Live to Win

Live to Win
Studio album by
Paul Stanley
ReleasedOctober 24, 2006
Recorded2006
StudioHenson Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Genre
Length33:25
LabelNew Door
ProducerPaul Stanley
Paul Stanley chronology
Paul Stanley
(1978) 		Live to Win
(2006) 		One Live Kiss
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
About.com[2]

Live to Win is the second solo studio album from Kiss vocalist, guitarist and co-founder Paul Stanley, released on October 24, 2006. The album's title track was featured in the South Park episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft", twenty days prior to the album's release.

Background

Stanley last released a solo album in 1978, Paul Stanley, which was officially released as a Kiss album. Comparing the two albums, Stanley said "It's not 1978 anymore... It's certainly the same mentality, and certainly I'm a better singer today. My perspective and where I'm at in my life at this point, and what I've experienced and seen, brings something else to the table that wasn't there then. But I still look back on that album as a really great snapshot of who I was and what I was doing then."[3]

Stanley supported the album's release with a club tour in late 2006, with one of the shows released on CD and DVD as One Live Kiss.[3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Live to Win"
3:08
2."Lift"
4:04
3."Wake Up Screaming"
  • Stanley
  • Child
  • Carlsson
3:00
4."Everytime I See You Around"
  • Stanley
  • Pete Masitti
3:28
5."Bulletproof"
  • Stanley
  • Carlsson
3:01
6."All About You"
  • Stanley
  • Child
  • Carlsson
3:16
7."Second to None"
  • Stanley
  • Carlsson
3:35
8."It's Not Me"
3:19
9."Loving You Without You Now"Stanley3:16
10."Where Angels Dare"
3:22
Total length:33:25

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Live to Win
Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 95
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 71
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 49
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[7] 36
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 30
US Billboard 200[9] 53
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[10] 14

References

  1. ^ Prato, Greg (October 24, 2006). "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  2. ^ "About.com review". Heavymetal.about.com. April 10, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Paul Stanley Solo Album Due In October". Billboard. August 18, 2006. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  4. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 265.
  5. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Paul Stanley – Live to Win" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  6. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Paul Stanley – Live to Win" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  7. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Paul Stanley – Live to Win". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  8. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Paul Stanley – Live to Win". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  9. ^ "Paul Stanley Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  10. ^ "Paul Stanley Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2022.