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'''''Double Platinum''''' is the first greatest hits album by the [[United States|American]] [[hard rock]] band [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], released in 1978.
'''''Double Platinum''''' is the first greatest hits album by the [[United States|American]] [[hard rock]] band [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], released in 1978.
Many of the songs on ''Double Platinum'' were remixed and differed from their original versions: in the case of "[[Strutter]]," it was re-recorded with a slight disco beat and dubbed "Strutter '78." Other songs ("[[Hard Luck Woman]]," "[[Detroit Rock City]]") had sections completely removed, while the beginning of "[[Black Diamond (Kiss song)|Black Diamond]]" was repeated at the end, fading out at the start of the first verse and giving the song a "wrap around" feel. The overall sound of the album is slightly flat and compressed,{{according to whom
Many of the songs on ''Double Platinum'' were remixed and differed from their original versions: in the case of "[[Strutter]]," it was re-recorded with a slight disco beat and dubbed "Strutter '78." Other songs ("[[Hard Luck Woman]]," "[[Detroit Rock City]]") had sections completely removed, while the beginning of "[[Black Diamond (Kiss song)|Black Diamond]]" was repeated at the end, fading out at the start of the first verse and giving the song a "wrap around" feel. The overall sound of the album is slightly flat and compressed,{{according to whom| date = April 2021}} to give a similar sound to the varying productions of each track which are taken from the albums between the years 1974 up to 1977.{{citation needed| date = April 2021}} A detailed walkthrough of the remixes can be found at the Axiology website.<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://axeologyextended.wordpress.com/2020/10/14/deconstructing-double-platinum-pt-1/| title = Deconstructing Double Platinum pt. 1| date = 14 October 2020}}</ref>
| date = April 2021}} to give a similar sound to the varying productions of each track which are taken from the albums between the years 1974 up to 1977.{{citation needed
| date = April 2021}} A detailed walkthrough of the remixes can be found at the Axiology website.<ref>{{Cite web
| url = https://axeologyextended.wordpress.com/2020/10/14/deconstructing-double-platinum-pt-1/
| title = Deconstructing Double Platinum pt. 1
| date = 14 October 2020}}</ref>


The Japanese single release of "Strutter '78" includes a different version to that on the album: faster and shorter, with an altered guitar solo, plus a more prominent hi-hat (cymbal) sound throughout.
The Japanese single release of "Strutter '78" includes a different version to that on the album: faster and shorter, with an altered guitar solo, plus a more prominent hi-hat (cymbal) sound throughout.
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==Release and reception==
==Release and reception==
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| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/double-platinum-mw0000194488 |title=Kiss - Double Platinum review |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |accessdate=2022-02-14 }}</ref>
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| rev2 = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]
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| rev3Score = 6.0/10<ref>{{cite web| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030626070731/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/k/kiss/double-platinum.shtml| url = http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/k/kiss/double-platinum.shtml| archive-date = 2003-06-26| title = Kiss: Double Platinum: Pitchfork Review| work = pitchforkmedia.com|first= Jason| last=Josephes access-date = 8 August 2011}}</ref>
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The original vinyl release, in a gatefold sleeve, had an embossed, silver-foiled sleeve, with the band members in [[bas-relief]] inside. The album was packaged with a printed "Platinum Award" thanking the Kiss Army for making the band a "Double Platinum Success". Later reissues would retain the gatefold sleeve but replaced the logo with a printed, red-type version and the band members were now represented inside by photos rather than the ''base'' illustrations. When the album was remastered for CD in the US in 1997, it mimicked the original vinyl.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110615112433/http://www.kissfaq.com/KissFAQ-wiki/index.php?title=Album_Discography_Double_Platinum 1997 Remaster at KISS FAQ]</ref>
The original vinyl release, in a gatefold sleeve, had an embossed, silver-foiled sleeve, with the band members in [[bas-relief]] inside. The album was packaged with a printed "Platinum Award" thanking the Kiss Army for making the band a "Double Platinum Success". Later reissues would retain the gatefold sleeve but replaced the logo with a printed, red-type version and the band members were now represented inside by photos rather than the ''base'' illustrations. When the album was remastered for CD in the US in 1997, it mimicked the original vinyl.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110615112433/http://www.kissfaq.com/KissFAQ-wiki/index.php?title=Album_Discography_Double_Platinum 1997 Remaster at KISS FAQ]</ref>


The album was certified [[Music recording sales certification|Platinum]] on May 16, 1978, by the [[RIAA]].{{certification Cite Ref
The album was certified [[Music recording sales certification|Platinum]] on May 16, 1978, by the [[RIAA]].{{certification Cite Ref| region = United States| type = album| artist = Kiss| title = Double Platinum}} In [[Canada]], it was certified Gold on June 1, 1978, after shipping 50,000 copies.{{certification Cite Ref| region = Canada| type = album| artist = Kiss| title = Double Platinum| certyear = 1978}}
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[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] writes: "If 'Strutter' was represented by the original version, instead of a pointless 1978 remake—which was recorded only to entice collectors into buying an album of music they already owned—''Double Platinum'' would have been a definitive collection, but as it stands, it's simply a very, very good overview."{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] writes: "If 'Strutter' was represented by the original version, instead of a pointless 1978 remake—which was recorded only to entice collectors into buying an album of music they already owned—''Double Platinum'' would have been a definitive collection, but as it stands, it's simply a very, very good overview."<ref name="allmusic"/>


''[[Rolling Stone]]'' writes "Kiss's greatest-hits collections have all been conspicuously incomplete as if it hates the idea of anyone buying just one Kiss album, but ''Double Platinum'' is the most solid, though not as much fun as ''[[Alive! (Kiss album)|Alive!]]''"<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/kiss#ixzz26lsQN7oh Rolling Stone review]</ref>
''[[Rolling Stone]]'' writes "Kiss's greatest-hits collections have all been conspicuously incomplete as if it hates the idea of anyone buying just one Kiss album, but ''Double Platinum'' is the most solid, though not as much fun as ''[[Alive! (Kiss album)|Alive!]]''"<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/kiss#ixzz26lsQN7oh Rolling Stone review]</ref>
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=== Certifications ===
=== Certifications ===
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Revision as of 19:01, 14 February 2022

Double Platinum
Greatest hits album by
Kiss
ReleasedApril 2, 1978
Recorded1973-1978
GenreHard rock
Length69:45
LanguageEnglish
LabelCasablanca
ProducerJimmy Ienner (Executive Producer, album and "Strutter '78"), Kiss and Sean Delaney (Producers, album and "Strutter '78"), Kenny Kerner, Richie Wise, Neil Bogart, Eddie Kramer, and Bob Ezrin
Kiss chronology
Alive II
(1977) 		Double Platinum
(1978) 		Gene Simmons
(1978)
Singles from Double Platinum
  1. "Strutter '78"
    Released: April 2, 1978

Double Platinum is the first greatest hits album by the American hard rock band Kiss, released in 1978. Many of the songs on Double Platinum were remixed and differed from their original versions: in the case of "Strutter," it was re-recorded with a slight disco beat and dubbed "Strutter '78." Other songs ("Hard Luck Woman," "Detroit Rock City") had sections completely removed, while the beginning of "Black Diamond" was repeated at the end, fading out at the start of the first verse and giving the song a "wrap around" feel. The overall sound of the album is slightly flat and compressed,[according to whom?] to give a similar sound to the varying productions of each track which are taken from the albums between the years 1974 up to 1977.[citation needed] A detailed walkthrough of the remixes can be found at the Axiology website.[1]

The Japanese single release of "Strutter '78" includes a different version to that on the album: faster and shorter, with an altered guitar solo, plus a more prominent hi-hat (cymbal) sound throughout.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[3]
Pitchfork6.0/10[4]
Rolling Stone[5]

The original vinyl release, in a gatefold sleeve, had an embossed, silver-foiled sleeve, with the band members in bas-relief inside. The album was packaged with a printed "Platinum Award" thanking the Kiss Army for making the band a "Double Platinum Success". Later reissues would retain the gatefold sleeve but replaced the logo with a printed, red-type version and the band members were now represented inside by photos rather than the base illustrations. When the album was remastered for CD in the US in 1997, it mimicked the original vinyl.[6]

The album was certified Platinum on May 16, 1978, by the RIAA.[7] In Canada, it was certified Gold on June 1, 1978, after shipping 50,000 copies.[8]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic writes: "If 'Strutter' was represented by the original version, instead of a pointless 1978 remake—which was recorded only to entice collectors into buying an album of music they already owned—Double Platinum would have been a definitive collection, but as it stands, it's simply a very, very good overview."[2]

Rolling Stone writes "Kiss's greatest-hits collections have all been conspicuously incomplete as if it hates the idea of anyone buying just one Kiss album, but Double Platinum is the most solid, though not as much fun as Alive!"[9]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Strutter '78"Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons3:43
2."Do You Love Me?"Stanley, Bob Ezrin, Kim Fowley3:32
3."Hard Luck Woman" (remix)Stanley3:23
4."Calling Dr. Love" (remix)Simmons3:20
5."Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"Stanley, Simmons2:15
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Love Gun"Stanley3:17
7."God of Thunder"Stanley4:14
8."Firehouse" (remix)Stanley3:20
9."Hotter Than Hell"Stanley3:30
10."I Want You"Stanley3:02
Side C
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Deuce" (remix)Simmons3:02
12."100,000 Years" (remix)Stanley, Simmons3:24
13."Detroit Rock City" (remix)Stanley, Ezrin3:35
14."Rock Bottom" (intro)/"She" (remix)Ace Frehley, Stanley/Simmons, Stephen Coronel5:27
15."Rock and Roll All Nite"Stanley, Simmons2:48
Side D
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."Beth"Peter Criss, Stan Penridge, Ezrin2:45
17."Makin' Love"Stanley, Sean Delaney3:12
18."C'mon and Love Me" (remix)Stanley2:54
19."Cold Gin"Frehley4:22
20."Black Diamond" (remix)Stanley4:14

Personnel

Kiss
Additional personnel
Production

All tracks remixed by Sean Delaney and Mike Stone at Trident Studios, London, England

Charts

References

  1. ^ "Deconstructing Double Platinum pt. 1". 14 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Kiss - Double Platinum review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 164. ISBN 978-1894959025.
  4. ^ Josephes access-date = 8 August 2011, Jason. "Kiss: Double Platinum: Pitchfork Review". pitchforkmedia.com. Archived from the original on 2003-06-26. {{cite web}}: Missing pipe in: |last= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Kiss | Rolling Stone Music". rollingstone.com. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  6. ^ 1997 Remaster at KISS FAQ
  7. ^ a b "American album certifications – Kiss – Double Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America.
  8. ^ a b "Canadian album certifications – Kiss – Double Platinum". Music Canada.
  9. ^ Rolling Stone review
  10. ^ Library and Archives Canada. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2012-09-18
  11. ^ NEW ZEALAND CHARTS Retrieved 2012-09-18
  12. ^ "AllMusic Billboard albums". Retrieved 3 February 2009.
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