Alive II

This article is about the Kiss album. For the Anthrax album, see Alive 2.
Alive II
Live album by
Kiss
ReleasedOctober 14, 1977 (1977-10-14)
RecordedApril 2 and August 26–28, 1977 (live)
September 13–16, 1977 (studio)
VenueThe Forum, Inglewood, CA
Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ
Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
StudioElectric Lady, New York City
Genre
Length71:26
LabelCasablanca
ProducerEddie Kramer, Kiss
Kiss chronology
Love Gun
(1977) 		Alive II
(1977) 		Double Platinum
(1978)
Singles from Alive II
  1. "Shout It Out Loud"
    Released: November 29, 1977
  2. "Rocket Ride"
    Released: February 22, 1978

Alive II is the second live album by American hard rock band Kiss, released on October 14, 1977, by Casablanca Records.[2] The band had released three albums (Destroyer, Rock and Roll Over, and Love Gun) since the previous live outing, the 1975 release Alive!, so they drew upon the variety of new tracks, with Eddie Kramer producing. The album is one of the best selling in the Kiss discography, being the band's first to be certified double platinum in February 1996 (signifying sales of over 1,000,000 for a double album), the same month the Kiss reunion tour was announced.[3][4] It has continued to sell in the US in the Soundscan era, selling over 300,000 copies from 1991 and to March 2012.[5]

  1. ^ "The 40 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time". Spin. October 30, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  2. ^ "KISS Online :: KISS Chronology | the Complete History of KISS".
  3. ^ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  4. ^ Everleypublished, Dave (September 23, 2020). "Kiss: how their long-awaited reunion turned into a catastrophe". loudersound. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  5. ^ "KISS Concert History Online - Interviews - Paul Grein". www.kissconcerthistory.com. Retrieved October 1, 2022.