Peter Criss

by Peter Criss

Product Description:

Personnel: Peter Criss (vocals, drums, percussion); Bill Cuomo (conductor, keyboards, synthesizer); Stan Penridge (guitar, background vocals); Art Munson, John Tropea, Steve Lukather, Eliot Randall (guitar); Michael Carnahan (saxophone); Richard Gerstein (keyboards); Bill Bodine, Neil Jason (bass); Allan Schwartzerg (drums); Lenny Castro (percussion); Davey Faragher, Tommy Faragher, Danny Faragher, Anne Sutton, Gordon Gordy, Jimmy Faragher, Vini Poncia, Maxine Dixon, Maxine Willard, Julia Tillman (background vocals).

Producers: Vini Poncia, Peter Criss, Sean Delaney.

Engineers: Bob Schaper, Mike Stone, Dave Wittman.

Includes liner notes by Robert V. Conte.

Remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio (Sterling Sound, New York, New York).

Prior to joining Kiss, Peter Criss spent years honing his drumming chops in numerous New York City-area bands, playing other styles besides Kiss's heavy metal. For his 1978 Kiss solo album, Criss reconnected with a member of one of his old bands, Stan Penridge, with whom he co-wrote the majority of the tunes.

Sensing that most fans would want to hear more ballads in the vein of his 1976 hit with Kiss, "Beth," several are included: "Don't You Let Me Down," "Easy Thing," "Kiss the Girl Goodbye," and "I Can't Stop the Rain." The more rock-oriented selections are more mellow than Kiss's usual fare, with a cover of "I'm Gonna Love You,'" as well as the originals "Tossin' and Turnin'," "You Matter to Me," and "That's the Kind of Sugar Papa Likes."