The Kiss "Songwriter List" 1974-1996

Here is a custom album that offers a song reflective of the talents of ten different Kiss producers...

SIDE ONE
Got To Choose (Kenny Kerner & Richie Wise)
Love Her All I Can (Neil Bogart)
Do You Love Me (Bob Ezrin)
I Want You (Eddie Kramer)
Living In Sin (Gene Simmons & Sean Delaney)

SIDE TWO
Ain't Quite Right (Paul Stanley & Jeff Glixman)
Torpedo Girl (Vini Poncia)
I Love It Loud (Michael James Jackson)
Any Way You Slice It (Paul Stanley & Gene Simmons)
Bang Bang You (Ron Nevison)

 

I think it's interesting that Paul wrote '(You Make Me) Rock Hard' with Dianne Warren (and Desmond Child), Dianne Warren being one of the most prolific and successful songwriters of all time, writing many huge love ballads. Show's Paul really did have a way with women.

 

Indeed.

Not to mention one of Kiss' all-time biggest hits was also co-written with another who had a knack for writing love songs (at least in his time of success) - Forever (co-written with Michael Bolton).

 

Still trying to get to my goal of 100 (or more) themed Kiss compilations.

In continuing...

HOTEL SECRETS
Songs that reference or infer hotels. This band seemed to spend a fair amount of time in them...

SIDE ONE
Room Service
Love Em And Leave Em
Got Love For Sale
It’s Alright
Do You Love Me

SIDE TWO
Living In Sin
Secretly Cruel
Two Sides Of The Coin
Great Expectations
Comin’ Home

 

The Kiss “Memorable Basslines” Compilation:

Just a mere sample of my personal favorites...

SIDE ONE
See You In Your Dreams
100,000 Years
She
Rockin’ In The USA
Two Timer

SIDE TWO
I Was Made For Lovin You
Nothin’ To Lose
Living In Sin
Plaster Caster
Comin’ Home

 

No 'Torpedo Girl'?! Now the gloves are REALLY off!

 

Continuing in the ever-fun quest to compile a 100, (000) different Kiss albums...

The TWO Timer Album:
Ten personal favorites that are inside the 2:00 running time mark...

SIDE ONE
Let Me Go, Rock n Roll 2:16
Love Her All I Can 2:42
Doncha Hesitate 2:40
Beth 2:45
See You In Your Dreams 2:35

SIDE TWO
Rockin In The USA 2:37
See You Tonite 2:30
Kiss The Girl Goodbye 2:46
A World Without Heroes 2:40
Escape From The Island 2:50

I think I’m closing in on about 50 now...

 

“The Magic of Four” Album:
An album of personal favorites that all happen to be around the 4:44 mark...

SIDE
I Love It Loud 4:12
She (Double Platinum Remix) 4:34
I’m In Need Of Love 4:36
The Oath 4:32

SIDE TWO
Tonight You Belong To Me 4:39
Magic Touch 4:40
Every Time I Look At You (Unplugged) 4:43
Great Expectations 4:22

 

The Soft Intros Album
An album of favorites that have gentle intros or preludes. This was always a nice character of many Kiss songs. Paul, especially, liked to write a lot of songs this way...giving a sort of misleading gentleness before “the riff” kicked in...

SIDE ONE
Tonight You Belong To Me
Hard Luck Woman
See You Tonite
Kiss The Girl Goodbye
I Want You

SIDE TWO
Take Me Away (Together As One)
Rock Bottom
Mr. Make Believe
Black Diamond

 

I think this one deserves some special recognition.

 

Yes, one that was done by all four of the “next Kiss incarnation”.

I think I mentioned in my recap of the songwriting tallies how it’s interesting that only one song bears a credit of Stanley/Simmons/Frehley/Criss, and it’s one people usually forget, or one that just never gets associated with the band very much - Love Theme From Kiss!

 

The “Out Of The Gate Guitars” Album
Personal favorites where the guitars are firing from the get-go...

SIDE ONE
Got To Choose
Makin Love
Got Love For Sale
Rocket Ride
Let Me Go, Rock n Roll

SIDE TWO
I Stole Your Love
Speedin Back To My Baby
Take Me
All American Man
Love In Chains

 

The “Longer Titled” Kiss Songs Album

SIDE ONE
I’ve Had Enough (Into The Fire)
I Was Made For Lovin’ You
Let Me Go, Rock ‘n’ Roll
King Of The Nighttime World
What Makes The World Go ‘Round

SIDE TWO
Wouldn’t You Like To Know Me
Always Near You / Nowhere To Hide
Take Me Away (Together As One)
Hold Me, Touch Me (Think Of Me When We’re Apart)
That’s The Kind Of Sugar Papa Likes

This basically turned into a “1978 Paul Stanley Solo Album” compilation. Not a bad thing!

 

The Kiss “Travel Themes” Album

SIDE ONE
Room Service
Rockin In The USA
Got Love For Sale
Getaway
Odyssey

SIDE TWO
New York Groove
Escape From The Island
Doncha Hesitate
100,000 Years
Comin’ Home

 

The Kiss “Love Her All I Can” Album:
Songs that reference a feminine term in the very title...

SIDE ONE
Love Her All I Can
Shandi
She’s So European
Hard Luck Woman
Ladies Room

SIDE TWO
Anything For My Baby
Torpedo Girl
Beth
Kiss The Girl Goodbye
She

 

The “Kiss Duo” Album
An album of favorites written by just two official Kiss members...

SIDE ONE
I Love It Loud (Simmons / Vincent)
I Just Wanna (Stanley / Vincent)
Let Me Go, Rock n Roll (Simmons / Stanley)
Comin Home (Stanley / Frehley)
Rock Bottom (Stanley / Frehley)

SIDE TWO
Exciter (Stanley / Vincent)
Under The Rose (Simmons / Carr)
Trial By Fire (Simmons / Kulick)
100,000 Years (Stanley / Simmons)
Rock And Roll All Nite (Stanley / Simmons)

 

In the never-ending joy of compiling custom Kiss albums, yet another...

The Kiss “Drums Lead The Way” Album:

SIDE ONE
Strutter
Rock And Roll All Nite
I Love It Loud
Wiped Out
Love Gun

SIDE TWO
Hard Times
Anything For My Baby
What Makes The World Go Round
Shock Me
Do You Love Me

 

Except you are missing the two biggest ones: Creatures of the Night and the epic King of the Mountain!

 

I did ponder King Of The Mountain, but it lost out to the other ten. Still a great song though!

I must admit that I flat-out forgot about Creatures! Another great one!

 

The Kiss “Great Outros” Album:

SIDE ONE
Tomorrow And Tonight
Do You Love Me
Let Me Know
Hard Luck Woman
Makin Love

SIDE TWO
I Love It Loud
Magic Touch
Take Me Away (Together As One)
Hotter Than Hell
Black Diamond

 

Silver Spoon for me

 

A great pick as well!

 

The Kiss “Building On Influences” Album:

10 favorite songs that the writers openly said was inspired by a favorite song or artist before them...

SIDE ONE
Rock And Roll All Nite (Sly & The Family Stone)
Hotter Than Hell (Free - All Right Now)
Deuce (Raspberries - Go All The Way)
Firehouse (The Move - Fire Brigade)
Love Her All I Can (The Nazz)

SIDE TWO
Got To Choose (Wilson Pickett)
She (Mountain)
Let Me Know (The Beatles/British Invasion)
Hard Luck Woman (Rod Stewart)
Shout It Out Loud (The Hollies)

 

Deuce was the Stones

 

Indeed, I’m sure every song had some “Stones” in it!

But the biggest reference I heard was from Paul saying how the signature guitar intro/outro was “me ripping off ‘Go All The Way’ by the Raspberries”.

I have no doubt though that Gene likely had a Stones-ish or “Bitch” vibe in mind when writing the main song. You can definitely hear it.