Artist: KISS
Album: LOVE GUN REMASTERED (CD)

Release date: 1977/ 1997
EAN/UPS: 0731453238121
Media type: CD

Love Gun is an album by the American hard rock band Kiss. Love Gun was the second Kiss album to ship platinum, and would eventually achieve triple platinum status.

Love Gun is notable for being the first Kiss album to feature a lead vocal performance from lead guitarist Ace Frehley. This makes Love Gun the first Kiss album to feature lead vocal performances from all four band members. It was also the last album to feature the entire original lineup of Kiss on every track, as drummer Peter Criss began to be replaced by session drummer Anton Fig on 1979's Dynasty.

Even though none of the band-members attended a cast session, the song "Plaster Caster" was inspired by Cynthia Plaster Caster, a former groupie who is infamous for casting penises of famous rock musicians like Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa, as well as breasts of female music artists.

The album includes "Then She Kissed Me", a gender-reversed cover of The Crystals' 1960's pop classic "Then He Kissed Me".

A cardboard "Love Gun" (assembly required) was included inside the album. The album also came with a Kiss merchandise order form.

It was certified Platinum on September 15, 1977 when it sold 1,000,000 copies

TRACKLIST:

"I Stole Your Love" (Paul Stanley) – 3:04
Lead vocals - Paul Stanley
"Christine Sixteen" (Gene Simmons) – 3:12
Lead vocals - Gene Simmons
"Got Love For Sale" (Simmons) – 3:28
Lead vocals - Gene Simmons
"Shock Me" (Ace Frehley) – 3:47
Lead vocals - Ace Frehley
"Tomorrow And Tonight" (Stanley) – 3:38
Lead vocals - Paul Stanley
"Love Gun" (Stanley) – 3:16
Lead vocals - Paul Stanley
"Hooligan" (Peter Criss, Stan Penridge) – 2:58
Lead vocals - Peter Criss
"Almost Human" (Simmons) – 2:48
Lead vocals - Gene Simmons
"Plaster Caster" (Simmons) – 3:25
Lead vocals - Gene Simmons
"Then She Kissed Me" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) – 3:01
Lead vocals - Paul Stanley

LINE-UP:

Gene Simmons - bass guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals
Paul Stanley - rhythm guitar (first guitar solo on "I Stole Your Love"), lead vocals, backing vocals
Ace Frehley - lead guitar, lead vocals on Shock Me
Peter Criss - drums, lead vocals on Hooligan, backing vocals
Eddie Kramer - piano