PODKISST AND/OR ROLL - THE GREAT LOST KISS ALBUM OF 1978

Every year between 1974 and 1985 KISS released at least one studio album except for, technically, 1978. That year saw the release of the four solo albums, one by each member of the band, but no actual KISS album. On this crossover event, which is an episode of both the PodKISSt and Rock and/or Roll, a quintet of obsessive KISS fans have the gall to rewrite KISStory by asking themselves WHAT IF??? What if, in 1978, instead of releasing the four solo albums, the four members of KISS had pooled their resources and made a truly great KISS album? Imagine that, between Love Gun and Dynasty...

THE GREAT LOST KISS ALBUM OF 1978.

Created by Ken Mills

Each of the five of us carefully chose ten songs from a pool of 43 (which included the five songs from the studio side of Alive II and the songs from the four solo albums) and in our imaginations those ten songs would have comprised The Great Lost KISS Album of 1978. Once the ten songs had been chosen our task became the sequencing of the album, five songs on Side One, five songs on Side Two. The ten songs were chosen within parameters which were defined based upon precedents set by previous (and future circa 1978) KISS albums:

• At least two songs each by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons.
• No more than three songs by Ace Frehley.
• At least one song sung by Peter Criss, with the option of making it a song written by Paul or Ace but sung by Peter.

The Panel:

BJ, host of the Rock and/or Roll podcast.

Ken Mills, host of PodKISSt and Cheap Talk with Trick Chat.

Matt Porter, host of The Kiss Room.

Chris Czynszak, host of the Decibel Geek podcast.

Dvd Kaw Zin Ski, a.k.a. Fistful of Dave.

Created by Chris Czynszak.

LISTEN NOW to hear our choices and then...

Join in the fun and conduct the exercise yourself! 

Which songs would be on your lost KISS album of 1978? Select your ten songs from the list below (following the rules listed above), put them in order (don't forget side one and side two) and post them at any of our Facebook pages:

https://www.facebook.com/rockandorrollpodcast

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Podkisst/

https://www.facebook.com/DecibelGeek

The Songs:

ALL AMERICAN MAN

ROCKIN IN THE USA

LARGER THAN LIFE

ROCKET RIDE

ANY WAY YOU WANT IT

RIP IT OUT

SPEEDIN’ BACK TO MY BABY

SNOW BLIND

OZONE

WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?

NEW YORK GROOVE

I’M IN NEED OF LOVE

WIPED OUT

FRACTURED MIRROR

RADIOACTIVE

BURNING UP WITH FEVER

SEE YOU TONITE

TUNNEL OF LOVE

TRUE CONFESSIONS

LIVING IN SIN

ALWAYS NEAR YOU/NOWHERE TO HIDE

MAN OF 1000 FACES

MR. MAKE BELIEVE

WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR

TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME

MOVE ON

AIN’T QUITE RIGHT

WOULDN’T YOU LIKE TO KNOW ME

TAKE ME AWAY (TOGETHER AS ONE)

IT’S ALRIGHT

HOLD ME TOUCH ME

LOVE IN CHAINS

GOODBYE

I’M GONNA LOVE YOU

YOU MATTER TO ME

TOSSIN AND TURNIN

DON’T YOU LET ME DOWN

THAT’S THE KIND OF SUGAR PAPA LIKES

EASY THING

ROCK ME, BABY

KISS THE GIRL GOODBYE

HOOKED ON ROCK N ROLL

I CAN’T STOP THE RAIN

The Rules:

At least 2 songs each by Paul and Gene.

No more than 3 songs by Ace.

At least 1 song sung by Peter with the OPTION of making it a song written by Paul or Ace to be sung by Peter (think "Mainline" or "Getaway").

In this alternate reality Alive II is all "live" and includes Take Me, Hooligan, etc. Double Platinum comes later. And KISS Meets The Phantom of the Park is actually good.

Created by Matt Porter

A co-production of PodKISSt 

and ROCK AND/OR ROLL.