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Paul Stanley is a 1978 solo album from American musician Paul Stanley, the singer-songwriter is best known for serving as the rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of hard rock band Kiss. It was one of four solo albums released by the members of Kiss on September 18, 1978, coming out alongside Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, and Gene Simmons. It is the only release out of the four Kiss solo albums to feature all original songs, as Simmons, Criss and Frehley each recorded one cover song on their albums.

Paul Stanley
Cover painting by Eraldo Carugati
Studio album by Paul Stanley
Released	September 18, 1978 (1978-09-18)
Recorded	February–July 1978
Studio	Electric Lady and The Record Plant, New York City The Village Recorder, Los Angeles
Genre	Hard rock
Length	35:10
Label	Casablanca
Producer	Paul Stanley, Jeff Glixman
Paul Stanley chronology
Paul Stanley (1978) Live to Win (2006)
Kiss chronology
Double Platinum (1978) Paul Stanley Gene Simmons Ace Frehley Peter Criss (1978) Dynasty (1979)
Singles from Paul Stanley
"Hold Me, Touch Me (Think of Me When We're Apart)" Released: 1978

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10[2]
Pitchfork	2.0/10[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

The album reached No. 40 on the US Billboard album chart.[5] 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.[1]

Track listing

All credits adapted from the original release.[6] All songs written by Paul Stanley, except tracks 2, 3 and 5, co-written by Mikel Japp.

Personnel

• Paul Stanley – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, EBow, all guitars on track 7, producer, mixing

Additional personnel

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

Production

• Jeff Glixman – engineer, producer (tracks 5, 6, 8, 9)
• Paul Grupp – engineer
• Barbara Isaak – assistant engineer
• Mike D. Stone – mixing at the Record Plant, New York City
• Karat Faye – OD engineer
• George Marino – remastering
• Eraldo Carugati – album artwork

Charts

Chart (1978–79)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7]	58
Canadian RPM100[8]	43
Japanese Albums[9]	18
US Billboard 200[5]	40

Certification

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[10]	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA)[11]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

External links

• Paul Stanley at Discogs (list of releases)
• KISSONLINE.COM Discography – Paul Stanley, accessed on March 30, 2016

На других языках

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[de] Paul Stanley (Album)

Paul Stanley ist das 1978 aufgenommene und veröffentlichte Soloalbum des Kiss-Gitarristen und Sängers Paul Stanley.

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- [en] Paul Stanley (album)

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[es] Paul Stanley (álbum)

Paul Stanley es un álbum de estudio del guitarrista de la banda estadounidense Kiss, publicado en 1978.[1]

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[ru] Paul Stanley (альбом)

Paul Stanley — сольный альбом ритм-гитариста и вокалиста американской хард-рок-группы Kiss Пола Стэнли, вышедший в 1978 году.

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