [24] 7
Spain (AFYVE) [25] 24
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [26] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [27] 10
UK Albums (OCC) [28] 7
US Billboard 200 [29] 24

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [30] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [9] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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