Kiss This (album)

Kiss This
Greatest hits album by
Sex Pistols
Released5 October 1992
Recorded1976–1978
GenrePunk rock
Length68:17
LabelVirgin Records
Singles from Kiss This
  1. "Anarchy In The UK"/"I Wanna Be Me"/"Anarchy In The UK (demo)"
    Released: 21 September 1992
  2. "Pretty Vacant"/"No Feelings(demo)"/"EMI Unlimited (demo)"/"Satellite (demo)"
    Released: 23 November 1992

Kiss This is a "best of" compilation by the Sex Pistols released in 1992. It features all tracks from Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols' and highlights from the soundtrack album The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, interspersed with singles and B-sides.[1][2]

Originally Kiss This was issued with a bonus CD featuring the 21 July 1977 show at Trondheim and a foldout colour poster.[3]

The standard edition of Kiss This comprises 20 tracks. The Australian edition of the album is only 17 tracks long, with the songs "I Wanna Be Me", "Don't Give Me No Lip, Child", and "Bodies" excluded from the track listing.

Track listing

Kiss This

  1. "Anarchy in the U.K." (from Never Mind the Bollocks, 1977)
  2. "God Save the Queen" (from Never Mind the Bollocks, 1977)
  3. "Pretty Vacant" (from Never Mind the Bollocks, 1977)
  4. "Holidays in the Sun" (from Never Mind the Bollocks, 1977)
  5. "I Wanna Be Me" ("Anarchy in the U.K." B-side, 1976)
  6. "Did You No Wrong" (Lydon/Matlock/Nightingale/Cook/Jones)[4] ("God Save the Queen" Virgin B-side, 1977)
  7. "No Fun" (Alexander/Asheton/Asheton/Osterberg) ("Pretty Vacant" B-side, 1977)
  8. "Satellite" ("Holidays in the Sun" B-side, 1977)
  9. "Don't Give Me No Lip, Child" (from The Great Rock n Roll Swindle, 1979)
  10. "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone" (Boyce/Hart) (from The Great Rock n Roll Swindle, 1979)
  11. "Bodies" (from Never Mind the Bollocks, 1977)
  12. "No Feelings" (from Never Mind the Bollocks, 1977)
  13. "Liar" (from Never Mind the Bollocks, 1977)
  14. "Problems" (from Never Mind the Bollocks, 1977)
  15. "Seventeen" (from Never Mind the Bollocks, 1977)
  16. "Submission" (from Never Mind the Bollocks, 1977)
  17. "New York" (from Never Mind the Bollocks, 1977)
  18. "EMI (Unlimited Edition)" (from Never Mind the Bollocks, 1977)
  19. "My Way" (Anka/Revaud/Francois/Thibaut) (from The Great Rock n Roll Swindle, 1979)
  20. "Silly Thing" (re-recorded single version, 1979)[5]

Live In Trondheim 21st July 1977

  1. "Anarchy in the U.K."
  2. "I Wanna Be Me"
  3. "Seventeen"
  4. "New York"
  5. "EMI (Unlimited Edition)"
  6. "No Fun"
  7. "No Feelings"
  8. "Problems"
  9. "God Save the Queen"[5]

Charts

Chart performance for Kiss This
Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 40
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 46
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 10

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[9] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Sweetman, Simon (24 February 2012). "Ten important punk albums". Stuff. New Zealand. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  2. ^ Robbins, Ira. "Sex Pistols". Trouser Press. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  3. ^ Ankeny, Jason. Kiss This: The Best of the Sex Pistols at AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  4. ^ "Did You No Wrong". APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  5. ^ a b Kiss This at Discogs
  6. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Sex Pistols – Kiss This". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Sex Pistols – Kiss This". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  9. ^ "British album certifications – Sex Pistols – Kiss This". British Phonographic Industry.


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