Love Gun
Studio album by Kiss
Released	June 30, 1977
Recorded	Record Plant Studios, New York City, May 1977
Genre	Hard rock
Length	32:43
Label	Casablanca
Producer	Kiss & Eddie Kramer
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork (9.2/10) link Rolling Stone (mixed) link
Kiss chronology
Rock and Roll Over (1976) Love Gun (1977) Alive II (1977)

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Love Gun is notable for being the first Kiss album to feature a lead vocal performance from lead guitarist Ace Frehley. This makes Love Gun the first Kiss album to feature lead vocal performances from all four band members. It was also the last album to feature the entire original lineup of Kiss on every track, as drummer Peter Criss began to be replaced by session drummer Anton Fig on 1979's Dynasty. Paul Daniel Frehley (born April 27, 1951[1]), better known as Ace Frehley, is an American guitarist best known as a founding member and lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss. ... Peter Criss (born George Peter John Criscuola--pronounced Chris-cola-- on December 20, 1945), is an American musician best known as co-founder, drummer, vocalist for the rock band KISS. Peter Criss established the cat character for his KISS persona. ... Anton Fig is a top session drummer noted for his work as the drummer for David Lettermans house band. ... Singles from Dynasty Released: May 1979 Released: 1979 Released: 1979 Dynasty is a studio album by the American hard rock band Kiss. ...

Even though none of the band-members attended a cast session, the song "Plaster Caster" was inspired by Cynthia Plaster Caster, a former groupie who is infamous for casting penises of famous rock musicians like Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa, as well as breasts of female music artists. Cynthia Plaster Caster, nee Cynthia Albritton (born in 1947 in Chicago, Illinois) is an artist and self-described recovering groupie who creates plaster casts of famous persons penises and breasts. ...

The album includes "Then She Kissed Me", a gender-reversed cover of The Crystals' 1960's pop classic "Then He Kissed Me". The Crystals were one of the most successful girl groups of the 1960s. ...

The title song, Love Gun, has been played on every Kiss tour since its release. Singer and writer Paul Stanley has quoted it as one of his favourite Kiss songs.

A cardboard "Love Gun" (assembly required) was included inside the album. The album also came with a Kiss merchandise order form.

It was certified Platinum on September 15, 1977 when it sold 1,000,000 copies The description Gold Album is applied to recorded music albums that have sold a minimum number of copies (in the US, currently 500,000 sales). ...

Track listing

Side one

1. "I Stole Your Love" (Paul Stanley) – 3:04
   • Lead vocals - Paul Stanley
2. "Christine Sixteen" (Gene Simmons) – 3:12
   • Lead vocals - Gene Simmons
3. "Got Love For Sale" (Simmons) – 3:28
   • Lead vocals - Gene Simmons
4. "Shock Me" (Ace Frehley) – 3:47
   • Lead vocals - Ace Frehley
5. "Tomorrow And Tonight" (Stanley) – 3:38
   • Lead vocals - Paul Stanley

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1. "Love Gun" (Stanley) – 3:16
   • Lead vocals - Paul Stanley
2. "Hooligan" (Peter Criss, Stan Penridge) – 2:58
   • Lead vocals - Peter Criss
3. "Almost Human" (Simmons) – 2:48
   • Lead vocals - Gene Simmons
4. "Plaster Caster" (Simmons) – 3:25
   • Lead vocals - Gene Simmons
5. "Then She Kissed Me" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) – 3:01
   • Lead vocals - Paul Stanley

Love Gun is a song by the American hard rock band KISS released on their 1977 album of the same name. ... Peter Criss (born George Peter John Criscuola--pronounced Chris-cola-- on December 20, 1945), is an American musician best known as co-founder, drummer, vocalist for the rock band KISS. Peter Criss established the cat character for his KISS persona. ... Jeff Barry (born Joel Adelberg, 1938, Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Ellie Greenwich (born 1940, Brooklyn, N.Y.) comprised one of the most prolific and successful Brill Building song writing and production teams in the early 1960s. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Harvey Philip Spector (born December 26, 1939) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. ...

Personnel

• Gene Simmons - bass guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals
• Paul Stanley - rhythm guitar (first guitar solo on "I Stole Your Love"), lead vocals, backing vocals
• Ace Frehley - lead guitar, lead vocals on Shock Me
• Peter Criss - drums, lead vocals on Hooligan, backing vocals
• Eddie Kramer - piano

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Charts

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External link

• Kiss FAQ - Love Gun