Paul Stanley (album)

Paul Stanley
Cover painting by Eraldo Carugati
Studio album by Paul Stanley
Released	September 18, 1978
Recorded	February–July 1978
Studio	Electric Lady Studios, New York City The Record Plant Studios The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Hard rock
Length	35:10
Label	Casablanca
Producer	Paul Stanley, Jeff Glixman
Paul Stanley chronology
Paul Stanley (1978) Live to Win (2006)
Kiss chronology
Peter Criss (1978) Paul Stanley (1978) Dynasty (1979) Singles from Paul Stanley "Hold Me, Touch Me (Think of Me When We're Apart)" Released: 1978

Paul Stanley is a 1978 solo album from Paul Stanley, the rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of American hard rock band Kiss. It was one of four solo albums released by the members of Kiss on September 18, 1978. It is the only album 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]
Pitchfork Media	(2.0/10)[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]
Sputnikmusic	[4]

The album reached #40 on the US Billboard album chart. 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. It was generally regarded as the second best of the solo albums, following Frehley's.

Track listing

All songs written by Paul Stanley, except tracks 2, 3 and 5, co-written by Mikel Japp.

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
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
• 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
• George Marino - remastering
• Paul Stanley - producer, mixer
• Mike Stone - mixer
• Karat Faye - OD Engineer
• Eraldo Carulgati - album artwork

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Chart (1978)	Position
Canadian Albums	43
US Pop Albums	40

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Single	Chart (1978)	Position
"Hold Me, Touch Me (Think of Me When We're Apart)"	Canadian Pop Singles	64
	U.S. Pop Singles	46

Certification

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[5]	Gold	50,000^^
United States (RIAA)[6]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. Paul Stanley at AllMusic
2. "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". Web.archive.org. 2003-06-26. Archived from the original on June 26, 2003. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
3. "Kiss: Album Guide | Rolling Stone Music". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
4. "KISS - Paul Stanley (album review)". Sputnikmusic. 2009-12-20. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
5. "Canadian album certifications – Paul Stanley – Kiss". Music Canada.
6. "American album certifications – Paul Stanley – Kiss - Paul Stanley". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

External links

• KISSONLINE.COM Discography - Paul Stanley, accessed on March 30, 2016