Origins, Vol. 1

Origins, Vol. 1
Studio album of cover songs by Ace Frehley
Released	April 13, 2016
Recorded	2015
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	51:33
Label	Entertainment One Music
Ace Frehley chronology
Space Invader (2014) Origins, Vol. 1. (2016)
Singles from Origins, Vol. 1
"White Room" Released: 11 February 2016

Origins, Vol. 1 is a covers album by American guitarist Ace Frehley, released on April 13, 2016 in Japan and April 15 in the United States.^[1] The album features guest appearances from Slash, Lita Ford, John 5, Mike McCready, and Frehley's former Kiss bandmate Paul Stanley. The album was announced on February 11, 2016.

In addition to covers of tracks by Cream and Thin Lizzy, Origins, Vol. 1 features newly-recorded versions of several Kiss songs which were written but not sung by Frehley, such as "Cold Gin" and "Parasite", as well as a new version of the Kiss song "Rock and Roll Hell" which he did not perform on as he was leaving the band at the time. ^[2]

The album entered the Billboard 200 chart at number twenty three selling 16,113 in its first week, but totaling 16,386 copies including streams and tracks.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist/arranger	Length
1.	"White Room"	Jack Bruce, Pete Brown	Cream	5:04
2.	"Street Fighting Man"	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	The Rolling Stones	4:01
3.	"Spanish Castle Magic" (featuring John 5)	Jimi Hendrix	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	3:35
4.	"Fire and Water" (featuring Paul Stanley)	Andy Fraser, Paul Rodgers	Free	4:11
5.	"Emerald" (featuring Slash)	Phil Lynott, Brian Robertson, Brian Downey, Scott Gorham	Thin Lizzy	4:29
6.	"Bring It On Home"	Willie Dixon	Sonny Boy Williamson II	4:26
7.	"Wild Thing" (featuring Lita Ford)	Chip Taylor	The Troggs	3:45
8.	"Parasite" (featuring John 5)	Frehley	Kiss	4:03
9.	"Magic Carpet Ride"	Rushton Moreve, John Kay	Steppenwolf	3:43
10.	"Cold Gin" (featuring Mike McCready)	Frehley	Kiss	5:18
11.	"Till the End of the Day"	Ray Davies	The Kinks	2:27
12.	"Rock and Roll Hell"	Gene Simmons, Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance	Kiss	6:31
Total length:				51:33

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3]	51
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[4]	111
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[5]	99
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[6]	35
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[7]	58
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[8]	15
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9]	22
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10]	44
UK Albums (OCC)[11]	170
US Billboard 200[12]	23

References

1. Grow, Kory. "Ace Frehley Announces New LP, 'White Room' Cover, Paul Stanley Reunion". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
2. Moore, Daniel (2016-02-13). "Somewhere In Time : Ace Frehley to reunite with Paul Stanley on new covers album 'Origins, Vol. 1'!!". Somewhereintimemusic.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
3. "Austriancharts.at – Ace Frehley – Origins Vol.1" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
4. "Ultratop.be – Ace Frehley – Origins Vol.1" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
5. "Ultratop.be – Ace Frehley – Origins Vol.1" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
6. "Ace Frehley – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Ace Frehley. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
7. "Dutchcharts.nl – Ace Frehley – Origins Vol.1" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
8. "Norwegiancharts.com – Ace Frehley – Origins Vol.1". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
9. "Swedishcharts.com – Ace Frehley – Origins Vol.1". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
10. "Swisscharts.com – Ace Frehley – Origins Vol.1". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
11. "CHART: CLUK Update 23.04.2016 (wk16)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
12. "Ace Frehley – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Ace Frehley. Retrieved April 26, 2016.

External links

• Ace Frehley official website