THE VERY BEST OF KISS (2002)

Details:

Mercury/UTV Records 440 063 122-2 (USA, 8/27/2002)
Universal UNIV-063122-2 (UK, 8/30/2002)
Universal Music Group UICY-1245 (Japan, 5/21/2004)
Mercury/UTV Records B0010915-02 (USA, 3/25/2008 - BioDigipak)
Mercury/UTV Records B0011746-02 (USA, 8/26/2008 - BioDigipak)

Tracks:

01. Strutter (3:10) - Stanley/Simmons
02. Deuce (3:05) - Simmons
03. Got To Choose (3:52) - Stanley
04. Hotter Than Hell (3:30) - Stanley
05. C'mon And Love Me (2:59) - Stanley
06. Rock And Roll All Nite (Live) 4:01) - Stanley/Simmons
07. Detroit Rock City (Edit) (3:38) - Stanley/Ezrin
08. Shout It Out Loud (2:50) - Simmons/Stanley/Ezrin
09. Beth (2:45) - Criss/Penridge/Ezrin
10. I Want You (3:02) - Stanley
11. Calling Dr. Love (3:41) - Simmons
12. Hard Luck Woman (3:32) - Stanley
13. I Stole Your Love (3:04) - Stanley
14. Christine Sixteen (3:12) - Simmons
15. Love Gun (3:16) - Stanley
16. Ace Frehley - New York Groove (3:03) - Ballard
17. I Was Made For Lovin' You (4:29) - Stanley/Poncia/Child
18. I Love It Loud (4:15) - Simmons/Cusano
19. Lick It Up (3:56) - Stanley/Vincent
20. Forever (3:52) - Stanley/Bolton
21. God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II (5:18) - Ballard/Stanley/Simmons/Ezrin

Notes:

Compilation produced by Bill Levenson; New compilation trying to hit all the hits in one volume. The album was reissued in 2008 in a digipak with slightly altered rear art.

Chart Action:

Chart Peak: #52 (9/4/02) with 6 week on charts. Other countries: CAN #33; GER #80; FIN#25; JPN #243; MEX #94 (2010); NOR #16; SWE #30.

RIAA/Sales:

By March 2012 the album had scanned 739,000 copies according to SoundScan. It was finally certified gold by the RIAA on June 15, 2015...

Multimedia:

2008 Digipak Reissue (2008):