Alive II

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Alive II
Live album by KISS
Released	November 28, 1977
Recorded	August-September 1977
Genre	Hard Rock
Length	71:26
Label	Casablanca Records
Producer(s)	Eddie Kramer & KISS
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
KISS chronology
Love Gun (1977)	Alive II (1977)	Double Platinum (1978)

Alive II is a 1977 live album from KISS. It is the group's eighth album and second live album.

Contents 1 The songs 2 Promotional items 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Charts 6 External link

[edit] The songs

Most of the live tracks on Alive II were recorded during the band's Love Gun tour. The songs chosen for the three live sides of the album were all drawn from KISS' three preceding studio albums - Destroyer, Rock and Roll Over and Love Gun.

It has been public knowledge for quite some time that for Alive II KISS made more use of overdubs than on Alive!. In fact, "Hard Luck Woman" and "Tomorrow and Tonight" as they appear on the album were completely recorded in the studio, and audience noises were later overdubbed.

On the original double album, side 4 (songs #6-10 on the second CD) are studio tracks. Although Ace Frehley was originally credited for lead guitar on the studio tracks, the remastered version released in 1997 confirmed what had been speculated by KISS fans for years - Bob Kulick actually played lead guitar on three tracks ("All American Man," "Rockin' In The U.S.A." and "Larger Than Life"), not Frehley. Frehley's sole involvement for the studio songs was to handle all guitars and bass guitar for "Rocket Ride." Paul Stanley played all guitars on "Any Way You Want It" which was originally recorded by the Dave Clark Five in 1965.

[edit] Promotional items

Continuing the KISS tradition of including promotional items with their albums, Alive II was packaged with a booklet entitled "The Evolution of KISS" and a set of rub-on tattoos. The tattoos depicted the band logo, KISS Army logo, band member heads, member signatures and symbols. The symbols were meant to represent the four personas of the group and included a skull and crossbones for Gene, a rose and star with eye for Paul, a Saturn-like planet and block print-style 'ACE' for Ace and a drum and cat's head for Peter.

A merchandise order form was also included with the album. It listed an array of official KISS merchandise, as well as a chance to "enlist" in the KISS Army.

[edit] Track listing

Disc 1:

1. "Detroit Rock City" (Paul Stanley, Bob Ezrin) – 3:58
   • Recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, August 25-28, 1977
2. "King Of The Night Time World" (Kim Fowley, Mark Anthony, Stanley, Ezrin) – 3:06
   • Recorded in Japan, 1977
3. "Ladies Room" (Gene Simmons) – 3:11
   • Recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, August 25-28, 1977
4. "Makin' Love" (Stanley, Sean Delaney) – 3:13
   • Recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, August 25-28, 1977
5. "Love Gun" (Stanley) – 3:34
   • Recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, August 25-28, 1977
6. "Calling Dr. Love" (Simmons) – 3:32
   • Recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, August 25-28, 1977
7. "Christine Sixteen" (Simmons) – 2:45
   • Recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, August 25-28, 1977
8. "Shock Me" (Ace Frehley) – 5:51
   • Recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, August 25-28, 1977
9. "Hard Luck Woman" (Stanley) – 3:06
   • Recorded at the Capital Theatre, Passaic, NJ and Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY, September 1977
10. "Tomorrow And Tonight" (Stanley) – 3:20
    • Recorded at the Capital Theatre, Passaic, NJ and Electric Lady Studios, NYC, NY, September 1977

Disc 2:

1. "I Stole Your Love" (Stanley) – 3:36
   • Recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, August 25-28, 1977
2. "Beth" (Peter Criss, Stan Penridge, Ezrin) – 2:24
   • Recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, August 25-28, 1977
3. "God Of Thunder" (Stanley) – 5:16
   • Recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, August 25-28, 1977
4. "I Want You" (Stanley) – 4:14
   • Recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, August 25-28, 1977
5. "Shout It Out Loud" (Simmons, Stanley, Ezrin) – 3:37
   • Recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, August 25-28, 1977
6. "All American Man" (Stanley, Delaney) – 3:13 (Lead vocals - Paul Stanley)
   • Recorded at the Capital Theatre, Passaic, NJ and Electric Lady Studios, NYC, NY, September 1977
7. "Rockin' In The U.S.A." (Simmons) – 2:44 (Lead vocals - Gene Simmons)
   • Recorded at the Capital Theatre, Passaic, NJ and Electric Lady Studios, NYC, NY, September 1977
8. "Larger Than Life" (Simmons) – 3:55 (Lead vocals - Gene Simmons)
   • Recorded at the Capital Theatre, Passaic, NJ and Electric Lady Studios, NYC, NY, September 1977
9. "Rocket Ride" (Frehley, Delaney) – 4:07 (Lead vocals - Ace Frehley)
   • Recorded at the Capital Theatre, Passaic, NJ and Electric Lady Studios, NYC, NY, September 1977
10. "Any Way You Want It" (Dave Clark) – 2:33 (Lead vocals - Paul Stanley)
    • Recorded at the Capital Theatre, Passaic, NJ and Electric Lady Studios, NYC, NY, September 1977

[edit] Personnel

• Gene Simmons - bass guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals
• Paul Stanley - rhythm guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals
• Ace Frehley - lead guitar, bass guitar on "Rocket Ride", lead vocals on "Shock Me" and "Rocket Ride", backing vocals
• Peter Criss - drums, lead vocals on "Beth" and "Hard Luck Woman"

with

• Bob Kulick - lead & rhythm guitar on 6-8 & 10 (disc 2)
• Ed Balandas - The Introduction "Voice"

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Pop Albums	7

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1978	"Rocket Ride"	Pop Singles	39

[edit] External link

• KISS FAQ - Alive II, Accessed on July 13, 2005.

KISS
Gene Simmons – Paul Stanley – Tommy Thayer – Eric Singer
Peter Criss – Ace Frehley – Eric Carr – Vinnie Vincent – Mark St. John – Bruce Kulick
Discography
Albums: Studio – Live – Compilation
U.S. Top 40 Singles: "Rock and Roll All Nite" – "Shout It Out Loud" – "Beth" – "Hard Luck Woman" – "Calling Dr. Love" – "Christine Sixteen" "Rocket Ride" – "New York Groove" – "I Was Made For Lovin' You" – "Forever"
Filmography: KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park – Detroit Rock City
Related articles
Anton Fig – Bob Kulick – KISS Army – KISS merchandising - KISS timeline – List of KISS concert tours – Wicked Lester