Ace Frehley (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Ace Frehley
Type = Album
Artist = Kiss/Ace Frehley


Released = September 18 1978
Recorded = 1978
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 36:38
Label = Casablanca
Producer = Eddie Kramer &
Ace Frehley
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ojd4vwbua9qk~T1 link]
* "Pitchfork" rating-10|8.5 [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19097/Kiss_Ace_Frehley link]
Chronology = Ace Frehley
This album = "Ace Frehley"
(1978)
Next album = "Frehley's Comet"
(1987)Extra chronology 2
Artist = Kiss
Type = Album
Last album = "Gene Simmons"
(1978)
This album = "Ace Frehley"
(1978)
Next album = "Peter Criss"
(1978)||

"Ace Frehley" is a 1978 solo album from the lead guitarist of American hard rock band Kiss. It was one of four solo albums released by the members of Kiss on September 18, 1978.

"New York Groove" rose to #13 on the US Billboard chart, the highest showing for a Kiss single since "Beth" in 1976, until the song "I Was Made For Lovin' You" a year later (#11). The album itself reached #26 on the US Billboard album chart. It was certified Platinum on October 2, 1978, when it sold 1,000,000 copies.

The album featured Anton Fig on drums, who would later perform session work on the Kiss albums "Dynasty" and "Unmasked", as well as become a member of Ace Frehley's post-Kiss band Frehley's Comet. Fig, along with Will Lee, who played bass on three tracks on this album, would become permanent members of Paul Shaffer's band on "Late Night with David Letterman" and "The Late Show with David Letterman".

Track listing

ide one

#"Rip It Out" (Ace Frehley, Larry Kelly, Sue Kelly) – 3:39
#"Speedin' Back to My Baby" (A. Frehley, Jeanette Frehley) – 3:35
#"Snow Blind" (Frehley) – 3:54
#"Ozone" (Frehley) – 4:41
#"What's on Your Mind?" (Frehley) – 3:26

ide two

#"New York Groove" (Russ Ballard) – 3:01
#"I'm in Need of Love" (Frehley) – 4:36
#"Wiped-Out" (Frehley, Anton Fig) – 4:10
#"Fractured Mirror" (Frehley) – 5:25

Personnel

*Ace Frehley – Lead vocals, background vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, guitar synthesizer, bass guitar
*Anton Fig - Drums, percussion
*Will Lee - Bass on "Ozone", "Wiped-Out" & "I'm In Need of Love"
*Carl Tallarico – drums on Fractured Mirror
*David Lasley and Susan Collins & co. - Background vocals on "Speedin' Back to My Baby", "New York Groove" & "What's On Your Mind?"
*Larry Kelly - Background vocals on "Rip It Out"
*Bill 'Bear' Scheniman - Bell on "Fractured Mirror"
*Bobby McAdams - Power Mouth on "New York Groove"

Singles - Billboard (Canada)

{| class="wikitable"!align="left"|Certifier!align="left"|Certification!align="left"|Sales
-
align="left"|RIAA (U.S.)
align="center"|Platinum
align="center"|1,000,000
-

Covers

*Foo Fighters released a cover of "Ozone" as a b-side to their "I'll Stick Around" single.

External links

* [http://www.kissfaq.com/discography/ace.html Kiss FAQ - "Ace Frehley"] , Accessed on July 13, 2005.
* [http://www.kissonline.com/music/index.php?mode=view&album_id=18&type=lp KISSONLINE.COM Discography- Ace Frehley] , Accessed on July 28, 2008
* [http://www.kissfaq.com/charts/plat.html The KISSFAQ- RIAA Certifications] , Accessed on July 28, 2008