Album Discography Psycho Circus
PSYCHO CIRCUS
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Release Details
Mercury/Phonogram 8DC-P9048 (Japan, 7/98 - Promo)
Mercury/PolyGram MEAD-169 (USA, 7/98 - Promo)
Mercury/PolyGram 558-992-2/4 (USA, 9/22/98)
Mercury/Phonogram PHCR-90007 (Japan, 9/18/98 - 3D Pop-Up Cover)
Mercury PHCR-1675 (Japan, 9/20/98 - Fold-out cover)
Universal/Mercury UICY-3862 (Japan, 6/9/05 - Reissue)
Universal Music UICY-6478 (Japan, 10/18/06 - Reissue)
Mercury/Phonogram 538 137-2 (Germany, 1998)
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Tracks
01. Psycho Circus (5:37) - Stanley/Cuomo MP3 LYRICS
02. Within (5:10) - Simmons MP3 LYRICS
03. I Pledge Allegience To The State Of Rock And Roll (3:32) - Stanley/Knight/Cuomo MP3 LYRICS
04. Into The Void (4:22) - Frehley/Cochran MP3 LYRICS
05. We Are One (4:41) - Simmons MP3 LYRICS
06. You Wanted The Best (4:15) - Simmons MP3 LYRICS
07. Raise Your Glasses (4:14) - Stanley/Knight MP3 LYRICS
08. I Finally Found My Way (3:40) - Stanley/Ezrin MP3 LYRICS
09. Dreamin' (4:12) - Stanley/Kulick MP3 LYRICS
10. Journey Of 1,000 Years (4:47) - Simmons MP3 LYRICS
11. In Your Face (3:40) - Simmons MP3 LYRICS
Album Notes
Produced by Bruce Fairbairn. Recorded at One On One Studios and A&M Studios in Los Angeles, CA, January - April 1998. Final mastering completed 6/24/98 by George Marino. Strings arranged by Shelly Berg. Track 11 is only available on import version of the album and CD Singles and is sung by Ace.
Drums on all of the album’s tracks, except "Into The Void," were performed by Kevin Valentine. The majority of the lead guitar work was by Tommy Thayer (apparently offered some $20K for the effort) with some having the sonic signature of Paul Stanley (but not necessarily being by him). Some notes indicate that Bruce Kulick played bass on "Psycho Circus" and "Body And Soul," though those were probably the demo versions. Whatever the case, it's a mess!
Probable Players
Paul Stanley - Lead vocals on 1, 3, 6, 7 & 9/rhythm and acoustic guitar/lead guitar on 3 & 6/bass on 5, 7 & 8/backing vocals
Gene Simmons - Lead vocals on 2, 5 , 6 & 10/bass/backing vocals
Ace Frehley - Lead vocals on 4, 6 & 11/Lead & rhythm guitar on 4/guitar solo on 6/backing vocals
Peter Criss - Lead vocals on 6 & 8/drums on 4/backing vocals
Kevin Valentine - Drums
Tommy Thayer - Lead & rhythm guitars
Bruce Kulick - Lead guitar on 2 (intro)/rhythm guitar on 9/bass on 1
Shelley Berg - Acoustic piano on 8 & 10
Bob Ezrin - Fender Rhodes on 8
Multimedia
KISS Album Focus - Psycho Circus
Psycho Circus Tour: 1998 | 1999
Chart Action
Chart Peak: #3 (10/1/98) with 14 weeks on charts.
| 10/1/98 | 10/8/98 | 10/15/98 | 10/22/98 | 10/29/98 | 11/5/98 | 11/12/98 |
| 3 | 35 | 58 | 65 | 75 | 78 | 94 |
| 11/19/98 | 11/26/98 | 12/3/98 | 12/10/98 | 12/17/98 | 12/25/98 | 1/6/99 |
| 119 | 145 | 165 | 171 | 173 | 174 | 182 |
RIAA/Sales
USA: Certified Gold by the RIAA on 10/22/1998. By February 2007 the album had sold 479,000 according to SoundScan. It is currently out-of-print in the USA.
