Smashes, Thrashes & Hits

Infobox Album | Name = Smashes, Thrashes & Hits
Type = Greatest hits
Artist = Kiss

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Caption = The alternate cover featuring the title by the word "KISS"
Released = November 16 1988
Recorded = 1973 – 1988
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 51:54
Label = Mercury
Producer = Various
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:zjd4vwvva9xk link]
Last album = "Chikara"
(1987)
This album = "Smashes, Thrashes
& Hits"
(1988)
Next album = "Hot in the Shade"
(1989) |

"Smashes, Thrashes & Hits" is a greatest hits album by the American hard rock band Kiss. It was the second such album released by the band in the United States ("Killers" was not released in the United States originally). Of the 15 songs on the album, two were new compositions and three were released after the band's unmasking in 1983. The remaining ten were all released during the band's years in makeup.

It was certified 2x Platinum on February 26, 1996, when it sold 2,000,000 copies, Kiss' only album of the non-makeup era to achieve that RIAA status officially.

New songs

The two new songs on "Smashes, Thrashes & Hits" were "Let's Put The X In Sex" and "(You Make Me) Rock Hard," which feature the same polished glam metal style as 1987's "Crazy Nights". They were both produced and co-written by guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley, and were accompanied by videos that received moderate airplay on MTV.

New versions

Nearly all of the songs recorded by the band's original lineup were altered in one way or another. One song, "Beth," was re-recorded with lead vocals by then-drummer Eric Carr, who had replaced the original drummer Peter Criss in 1980.

Track listing

=U.S. version=

#"Let's Put the X in Sex" (Paul Stanley, Desmond Child) – 3:48
#"(You Make Me) Rock Hard" (Stanley, Child, Diane Warren) 3:26
#"Love Gun (Remix)" (Stanley) 3:31
#"Detroit Rock City (Remix)" (Stanley, Bob Ezrin) 3:45
#"I Love It Loud (Remix)" (Vinnie Vincent, Gene Simmons) – 2:44
#"Deuce (Remix)" (Simmons) – 3:20
#"Lick It Up" (Vincent, Stanley) – 3:53
#"Heaven's on Fire" (Stanley, Child) – 3:19
#"Calling Dr. Love (Remix)" (Simmons) – 3:38
#"Strutter (Remix)" (Stanley, Simmons) – 3:38
#"Beth" (Peter Criss, Stan Penridge, Ezrin) – 2:46
#"Tears Are Falling" (Stanley) – 3:54
#"I Was Made for Lovin' You" (Stanley, Child, Vini Poncia) – 4:29
#"Rock and Roll All Nite (Remix)" (Stanley, Simmons) – 2:56
#"Shout It Out Loud (Remix)" (Stanley, Simmons, Ezrin) – 3:07

=UK version=

#"Let's Put the X in Sex" (Stanley, Child) – 3:48
#"Crazy Crazy Nights" (Stanley, Adam Mitchell) – 3:45
#"(You Make Me) Rock Hard" (Stanley, Child, Warren) – 3:26
#"Love Gun (Remix)" (Stanley) – 3:31
#"Detroit Rock City (Remix)" (Stanley, Ezrin) – 3:45
#"I Love It Loud (Remix)" (Vincent, Simmons) – 2:44
#"Reason to Live" (Stanley, Child) – 3:59
#"Lick It Up" (Vincent, Stanley) – 3:53
#"Heaven's on Fire" (Stanley, Child) – 3:19
#"Calling Dr. Love" (Simmons) – 3:38 (CD only)
#"Strutter (Remix)" (Stanley, Simmons) – 3:38
#"Beth" (Criss, Penridge, Ezrin) – 2:46
#"Tears Are Falling" (Stanley) – 3:54
#"I Was Made for Lovin' You" (Stanley, Child, Poncia) – 4:29
#"Rock and Roll All Nite (Remix)" (Stanley, Simmons) – 2:56
#"Shout It Out Loud (Remix)" (Stanley, Simmons, Ezrin) – 3:07

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)Singles - Billboard (North America)

External links

* [http://www.kissfaq.com/discography/smashes.html Kiss FAQ - "Smashes, Thrashes & Hits"] , Accessed on July 14, 2005.