My Top 10: 1. Kiss (1974) 2. Destroyer (1976) 3. Love Gun (1977) 4. Hotter Than Hell (1974) 5. Creatures Of the Night (1982) 6. Rock And Roll Over (1976) 7. Dressed To Kill (1975) 8. Dynasty (1979) 9. Animalize (1984) 10. Lick It Up (1983)
My ranking would be a lot different but I prefer the 70's period. I like how the video was fast paced and you covered 20 albums at a perfect video length.
I like your style, Kid! I enjoyed your explanations of why you like one album over another, and how you gave your opinion of the standout tracks for each album. You pointed out some songs I forgot about or don't recall hearing that I'm definitely adding to my playlist! 70s Kiss is my Dads Kiss, I grew up in the 80s and love that era more as well!
Love that you give 80s kiss the credit it deserves. A lot of old school kiss fans dismiss the 80s material but in my opinion 1982 - 1992 was the best era of kiss. I personally love Monster as well. My list would go something like this.... 24. Gene solo album 23. Peter solo album 22. The Elder 21. Carnival of Souls 20. Unmasked 19. Animalize 18. Hot in the Shade 17. Dressed to Kill 16. Paul solo album 15. Psycho Circus 14. Sonic Boom 13. Rock and Roll Over 12. Hotter than Hell 11. Love Gun 10. Revenge 9. Monster 8. Ace solo album 7. Asylum 6. Kiss 5. Dynasty 4. Destroyer 3. Crazy Nights 2. Lick it Up 1. Creatures of the Night
Loving the support for Hot in the Shade and Crazy Nights, love both of those albums. Great Saxon shirt by the way, not sure if you've done it already but album ranking for them would be great.
Yes! I always loved Animalize. Asylum and Animalize are similar with song writing but better songs on Asylum with better guitar solos. But both are solid albums.
My favourite all time band. You had it surprisingly low but Rock n Roll Over is my favourite. Least favourite Carnival Of Souls. Most overrated Revenge Most underrated Asylum and Psycho Circus
Great review! Finally a KISS fan who doesn't have the same top 10 ranking. \m/ My top 20: 20. Monster 19. Sonic Boom 18. Carnival Of Souls 17. Psycho Circus 16. Dressed To Kill 15. Kiss 14. Love Gun 13. Revenge 12. Hot In The Shade 11. Crazy Nights 10. Hotter Than Hell 9. Dynasty 8. Unmasked 7. Asylum 6. Rock N Roll Over 5. Destroyer 4. Lick It Up 3. Animalize 2. The Elder 1. Creatures Of The Night
Finally, Creatures of the night! on someone's number one spot on a top KISS albums list too ...My (top ten) from good to masterpiece would be...Dressed to kill #10 Asylum #9 Unmasked #8 Revenge #7 the Elder #6 Love Gun # 5 Destroyer # 4 Dynasty #3 Animalize #2 Lick it up! And my #1 pick is, ... *Creatures Of the Night*
DUDE AWESOME FUCKING RANKING BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO SONG LOMG DUUUDE! Kiss is my favorite band and I do like every album but here’s my ranking 20) Carnival of Souls 19) Music From “The Elder” 18) Sonic Boom 17) Animalize 16) Revenge 15) Psycho Circus 14) Crazy Nights 13) Creatures of The Night 12) Monster 11) Hot In The Shade 10) Lick It Up 9) Unmasked 8) Asylum 7) Destroyer 6) Hotter Than Hell 5) Dynasty 4) Dressed To Kill 3) KISS 2) Rock n Roll Over 1) Love Gun
KISS has always been a weird band for me. I love very little of their stuff, kinda sorta like most of it, and hate some of it. However, I saw them 2x on their reunion tour in '97 and it was an amazing experience. That said, I rarely if ever catch myself yearning to listen to KISS.
I'm listening mostly prog rock and hard rock albums(of course and many different metal styles) and bands like kiss or riot(riot v today) and similar, i like them, listen to them from time to time, but hardly i like to return back and listening top-to-bottom album.... one of reason i think is, even they done something different, they do it early and in the 80's when metal exploded, they not fit in that 80's era... then in the 90's every all bands, rock, prog, heavy etc... are lost in the grunge era...
My list is: 20- Carnival Of Souls 19- Music From “The Elder” 18- Sonic Boom 17- Monster 16- Psycho Circus 15- Hot In The Shade 14- Lick It Up 13- Hotter Than Hell 12- Revenge 11- Dynasty 10- Asylum 9- Love Gun 8- Rock And Roll Over 7- Animalize 6- Creatures Of The Night 5- Destroyer 4- Unmasked 3- KISS 2- Dressed To Kill 1- Crazy Nights To note: -I like the classic KISS era, but I also enjoy the non-makeup era, although some of the non-makeup era albums weren’t ranked super high (Hot In The Shade, Lick It Up, and Revenge). -There are 10 songs on Lick It Up, and I like half of them (4 Paul songs and 1 Gene song). The songs I like are very good, but the songs I don’t like I don’t like at all. That’s why it’s low. -Same for Hot In The Shade, I like about 5-6 of the songs, the others don’t really care for. Because there are 15 songs, a lot of the songs I don’t like are filler. -Revenge has grown on me a bit. A year ago, I would’ve put it around that 14-16 spot, it’s a bit higher because I do like “Take It Off,” “Heart Of Chrome,” and “Every Time I Look At You.” It’s a decent album I’ll say. I think “Domino” studio version isn’t that good, but the Alive 3 version is killer, makes the song 10x better.
@@markmedina5543 in my opinion it is. Rock And Roll Over is a classic, but there a few songs I don’t like. Calling Dr. Love is overrated to me, I never got Love Em’ and Leave Em,’ and See You In Your Dreams isn’t very good. I would probably move it down a spot or 2 now, but still enjoy the album.
@@markmedina5543 as for Crazy Nights, I’m a sucker for keyboards. That era in glam rock was amazing to me. Whitesnake with their self titled album, Def Leppard with Hysteria, White Lion with Pride and Big Game, Night Ranger with Big Life, and plenty more. Only 2 songs off Crazy Nights I don’t care for (Bang Bang You and Good Girl Gone Bad).
Kiss.....my first love back in the early 80's, 6 yrs old. Always a special place in my heart. Seeing them in 1997 was a blast. 01. Hotter Than Hell 02. Kiss 03. Unmasked 04. Creatures of the Night 05. Love Gun 06. Destroyer 07. Lick It Up 08. Dressed To Kill 09. Rock'n'Roll Over 10. Animalize 11. Dynasty 12. The Elder 13. Asylum 14. Crazy Nights Thats all i got. When Asylum came out it was already over because in the meanwhile i discovered Slayer. But i like it now. Not sure about Crazy Nights though. And then of course Alive! and Alive II (best album cover ever)!
70s Kiss was classic rock ( till 78 ) then they went with the fads of the time,disco/pop ( 79/80 ) , hair metal (83 - 88 ), hard rock ( 89-92 ) ,then grunge ,then back to classic rock
Aw man, justice for unmasked. Its one of my favorites, I don't know what it is, I just love it. Edit: you're forgiven for putting Asylum at number 1 its my other favorite lol
Nice list bro! Enjoyed the video. I will say that 80’s KISS I’ve always been a fan of, but growing up as a huge KISS fan the 70’s stuff attracted me more. Over the years I’ve got really into the 80’s stuff especially stuff with VV
Love your list and your channel as well Bryce damn you know music! I like how you pick not necessarily the most popular like Naked City and Dirty Livin’ those are two great great songs . For non studio Kiss Alive ll is my favorite that was my first live album I ever owned and still wear it out ! Your channel is awesome keep on going man and idk if you’ve done an Accept album ranking but that would be cool .
1. Kiss 2. Love Gun 3. Rock And Roll Over 4. Dynasty 5. Destroyer 6. Hotter Than Hell 7. Revenge 8. Dressed To Kill 9. Carnival Of Souls 10. Psycho Circus 11. Sonic Boom 12. Creatures Of The Night 13. Music From “The Elder” 14. Unmasked 15. Asylum 16. Animalize 17. Monster 18. Hot In The Shade 19. Crazy Nights 20. Lick It Up
The early records have such a natural and smooth flow, a reason why I think the self-titled, Hotter Than Hell, Rock And Roll Over and Love Gun are timeless classics. Always felt Creatures Of The Night got some heavy stuff but gotta dig some of the later years stuff more. Anyway, top 10 TNT songs anytime soon?
My 19 year old Son's favorite is Asylum. Great album! My favorite rotates between "Dressed" "R 'N R Over" and "Creatures" ( Saw that tour with "The Crue" opening BTW). I cannot choose.
I'll give you a break only because your still a young pup lol. But being a KISS Fan since 1976 (Was 13 years old) putting the albums HOT IN THE SHADE, CRAZY NIGHTS in the top 5 is a KISS sin (lol). Rock ON love your channel, nice to see young guys like your self still liking and buying the 70s and 80's hardrock and metal 🤘🤘🤘
Fantastic ranking. It’s nice to see the 80s records get high praise for a change. This was a difficult one but this is how I’d rank them at the moment: 20 Carnival of Souls 19 Psycho Circus 18 Hot in the Shade 17 Monster 16 Sonic Boom 15 Crazy Nights 14 Animalize 13 The Elder 12 Lick It Up 11 Revenge 10 Asylum 9 Unmasked 8 Love Gun 7 Destroyer 6 Creatures of the Night 5 Dynasty 4 Dressed to Kill 3 Rock and Roll Over 2 Kiss 1 Hotter Than Hell
Unpopular opinions in this video but dude...completely justified. You like what you like. You make solids points on why as well. Don't listen to the punks who disagree and insult you.
My Rankings. 20. Music from the Elder 19. Unmasked 18. Monster 17. Carnival of Souls 16. Sonic Boom 15. Dynasty 14. Psycho Circus 13. Destroyer 12. Hot in the Shade 11. Hotter than Hell 10. Kiss 9. Dressed to Kill 8. Crazy Nights 7. Revenge 6. Rock and Roll Over 5. Love Gun 4. Animalize 3. Lick it Up 2. Asylum 1. Creatures of the Night
Ok I am a huge Kiss fan , your list surprised me big time , however you made great points and I have mad respect for your list! Great video and opinions on the band’s albums.
I disagree with your ranking but I totally respect it. Most others put Asylum and Crazy Nights at the bottoms of their lists. I'm with you, I like those albums, not as much as you do, but definitely higher than other reviewers. I was 6 in '76 and Destroyer was my introduction to the band, so I'm a little biased about how much stock I put in that album, but this is your list, not mine. That's what great about all these ranking videos, nobody's list is the same. Nice work.
Hi, you may want to check out the songs that "inspired" KISS to come up with some of the deep cuts that you mentioned. Great White - "Dead End" -> reused by Paul to create the verses of "Under the Gun" (fantastic song still, I agree with you) Peter Kaukonen - "Dynamo Snackbar" -> reused by Gene for "Watchin' You" which is indeed one of the heaviest early tracks Slade - "Lay it Down" -> another one that loosely inspired Gene for "Doctor Love" (actually both Gene and Paul based a lot of their early stuff on Slade songs) Slade - "We'll Bring the House Down" -> Contains the hooligan-like chant that Gene reshaped into "I Love it Loud" Montrose - "Space Station #5" -> Paul tweaked the riff a bit and eventually came up with "Makin' Love" The Faces - "Looking Out the Window" -> it is an instrumental that laid the basis for Paul's "100'000 Years" The above are some relatively deeper cuts, some of the more blatant "inspirations" also include Free (both "Hotter than Hell" and "Heaven's on Fire" reek of "All Right Now"), Mountain ("Goin Blind" is a rewrite of Mountain's take on Jack Bruce's "Theme from an Imaginary Western"), The Who (compare "Love Her All I Can" with "Can't Explain") and Deep Purple (Paul admitted that "Stole your Love" is "Burn" played backwards), as well as the occasional copycat song such as the Rod Stewart-like "Hard Luck Woman" or the disco-template of "I Was Made for Lovin' You".
Really nice ranking. I agree that 80s kiss is their best era, so many awesome albums. Only thing I'd really change is switching hot in the shade and revenge, hot in the shade is pretty good but has some of their worst songs, and I really like Revenge even though I Just Wanna is terrible, but it has so many of my favorite kiss songs including unholy and thou shalt not
I like my music a bit heavier, so Revenge is higher on my list. The 1st time I heard Unholy it instantly became one of my all time favorite Kiss songs.
Really interesting and honest list! Personally I have never found Destroyer that interesting an album too, and I love 80s kiss. I have always loved Crazy Nights and I agree it has been overlooked.
My top 20 : 20. Carnival of souls - Jungle 19. Psycho circus - Psycho circus 18. Monster - Hell or Halleluja 17.Sonic boom - Say yeah ! 16.Music from 'the elder' - the oath 15.Hot in the shade - Forever 14.Crazy nights - Crazy crazy nights 13.Dynasty - I was made for loving you 12.Unmasked - Talk to me 11.Animalize - I’ve had enough 10.Dressed to kill - Rock and roll all nite 9. Hotter than hell - parasite 8.Destroyer - Detroit rock city 7.Asylum - Tears are falling 6.Revenge - Unholy 5.Rock and roll over - calling dr. love 4.Creatures of the night - Danger 3.Kiss - Black diamond 2.Love gun - Love gun 1.Lick it up - A million to one
Love your channel. Subbed. However, I wanted to point out that the last album to feature Eric Carr on drums was Crazy Nights. ( or technically, Smashes, Thrashes, and Hits) as Hot in the Shade does feature his vocals, but the entire album is sadly a drum machine. :( Source: Bruce Kulick Also, Monster Rules! I'll never understand the hate. Keep up the great stuff. Cheers!
Hallo Bryce Uhh there are many surprises in your ranking.....but that's cool ! 20. Hot in the shade 19. Carnival of souls 18.Crazy nights 17. Monster 16. Animalize 15. Asylum 14. The Elder 13. Psycho Circus 12. Sonic Boom 11. Unmasked 10. Revenge 09. Dynasty 08. Debut Album 07. Lick it up 06. Hotter than hell 05. Love gun 04. Creatures of the night 03. Rock and roll over 02. Destroyer 01. Dressed to kill ❤😎 Have a nice day and I can't wait how do you ranked the W.A.S.P. Albums,greetings from Heiko
COTN is my #1. My #2 is probably RARO. I do like the Kulick albums as well and Animalize is solid. Pretty much enjoy all the Ace Frehley songs in KISS. Didn't realize that until I looked at who actually wrote their songs.
I just found your work on RU-vid. You’re doing great! Watched your Kiss video and you nailed it. I had a couple different but only by a spot or two. Asylum is their best keep up the great work
My friend had mixtapes of KISS when we were kids in the 90's and I mostly remember the 80's songs, so that's what I always preferred as I grew older. I do love the 70's stuff as well, especially with age, but I'm an 80's metal guy all around so that's always gonna be my number one love. This is how I currently rank the albums: 1. Creatures Of The Night 2. Hotter Than Hell 3. Rock And Roll Over 4. Music From “The Elder” 5. Animalize 6. Asylum 7. Lick It Up 8. Destroyer 9. Dressed To Kill 10. Dynasty 11. Love Gun 12. Kiss 13. Carnival Of Souls 14. Monster 15. Sonic Boom 16. Crazy Nights 17. Psycho Circus 18. Unmasked 19. Hot In The Shade 20. Revenge
20. Monster 19. Sonic Boom 18. Carnival of Souls 17. PsychoCircus 16. Hot in the Shade 15. Lick it Up 14. Revenge 13. Hotter than Hell 12. Kiss Debut 11. Dressed to Kill 10. Destroyer 9. Unmasked 8. Love Gun 7. Asylum 6. Creatures of the Night 5. Animalize 4. Rock and Roll Over 3. Crazy Nights 2. The Elder 1. Dynasty
I know everyone's list is different but wow, I'm impressed with yours! Asylum #1? Destroyer 13? Love it!! I've been a fan since 1977 at 5 years old and dug the debut, Love gun,Dynasty, alive 2 and Unmasked..Now in my 40s my top 5 are Unmasked, Creatures, Debut,Animalize and Love gun but Asylum is in my top 10..Was never a Destroyer fan and I actually enjoy The Elder more lol..Crazy nights at 3? Love it! ..great rankings man!
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who finds Monster and Sonic Boom pretty unremarkable. Sonic Boom is not a bad album for the most part, but it always annoyed me, you could hear Tommy Thayer downright replicating a lot of classic Frehley solos, like "Black Diamond", "Love Gun", "Calling Dr. Love", and "Deuce". Never liked Carnival of Souls, and I totally agree, Revenge is very overrated! I was amazed to see Unmasked so high! "Naked City" is one of my favorite Kiss/Gene songs of all time as well. Your ranking of a lot of the 70s albums was shocking! Glad you gave some love to Psycho Circus. I do think Crazy Nights is a slightly better album than most people think, although I don't think it's one of their best. Overall, I appreciate you heading at this like a battering ram. It's easy to rank according to peer pressure, and Kiss is one of those bands where fellow fans are not very accepting of much deviation in rankings.
Interesting ranking but hey we all hear them different. Enjoyed the video! My top 12 are 1 kiss 2 hotter than hell 3 destroyer 4dressed to kill 5 rock and roll over 6love gun 7 ace frehley 8 creatures of the night 9 dynasty 10 lick it up 11 music from the elder 12 unmasked
I am 50 and Music from the Elder will always rank as last on my list. Psycho Circus would be much lower. Destroyer and Revenge would be higher. You really did a great job in my opinion with your list. Keep up the great videos!
As a fellow metal head, I definitely agree with your statement about their catalogue being a lot more "heavy" in the '80s vs. the '70s. That stretch of albums from Creatures to Asylum was them at their peak imo. I too think Asylum is their best work.
1. Destroyer 2. KISS 3. Rock And Roll Over 4. Dressed To Kill 5. Dynasty 6. Creatures Of The Night 7. Hotter Than Hell 8. Lick It Up 9. Carnival Of Souls 10. Love Gun
Nice to see your KISS ranking. I am working on mine for some time now and it will different then yours but with so many albums its normal. But very nice to see you talking about them and giving your opinion.
My first KISS album was Hot in the Shade and I got to love it, cassette then my first CD, then I got vinyl from my local place and started collecting, it was a huge awesome independent shop, but I got hooked and obsessed with KISS TOP 5 1 LICK IT UP 2 CREATURES OF THE NITE 3 ASYLUM 4 Hot in the Shade 5 Revenge
20 - Music from the elder 19 - Crazy Nights 18 - Sonic Boom 17 - Hot in the shade 16 - Animalize 15 - Carnival of Souls 14 - Monster 13 - Revenge 12 - Unmasked 11 - Asylum 10 - Destroyer 9 - Kiss 8 - Psycho circus 7 - Lick it up 6 - Hotter than hell 5 - Creatures of the night 4 - Dressed to kill 3 - Rock and roll over 2 - Dynasty 1 - Love Gun
I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised to see albums like HOT IN THE SHADE and CRAZY NIGHTS ranked so high. Totally agree. I personally am a huge Non-Makeup era fan. I always wish the band would acknowledge this era far more than they do. LICK IT UP, would be my favorite choice of the era, but ASYLUM holds a huge spot in my heart. Great review. Take care.
In my opinion: 20 - Carnival of Souls 19 - Psycho Circus 18 - Monster 17 - Sonic Boom 16 - Animalize 15 - Music from 'The Elder' 14 - Hot in the Shade 13 - Dynasty 12 - Unmasked 11 - Dressed to kill 10 - Hotter than hell 9 - Crazy Nights 8 - Destroyer 7 - Asylum 6 - Revenge 5 - Rock and roll over 4 - Kiss 3 - Love gun 2 - Creatures of the night 1 - Lick it up Every Kiss album is (very) good !
Mine would be: 20. Carnival of Souls 19. Monster 18. Sonic Boom 17. Psycho Circus 16. The Elder 15. Rock And Roll Over 14. Unmasked 13. Dynasty 12. Hot in the Shade 11. Creatures Of The Night 10. Dressed To Kill 9. Asylum 8. Destroyer 7. Love Gun 6. Crazy Nights 5. Animalize 4. Revenge 3. Kiss 2. Lick It Up 1. Hotter Than Hell
24. Hot in the shade 23. Peter Kris 22. Animalize 21. Paul Stanley 20. Unmasked 19. Crazy nights 18. Music from the elder 17. Carnival of souls 16. Sonic boom 15. Rock and roll all over 14. Revenge 13. Dressed to kill 12. Lick it up 11. Dynasty 10. Asylum 9. Monster 8. Gene Simmons 7. Hotter than hell 6. Phyco circus 5. Destroyer 4. Creatures of the night 3. Kiss 2. Ace frehley 1. Love gun Alive is probably my favorite though.
My top 20 20. Asylum 19.Sonic Boom 18.Crazy Nights 17. Psycho Circus 16. Monster. 15. Hot in the shade 14. Carnival of souls 13. Dynasty 12 .Unmasked 11. Revenge 10. Music from the Elder 9. Animalize 8. Dressed to kill 7.Kiss 6. Lick it up 5 . Love gun 4.hotter than hell 3.Destroyer 2. Creatures of the night 1. Rock n Roll over
Goddamn, never thought I’d see the day where someone puts Asylum right at the top of their ranking. I don’t agree but serious respect on that, it’s actually impressive.
20. The Elder Crazy Nights Carnival of Souls Psycho Circus Hot in the Shade Animalize Asylum Unmasked Dynasty Monster Sonic Boom Revenge Lick it Up Creatures of the Night Love Gun Destroyer Rock and Roll Over Hotter than Hell Kiss 1. Dressed to Kill Dressed to Kill I feel is the band's most listenable album from front to back. Every other album of theirs had at least one track I could live without.
I also love Crazy Nights. I never understood the critic of calling it the "Kiss Jovi" album. The actual Kiss Jovi album came 2 years before that, it was called 7800° Fahrenheit.
Hot in the Shade Crazy Nights Carnival Of Souls Sonic Boom Psycho Circus Revenge Asylum Animalize Unmasked Monster The Elder Like It Up Creatures of the Night Destroyer Hotter Than Hell KISS Love Gun Rock And Roll Over Dressed To Kill Dynasty
I like 80s Kiss a lot, too, but I disagree with almost very ranking from him. He’s entitled to his opinion, and he supports his choices. So great video. I disagree with the rankings, but who cares. Good job.
my list: 20 Hot in the Shade 19 Animalize 18 Sonic Boom 17 Monster 16 Carnival of Souls 15 KISS 14 Crazy Nights 13 Dynasty 12 Love Gun 11 Hotter than Hell 10 Creatures of the Night 9 Psycho Circus 8 Dressed to Kill 7 Unmasked 7b KISS Alive II side 4 (the forgotten classic KISS album) 6 Lick it Up 5 Asylum 4 Elder 3 Revenge 2 Destroyer 1 Rock n Roll Over details upon request. thanks for your list. Nice to see others liking Asylum!
20. Sonic Boom 19. Monster 18. Hot In the Shade 17. Crazy Nights 16. Carnival of Souls 15. Psycho Circus 14. Unmasked 13. Revenge 12. Asylum 11. Animalize 10. Music From "The Elder" 9. Dynasty 8. Lick It Up 7. Destroyer 6. Rock and Roll Over 5. Creatures Of the Night 4. Dressed to Kill 3. Love Gun 2. Hotter Than Hell 1. Kiss
Well done, Sir 👍 I rate albums by how much gas I pass listening to all aspects of the album as it relates to me. Alive (1975) is the best. Creatures of the Night is a really gas album, too
My ranking 1. Destroyer (1976) 2. Love Gun (1977) 3. Rock And Roll Over (1976) 4. Kiss (1974) 5. Asylum (1985) 6. Revenge (1992) 7. Hotter Than Hell (1974) 8. Dressed To Kill (1975) 9. Crazy Nights (1987) 10. Animalize (1984) 11. Dynasty (1979) 12. Creatures Of The Night (1982) 13. Lick It Up (1983) 14. Monster (2012) 15. Hot In The Shade (1989) 16. Psycho Circus (1998) 17. Sonic Boom (2009) 18. Unmasked (1980) 19. Carnival Of Souls (1997) 20. Music From The Elder (1981)
😊Well Done Job in this way... I am 60 and Do not totally agree but also I got a Top 40 because of some Solostuff of the founding Members of ❤KISS ❤ and a Part of the "Alive!" - Records. But this is my Top 10: (Personal Opinion of Germany's KISS-Army-Member # 4/1975) 10.) Paul Stanley's 'Live to win' (2006) 9.) KISS 'Alive II' (Because of the 5 Studiotracks/1977) 8.) KISS 'Creatures of the Night' (1982) 7.) Ace Frehley's 'Kiss' (1978) The only Top 10 Soloalbum and all know why... 6.) KISS 'Kiss' (1974) 5.) KISS 'Animalize' (1984) 4.) KISS 'Revenge' (1991/'92) 3.) KISS ' Asylum' (1985) 2.) KISS '(Music from) The ELDER' (1981) and last but not least 1.) KISS 'Alive!' (1975) (❤ The 'Best' Live-Album Ever Done! This let me Start lovin' ❤ *KISS* ❤ Christmas 1975!)
In my opinion The Elder is a masterpiece! It‘s so different to the other albums.I loved it when I was nine and I love it with 50. 81-82 was a special time of KISS. I would say the last albums after they reunited are boring, but KISS always tried new things and that‘s KISS.
1. Destroyer 2. Kiss 3. Lick It Up 4. Love Gun 5. Creatures From the Night 6. Rock and Roll All Over 7. Hotter Than Hell 8. Dress to Kill 9. Revenge 10. Asylum 11. Monster 12. Unmasked 13. Sonic Boom 14. Psycho Cirus 15. Dynasty 16. Animalize 17. Music from "The Elder" 18. Carnival of Souls 19. Crazy Nights 20. Hot in the Shade
I like your list because it was a fresh view of KISS's discography. It's nothing like the way I would rate the albums except I agree with your Love Gun rating. The 80s albums are good but the 70s material is truly classic. Good video. My least favorite album would be Crazy Nights and favorite is probably KISS or Creatures.
Not sure peeps remember but Eric Carr and Freddie Mercury both left us on the same day, 11-24-91 Hope it never happens again we lose two legends on the same day. Good stuff Bryce. While I'd prolly have the debut a lot higher, I understand you prefer the 80's sound a lot more. And that's cool, you're far younger than most fans! Tears are Falling, maybe Paul's best vocal effort except for the MTV Unplugged version of I Still Love You. I know that wasn't a studio album but man, it's incredible. Might have ranked Love Gun a little higher also because the title track and I Stole Your Love are absolute monster tracks. Got the great Ace tune Shock Me, not many I don't love. Solid top to bottom except for maybe Almost Human. Lastly, Paul is a top 5 frontman, few do it better.
To me, once Kiss took off the makeup, they became Bon Jovi. I was confused on his ranking The Elder low, but then he also put Destroyer low. The Elder sounds like Prog Rock, not Elton John. BTW, Peter isn't on Dynasty either, except for the song that he contributed. Interesting that Peter wouldn't work with the band again unless they went with Vinnie Poncia as producer. Then Vinnie decides that Peter isn't in the shape needed to play on the album. So, Aton Fig is on that one as well. Tommy Thayer helped write some stuff on Hot In The Shade. Peter and Ace are missing from a lot of Psycho Circus
I would not rank Hot in Shades that hight but i agree with you at the final. Asylum is a great, really underrated album and i also think that is their best one. Really good, interesting list you got.
