The Box Set | |
Type: | Box set |
Artist: | Kiss |
Cover: | KISS Box Set.jpg |
Released: | November 20, 2001 |
Recorded: | 1966–1999 |
Genre: | Hard rock, heavy metal |
Length: | 6:04:13 |
Label: | Mercury Universal |
Producer: | Various |
Prev Title: | The Originals |
Prev Year: | 1976 |
Next Year: | 2005 |
The Box Set is a five-CD collection of recordings drawn from the Kiss archives reportedly selected by the band. The Box Set includes 94 tracks, including 30 previously unreleased band and solo demos, outtakes, live recordings, and a 120-page color booklet with track-by-track commentary by band members Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss, detailed track information, photos and essays. A limited number of the set were released in a guitar case-shaped box.
The Box Set peaked at #128 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the RIAA on December 18, 2001.