After several years of obscurity and poor record sales but disproportionately high ticket sales, the glam-rock pioneers KISS (and their management) decided it was time for a change. After numerous complaints from fans that their previous albums sounded nothing like their spectacular live show, two nights of successive concerts were recorded and edited together to produce the two-disc set Alive!.

Since it was the live sound that kept fans loyal to KISS through the lackluster studio album performance, the record took off on the charts. It landed the band their first top ten record and stayed on the list for 110 weeks. When all was said and done, Alive! had sold over four million copies.

KISS exploded after the success of Alive!, embarking on world tours and honing their sound and costumes before returning to the studio with a better idea of how to craft albums that "sounded like them," resulting in the other cornerstone of the band's popularity, Destroyer.

Song listing:

1. Deuce
2. Strutter
3. Got To Choose
4. Hotter Than Hell
5. Firehouse
6. Nothin' To Lose
7. C'mon And Love Me
8. Parasite
9. She
10. Watchin' You
11. 100,000 Years
12. Black Diamond
13. Rock Bottom
14. Cold Gin
15. Rock & Roll All Night
16. Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll