Live to Win

Live to Win
Studio album by Paul Stanley
Released	October 24, 2006
Recorded	Hensen Recording Studios
Genre	Hard rock
Length	33:25
Label	New Door
Producer	Paul Stanley
Paul Stanley chronology
Paul Stanley (1978) Live to Win (2006) One Live Kiss (2008)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
About.com	[2]

Live to Win is the second solo album from Kiss vocalist, guitarist and co-founder Paul Stanley, released on October 24, 2006. The album's title track was featured on the South Park episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft", twenty days prior to the album's release.^[3] Stanley last released a solo album in 1978, Paul Stanley, which was officially released as a Kiss album. Comparing the two albums, Stanley said "It's not 1978 anymore... It's certainly the same mentality, and certainly I'm a better singer today. My perspective and where I'm at in my life at this point, and what I've experienced and seen, brings something else to the table that wasn't there then. But I still look back on that album as a really great snapshot of who I was and what I was doing then."^[4] Stanley supported the album's release with a club tour in the fall of 2006.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Live to Win" (Paul Stanley, Desmond Child, Andreas Carlsson) – 3:08
2. "Lift" (Stanley, Child, Marti Frederiksen) – 4:04
3. "Wake up Screaming" (Stanley, Child, Carlsson) – 3:00
4. "Everytime I See You Around" (Stanley, Pete Masitti) – 3:28
5. "Bulletproof" (Stanley, Carlsson, Harry Sommerdahl) – 3:01
6. "All About You" (Stanley, Child, Carlsson) – 3:16
7. "Second to None" (Stanley, Carlsson) – 3:35
8. "It's Not Me" (Stanley, Holly Knight, Charlie Midnight) – 3:19
9. "Loving You Without You Now" (Stanley) – 3:16
10. "Where Angels Dare" (Stanley, Child, John 5) – 3:22

Personnel

• Paul Stanley – lead and backing vocals, guitar, percussion, string arrangements
• Corky James – guitar, bass guitar
• Brad Fernquist – guitar
• John 5 – guitar
• Tommy Denander – guitar on "Live To Win" and "Wake Up Screaming"
• Andreas Carlsson – guitar, backing vocals
• Bruce Kulick – bass guitar on "Everytime I See You Around", "Second to None" and "Loving You Without You Now"
• Victor Indrizzo – drums
• Greg Kurstin – piano
• Zac Rae – piano
• Harry Sommerdahl – keyboards, programming
• Alex Gibson – audio engineering
• Russ Irwin – additional keyboards and programming
• John Shanks – backing vocals
• David Campbell – string arrangements on "Every Time I See You Around", "Second to None" and "Loving You Without You Now"
• Tom Jermann/t42design – art direction, design
• Neil Zlozower – photography

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2006	Billboard 200	53
	Rock Albums	14

References

1. Prato, Greg (2006-10-24). "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
2. "About.com review". Heavymetal.about.com. 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
3. "Live To Win on South Park". Kissonline.com. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
4. "Paul Stanley Solo Album Due In October". billboard.com. August 18, 2006.

External links

• Official Paul Stanley website