Artist: KISS
Album: KISS HQ VINYL REISSUE (LP)

Release date: 1974/ 2014
EAN/UPS: 0602537658244
Media type: LP

Kiss has never lacked ambition or strategy, and judging by the strength of its self-titled 1974 debut on Casablanca Records, it appears the group was an expertly executed music and make-up machine even early on. Produced by Kenny Kerner and Richie Wise, the quintessential hard-rock recording is primarily comprised of muscular originals Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons wrote as members of their former band Wicked Lester.

A true musical declaration of both style and substance, Kiss features some of the finest melodies, catchiest hooks and timeless rock anthems of the band's career on par with their 1976 masterwork Destroyer. Home to such band classics and concert favorites as "Strutter," "Deuce," "Black Diamond," and "Cold Gin" among others.

SIDE A:
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length 

1. "Strutter"   Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons Stanley 3:12
2. "Nothin' to Lose"   Simmons Simmons, Peter Criss 3:26
3. "Firehouse"   Stanley Stanley 3:18
4. "Cold Gin"   Ace Frehley Simmons 4:22
5. "Let Me Know"   Stanley Simmons, Stanley 2:59

SIDE B:
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length 

6. "Kissin' Time"   Kal Mann, Bernie Lowe Simmons, Stanley, Criss 3:53
7. "Deuce"   Simmons Simmons 3:05
8. "Love Theme from Kiss"   Frehley, Stanley, Simmons, Criss Instrumental 2:24
9. "100,000 Years"   Stanley, Simmons Stanley 3:23
10. "Black Diamond"   Stanley Criss (intro: Stanley) 5:13