Paul Stanley (album)

Paul Stanley
Cover painting by Eraldo Carugati
Studio album by Paul Stanley
Released	September 18, 1978 (1978-09-18)
Recorded	February–July 1978
Studio	Electric Lady and The Record Plant, New York City The Village Recorder, Los Angeles
Genre	Hard rock
Length	35:10
Label	Casablanca
Producer	Paul Stanley, Jeff Glixman
Paul Stanley chronology
Paul Stanley (1978) Live to Win (2006)
Singles from Paul Stanley
"Hold Me, Touch Me (Think of Me When We're Apart)" Released: 1978

Paul Stanley is the first solo album from American musician Paul Stanley, the singer-songwriter best known for serving as the rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of hard rock band Kiss. It was one of four solo albums released by the members of Kiss on September 18, 1978, yet still under the Kiss label, and coming out alongside Peter Criss , Ace Frehley , and Gene Simmons . It is the only release out of the four Kiss solo albums to feature all original songs, as Simmons, Criss and Frehley each recorded one cover song on their albums.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10 [2]
Pitchfork	2.0/10 [3]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	1/10 [4]
Uncut	[5]

The album reached No. 40 on the US Billboard album chart. ^[6] AllMusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and said that it is the most "Kiss-like" out of all the Kiss solo albums. ^[1]

Track listing

All credits adapted from the original release. ^[7] All songs written by Paul Stanley, except tracks 2, 3 and 5, co-written by Mikel Japp.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tonight You Belong to Me"	4:41
2.	"Move On"	3:12
3.	"Ain't Quite Right"	3:34
4.	"Wouldn’t You Like to Know Me"	3:16
5.	"Take Me Away (Together as One)"	5:26

Side two

No.	Title	Length
6.	"It's Alright"	3:38
7.	"Hold Me, Touch Me (Think of Me When We're Apart)"	3:40
8.	"Love in Chains"	3:34
9.	"Goodbye"	4:09
Total length:		35:10

Personnel

• Paul Stanley – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, EBow, all guitars on track 7, producer, mixing

Additional personnel

• Bob Kulick – lead guitar, acoustic guitar
• Steve Buslowe – bass guitar on tracks 1–5
• Eric Nelson – bass guitar on tracks 6–9
• Richie Fontana – drums on tracks 1–4
• Carmine Appice – drums on track 5
• Craig Krampf – drums on tracks 6–9
• Diana Grasselli – backing vocals on track 2
• Miriam Naomi Valle – backing vocals on track 2
• Maria Vidal – backing vocals on track 2
• Peppy Castro – backing vocals on tracks 3 and 7
• Doug Katsaros – piano, Omni string ensemble and backing vocals on track 7
• Steve Lacey – electric guitar on track 8

Production

• Jeff Glixman – engineer, producer (tracks 5, 6, 8, 9)
• Paul Grupp – engineer
• Barbara Isaak – assistant engineer
• Mike D. Stone – mixing at the Record Plant, New York City
• Karat Faye – OD engineer
• George Marino – remastering
• Eraldo Carugati – album artwork

Charts

Chart (1978–79)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [8]	58
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [9]	43
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [10]	18
US Billboard 200 [11]	40

Certification

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [12]	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA) [13]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Prato, Greg. "Kiss / Paul Stanley - Paul Stanley review". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved February 17, 2022.
2. Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 164. ISBN   978-1894959025.
3. Josephes, Jason. "Kiss - Paul Stanley". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on June 26, 2003. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
4. Cohen, Jason (1995). "Kiss". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. p. 212. ISBN   0-679-75574-8.
5. Kulkarni, Neil (December 1997). "Made up for it". Uncut . No. 7. p. 100.
6. "Paul Stanley Chart History". Billboard . Retrieved February 17, 2022.
7. Kiss (1978). Paul Stanley (LP Sleeve). Los Angeles, California: Casablanca Records. NBLP 7123.
8. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 19. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
9. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0097a". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
10. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN   4-87131-077-9.
11. "Paul Stanley Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
12. "Canadian album certifications – Paul Stanley – Kiss". Music Canada.
13. "American album certifications – Paul Stanley – Kiss – Paul Stanley". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

• Paul Stanley at Discogs (list of releases)
• KISSONLINE.COM Discography – Paul Stanley, accessed on March 30, 2016