You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!!
| You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!! |
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| Live album by Kiss | ||||
| Released | June 25, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1975–1996 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 59:16 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Various | |||
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You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!! is a Live hits album released by American hard rock band Kiss. The album was issued to coincide with the group's 1996–97 Alive/Worldwide Tour. All of the songs on the album are live versions. Most were taken from Alive! or Alive II but four recordings had been previously unreleased. The liner notes report the tracks are outtakes from Alive! and Alive II-era recordings. The final track is an interview of the reunited group conducted by Jay Leno.
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[edit] Reception
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone | [2] |
The album received generally negative reviews. Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album one star out of five and said, "It's a rip-off album, pure and simple... There is simply no reason for this to exist... you may have wanted the best, but you didn't get it -- you just got exploited."[1] Rolling Stone's 1996 review was also negative, calling it a "shameless reunion-promotion biscuit".[3] Nevertheless, the 2004 album guide by the same magazine gave the album three stars out of five.[2]
[edit] Commercial success
The album was certified gold by the RIAA on May 21, 1997.[4]
[edit] Track listing
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length | |||||
| 1. | "Room Service" | Paul Stanley | Previously unreleased, recorded in Davenport, Iowa in 1975 | 3:38 | |||||
| 2. | "Two Timer" | Gene Simmons | Previously unreleased, recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1975 | 3:15 | |||||
| 3. | "Let Me Know" | Previously unreleased, recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1975 | 3:38 | ||||||
| 4. | "Rock Bottom" | Ace Frehley, Stanley | Alive! | 3:33 | |||||
| 5. | "Parasite" | Frehley | Alive! | 3:37 | |||||
| 6. | "Firehouse" | Stanley | Alive! | 4:00 | |||||
| 7. | "I Stole Your Love" | Stanley | Alive II | 3:32 | |||||
| 8. | "Calling Dr. Love" | Simmons | Alive II | 3:35 | |||||
| 9. | "Take Me" | Sean Delaney, Stanley | Previously unreleased, recorded in Los Angeles, California in 1977 | 3:06 | |||||
| 10. | "Shout It Out Loud" | Bob Ezrin, Simmons, Stanley | Alive II | 3:14 | |||||
| 11. | "Beth" | Peter Criss, Ezrin, Stan Penridge | Alive II | 2:33 | |||||
| 12. | "Rock and Roll All Nite" | Simmons, Stanley | Alive! | 4:01 | |||||
| 13. | "Kiss Tells All" | Kiss, Jay Leno | 17:34 | ||||||
The Japanese CD/ US vinyl release had another live track ("New York Groove"), featuring Eric Carr on drums rather than Peter Criss.
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Nation | Chart | Position |
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| 1996 | United States | The Billboard 200 | 17[5] |
| Australia | ARIA Album Chart | 26[6] |
[edit] Certifications
| Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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| United States (RIAA)[4] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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^shipments figures based on certification alone |
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!! at Allmusic
- ^ a b "Kiss: Album Guide | Rolling Stone Music". rollingstone.com. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/kiss/albumguide. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "You Wanted The Best, You Got The Best | Album Reviews | Rolling Stone". rollingstone.com. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/you-wanted-the-best-you-got-the-best-19961218. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ a b "American album certifications – Kiss – You Want It - The Best". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22You+Want+It+-+The+Best%22. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
- ^ "Billboard album chart history-Kiss". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=5004&model.vnuAlbumId=66345. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
- ^ "ARIA album chart history-Kiss". http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=a&artist=Kiss&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
