Alive! (Kiss album)

Alive!
Alive!
Live album by Kiss
Released	September 10, 1975
Recorded	May 16, 1975 (Cobo Arena, Detroit); June 21, 1975 (Cleveland Music Hall, Cleveland); July 20, 1975 (RKO Orpheum Theater, Davenport); July 23, 1975 (Wildwoods Convention Center, Wildwood)
Studio	Electric Lady (New York City)
Genre	Hard rock; heavy metal;
Length	72:35
Label	Casablanca
Producer	Eddie Kramer
Kiss chronology
Singles from Alive!
	"Rock and Roll All Nite"; Released: October 14, 1975;

Alive! is the fourth album overall, and the first live album, by American hard rock band Kiss, released on September 10, 1975. It is considered to be their breakthrough, and a landmark for live albums. The double-album contains live versions of selected tracks from their first three studio albums, Kiss, Hotter Than Hell and Dressed to Kill. It was recorded at concerts in Detroit, Michigan; Cleveland, Ohio; Wildwood, New Jersey; and Davenport, Iowa on May 16, June 21, July 20 and 23, 1975.^[2]

The album's title was an homage to the 1972 live album Slade Alive! by the English rock group Slade, a band that heavily influenced Kiss.^[3]^[4]

^ Wagner, Jeff (January 30, 2013). "10 All-Time Greatest Metal Live Albums". Noisecreep. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ Kiss (2006). Kiss Alive! 1975-2000 (CD Booklet). New York City: Mercury Records. B0007586-02.
^ Simmons, Gene (2002). Kiss and Make-up. Three Rivers Press. p. 85. ISBN 0-609-81002-2.
^ Ken Sharpe interview with Jim Lea