- hard rock, rock, glam rock, heavy metal
- 10 tracks
- Casablanca Records
Kiss is the debut studio album by American rock band Kiss, released on February 8, 1974, by Casablanca Records. Much of the material on the album was written by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, as members of their pre-Kiss band Wicked Lester. Simmons estimated that the entire process of recording and mixing took three weeks, while co-producer Richie Wise has stated it took just 13 days.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, grave and warm.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- effortlessdemanding
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- Pitchfork8/10
- The New Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5 ★
- Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10
- Uncut5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1-1Strutter
- 1-2Let Me Know
- 1-3Deuce (beg)
- 2-1Deuce (concl)
- 2-2Firehouse
- 2-3100,000 Years
- 3-1Nothin’ to Lose
- 3-2Cold Gin
- 4-1Love Theme From KISS
- 4-2Black Diamond
About the album
- Artist
- KISS
- Label
- Casablanca Records
- Released
- February 8, 1974
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 8-Track Cartridge
- Country
- US
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