title: Gold (Kiss album)
text: # Gold (Kiss album)
  
  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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  ## 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)
  