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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kisscover.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:"You wanted the best, and you got the best."]]
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4	''KISS'' is the name of the American hard rock band Music/{{KISS}}'s self-titled debut album, which was released in 1974, sometime before ''Music/HotterThanHell''.
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6	!!Tracklist:
7	[[AC:Side One]]
8	# "Strutter"
9	# "Nothin' To Lose"
10	# "Firehouse"
11	# "Cold Gin"
12	# "Let Me Know"
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14	[[AC:Side Two]]
15	# "Kissin' Time"
16	# "Deuce"
17	# "Love Theme From KISS"
18	# "100,000 Years"
19	# "Black Diamond"
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21	!! Principal Members
22	* Paul Stanley – vocals, rhythm guitar
23	* Ace Frehley – lead guitar
24	* Gene Simmons – vocals, bass guitar
25	* Peter Criss – drums, percussion, vocals
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28	!!"Anytime is a tropin' time, USA":
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30	* ButLiquorIsQuicker: A gender-reversed version of this is in "Cold Gin."
31	* CoverSong: "Kissin' Time", originally by Bobby Rydell.
32	* EverythingIsAnInstrument: A fire engine siren sounds off at the end of "Firehouse".
33	* FaceOnTheCover: All four members of KISS, with Peter Criss in an early version of his Cat makeup.
34	* {{Instrumentals}}: "Love Theme From KISS".
35	* IntercourseWithYou: "Nothin' To Lose" chronicles the singer coercing his girlfriend into trying anal sex, and her subsequent enjoyment of it.
36	* {{Irony}}: Gene Simmons sings lead vocals on "Cold Gin". The irony is that Gene is the only member of KISS who doesn't drink.
37	* OdeToIntoxication: "Cold Gin", written by Ace Frehley, but sung by Gene Simmons (the teetotaler). Ace Frehley would cover his own song on his solo live concert tours.
38	* OneWordTitle: "Strutter" and "Deuce".
39	* PrecisionFStrike: In "100,000 Years":
40	-->''It must have been a bitch while I was gone.''
41	* RecordProducer: Kenny Kerner, Richie Wise.
42	* SelfTitledAlbum
43	* UpdatedRerelease: "Strutter" would be updated four years later for the ''Double Platinum'' GreatestHits album.
44	* VocalTagTeam: Paul, Gene, and Peter get in on singing "Kissin' Time".
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