Alive! [2 LP] [Live] | ![Alive! [2 LP] [Live]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JSkdvtAjL._SL500_.jpg)
| Artist: Kiss
Label: Island / Mercury
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Rating:  220 reviews
Sales Rank: 51243
Format: Live
Media: LP Record
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 12.5 x 12.3 x 0.4
UPC: 042282278012
EAN: 0042282278012
ASIN: B001A2ADH2
Release Date: September 23, 2008
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Deuce - Kiss, Simmons, Gene [1] | | • | Strutter - Kiss, Simmons, Gene [1] | | • | Got to Choose - Kiss, Stanley, Paul | | • | Hotter Than Hell - Kiss, Stanley, Paul | | • | Firehouse - Kiss, Stanley, Paul | | • | Nothin' to Lose - Kiss, Simmons, Gene [1] | | • | C'mon and Love Me - Kiss, Stanley, Paul | | • | Parasite - Kiss, Frehley, Ace | | • | She - Kiss, Simmons, Gene [1] |
Disc 2
| • | Watchin' You - Kiss, Simmons, Gene [1] | | • | 100,000 Years - Kiss, Simmons, Gene [1] | | • | Black Diamond - Kiss, Stanley, Paul | | • | Rock Bottom - Kiss, Stanley, Paul | | • | Cold Gin - Kiss, Frehley, Ace | | • | Rock and Roll All Nite - Kiss, Simmons, Gene [1] | | • | Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll - Kiss, Simmons, Gene [1] |
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Amazon.com essential recording
The fact that Alive! is arguably Kiss's best album highlights the fact that they are performers first, musicians second. There's nothing wrong with that, especially when a live album sounds this good. Stuffed to bursting with classic tracks, Alive!, originally released in 1975, is a classic metal album. "Deuce," "Strutter," "Hotter than Hell," "Black Diamond," "100,000 Years," and especially "Rock and Roll All Nite" (probably the most well-known party song in existence)--they're all here, and wonder of wonders, they still sound fresh after all these years. The success of Kiss's 1996 tour shows that they've still got plenty of fans; Alive! is one album no Kiss fan should be without. --Genevieve Williams
Album Description
2008 double vinyl LP repressing of this classic live album from the Glam/Hard Rockers, originally released in 1975.
Album Details
Due to Demand, an Encore Pressing of the Limited LP Style Sleeve Edition from Japan Are to Be Available for a Very Limited Time. Don't Miss Out this Go Round.
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 You Wanted The Best? This Is What Started It All... November 17, 2003
"The Woj" (Downers Grove, IL)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
Having released 3 poorly produced studio records and one step away from the poor house...Kiss went into the studio to enhance (overdub) some recently recorded live performances. Kiss's first three albums contained some of the best rocks songs ever written, unfortunately the albums failed to capture the energy Kiss was able to produce on stage. Kiss's entire existence was riding on the sales of a double vinyl "live" album..... The result? Kiss's best album and arguably one of the best rock records ever released. An album that vaulted Kiss into the Pantheon of hard rock music forever. The songs recorded on Kiss's first 3 studio albums pale by comparison to the power, punch and sonic impact to the versions recorded on "Alive!". "Deuce" & "Strutter" begin the assault and there is no let up whatsoever. The best of it all? Ace Frehley's guitar. There is not one song here without a memorable solo or classic riffage. I could go on, but take my word for it...I bought this album over 25 years ago on vinyl and it still holds up to repeated listenings today in 2003. I would give this album 100 stars if I could. With the remastering, these songs have never sounded better. ADD TO CART NOW! "Ace Frehly lead guitar!"
Awesome Live Album! April 22, 2000
M. Scagnelli (Brandon, Florida)
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
Kiss's Alive is incredible. Kiss's music is meant to be listened to live. Their studio stuff is great, but their live stuff is incredible. I'm seeing Kiss in concert on their farewell tour. I've never seen them live. I can't wait. I hope they sound close to as good as they do on this album. Every song on the album is classic Kiss and essential listening. If you want only one album by Kiss, this is the one to get.
KISS at their best - alive on stage! April 27, 2000
R. Gorham
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
THE BAND: Gene Simmons (bass), Paul Stanley (guitars), Ace Frehley (guitars), Peter Criss (drums & percussion).
THE DISC(S): (1975) Recorded during the '75 tour. 16 total songs on 2 discs clocking in at just under 79 minutes (35+ minutes on disc-1, 42+ minutes on disc-2). Classic album cover photo. Originally released on Casablanca Records in 1975; this remastered edition was released in 1997 on Mercury's label. Much improved sound in my book (deeper bass guitars and crisper highs). Included with the discs is a 10-page booklet with all original artwork and photos, song titles, writing credits and times. Underneath the disc on the inside cover, there's an informative 4 paragraph history of what the band was going through at the time.
COMMENTS: Start your KISS collection with "Alive!". Classic album - electrifying live show(s) captured. Classic songs. Even the lesser played tunes like "Parasite", "C'mon And Love Me", "Got to Choose", "Cold Gin" and one of my personal favorites "Watchin' You" sound brilliant. KISS' first 3 studio albums had a very raw sound and each suffered from extremely flat production. Seven songs from their debut made it this live album; five songs taken from "Hotter Than Hell"; and four songs taken from "Dressed To Kill". Along comes "Alive!" and these songs simply jump to life. Gene, Paul, Ace & Peter were on top of their game during these recordings. To me, KISS was never really known for their great muscial prowness... but, they were known for delivering a grandiose show - they were performers, they were entertainers. This live album established Ace Frehley as a guitar God (check out his blistering solo's on "Parasite", "Cold Gin" and "Let Me Go, Rock And Roll"). The sound production is great considering it was done in the mid 1970's. Any rock & roll fan can turn this up loud and feel the emotion, energy and excitment that KISS brings to a concert (anyone who has seen this band LIVE knows the feeling). Several great 'live' albums were released by classic bands in the 1970's (Frampton, UFO, Deep Purple, etc) and KISS' "Alive!" is easily set on the same lofty perch as all of them. One of the great live rock concerts captured on tape during the 1970's! An absolute classic album (5 stars).
get your grandma outta here July 17, 2006
emperor nobody (california, USA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I received this LP as my 9th birthday present when it had just come out, and recently bought a used copy of the remaster of it.
All the complaints about how artificially-enhanced this album is are spurious, as if 3/4 of the "live albums" in history aren't re-constructed and optimized for maximum effect in the post-production. Eddie Kramer did an amazing job, and his role was central in making this one of the ear-splatteringest, heaviest records of all time. I listened to the remaster in headphones on 11 and afterwards I had to lie down it was so head-crushingly loud.
The versions of the tunes on this make their studio counterparts sound like "Alvin and the Chipmunks Play Kiss". Every song just completely obliterates its corresponding appearance on the first 3 albums that preceded it, as if their studio records were just a run-through and the live one was meant to be "here's our songs played by Satan on steroids" by comparison.
What's telling is that there are no visuals, and despite this band's reliance on the poly-pyrotechnic stage show and all the criticism about how the theatrics were there to conceal the crappy music, the tunes stand up just fine. The truth is that without good tunes nobody would have cared that the drumkit was levitating or that the bass player was breathing fire. Someone said that in the '70s even the bad music was great, and the very worst twaddle on this album is like Vivaldi compared with the crap that passes for music today. Jessica Simpson couldn't write songs this good, even if she were to receive Brian Wilson's brain in a transplant... that's how hopeless things have gotten.
This record just roars and blows your head off from start to finish, every song just builds and builds the momentum... let's just say it's worth a Deuce, even if it does put yet more money into the misogynistic, greedy hands of Gene Simmons.
 KISS ALIVE.................IN THE STUDIO November 12, 2002
8 out of 27 found this review helpful
Okay, here's what you probably don't know about this "historic" live album, it's a complete fake. This has been an inside joke in the recording industry for years because of the tricks involved with this worthless junk. Here's what happened. When the tapes of the concert were being played back, the guitar playing and singing were completely off-key. The only sound they were able to salvage was the drumming of Peter Criss. Everything else was re-recorded in a studio with crowd noise and clapping added later on. The reason the tapes were awful is completely understandable, Kiss is a visual spectacle to distract listeners from the fact they can not play. The result? 30 years of fame and glory. Only in America.
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