Track Listing

1. Tonight You Belong to Me
2. Move On
3. Ain't Quite Right
4. Wouldn't You Like to Know Me?
5. Take Me Away (Together as One)
6. It's Alright
7. Hold Me, Touch Me (Think of Me When We're Apart)
8. Love in Chains
9. Goodbye

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6581 in Music
• Released on: 1997-09-16
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered

Album Description
Digitally remastered Japanese reissue of the KISSguitarist's 1978 solo debut in a miniaturized LP sleevelimited to the initial pressing only. Nine tracks, includingthe top 50 hit 'Hold Me, Touch Me'. 1998 Mercury Recordsrelease.

Customer Reviews

Paul Stanley's Chance to REALLY Express Himself
Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley are two great songwriters. I have a multitude of respect for both of them. There is a Kiss formula that is attached to all the songs they recorded - some years writers got away with more - but overall the criteria is the same. Paul Stanley writes with this formula very, very well. If you'll notice - more of his songs became hits than any of the other writers in the band. However, he can go beyond this formula. And he did on his solo album. THIS is why Paul is such a great writer - he injects the right hooks and melodies into the songs and then Kiss tampers with them enough to make them hard rock. Paul Stanley is a pop writer. And he's best that way. One listen to his solo album and you'll hear that he took it seriously - this wasn't a gimmick - it was a Paul Stanley album (I'm not so sure the other three had this attitude - especially Gene). There are several highlights on the record. Tracks like "Wouldn't You Like to Know Me", "It's Alright" and "Goodbye" are the songs that could be found on a Kiss album. Tracks like "Tonight You Belong to Me", "Hold Me, Touch Me", and "Take Me Away" are songs that wouldn't have made the "cut". They are also the strongest songs in the set. "Hold Me, Touch Me" was the single from the album, and it doesn't surprise me one bit that it didn't chart. Not with the Kiss name attached to it...it was ignored. But it's arguably one of the best pop ballads to come out of the decade. Topped off with a melodic, moving guitar solo by Paul, the song really is a pop music masterpiece. I would never want Paul to leave Kiss because I love the band so much and he is an integral part of it, but I also know that Paul has great attributes beyond Kiss - as a slick producer, a distinct vocalist, impressive guitarist (his acoustic work on the album is extraordinary)...and most of all, as a writer. What a great album.

THE STARCHILD
You're washed ashore on a desert island, and you've been there a week...and you think...'Jeez I wish I could listen to Paul Stanley's solo album!' This set of sounds confirms to me that Paul is without doubt the best songwriter and most charismatic front man ever in rock. The man is legendary as is this CD. Set off superbly by big sounding crunchy guitar lovers production, and nine flawless masterpieces of pop rock, this album shows how much more Paul had/has to offer, whilst still sounding the most Kiss like of the four solo CDs. Words simply can't describe the majesty of such opuses as "Ain't Quite Right", which is a little Zep like and way beyond its time, "Wouldn't You Like To Know Me", with balls as big as footballs, and "Goodbye" conveniently the last song which is heartfelt and passionate! Okay enough ranting and raving...my recommendation is buy this CD, pour a large glass of fine wine, slip on the headphones, dim the lights and let this CD "Take You Away-Together as One" cause life on a desert island would not be a bad thing with this CD in tow! Now the only question would be how am I going to be able to play it on an desert island?

He could have gone solo....
The four KISS solo albums from '78 were VERY different from each other. Gene Simmons made a bad LP of Disney tunes. Peter made a good r+b album, but not what hard rock fans would want. Ace made the best record, with original and interesting hard rock. Paul made a polished hard rock album. He could have gone solo and fit in well as a solo artist in the late 70's/early 80's hard rock scene. He writes well, and does a fine job of playing his own solos. He is a good guitarist, no matter what anybody says. The best way to look at the KISS solo albums, is as exactly that, solo albums. Forget about the connection to KISS. They were meant as a way to record away from KISS for the members. If you take them as solo albums, then hard rock fans will find two great artists to listen to: Ace and Paul.