- The Box Set (Kiss)
Infobox Album | Name = The Box Set
Type =Box set
Artist = Kiss
Released =November 20 ,2001
Recorded = 1966 – 1999
Genre =Hard rock
Length =
Label = Mercury
Universal
Producer = Various
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2zkku3e0an1k~T1 link]
Last album = "Psycho Circus "
(1998)
This album = "The Box Set"
(2001)
Next album = "The Very Best of Kiss "
(2002)
"The Box Set" is a five CD collection of recordings drawn from the KISS archives reportedly selected by the band. "The Box Set" includes 94 tracks, including 30 previously unreleased band and solo demos, outtakes, and live recordings, and a 120 page color booklet with track-by-track commentary by band membersGene Simmons ,Paul Stanley ,Ace Frehley , andPeter Criss , detailed track information, photos, and essays."The Box Set" peaked at #128 on the
Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the RIAA on December 18, 2001, when it sold 100,000 copies (the set's 5 discs meant that the box only had to ship 100,000 copies for Gold certification)Contents
Disc 1: 1966 – 1975
*01. "Strutter " (demo version)
*02. "Deuce" (demo version)
*03. "Keep Me Waiting" (Wicked Lester)
*04. "She" (Wicked Lester)
*05. "Love Her All I Can" (Wicked Lester)
*06. "Let Me Know" (demo version)
*07. "100,000 Years" (demo version)
*08. "Stop, Look to Listen" (Paul Stanley demo)
*09. "Leeta" (Gene Simmons demo)
*10. "Let Me Go, Rock N' Roll" (demo)
*11. "Acrobat" (live 1974)
*12. "Firehouse" (demo)
*13. "Nothin' To Lose"
*14. "Black Diamond"
*15. "Hotter Than Hell"
*16. "Strange Ways"
*17. "Parasite"
*18. "Goin' Blind "
*19. "Anything For My Baby"
*20. "Ladies In Waiting"
*21. "Rock and Roll All Nite "Disc 2: 1975 – 1977
*01. "C'mon And Love Me" (Alive! version)
*02. "Rock Bottom" (Alive! version)
*03. "Cold Gin " (Alive! version)
*04. "Watchin' You" (Alive! version)
*05. "Doncha Hesitate" (Demo)
*06. "Mad Dog" (Demo)
*07. "God of Thunder" (Demo)
*08. "Great Expectations"
*09. "Beth"
*10. "Do You Love Me?"
*11. "Bad, Bad Lovin'" (Demo)
*12. "Calling Dr. Love "
*13. "Mr. Speed" (Demo)
*14. "Christine Sixteen "
*15. "Hard Luck Woman "
*16. "Shock Me "
*17. "I Stole Your Love"
*18. "I Want You" (Soundcheck recording)
*19. "Love Gun" (Demo)
*20. "Love Is Blind" (Demo)Disc 3: 1976 – 1982
*01. "Detroit Rock City" (Edit)
*02. "King Of The Night Time World" (Alive II version)
*03. "Larger Than Life"
*04. "Rocket Ride"
*05. "Tonight You Belong To Me"
*06. "New York Groove "
*07. "Radioactive" (Demo)
*08. "Don't You Let Me Down"
*09. "I Was Made for Lovin' You "
*10. "Sure Know Something "
*11. "Shandi"
*12. "You're All That I Want, You're All That I Need" (Demo)
*13. "Talk To Me" (Live)
*14. "A World Without Heroes "
*15. "The Oath"
*16. "Nowhere to Run" (1989 Remix)
*17. "Creatures Of The Night" (1985 Remix)
*18. "War Machine"
*19. "I Love It Loud "Disc 4: 1983 – 1989
*01. "Lick It Up"
*02. "All Hell's Breakin' Loose "
*03. "Heaven's on Fire "
*04. "Get All You Can Take"
*05. "Thrills in the Night "
*06. "Tears Are Falling "
*07. "Uh! All Night"
*08. "Time Traveller" (Demo)
*09. "Hell Or High Water"
*10. "Crazy Crazy Nights "
*11. "Reason to Live "
*12. "Let's Put The X In Sex"
*13. "Hide Your Heart"
*14. "Ain't That Peculiar" (Demo of "Little Caesar")
*15. "Silver Spoon"
*16. "Forever" (Remix)Disc 5: 1992 – 1999
*01. "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II "
*02. "Unholy" (Edit)
*03. "Domino" (1991 Demo)
*04. "Every Time I Look At You"
*05. "Comin' Home" (Live, "Unplugged")
*06. "Got to Choose" (Live, "Unplugged" outtake)
*07. "I Still Love You" (Live, "Unplugged")
*08. "Nothin' To Lose" (Live, "Unplugged")
*09. "Childhood's End" (w/ Outromental)
*10. "I Will Be There"
*11. "Psycho Circus" (Edit)
*12. "Into the Void"
*13. "Within" (Edit)
*14. "I Pledge Allegiance To The State Of Rock & Roll"
*15. "Nothing Can Keep Me From You" (from "Detroit Rock City" soundtrack)
*16. "It's My Life" ("Original Version")
*17. "Shout It Out Loud" (1996 Live, from "Greatest Kiss" album)
*18. "Rock and Roll All Nite " (unreleased "Alive IV" version)Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
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