Release and Reception
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| Allmusic | |
| Pitchfork | (6.0/10) |
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The original vinyl release, in a gatefold-sleeve, had an embossed, silver-foiled sleeve, with the band members in bas-relief inside. The album was packaged with a printed "Platinum Award" thanking the Kiss Army for making the band a "Double Platinum Success". Later reissues would retain the gatefold-sleeve but replaced the logo with a printed, red-type version and the band members were now represented inside by photos rather than the bas illustrations. When the album was remastered for CD in the US, it mimicked the original vinyl.
The album was certified Platinum on May 16, 1978 by the RIAA. It never reached Double Platinum status. In Canada it was certified Gold on June 1, 1978 after shipping 50,000 copies.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic writes "If "Strutter" was represented by the original version, instead of a pointless 1978 remake—which was recorded only to entice collectors into buying an album of music they already owned -- Double Platinum would have been a definitive collection, but as it stands, it's simply a very, very good overview." Knowing that "Christine Sixteen" and "Shout It Out Loud" is not on the album...
Rolling Stone writes "Kiss's greatest-hits collections have all been conspicuously incomplete, as if it hates the idea of anyone buying just one Kiss album, but Double Platinum is the most solid, though not as much fun as Alive!.
In 1997 Double Platinum was remastered. The US got a beautiful foil Digipak remaster. Other countries were not so lucky with the packaging, especially the awful European Remaster cover.
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