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Peter Criss (album)

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Released
  
September 18, 1978

Length
  
34:39

Release date
  
18 September 1978

Genres
  
Rock music, Hard rock

Recorded
  
April–July 1978

Artist
  
Peter Criss

Producer
  
Vini Poncia

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Studio
  
Electric Lady Studios, New York City Burbank Studios, Burbank, CA Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA

Label
  
Casablanca Record and FilmWorks

Similar
  
Peter Criss albums, Hard rock albums

Peter criss i m gonna love you


Peter Criss is a 1978 solo album by Peter Criss, the drummer of American hard rock band Kiss. It was one of four solo albums released by the members of Kiss on September 18, 1978. The album was produced by Vini Poncia, who went on to produce the Kiss albums Dynasty (1979) and Unmasked (1980). Criss covered "Tossin' and Turnin'", which was a #1 hit for Bobby Lewis in the U.S. during the summer of 1961. The song was subsequently covered by Kiss on their 1979 tour. Much of the material on the album was originally written in 1971 for Criss's pre-Kiss band Lips.

Contents

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Reception

Reviews for Peter Criss were mostly negative. The album was the lowest charting of all the Kiss solo albums of 1978, reaching #43 on the US Billboard album chart. Of the four solo albums, Peter Criss was the only album to have two singles released from it: "Don't You Let Me Down" and "You Matter to Me", neither of which charted.

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Criss and Stan Penridge, except where noted.

Cover versions

  • Harvey Milk covered "Easy Thing" for their compilation album The Singles.
  • Awaken covered "I'm Gonna Love You" on their double album Party In Lyceum's Toilets.
  • The Slam covered "Hooked on Rock 'n Roll" on their album Hit It!.

    • Personnel

    The following musicians played on Peter Criss:

  • Peter Criss – lead vocals, drums on side 1, and track 4 on side 2, percussion on track 3, side 2, backing vocals
  • Allan Schwartzberg – drums on tracks 1, 2 and 5 on side 2
  • Bill Bodine – bass guitar on side 1, and track 4 on side 2
  • Neil Jason – bass guitar on tracks 1, 2 and 5 on side 2
  • Art Munson – guitar on side 1, and track 4 on side 2
  • Stan Penridge – guitar on side 1, and tracks 3 and 4 on side 2, backing vocals
  • Elliot Randall – guitar on "Easy Thing" and "I Can't Stop the Rain"
  • John Tropea – guitar on tracks 1, 2 and 5 on side 2
  • Brendan Harkin – guitar on "Easy Thing"
  • Steve Lukather – guitar solo on "That's the Kind of Sugar Papa Likes" and "Hooked on Rock and Roll"
  • Bill Cuomo – keyboards on side 1, and track 4 on side 2
  • Richard Gerstein – keyboards on tracks 1, 2, and 5, side 2
  • Davey Faragher, Tommy Faragher, Danny Faragher, Jimmy Faragher, Maxine Dixon, Maxine Willard, Julia Tillman, Vini Poncia, Annie Sutton, Gordon Grody – backing vocals
  • Horns arranged by Tom Saviano
  • Michael Carnahan – saxophone solo on "Tossin' and Turnin'", baritone sax on "Hooked on Rock 'n' Roll"
  • Album artwork – Eraldo Carugati

    • Charts

    Album – Billboard (North America)

    Release history

  • Casablanca NBLP-7122 (September 18, 1978): 1st LP issue (with poster)
  • Casablanca NBPIX-7122 (September 18, 1978): US picture disc
  • Casablanca 826 917-2 (1988): US 1st CD release.
  • Mercury 314 532 386-2 (September 16, 1997): Remastered CD (with poster)
  • Universal Music B0020537-01 (2014): Remastered LP (with poster)

    • Songs

    1I'm Gonna Love You3:19
    2You Matter to Me3:15
    3Tossin' and Turnin'4:00

    References

    Peter Criss (album) Wikipedia
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