Kiss IKONS CD???? Do we really need this?

Ok this is a little interesting but then again do we really need this? These songs have been on countless compulations now they are just in order of who sung them. I dont think i'll be buying this one. I got the Kiss Best cd last week where they went and redone older songs and that was pretty good and worth what I paid for it. I love KISS I have their toys all their albums, box sets but This is just rediculous.

"IKONS", a four-CD collectors' package showcasing the iconic prominence each KISS member contributed to the hottest rock 'n' roll band in the world, is scheduled for release on October 21. The packaging for "IKONS" is outstanding, featuring a 24-page booklet filled with classic KISS photos. The actual KISS "IKONS" and the "IKONS" logo on the box cover are printed in silver foil.

Pictured below: The top image is the cover of the box and the lower image is the actual cover of the booklet.

"Gene Simmons" CD:

01. God Of Thunder
02. Almost Human
03. Calling Dr. Love
04. Ladies Room
05. Christine Sixteen
06. Deuce
07. Rock And Roll All Nite
08. Cold Gin
09. Parasite
10. Larger Than Life
11. Love 'em And Leave 'Em
12. Plaster Caster
13. Radioactive
14. Charisma

"Paul Stanley" CD:

01. Detroit Rock City
02. Love Gun
03. Take Me
04. Strutter
05. C'mon And Love Me
06. Hotter Than Hell
07. 100,000 Years
08. Rock Bottom
09. Do You Love Me?
10. All American Man
11. Mr. Speed
12. I Stole Your Love
13. Wouldn't You Like To Know Me
14. I Was Made For Lovin' You

"Ace Frehley" CD:

01. New York Groove
02. Shock Me
03. 2,000 Man
04. Rocket Ride
05. Snow Blind
06. Speedin' Back To My Baby
07. Talk To Me
08. What's On Your Mind
09. Rip It Out
10. Save Your Love
11. Hard Times
12. Two Sides Of The Coin
13. Dark Light
14. Into The Void

"Peter Criss" CD:

01. Hard Luck Woman
02. Baby Driver
03. Hooligan
04. Beth
05. I Can't Stop The Rain
06. Black Diamond
07. Mainline
08. Don't You Let Me Down
09. Dirty Livin'
10. Getaway
11. Strange Ways
12. That's The Kind Of Sugar Papa Likes
13. Easy Thing
14. I Finally Found My Way

Wow. This is just ridamndiculous.

"That's The Kind of Sugar Papa Likes" and "I Finally Found My Way" on the same CD?? That's practically the Anti-Life Equation right there. Putting those two songs so closely together could cause the universe to implode!!

We need this collection about as much as we need another KISS thread.

How come there's no "Vinnie Vincent IKONS" or "Tommy Thayer: IKONS" discs in this set?

Shouldn't the Peter Criss CD be an EP, or maybe a CD single?

Fat Freddy wrote:

How come there's no "Vinnie Vincent IKONS" or "Tommy Thayer: IKONS" discs in this set?

I'm making my own Mark St. John IKON disc.

Do you ever get the impression that Gene & Paul would like to wipe the Vinnie Vincent years from existence? Pretend they never happened?

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Do you ever get the impression that Gene & Paul would like to wipe the Vinnie Vincent years from existence? Pretend they never happened?

If that happens, then there is one good thing that will become of it. They will stop playing "I Love It Loud".

spectrefate wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Do you ever get the impression that Gene & Paul would like to wipe the Vinnie Vincent years from existence? Pretend they never happened?

If that happens, then there is one good thing that will become of it. They will stop playing "I Love It Loud".

"I Love It Loud" is a great song!!

[quote="MetalGuy71"]

Fat Freddy wrote:

How come there's no "Vinnie Vincent IKONS" or "Tommy Thayer: IKONS" discs in this set?

I'm making my own Mark St. John IKON disc.

it's call Animalize

Argh! Another "best of collection". Sad thing is, I will probably buy it.

The funny thing is. They always say people dont want to hear new stuff from them, but do they think people want to keep buying all these comps from them with most of them almost having the same identicle songs just in different orders? Id much rather have another new Kiss album whether it sucked or not. They cant say they wouldnt make any money from it either cause if they can keep making money by doing things like this month after month im sure a new album would sell if not better than these comps. Do they not think that Tommy and Eric can make any good songs with them or something? If I was Eric I would have left by now, but I guess the money is just that good haha. I read not too long ago that he doesnt want to keep playing drums much longer. It would be a shame if he waisted his last couple years playing with Kiss. Someone should start a petition on stopping this compilation crap.

This is actually something I'd WANT to buy!

Oh, and as long as people download, and steal music, then these compilations is the ONLY thing the artists will make money from.

Do you own all their albums? Why would you want to buy this?

Another day, another KISS compilation.

Another paycheck for Gene whenever his legions of fanboys buy it.

This would actually be a cool idea.... If it was done 15-20 years ago before every new year brought us a new KISS comp.

What's with the spelling? German release?

Fat Freddy wrote:

That's practically the Anti-Life Equation right there.

Nice Fourth World reference.

ultmetal wrote:

Argh! Another "best of collection". Sad thing is, I will probably buy it.

People like you are the reason albums like these continue to flood the shops.

It is official they are more Kiss compliations than they are people on Earth.

I don't think this is all of them, but its alot of them....

http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/kiss#Compilation

spectrefate wrote:

I don't think this is all of them, but its alot of them....

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Looks like more comps than actual studio albums. There's your problem.

Eric Singer is also playing drums for Alice Cooper, I would guess between the Coop and KISS he won't need to play drums much longer unless he really wants to.

I'll probably buy this too. Just for the packaging if nothing else. Then I have been a KISS fan from the nearly beginning (1975).

I am huge Kiss fan but I have my limits as far as how many comps I will buy, I already have Double Platinum
Killers
Smashes, Thrashes, and Hits
Greatest Kiss
Very Best of Kiss
You Wanted the Best
great band but unit they release a comp of unreleased tracks or if they release the Japan only release of their re-recorded classics, or even another live album I am done, Kiss isn't the only band guilty of releasing comp album after comp album, take a look at The Doors and Scorpions discography. Clueless record labels insist on releasing these endless greatest hits album after album, devaluing the catlog for newer fans in the process, at least in IMO. After alll why spend the money on promoting the newset disc from Kiss or any other veteran band when you can keep repackaging the same old material over and over.

Great point, Manny. It certainly does devalue the catalogue of a classic rock band. As someone stated above, I too would much rather hear a new album from Kiss than another rehashing and repackaging of classics from 30 years ago. Just my 2 pennies. Peace.

Oh, another thing. A friend recently let me borrow their Rock The Nation double Live album. This particular concert was recorded local at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield Mass. and my buddy was there. I liked it and went to purchase my own copy from the local Newbury Comics and they were out. However, they had 5 other versions of the same concert recorded all over the United States. On one hand, it's a neat thing to be able to purchase the exact concert you saw, but on the other hand, they (Kiss or faceless record exec) is trying to get the Army members to buy 5 (or more?) of the same CD. You know as well as I do, that there are people who have done this.