Paul Stanley (album)

Paul Stanley
Studio album by Paul Stanley
Released	September 18, 1978
Recorded	February-July 1978, Electric Lady Studios, New York, The Record Plant Studios, The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Hard rock
Length	35:14
Label	Casablanca
Producer	Paul Stanley
Paul Stanley chronology
Paul Stanley (1978) Live to Win (2006)
Kiss chronology
Peter Criss (1978) Paul Stanley (1978) Dynasty (1979)

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
Sputnikmusic
Pitchfork Media	(2.0)
Rolling Stone
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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.

Track listing

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

Side one

1. "Tonight You Belong to Me" – 4:39
2. "Move On" – 3:07
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

Side two

1. "It's Alright" – 3:31
2. "Hold Me, Touch Me (Think of Me When We're Apart)"– 3:40
3. "Love in Chains" – 3:34
4. "Goodbye" – 4:09

Personnel

• Paul Stanley - lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, E-Bow, all guitars on track 7
• Bob Kulick - lead guitar, acoustic guitar
• Steve Buslowe - bass guitar on tracks 1-5
• Richie Fontana - drums on tracks 1-4
• Eric Nelson - bass guitar on tracks 6-9
• Craig Krampf - drums on tracks 6-9
• Carmine Appice - drums on track 5
• Peppy Castro - backing vocals on tracks 3 and 7
• Diana Grasselli - backing vocals on track 2
• Doug (Gling) Katsaros - piano, Omni string ensemble and backing vocals on track 7
• Steve Lacey - electric guitar on track 8
• Miriam Naomi Valle - backing vocals on track 2
• Maria Vidal - backing vocals on track 2

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

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Pop Albums	40

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1978	"Hold Me, Touch Me (Think of Me When We're Apart)"	Pop Singles	46

Singles - Billboard (Canada)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1978	"Hold Me, Touch Me (Think of Me When We're Apart)"	Pop Singles	64

Singles - Billboard (United Kingdom)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1978	"Hold Me, Touch Me (Think of Me When We're Apart)"	Pop Singles	48

Certification

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

External links

• KISSONLINE.COM Discography- Paul Stanley, accessed on July 28, 2008