Live to Win
| Live to Win | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 24, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Studio | Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 33:25 | |||
| Label | New Door | |||
| Producer | Paul Stanley | |||
| Paul Stanley chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| About.com | [2] |
Live to Win is the second solo studio album from Kiss vocalist, guitarist and co-founder Paul Stanley, released on October 24, 2006. The album's title track was featured in the South Park episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft", twenty days prior to the album's release.
Background
[edit]Stanley last released a solo album in 1978, Paul Stanley, which was officially released as a Kiss album. Comparing the two albums, Stanley said "It's not 1978 anymore... It's certainly the same mentality, and certainly I'm a better singer today. My perspective and where I'm at in my life at this point, and what I've experienced and seen, brings something else to the table that wasn't there then. But I still look back on that album as a really great snapshot of who I was and what I was doing then."[3]
Stanley supported the album's release with a club tour in late 2006, with one of the shows released on CD and DVD as One Live Kiss.[3]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Live to Win" | 3:08 | |
| 2. | "Lift" |
| 4:04 |
| 3. | "Wake Up Screaming" |
| 3:00 |
| 4. | "Everytime I See You Around" |
| 3:28 |
| 5. | "Bulletproof" |
| 3:01 |
| 6. | "All About You" |
| 3:16 |
| 7. | "Second to None" |
| 3:35 |
| 8. | "It's Not Me" |
| 3:19 |
| 9. | "Loving You Without You Now" | Stanley | 3:16 |
| 10. | "Where Angels Dare" |
| 3:22 |
| Total length: | 33:25 | ||
Personnel
[edit]- Paul Stanley – lead and backing vocals, guitar, percussion, string arrangements (4, 7, 9)
- Corky James – guitar, bass guitar (1, 3, 6, 8, 10)
- Tommy Denander – electric guitar (1, 3)
- Brad Fernquist – lead guitar (1, 3, 4, 6 to 9)
- John 5 – lead guitar (5, 10)
- Andreas Carlsson – guitar, backing vocals (5)
- Sean Hurley – bass guitar (2, 5, 10)
- Bruce Kulick – bass guitar (4, 7, 9)
- Victor Indrizzo – drums
- Greg Kurstin – piano (4, 7, 9)
- Zac Rae – piano (5)
- Harry Sommerdahl – keyboards (1 to 3, 5, 7, 10)
- Russ Irwin – additional keyboards and programming (4, 6, 8)
- C.C. White – backing vocals (5, 10)
- John Shanks – backing vocals (10)
- David Campbell – conductor, orchestratation, strings arrangements (4, 7, 9)
- Tom Jermann/t42design – art direction, design
- Alex Gibson – audio engineering
- Neil Zlozower – photography
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] | 95 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] | 71 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] | 49 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[7] | 36 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] | 30 |
| US Billboard 200[9] | 53 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[10] | 14 |
References
[edit]- ^ Prato, Greg (October 24, 2006). "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
- ^ "About.com review". Heavymetal.about.com. April 10, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
- ^ a b "Paul Stanley Solo Album Due In October". Billboard. August 18, 2006. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 265.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Paul Stanley – Live to Win" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Paul Stanley – Live to Win" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Paul Stanley – Live to Win". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Paul Stanley – Live to Win". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
- ^ "Paul Stanley Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
- ^ "Paul Stanley Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Live to Win at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- Live to Win at Discogs (list of releases)
