Kiss Unplugged

Infobox Album | Name = MTV Unplugged: Kiss
Type = Live Album
Artist = Kiss

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Released = March 12 1996
Recorded = August 9 1995
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 56:07
Label = Mercury
Producer = Alex Coletti
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:era9qj1uojfa~T00 link]
Last album = "Alive III"
(1993)
This album = "MTV Unplugged: Kiss"
(1996)
Next album = "You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!!"
(1996)|

MTV Unplugged: Kiss is a Kiss album featuring the group performance in MTV Unplugged.

On August 9 1995, hard rock band Kiss performed on MTV Unplugged in what fans consider the beginning of the eventual Kiss Reunion Tour. Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons contacted former members Peter Criss and Ace Frehley and invited them to participate in the event. Fan reaction to Criss and Frehley at the Unplugged show was so positive that, in 1996, the original lineup of Kiss reunited, with all four original members together for the first time since 1979. It also marked the first and only time the original lineup performed live without their trademark makeup, other than at Ace Frehley's wedding, and was also the only time Frehley and Criss shared a stage with Eric Singer and Bruce Kulick. Further, it was the only time Eric Singer had a lead vocal (Nothin' To Lose).

On March 12, 1996, the concert was released on DVD, and on December 18, 2007, the DVD set was released. This included the original DVD release of the concert plus five previously unreleased songs: "Hard Luck Woman" (with Paul Stanley on vocals), "Heaven's on Fire," "Spit," "C'mon and Love Me" and the infamous country version of "God of Thunder."

The LP version of this album includes a poster and was pressed on yellow marbled vinyl.

It was certified Gold on October 18, 1996, when it sold over 500,000 copies.

Track listing

# "Comin' Home" (Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley) – 2:51
# "Plaster Caster" (Gene Simmons) – 3:17
# "Goin' Blind" (Simmons, Stephen Coronel) – 3:37
# "Do You Love Me" (Stanley, Bob Ezrin, Kim Fowley) – 3:13
# "Domino" (Simmons) – 3:46
# "Sure Know Something" (Stanley, Vini Poncia) – 4:14
# "A World Without Heroes" (Stanley, Simmons, Ezrin, Lou Reed) – 2:57
# "Rock Bottom" (Frehley, Stanley) – 3:20
# "See You Tonite" (Simmons) – 2:26
# "I Still Love You" (Vinnie Vincent, Stanley) – 6:09
# "Every Time I Look at You" (Stanley, Ezrin) – 4:43
# "2,000 Man" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 5:12
# "Beth" (Peter Criss, Ezrin, Stan Penridge) – 2:50
# "Nothin' to Lose" (Simmons) – 3:42
# "Rock and Roll All Nite" (Stanley, Simmons) – 4:20
# "Got to Choose" (Stanley) – 4:01 (Only available on vinyl and on CD releases in Japan)

Personnel

* Gene Simmons - acoustic bass guitar, lead vocals
* Paul Stanley - acoustic guitar, lead vocals
* Bruce Kulick - acoustic guitar
* Eric Singer - drums, vocals

with
* Ace Frehley - acoustic guitar, vocals
* Peter Criss - drums, vocals
* Phillip Ashley - piano on "Every Time I Look at You"
* Jon Grindstaff - conductor, string arrangements on "Every Time I Look at You"

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)