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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| 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>
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 = October 14, 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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| 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>
| 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=February 14, 2022 }}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2Score = 5/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last = Popoff | first = Martin | author-link = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = October 2003 | location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], Canada | isbn = 978-1894959025 | page=164}}</ref>
| rev2Score = 5/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last = Popoff | first = Martin | author-link = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = October 2003 | location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], Canada | isbn = 978-1894959025 | page=164}}</ref>
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| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book| last = Larkin| first = Colin| author-link = Colin Larkin (writer)| year = 2006| publisher = [[Muze]]| title = [[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]| volume = 4| edition = 4| page = 875| isbn = 0195313739}}</ref>
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book| last = Larkin| first = Colin| author-link = Colin Larkin (writer)| year = 2006| publisher = [[Muze]]| title = [[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]| volume = 4| edition = 4| page = 875| isbn = 0195313739}}</ref>
| rev4 = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]
| rev4 = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]
| rev4Score = 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>
| rev4Score = 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 = June 26, 2003| title = Kiss: Double Platinum: Pitchfork Review| work = pitchforkmedia.com|first= Jason| last=Josephes |access-date = August 8, 2011}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/kiss/albumguide| title = Kiss: Album Guide| publisher = rollingstone.com| access-date = September 4, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627000037/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/kiss/albumguide|archive-date=June 27, 2011}}</ref>
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/kiss/albumguide| title = Kiss: Album Guide| publisher = rollingstone.com| access-date = September 4, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627000037/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/kiss/albumguide|archive-date=June 27, 2011}}</ref>
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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."<ref name="allmusic"/>
[[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>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/kiss |title=Kiss: Selected Discography |publisher=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=January 1, 1978 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726104844/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/kiss |archivedate=July 26, 2010 |accessdate=2022-02-16 }}</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>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/kiss |title=Kiss: Selected Discography |publisher=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=January 1, 1978 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726104844/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/kiss |archivedate=July 26, 2010 |accessdate=February 16, 2022 }}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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Revision as of 18:05, 16 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]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Pitchfork6.0/10[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

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.[7]

The album was certified Platinum on May 16, 1978, by the RIAA.[8] In Canada, it was certified Gold on June 1, 1978, after shipping 50,000 copies.[9]

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!"[10]

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

Album

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[9] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[8] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Deconstructing Double Platinum pt. 1". October 14, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Kiss - Double Platinum review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  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. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4 (4 ed.). Muze. p. 875. ISBN 0195313739.
  5. ^ Josephes, Jason. "Kiss: Double Platinum: Pitchfork Review". pitchforkmedia.com. Archived from the original on June 26, 2003. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
  6. ^ "Kiss: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on June 27, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  7. ^ 1997 Remaster at KISS FAQ
  8. ^ a b "American album certifications – Kiss – Double Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America.
  9. ^ a b "Canadian album certifications – Kiss – Double Platinum". Music Canada.
  10. ^ "Kiss: Selected Discography". Rolling Stone. January 1, 1978. Archived from the original on July 26, 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  11. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  12. ^ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 29, No. 16, July 15, 1978". Library and Archives Canada. July 15, 1978. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  13. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  14. ^ "Charts.nz – Kiss – Double Platinum". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  15. ^ "Kiss Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  16. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Kiss – Double Platinum" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  17. ^ "Singles Chart positions from". Kissfaq. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
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