| Live to Win | 
 enlarge | Artist: Paul Stanley
Label: New Door Records
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  187 reviews
Sales Rank: 27887
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000758002
UPC: 602517068162
EAN: 0602517068162
ASIN: B000I8OFZU
Release Date: October 24, 2006
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Condition: New Still In Wrapper
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| Tracks:
| • | Live To Win | | • | Lift | | • | Wake Up Screaming | | • | Everytime I See You Around | | • | Bulletproof | | • | All About You | | • | Second To None | | • | It's Not Me | | • | Loving You Without You | | • | Where Angels Dare |
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It's taken a mere 28 years, but Kiss frontman Paul Stanley has finally followed up the, er, promise of his part of the band's 1978 quartet of post-Love Gun solo ego-trips. Yet he's mostly eschewed Kiss's fist-pumping histrionics and sonic cliches in favor of a darker turn into the melodic nu-metal of "Lift" and "Bulletproof," the pop-punk sheen of "Wake Up Screaming," and obligatory power ballads like "Second to None," "Loving You...," and "Everytime I See You Around." The latter sensibility belies the touch of popmeister Desmond Childs as co-writer with Stanley of most of the material. Yet Childs, who's been churning out similar, chart-ready slices of rock dramaturgy for artists great and small since the '80s, can hardly be blamed by the Kiss Army for turning their sassy, beloved Star Man into Bon Jovi. That honor goes to Stanley himself, who self-produced his own post-punk-inflected reincarnation as Big Rock Balladeer. "Where Angels Dare," indeed. --Jerry McCulley
Album Description
Live to Win is new the solo release from iconic KISS frontman Paul Stanley. The voice and songwriting force behind such KISS classics as "Detroit Rock City," "Black Diamond," Hard Luck Woman" and "Tears Are Fallin'," Stanley's career with KISS spans more than three decades and in excess of 100 million records sold worldwide. Stripping all the legendary bombast away, what becomes starkly clear is that besides rocking relentlessly, the power of human emotion and conviction on Live to Win can rattle not only the walls, but also touch the heart and soul of the listener. "What I wanted to do on this album was sing about 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 pretty similar. You change the names and the story's the same." "This album is purely a labor of love," says Stanley. "It is a labor of passion, and something where I was concerned with turning out the album I heard in my head, without regard for having glitz and star power from other sources. It was purely about making the album I wanted to make." While the heartfelt "Loving You Without You Now" was written without any outside collaboration, the remainder of the album reunites him with former KISS songwriting partners Desmond Child [Aerosmith, LeeAnn Rimes] and Holly Knight [Tina Turner, Pat Benatar], and introduces new collaborators including Andreas Carlsson [Bon Jovi, Britney Spears], John 5 [Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson] and Marti Frederiksen [Aerosmith, Faith Hill]. Seven of the ten tracks were co-written with Child and/or Carlsson, with Stanley and Child 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, guitar and percussion alongside a studio core of guitarist Corky James, drummer Victor Indrizzo and keyboardist Harry Sommerdahl. Also performing on the album are former KISS bandmate Bruce Kulick and guitarist John 5. "I've always believed that when you give somebody an album, it should be like a fresh newspaper, where you get ink on your fingers and it's today's news," says Stanley, who wrote and co-wrote the ten tracks on Live to Win specifically 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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 Live to WIN?? He LOST - BIG TIME! November 2, 2008
This CD is a total waste of time and money! All the songs sound like 80's throw-aways! I was disappointed to hear this - because his 78 solo was so great - but this CD is just one giant TURD!
 Dreary Recitation October 16, 2008
After being a huge Kiss fan for many years and enjoying a number of live concerts and albums this I am afraid to say is not flash. Stanley appears a little lost and without any real spark and unlike earlier albums there is no song to save the day on this album.
The entire album is easily forgotten and you wonder at the end if you missed something. The vocals are down on the excitement levels just adding to the general feeling of disappointment of the album.
Given the chance again.... I would not buy this.
 Paul Stanley "Live to win" CD July 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
CD was shipped in a very timely manner.Cd looked as if it had never been played.I got great service and an even better price.Thanks so much! Id definatly recomend these guys to anyone,anywhere.Very professional! Great products! Awesome service!!
Live To Win - Review June 22, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this CD without hearing it first, as I'm a heavy Kiss fan. The music is lite to rock middle of the road. Especially when comparing it to the music of Kiss.
Th lyrics are bland not and very catchy, all in all, it's an average effort. I really expected a lot more from the rock legend Paul Stanley.
I think two stars is also a bit generous it's more like 1.5 stars and certainly won't win any awards.
Mediocre At Best June 9, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Paul Stanley should definetly keep his main gig with KISS and not stray on his own too often.
To begin with I would have to say that Paul Stanley's first solo album since his 1978 self-titled solo album is a 10 track cd that is 6 tracks too long. It lacks imagination and fun partying hard hitting hits like we are accustomed to on KISS albums. If you are looking for a good party time this is not the cd for you. If you are looking for a derivative Avril Lavigne inspired CD from an aging rocker than by all means this one is for you.
Personally, I found the lyrics to be wordy and boring like he was a 17-year-old teenage girl. Although, songs like the title track I found inspirational and "Loving you Without You" I found to be a nice power balad and "Bulletproof" is the closest thing to a hard hitting and fun rock song on the entire cd. Songs like the Evanscence inspired "Lift," as well as "Second to None," aren't all that hot. They aren't exactly songs that you would find yourself singing along to. I did find "Wake Up Screaming" and "It's Not Me" to be guilty pleasure type songs that I did find a little tap to my foot.
In conclusion, I found the cd to be mediocre at best, leaving me with an empty feeling that could only be filled by listening to a fun, rocking KISS cd to fill the void. Now, whre did I put my copy of "Revenge"?
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