''One for All'' is the fifth and final solo studio album by former
Kiss
A kiss is the touch or pressing of one's lips against another person or an object. Cultural connotations of kissing vary widely. Depending on the culture and context, a kiss can express sentiments of love, passion, romance, sexual attraction, ...
drummer and vocalist
Peter Criss
George Peter John Criscuola (born December 20, 1945), better known by his stage name Peter Criss, is a retired American musician, best known as a co-founder, original drummer, and vocalist of the hard rock band Kiss (band), Kiss. Criss establi ...
, released through
Megaforce Records
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on July 23, 2007. It reached #36 on the ''Billboard'' Top Independent Album list.
A special hand-signed gold label version was released that day at
Best Buy
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stores in limited quantities.
In his autobiography, ''Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of Kiss'', Criss mentioned that the song "Space Ace" was written about his Kiss bandmate
Ace Frehley
Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley (; born April 27, 1951) is an American musician, best known as the original lead guitarist and co-founding member of the hard rock band Kiss. He invented the persona of The Spaceman (a.k.a. Space Ace) and played wit ...
. He wrote, "I even wrote a song about Ace for the album, "Space Ace". You might think it was a tribute, but I was really writing about Ace’s betrayal of me."
Track listing
#"One for All" – (Mike McLaughlin,
Peter Criss
George Peter John Criscuola (born December 20, 1945), better known by his stage name Peter Criss, is a retired American musician, best known as a co-founder, original drummer, and vocalist of the hard rock band Kiss (band), Kiss. Criss establi ...
) 4:47
#"Doesn't Get Better Than This" (Charles Kipps, McLaughlin, Criss) – 5:08
#"Last Night" – (McLaughlin, Criss) 4:27
#"
What a Difference a Day Makes
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" (
Stanley Adams,
María Grever
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) – 4:25
#"Hope" – (McLaughlin, Criss) 2:47
#"Faces in the Crowd" – (McLaughlin, Criss) 3:36
#"
Send in the Clowns" (
Stephen Sondheim
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) – 3:52
#"Falling All Over Again" – (McLaughlin, Criss) 4:42
#"Whisper" – (McLaughlin, Criss) 4:16
#"Heart Behind These Hands" (Mark Schoenfeld, Barri McPherson) – 3:39
#"Memories" – (McLaughlin, Criss) 3:48
#"Space Ace" (Criss, Mark Montague) – 5:10
Personnel
Musicians
*
Peter Criss
George Peter John Criscuola (born December 20, 1945), better known by his stage name Peter Criss, is a retired American musician, best known as a co-founder, original drummer, and vocalist of the hard rock band Kiss (band), Kiss. Criss establi ...
– lead vocals, drums, percussion, art direction, design
* Will Lee – bass
* Mark Montague – bass, vocals
* Mike McLaughlin – guitar, vocals
*
Paul Shaffer
Paul Allen Wood Shaffer (born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian singer, composer, actor, author, comedian, and multi-instrumentalist who served as David Letterman's musical director, band leader, and sidekick on the entire run of both '' Late ...
– keyboards
*
Clifford Carter
Clifford Carter (born August 10, 1952) is an American keyboardist, musical director, composer and arranger. He has sometimes been credited as "Cliff Carter".
Carter is known for his performances with such artists as James Taylor,Bruce Springstee ...
– keyboards arranger
* All Boys Choir and Jen Johnson – backing vocals
Technical
* Douglas Heusser – design
* Tom Perkins – engineer
* Chris Jennings, Reed Taylor – assistant engineers
* George Marino – mastering
* Eric Stephen Jacobs – photography
Charts
References
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2007 albums
Peter Criss albums
Megaforce Records albums