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(More customer reviews)Outstanding solo effort by Paul Stanley. Live to Win is a batch of melodic hard pop-rock that delivers the goods. The songs are all catchy, maybe a bit cheesy at moments, but great none the less. You can tell this is a batch of fresh songs and not a bunch of old KISS demos that weren't good enough to make the cut on a KISS album. Paul enlists the help of some of the best songwriters in the business to help create a balance of great pop hooks with a hard rock edge. Highly recommend this one!
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Live to Win is new the solo release from iconic KISS frontmanPaul Stanley. The voice and songwriting force behind such KISS classics as"Detroit Rock City," "Black Diamond," Hard Luck Woman" and "Tears AreFallin'," Stanley's career with KISS spans more than three decades and inexcess of 100 million records sold worldwide.Stripping all the legendary bombast away, what becomes starkly clear isthat besides rocking relentlessly, the power of human emotion andconviction on Live to Win can rattle not only the walls, but also touch theheart and soul of the listener. "What I wanted to do on this album was singabout my life because my life is not that different than anybody else's,"he continues. "The truth is, what we all deal with in life is prettysimilar. You change the names and the story's the same.""This album is purely a labor of love," says Stanley. "It is a labor ofpassion, and something where I was concerned with turning out the album Iheard in my head, without regard for having glitz and star power from othersources. It was purely about making the album I wanted to make." While theheartfelt "Loving You Without You Now" was written without any outsidecollaboration, the remainder of the album reunites him with former KISSsongwriting partners Desmond Child [Aerosmith, LeeAnn Rimes] and HollyKnight [Tina Turner, Pat Benatar], and introduces new collaboratorsincluding Andreas Carlsson [Bon Jovi, Britney Spears], John 5 [Rob Zombie,Marilyn Manson] and Marti Frederiksen [Aerosmith, Faith Hill]. Seven of theten tracks were co-written with Child and/or Carlsson, with Stanley andChild joined by John 5 on "Where Angels Dare" and Frederiksen on "Lift,"and Knight teaming with the frontman on "It's Not Me."Live to Win is self-produced by Stanley, who provides lead vocals, guitarand percussion alongside a studio core of guitarist Corky James, drummerVictor Indrizzo and keyboardist Harry Sommerdahl. Also performing on thealbum are former KISS bandmate Bruce Kulick and guitarist John 5."I've always believed that when you give somebody an album, it should belike a fresh newspaper, where you get ink on your fingers and it's today'snews," says Stanley, who wrote and co-wrote the ten tracks on Live to Winspecifically for the new release. "For me, this album is where I'm at now -This is where things are in my life, and my perspective on my music."
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