Origins Vol. 1

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Origins Vol. 1
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Studio album of cover songs by
ReleasedApril 13, 2016
Recorded2015
Studio
  • The Creation Lab, Turlock, CA
  • Signature Sound, San Diego, CA
  • Ace in the Hole Studios West, San Diego, CA
  • The Nook, Studio City, CA
  • Spitfire Studio, Los Angeles, CA
  • Mike's Home Studio, Seattle, WA
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length51:33
Label Entertainment One Music
Producer Ace Frehley, Warren Huart, Ken Gullic, Paul Stanley
Ace Frehley chronology
Space Invader
(2014)
Origins Vol. 1
(2016)
Spaceman
(2018)
Singles from Origins Vol. 1
  1. "White Room"
    Released: February 11, 2016
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Blabbermouth.net 8/10 [2]
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
New NoiseStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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.

Contents

Album information

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]

Reception

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]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original artist/arrangerLength
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)FrehleyKiss5:18
11."Till the End of the Day" Ray Davies The Kinks 2:27
12."Rock and Roll Hell" Gene Simmons, Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance Kiss6:31

Personnel

Source: CD booklet

Special Guests
Production

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
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
The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums Chart, and No. 4 on the Billboard Rock Album Charts.

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