Ikons

Kiss Ikons
Kiss Ikons
Box set by Kiss
Released	October 21, 2008
Genre	Hard rock
Label	Mercury; Universal Music Group
Kiss chronology
Booklet cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Kiss Ikons is a four-CD box set featuring material recorded by the original members of the American hard rock band Kiss. It was released in 2008 by Universal Music Group.

Background[edit]

Each CD in the set is named after one of the original group members (which contain songs that they wrote/sing on), created by long-time Kiss fan Paul "DJ Flare" Hall and co-produced with Jeff Fura. In 1996, the 'KISS-Icons' logos were created by Ajax Garcia, a famous Los Angeles-based artist. Garcia is known as a founding member of the 1990s punk group The Napoleon Blownaparts.^[2]

Track listing[edit]

Disc 1 (Red): The Demon
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Release	Length
1.	"God of Thunder"	Paul Stanley	Destroyer, 1976	4:16
2.	"Almost Human"	Gene Simmons	Love Gun, 1977	2:50
3.	"Calling Dr. Love"	Simmons	Rock and Roll Over, 1976	3:46
4.	"Ladies Room"	Simmons	Rock and Roll Over	3:29
5.	"Christine Sixteen"	Simmons	Love Gun	3:14
6.	"Deuce"	Simmons	KISS, 1974	3:05
7.	"Rock and Roll All Nite"	Stanley, Simmons	Dressed To Kill, 1975	2:49
8.	"Cold Gin"	Ace Frehley	KISS	4:22
9.	"Parasite"	Frehley	Hotter Than Hell, 1974	3:04
10.	"Larger Than Life"	Simmons	Alive II, 1977	4:02
11.	"Love 'Em and Leave 'Em"	Simmons	Rock and Roll Over	3:48
12.	"Plaster Caster"	Simmons	Love Gun	3:28
13.	"Radioactive"	Simmons	Gene Simmons, 1978	3:53
14.	"Charisma"	Simmons, Howard Marks	Dynasty, 1979	4:28

Disc 2 (Purple): The Star Child
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Release	Length
1.	"Detroit Rock City"	Stanley, Bob Ezrin	Destroyer	5:19
2.	"Love Gun"	Stanley	Love Gun	3:17
3.	"Take Me"	Stanley, Sean Delaney	Rock and Roll Over	2:57
4.	"Strutter"	Stanley, Simmons	KISS	3:11
5.	"C'mon and Love Me"	Stanley	Dressed To Kill	2:55
6.	"Hotter Than Hell"	Stanley	Hotter Than Hell	3:22
7.	"100,000 Years"	Stanley, Simmons	KISS	3:24
8.	"Rock Bottom"	Frehley, Stanley	Dressed To Kill	3:56
9.	"Do You Love Me?"	Stanley, Kim Fowley, Ezrin	Destroyer	3:34
10.	"All American Man"	Stanley, Delaney	Alive II	3:14
11.	"Mr. Speed"	Stanley, Delaney	Rock and Roll Over	3:20
12.	"I Stole Your Love"	Stanley	Love Gun	3:05
13.	"Wouldn't You Like to Know Me"	Stanley	Paul Stanley, 1978	3:19
14.	"I Was Made for Lovin' You"	Stanley, Vini Poncia, Desmond Child	Dynasty	4:31

Disc 3 (Blue): Space Ace
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Release	Length
1.	"New York Groove" (Hello cover)	Russ Ballard	Ace Frehley, 1978	3:03
2.	"Shock Me"	Frehley	Love Gun	3:48
3.	"2,000 Man" (Rolling Stones cover)	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	Dynasty	4:56
4.	"Rocket Ride"	Frehley, Delaney	Alive II	4:08
5.	"Snow Blind"	Frehley	Ace Frehley	3:57
6.	"Speedin' Back to My Baby"	Frehley, Jeanette Frehley	Ace Frehley	3:37
7.	"Talk to Me"	Frehley	Unmasked, 1980	4:03
8.	"What’s on Your Mind"	Frehley	Ace Frehley	3:28
9.	"Rip It Out"	Frehley, Larry Kelly, Sue Kelly	Ace Frehley	3:42
10.	"Save Your Love"	Frehley	Dynasty	4:42
11.	"Hard Times"	Frehley	Dynasty	3:32
12.	"Two Sides of the Coin"	Frehley	Unmasked	3:18
13.	"Dark Light"	Frehley, Anton Fig, Lou Reed, Simmons	Music From "The Elder", 1981	4:21
14.	"Into the Void"	Frehley, Karl Cochran	Psycho Circus, 1998	4:24

Disc 4 (Green): The Cat Man
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Release	Length
1.	"Hard Luck Woman"	Stanley	Rock and Roll Over	3:35
2.	"Baby Driver"	Peter Criss, Stan Penridge	Rock and Roll Over	3:40
3.	"Hooligan"	Criss, Penridge	Love Gun	3:02
4.	"Beth"	Criss, Penridge, Ezrin	Destroyer	2:47
5.	"I Can't Stop the Rain"	Delaney	Peter Criss, 1978	4:28
6.	"Black Diamond"	Stanley	KISS	5:13
7.	"Mainline"	Stanley	Hotter Than Hell	3:52
8.	"Don't You Let Me Down"	Criss, Penridge	Peter Criss	3:43
9.	"Dirty Livin'"	Criss, Penridge	Dynasty	4:28
10.	"Getaway"	Frehley	Dressed To Kill	2:45
11.	"Strange Ways"	Frehley	Hotter Than Hell	3:20
12.	"That's The Kind of Sugar Papa Likes"	Criss, Penridge	Peter Criss	3:04
13.	"Easy Thing"	Criss, Penridge	Peter Criss	3:56
14.	"I Finally Found My Way"	Stanley, Ezrin	Psycho Circus	3:42

Charts[edit]

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[3]	42

References[edit]

^ Jeffries, David (2008-10-21). "Kiss Ikons - Kiss : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
^ The Kiss Ikons. "The Kiss Ikons". The Kiss Ikons. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Kiss – Ikons". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 20, 2024.

External links[edit]

NEW KISS CD SET at KissOnline.com

[1] Jeffries, David (2008-10-21). "Kiss Ikons - Kiss : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-10-23.

[2] The Kiss Ikons. "The Kiss Ikons". The Kiss Ikons. Retrieved 2012-10-23.

[ac_Sweden_Kiss-3] "Swedishcharts.com – Kiss – Ikons". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 20, 2024.

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