Gold
Greatest hits album by Kiss
Released	January 11, 2005
Recorded	1973-1982
Genre	Hard rock
Length	2:31:50
Label	Mercury Universal
Producer	Various
Kiss chronology
Kiss Instant Live (2004) Gold (2005) The Best of Kiss, Volume 3: The Millennium Collection (2006)

Gold is a 2005 greatest hits collection by American shock rock band Kiss. This two-disc set covers the band's recordings from 1974 to 1982. All tracks are previously available.

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Track listing

Personnel

Members

• Paul Stanley - lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar (Disc 1 track 9; Disc 2 tracks 15, 16, 18) first guitar solo (Disc 2 tracks 1, 4), bass guitar (Disc 2 tracks 5, 14) 12-string guitar (Disc 1 track 5; Disc 2 track 3)
• Gene Simmons - lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, rhythm guitar (Disc 2 tracks 6, 12)
• Peter Criss - drums, percussion, backing and lead vocals
• Ace Frehley - lead guitar, backing and lead vocals, bass (Disc 1 tracks 7), acoustic guitar (Disc 1 track 9; Disc 2 tracks 3, 11, 16, 18), all guitars and bass (Disc 2 tracks 7, 11, 17)
• Eric Carr - drums, percussion, backing vocals (Disc 2 tracks 18-20)

Additional personnel

• Bill Bodine - bass guitar (Disc 2 track 13)
• Steve Buslowe - bass guitar (Disc 2 track 10)
• Lenny Castro - percussion (Disc 2 track 13)
• Bill Cuomo - keyboards, synthesizer (Disc 2 track 13)
• Sean Delaney - percussion (Disc 2 track 12)
• Bob Ezrin - piano (Disc 1 track 19), orchestration (Disc 1 track 19; Disc 2 track 18), electric piano (Disc 2 track 18)
• Dick Wagner - acoustic guitar (Disc 1 track 19)
• Bruce Foster – acoustic piano and additional guitar (Disc 1 track 2)
• Warren Dewey – fire engine sound effects (Disc 1 track 3)
• Eddie Kramer - keyboards (Disc 2 tracks 4-6)
• Anton Fig - drums (Disc 2 tracks 11, 14-17)
• Richie Fontana - drums (Disc 2 track 10)
• Tom Harper - bass guitar (Disc 2 track 16)
• Neil Jason - bass guitar (Disc 2 track 12)
• Michael Kamen - orchestration (Disc 2 track 18)
• Holly Knight - keyboards (Disc 2 track 16)
• Bob Kulick - lead guitar (Disc 2 tracks 10, 19-20)
• Steve Lacy - guitar (Disc 2 track 12)
• David Lasley - backing vocals (Disc 2 track 11)
• Susan Collins - backing vocals (Disc 2 track 11)
• Bobby McAdams – power mouth (talk box) (Disc 2 track 11)
• Art Munson - guitar (Disc 2 track 13)
• Stan Penridge - guitar, backing vocals (Disc 2 track 13)
• Vini Poncia - keyboards and backing vocals (Disc 2 tracks 13-15, 17)
• Joe Perry - guitar (Disc 2 track 12)
• John Shane Howell - classical guitar (Disc 2 track 12)
• Allen Schwartzberg - drums (Disc 2 track 12)
• Bob Seger and Janis Ian – backing vocals (Disc 2 track 12)
• Eric Troyer - piano, backing vocals (Disc 2 track 12)
• The American Symphony Orchestra (Disc 2 track 18)