LIVE TO WIN is the second solo album from Kiss vocalist, guitarist and co-founder Paul Stanley, released on October 24, 2006.
The voice and songwriting force behind such Kiss classics as "Detroit Rock City," "Black Diamond," Hard Luck Woman" and "Tears Are Fallin'," Stanley's career with Kiss spans more than three decades and in excess of 100 million records sold worldwide.
Stanley last released a solo album in 1978, PAUL STANLEY, which was officially released as a Kiss album. Comparing the two albums, Stanley said "It's not 1978 anymore... It's certainly the same mentality, and certainly I'm a better singer today. My perspective and where I'm at in my life at this point, and what I've experienced and seen, brings something else to the table that wasn't there then. But I still look back on that album as a really great snapshot of who I was and what I was doing then." "What I wanted to do on this album was sing about my life because my life is not that different than anybody else's," he continues. "The truth is, what we all deal with in life is pretty similar. You change the names and the story's the same."
"This album is purely a labor of love," says Stanley. "It is a labor of passion, and something where I was concerned with turning out the album I heard in my head, without regard for having glitz and star power from other sources. It was purely about making the album I wanted to make." While the heartfelt "Loving You Without You Now" was written without any outside collaboration, the remainder of the album reunites him with former KISS songwriting partners Desmond Child (Aerosmith, LeeAnn Rimes) and Holly Knight (Tina Turner, Pat Benatar), and introduces new collaborators including Andreas Carlsson (Bon Jovi, Britney Spears), John 5 (Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson) and Marti Frederiksen (Aerosmith, Faith Hill). Seven of the ten tracks were co-written with Child and/or Carlsson, with Stanley and Child joined by John 5 on "Where Angels Dare" and Frederiksen on "Lift," and Knight teaming with the frontman on "It's Not Me."
"I've always believed that when you give somebody an album, it should be like a fresh newspaper, where you get ink on your fingers and it's today's news," says Stanley, who wrote and co-wrote the ten tracks on Live to Win specifically for the new release. "For me, this album is where I'm at now - This is where things are in my life, and my perspective on my music."
LIVE TO WIN is self-produced by Stanley, who provides lead vocals, guitar and percussion alongside a studio core of guitarist Corky James, drummer Victor Indrizzo and keyboardist Harry Sommerdahl. Also performing on the album are former KISS bandmate Bruce Kulick and guitarist John 5.
Stanley supported the album's release with a club tour in the fall of 2006.
The album's title track was featured on the SOUTH PARK episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft", approximately three weeks (twenty days) prior to the album's release.
Personnel: Paul Stanley (vocals, guitar, percussion, background vocals); Paul Stanley; Andreas Carlsson (guitar, background vocals); Greg Kurstin, Zac Rae (piano); Harry "Slick" Sommerdahl (keyboards, bass guitar, programming); Russ Irwin (keyboards); Sean Hurley (bass guitar); John Shanks, C.C. White (background vocals); Corky James, John 5 (guitar); Victor Indrizzo (drums).
Produced by Paul Stanley.
Track Listing:
1. Live to Win - 3:08 2. Lift - 4:04 3. Wake Up Screaming - 2:59 4. Everytime I See You Around - 3:28 5. Bulletproof - 3:01 6. All About You - 3:16 7. Second to None - 3:35 8. It's Not Me - 3:19 9. Loving You Without You Now - 3:16 10. Where Angels Dare - 3:22
Live To Win (2006)
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Album Description:
LIVE TO WIN is the second solo album from Kiss vocalist, guitarist and co-founder Paul Stanley, released on October 24, 2006.
The voice and songwriting force behind such Kiss classics as "Detroit Rock City," "Black Diamond," Hard Luck Woman" and "Tears Are Fallin'," Stanley's career with Kiss spans more than three decades and in excess of 100 million records sold worldwide.
Stanley last released a solo album in 1978, PAUL STANLEY, which was officially released as a Kiss album. Comparing the two albums, Stanley said "It's not 1978 anymore... It's certainly the same mentality, and certainly I'm a better singer today. My perspective and where I'm at in my life at this point, and what I've experienced and seen, brings something else to the table that wasn't there then. But I still look back on that album as a really great snapshot of who I was and what I was doing then." "What I wanted to do on this album was sing about my life because my life is not that different than anybody else's," he continues. "The truth is, what we all deal with in life is pretty similar. You change the names and the story's the same."
"This album is purely a labor of love," says Stanley. "It is a labor of passion, and something where I was concerned with turning out the album I heard in my head, without regard for having glitz and star power from other sources. It was purely about making the album I wanted to make." While the heartfelt "Loving You Without You Now" was written without any outside collaboration, the remainder of the album reunites him with former KISS songwriting partners Desmond Child (Aerosmith, LeeAnn Rimes) and Holly Knight (Tina Turner, Pat Benatar), and introduces new collaborators including Andreas Carlsson (Bon Jovi, Britney Spears), John 5 (Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson) and Marti Frederiksen (Aerosmith, Faith Hill). Seven of the ten tracks were co-written with Child and/or Carlsson, with Stanley and Child joined by John 5 on "Where Angels Dare" and Frederiksen on "Lift," and Knight teaming with the frontman on "It's Not Me."
"I've always believed that when you give somebody an album, it should be like a fresh newspaper, where you get ink on your fingers and it's today's news," says Stanley, who wrote and co-wrote the ten tracks on Live to Win specifically for the new release. "For me, this album is where I'm at now - This is where things are in my life, and my perspective on my music."
LIVE TO WIN is self-produced by Stanley, who provides lead vocals, guitar and percussion alongside a studio core of guitarist Corky James, drummer Victor Indrizzo and keyboardist Harry Sommerdahl. Also performing on the album are former KISS bandmate Bruce Kulick and guitarist John 5.
Stanley supported the album's release with a club tour in the fall of 2006.
The album's title track was featured on the SOUTH PARK episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft", approximately three weeks (twenty days) prior to the album's release.
Personnel: Paul Stanley (vocals, guitar, percussion, background vocals); Paul Stanley; Andreas Carlsson (guitar, background vocals); Greg Kurstin, Zac Rae (piano); Harry "Slick" Sommerdahl (keyboards, bass guitar, programming); Russ Irwin (keyboards); Sean Hurley (bass guitar); John Shanks, C.C. White (background vocals); Corky James, John 5 (guitar); Victor Indrizzo (drums).
Produced by Paul Stanley.
Track Listing:
1. Live to Win - 3:08
2. Lift - 4:04
3. Wake Up Screaming - 2:59
4. Everytime I See You Around - 3:28
5. Bulletproof - 3:01
6. All About You - 3:16
7. Second to None - 3:35
8. It's Not Me - 3:19
9. Loving You Without You Now - 3:16
10. Where Angels Dare - 3:22