Origins Vol. 1 | ||||
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Studio album of cover songs by | ||||
Released | April 13, 2016 | |||
Recorded | 2015 | |||
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Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
Length | 51:33 | |||
Label | Entertainment One Music | |||
Producer | Ace Frehley, Warren Huart, Ken Gullic, Paul Stanley | |||
Ace Frehley chronology | ||||
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Singles from Origins Vol. 1 | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Blabbermouth.net | 8/10 [2] |
Classic Rock | [3] |
New Noise | [4] |
PopMatters | [5] |
Origins Vol. 1 is the fifth studio album by American guitarist Ace Frehley, released on April 13, 2016 in Japan and April 15 in the United States. [6] It is a covers album which features guest appearances from Slash, Lita Ford, John 5, Mike McCready, and Frehley's former Kiss bandmate Paul Stanley. The album was announced on February 11, 2016.
In addition to covers of tracks by Cream and Thin Lizzy, Origins Vol. 1 features newly recorded versions of several Kiss songs which were written but not sung by Frehley, such as "Cold Gin" and "Parasite", as well as a new version of the Kiss song "Rock and Roll Hell" from the Creatures of the Night album, which he never performed on, as he was leaving the band at the time. [7]
In a 2016 interview with The Pods & Sods Network, Ace described other songs that were considered, recorded and about plans for Origins Vol. 2. [8]
The album entered the Billboard 200 chart at number 23 selling 16,113 in its first week, but totaling 16,386 copies including streams and tracks. [9]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist/arranger | Length |
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1. | "White Room" | Jack Bruce, Pete Brown | Cream | 5:04 |
2. | "Street Fighting Man" | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | The Rolling Stones | 4:01 |
3. | "Spanish Castle Magic" (featuring John 5) | Jimi Hendrix | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 3:35 |
4. | "Fire and Water" (featuring Paul Stanley) | Andy Fraser, Paul Rodgers | Free | 4:11 |
5. | "Emerald" (featuring Slash) | Phil Lynott, Brian Robertson, Brian Downey, Scott Gorham | Thin Lizzy | 4:29 |
6. | "Bring It On Home" | Willie Dixon | Led Zeppelin | 4:26 |
7. | "Wild Thing" (featuring Lita Ford) | Chip Taylor | The Troggs | 3:45 |
8. | "Parasite" (featuring John 5) | Frehley | Kiss | 4:03 |
9. | "Magic Carpet Ride" | Rushton Moreve, John Kay | Steppenwolf | 3:43 |
10. | "Cold Gin" (featuring Mike McCready) | Frehley | Kiss | 5:18 |
11. | "Till the End of the Day" | Ray Davies | The Kinks | 2:27 |
12. | "Rock and Roll Hell" | Gene Simmons, Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance | Kiss | 6:31 |
Source: CD booklet
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10] | 51 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [11] | 111 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [12] | 99 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [13] | 35 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [14] | 58 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [15] | 96 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [16] | 15 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [17] | 22 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [18] | 44 |
UK Albums (OCC) [19] | 170 |
US Billboard 200 [20] | 23 |
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