Ranking the KISS Albums! 

1 Rock n roll over 2 Kiss 3 hotter than hell 4 destroyer 5 dressed to kill 6 love gun 7 dynasty 8 creatures 9 unamsked 10 revenge 11 asylum 12 lick it up 13 psycho circus 14 crazy nights 15 hot in the shade 16 sonic boom 17 monster 18 carnival of souls 19 the elder 20 animalize

Creatures of the Night is a top 5 album because the reverb adds a heavy unique ambience. I thought there my be something wrong with my record player when I first heard it. But it sounded great! Saint and Sinner wouldn't be nearly as good without this incredible use of reverb! The album is original due to the extraordinary production and raises it up about 10 places in the hierarchy.

You put Creatures as #10 behind Psycho Circus!?!?!? Insane

Psycho Cirkus over COTN? That's a first!

Did u realize that when talking about Dressed to Kill u called Rock n Roll All Nite "Rock n Roll Over" 2x? and I agree with u: I dont ever wanna hear that song again..

1.) Rock n Roll over 2.) Hotter than hell 3.) KISS 4.) Destroyer 5.) Creatures of the night 6.) Revenge 7.) Love gun 8.) Lick it up 9.) Dressed to kill 10.) Dynasty 11.) Carnival of souls 12.) Psycho Circus 13.) Animalize 14.) Asylum 15.) Sonic boom 16.) Monster 17.) The Elder 18.) Unmasked 19.) Crazy nights 20.) Hot in the shade

1. Destroyer 2. Hotter Than Hell 3. Dressed to Kill 4. KISS 5. Creatures of The Night 6. Dynasty 7. Music from The Elder 8. Rock and Roll Over 9. Ace Frehley 10. Love Gun 11. Lick It Up 12. Psycho Circus 13. Carnival of Souls 14. Animalize 15. Revenge 16. Asylum 17. Paul Stanley 18. Unmasked 19. Gene Simmons 20. Monster 21. Sonic Boom 22. Hot In The Shade 23. Peter Criss 24. Crazy Nights

20. Sonic Boom 19. Monster 18. Unmasked 17. Carnival of Soul 16. Crazy Nights 15. Hot in the Shade 14. Music from the Elder 13. Animalize 12. Asylum 11. Psycho Circus 10. Dinasty 9. Rock n' Roll Over 8. Dressed to kill 7. Love Gun 6. Lick it up 5. Revenge 4. Hotter than Hell 3. KISS 2. Creatures of the Night 1. Destroyer

My Revised Top 20 - 1. Destroyer 2. KISS 3. Dressed To Kill 4. Rock And Roll Over 5. Dynasty 6. Creatures Of The Night 7. Hotter Than Hell 8. Love Gun 9. Lick It Up 10. Unmasked 11. Carnival Of Souls 12. Psycho Circus 13. The Elder 14. Asylum 15. Revenge 16. Anamalize 17. Monster 18. Sonic Boom 19. Hot In The Shade 20. Crazy Nights

KISS Rankings: Let me preface this album ranking with the usual qualifiers: •My top seven are etched in stone, never to be redshifted. •I probably like the albums I’ve got ranked at the bottom a little more than it sounds. I may dislike a few things from the top of my list a little more than what it sounds. These are my words and I’m sticking to them. -------- 1 } Rock And Roll Over-An album that defines a generation. Combined with a producer that understands KISS better than the band does? True dat. 2} Hotter than Hell-It’s unfair really. My introduction to KISS. My older brother put it on the turntable when I was five and it was over from there. Some very clever songwriting in addition to my anthem LMGR&R 3} Creatures Of The Night- An album to be played when leveling buildings. The only stoplight is ISLY. Not the masterpiece Paul thinks it is. 4} KISS- More staples than an Office Depot. A timeless record that sees through the careless(?) production and interference from the Big Honcho. 5} Lick It Up- A shameless LP from the now maskless foursome. I can”t play FLAG without playing it again. And then again. The rest is just as sweet. 6} Destroyer- Not truly as heralded for me as some others. Undeniable classics sprinkled with a few misfires. FY, DRC, KOTNW, SIOL, DYLM?, and GOT are immediate winners with Ezzy’s thoughtfulness. 7} Dressed To Kill- Short and concise with just one dull moment with LIW. Sorry Gene, this is the one zit on an otherwise delicious platter. 8} Music From The Elder- KISS loses their paper atlas in their musical direction. But what a wonderful drive through the Shire! Many poignant tracks and Ace makes sure the evil dragon doesn’t kill the album totally. 9} Revenge- A bad habit that’s good, good, good! Not Paul’s shining moment but he does enough to keep the tracks going. Gene tows the line. 10} Love Gun- Heartbreaking this doesn’t rank higher but KISS at this junction of their career could take a shit and it would turn into 24-karat gold. And it reflects the chances they took on this album. The TSKM cover is pure pap. But hell, the album is still pure KISS fun. 11} Animalize- The lynchpin between the refocused KISS and the trendy KISS we’d see in the latter 80’s. BBB, HOF and for me, GAYCT works even despite Paul sucking helium from balloons before his vocal track. 12} Dynasty- A very confused musical landscape is too convenient an excuse for Dynasty’s inconsistency. There’s good stuff for sure, but it’s not the KISS I grew up with. Ace shines on 2KM. Gene kinda makes an Arby’s run. Though XRE is catchy. 13} Unmasked- So much gloss that the record needle slips off the vinyl. The saving principle is that the ones I like and have grown on me (Shandi, TTM, TSOTC, ITY, TG and Tomorrow) and is unapologetically bubblegum. YATIW is good too. The rest is unforgivable cheese 14} Asylum- KOTM, TAF, WWTBL rise above the rest of this pastel-laden work. 15} Hot In The Shade- Addition by subtraction. Forever, LC, HYH are keepers. Sift between any 7 left to keep the album at 10 for posterity. LEFT SHIFT+DELETE the rest and deny their existence. 16} Psycho Circus- An overcalculated foray. No organic flow despite great moments. WAO, Within, PC, ITV are listenable. They aren’t spectacular either. The rest is heat-lumped fodder that we Army vets are expected to rally around. 17} Carnival Of Souls-Hmm. I want to like this more. CE has (to me) some deliciously macabre lyrics and a sharp hook to boot. IWBT is competent as well as IMH. It’s been said numerous times before, but this is just not their wheelhouse. 18} Crazy Nights- A slick album cover disguises bargain bin 80s synth rock sing-alongs. KISS tries too hard to play catch-up. 19}Monster- I try really hard to push this boulder of an album higher up the cliff but it just keeps falling. Some good moments but there is just no meat in this marinara. 20}Sonic Boom- this is a caricature of KISS only with the real members. Something had to be on the bottom.

having love gun that low is criminal lol

100% agree with the scab part.

Into the Void on Psycho Circus was amazing.

Circus ahead of Creatures? Bed ready for you in the the Crazy house.

LOVE GUN Best 70s sound mix Best album cover Best Ace song Best KISS song (Love Gun) Best underrated songs (Love 4 Sale, Tomorrow and Tonight, Almost Human)

I think Flaming Youth is underrated. It sums up how we felt about authority figures in our lives. And the funky circus pipes give it that strange vibe that’s strange enough to be cool. I think you should do a video on which is better Alive 1 or Alive 2. Two very different Animals. Alive 1 they are hungry and Alive 2 they are at their peak. They mayhem as Shout it out loud starts is breathtaking

Dirty Livin'? I never would have thought you'd say that. Really surprised me for sure. Myself, I love the song. Good video, great insights, interesting viewpoints... I'm really enjoying it. ✌👍

I never ever even bothered to listen to anything after CoS. Couldnt be less interested.

I love all KISS music but this is what i like the most... 1. Destroyer 2. Love Gun 3. Rockn roll over (ALIVE 2) 4. KISS 5. Dressed To Kill 6. Hotter Than Hell (ALIVE 1) 7. ACE FREHLEY 8. Unmasked 9. Dynasty 10. Psycho circus 11. Revenge 12. Crazy Nights 13. PAUL STANLEY 14. GENE SIMMONS. 15. CREATURES OF THE NIGHT. 16. Music From The Elder 17. LICK IT UP. 18. Sonic Boom 19. Asylum 20.. Hot In The Shade 21. Animalize 22. PETER CRISS 23. MONSTER 24.. CARNIVAL OF SOULS

A fan from 76 and rates animalize way higher then love gun ,now I heard it all lol

Love Gun - My ultimate least favorite song - Christine Sixteen. I much prefer the unplugged version of Plaster Caster. I agree with you on Hooligan and Got Love for Sale

Great list! 20. Unmasked 19. Hot In the Shade 18. Sonic Boom 17. Revenge 16. Psycho Circus 15. Creatures of the Night 14. Carnival of Souls 13. KISS 12. Crazy Nights 11. Rock N Roll Over 10. Music From the Elder 9. Monster 8. Dressed to Kill 7. Animalize 6. Asylum 5. Lick It Up 4. Dynasty 3. Love Gun 2. Hotter Than Hell 1. Destroyer

Another interesting and excellent list! Dressed to Kill is my all time favorite, so kudos to you for having it at number two. Most lists I have seen have it between six and ten, with a couple having it as low as the high teens. A true outrage!🙃 Here's my list, according to how I feel in this moment. 20. Sonic Boom 19. Unmasked 18. Music From The Elder 17. Monster 16. Crazy Nights 15. Asylum 14. Hot in the Shade 13. Carnival of Souls 12. Animalize 11. Dynasty 10. Psycho Circus 9. Lick it Up 8. Revenge 7. Love Gun 6. Creatures of the Night 5. Destroyer 4. Rock and Roll Over 3. Hotter Than Hell 2. Kiss 1. Dressed to Kill Number one and two are interchangeable on any given day.

We are apparently the same age, and got into KISS the same time. My list is vastly differently than yours(other than Dressed to Kill at #2), but I enjoyed your video and hearing your perspectives on the records. Thanks!

20. Carnival of souls 19. Monster 18. KISS alive II 4th side 17. Hot in the shade 16. Psycho circus 15. Animalize 14. Crazy nights 13. Unmasked 12. Elder 11. Dynasty 10. Asylum 9. Love Gun 8. Lick it up 7. Rock and roll over 6. KISS 5. Revenge 4. Creatures of the night 3. Dressed to kill 2. Hotter than hell 1. Destroyer

I wish someone would do a countdown of White Lion. That is a 80's band that now seems forgotten.

I disagree with a few spots here. Creatures will always be in a top 5 for me. My list would change by the month. Even my number 2 or 3 would change from Destroyer and Lick It Up. Revenge is my favorite studio album. Then what I am feeling for 2 or 3.

A conversation..exactly! Very cool..

The first time I heard KISS and was getting into music seriously back in '77 as a 12/13 year old, KISS - Alive! really blew me away. I heard it and lots of over bands through a few older friends. Over the years I became a real KISS nut! They could do no wrong and because I love all generes of music I liked all the ventures into new music territory they decided to try out. However in my mid-twenties I met some new people and friends who intruduced me to a whole new world of music, and I'm talking about more extreme Metal. Well, I'm 56 now and have heard litarally thounds and thousands of different artists and bands from basically all generes and so I've learned and trained my ears to know what is good and what is not so good. Looking back now and with a different view of the music world and what went on in the KISS camp, I came to realize that for me the band started to go downhill after Animalize... All the feuds that the band (Gene and Paul) got into have just been so painful with no respect whatsoever for ex-members and fans in general. With G€n€ only interested in $$$ and Paul not standing up to him, KISS lost me... I have all there albums but do not love like I used to, although I suppose they still remain in my top 10 bands for all they did and do for me up to Animalize... Having said that here is my top 12: 1 - KISS 2 - Rock And Roll Over 3 - Creatures Of The Night 4 - Music From The Elder 5 - Destroyer 6 - Hotter Than Hell 7 - Dynasty 8 - Love Gun 9 - Dressed To Kill 10 - Lick It Up 11 - Animalize 12 - Unmasked

We r the same age. Appreciate ur opinions we r close on some. Like the way u explained the way u felt. People today seem to have forgotten how to do that. Thanks again. Look forward to seeing your next one!

In case you think I'm being critical, I'm not. Just opinions. I LOVE how much detail your putting into each record. And I agree, Psycho Circus is mostly really cool. I don't get the hate.

Thanks for putting this out there. Modern Day Delilah is brilliant. I totally agree with you. Eric Singer and Tommy should never have began wearing the makeup of Ace and Peter. My least favorite song on Sonic Boom is Russian Roulette.

lol. Watching your Kiss Ranking Playlist for the 3rd time again. Love watching those stuff. And love every time you are taking a shit on Sonic Boom. Haha

'Fuck you baby driver ' ... another killer quote!!

Catching up with this. I have watched all of your individual album reviews. Great stuff 👍. Just recently I watched a host , with a show called Bryce metal, do his Top 20 KISS Album ranking. He only did studio albums. He had Love Gun at 5, Crazy Nights at 3, Lick it Up at 2 and Asylum as 1. He had the Elder at 20. I think he is about half our age and he is a guitar player who believes, and rightfully so, that Bruce was the best player (lead) in the band. Thanks again Dave. My favorite, at age 54 now, is Love Gun. My least favorite - Crazy Nights. Worst song on Sonic Turd - Russian Roulette.

Loving your content brother. It's like a breath fresh air; a little normalcy these days. Dig your list and take and your reasoning of why/ what you love/ hate about each one; solid stuff. I find myself agreeing with you for the most part. My favorite quote on this vid: ['Rock and Roll All Nite'] "Just give it a rest guys, gosh..." Haha! Nice. 👍

Sonic Turd vinyl is one of the most expensive KISS albums to buy.

Every Kiss album got a bunch of good cuts 😍😎

Love your blunt & honest opioins, can't say I agree with all of them, but that's what makes it interesting. You made me laugh out loud when after talking about Eric Singer and the guy that plays Ace Frehley you say; "change up the F**king live set list while you're at it for god sake". I don't often hear this sort of honesty when viewing fan videos of this nature, because most fans don't seem to have the ability to be subjective, I used to be one of them when I was young. Was interesting to hear your thoughts on "Creatures" too. I'm looking forward to hearing your review on the '78 solo albums, next on my list of RU-vid things to watch.

Animalize higher than Creatures?? Smoking dope dude…

yeah ur gonna get some hate over Love Gun being #12 I actually like every song on that album- even Then She Kissed Me Our comparative lists are taking opposite turns lol It's crazy how ppl can hate a song n someone else loves it. I absolutely love Got Love for Sale. It's a hidden gem to me. I've always loved the line and the backgrounds vocals of "Have love, will travel" I love that.. love the back n forth of gene n paul: whoa no (whoa no) whoa no (whoa no).. and Peter n Ace rock on it.. My 2 cents :) I like Hooligan too: "my momma said I'm a black sheep; my baby says I'm a creep.." It aint the greatest song, but I like the groove and gene n pauls background vocals.. and its a classic Ace style solo

Great video. I agree about Hot in the Shade completely, should be a 9-10 song album. Revised Track List should be 1: Rise to It 2: Betrayed 3: Hide Your Heart 4: Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell 5: The Street Giveth and the Street Taketh Away 6: King of Hearts 7: Silver Spoon 8: Little Caesar 9: Boomerang 10: Forever

Im a 70s kiss guy but i i do own Crazy nights Creatures and all time no 1 for me is Revenge. Love your video and Merry Christmas king.

I love the different opinions of kiss fans regarding albums and songs!!!

I think you might be an absolute madman and I love you for it.

Priceless! Calm and collected then tells us how it is :)

I don”t agree with you on a few things but it’s refreshing to see a lot of areas that are not popular with the VAST majority that you share with me. ✊

I also grew up with Kiss. I can honestly agree and love those songs you mentioned, A million to one, Mr Speed, etc. Also the ones you don't like, Baby Driver, Hooligan, damn I can really relate! Maybe the debut was ranked a bit low, but besides that, excellent rankings!

You complain about a little extra reverb on Creatures but defend the absolute production shitshow that was Hotter than Hell?

'Without all that fucking reverb'..... I love the venom you said that with. Lick and Creatures are both great imo, but Lick showed that they had to remove the makeup.

damn, I cant believe u dont like Baby Driver... Listen to the tone of those rhythm chords... Maybe I'm partial to it because I'm a concrete truck driver and I'm always "carrying such a heavy load", idk lol I was in construction hauling heavy shit too prior.. But those rhythm chords are powerful n perfect Gene's background vocals are cool too

Mine would be very close to yours great job very cool

RARO is #1 and Baby Driver only misses a guitar solo. (The 3 first sound like demos . ALIVE! fixes the problem)

I think people listen to sonic boom and monster with there eyes..bc its Tommy and eric ,but the bands has never been tighter..

Rock and roll over and Dressed to kill is my favorite albums but i dont have Destroyer that high....I think Destroyer is overall a solid album but it had fillers ! Sweet pain and Beth and flaming youth is just little boring... And i dont have any boring tracks on Rock and roll over...

1. Destroyer 2. Hotter Than Hell 3. KISS 4. Dressed to Kill 5. Creatures of The Night 6. Dynasty 7. Rock and Roll Over 8. Music from The Elder 9. Love Gun 10. Lick It Up 11. Psycho Circus 12. Carnival of Souls 13. Revenge 14. Animalize 15. Unmasked 16. Monster 17. Sonic Boom 18. Asylum 19. Hot In The Shade 20. Crazy Nights

I love Reason to Live on Crazy Nights.

I'm glad to see LIU at #4 good job bro. I agree.. It's a really good album and far better than Creatures Hard to beat the song writing of V V with Paul n Gene .. Vinnie is way better than desmond child imo

good list! I appreciate your thoughts on the kiss catalog, I like and dislike songs and albums for similar reasons as you, not that I’d place them in the same spot, but we all love and dislike what we do. Thanks again for doing this.

Dressed to Kill has some great catchy tunes, but the sound is thin. RNRO has some clunkers, but it sounds good. Give DTK RNRO's sound and it'd be my favorite album.

I think my least favorite to favorite would probably go like this 20. Unmasked 19. Monster 18. Asylum 17.Sonic Boom 16. Crazy Nights 15. Animalize 14. Hot in the Shade 13. Music from the Elder 12. Dynasty 11. Carnival of Souls 10. Psycho Circus 9. Lick it Up 8. Dressed to Kill 7. Hotter than Hell 6. KISS 5. Love Gun 4. Creatures of the Night 3. Revenge 2. Rock n Roll Over 1. Destroyer Its okay we don't agree songs hit people a different way. Thanks for sharing your list.

Thanks so much for your list. I'm 10 years older than you, so I started Kiss in 74. Two positive notes. I TOTALLY agree with your placement of Revenge, and Baby Driver!! Thank you SO much! I hated that song the moment I heard it.

Pffft. Unmasked is way better than Psycho Circus. Who doesn’t love some torpedo girl. That said Creatures is awesome and i think the thing you hate is likely that quintessential 80’s rock sound ; the band following the flavor of the era always seemed to bite them a bit. But creatures was superb. It held its own against the like of Iron Maiden and AcDc at the time.

i wouldnt say they conquered the world again in the 80s.....they really only did that in the 70s

I was at the Crazy Nights Tulsa show too! That was my 1st concert ever

I totally agree w you on the 2 worst in the same order

Good stuff. I noticed that you declined to include the ‘78 solo albums, and I think that is fair since they are solo albums. I wouldn’t mind a little sidebar on a ranking of those four and a ranking of the official live releases. Anyway, my list would be: 20. Monster 19. Sonic Boom 18. HITS 17. Crazy Nights 16. Psycho Circus 15. Revenge 14. Animalize 13. Unmasked 12. Asylum 11. Music From The Elder 10. Creatures 9. Carnival of Souls 8. Lick It Up 7. Dynasty 6. Love Gun 5. Kiss 4. Destroyer 3. Hotter Than Hell 2. Rock And Roll Over 1. Dressed To Kill I feel the same way about Monster that you feel about SB.

Just your comments alone on Sonic Turd is amazing!!! Speak the truth!!! Awesome. Watch my ranking on Matt's Metal Show. I'm pretty brutal as well. 🤘

Crazy Nights was Ron Nevison's work. He's known for a sound that also dated the bands who used him to produce their records. It was popular for a very short time. But CN's syrupy-sweet keyboard-layered backing tracks made them sound like Heart more than KISS. I like the songs. But hate the production. ✌

I think the back side of Asylum should've been the front... I hate that album cover... And to me, Asylum was KISS' last solid album, and Kulick actually impresses me for the first and LAST time on Asylum

Great job

Your selection is very typical of the early era Kiss fans. But the best songs came about once the makeup was removed. It's a time when Pauls voice was at its most mature and Kiss were very hungry for a another bite at big success. But that only happened once they brought Ace & Peter back. The album Unmasked is an incredible pop rock album. Between Dynasty & Unmasked it brought a whole new audience to Kiss.

hey man i was at that tulsa november 1987 show expo arena tulsa with white lion opening. i was in 7th grade. drove from arkansas to see it. my first big concert

Dynasty is the best sounding. Wait ! You complain about creatures of the night sound but you like hotter than hell and kiss ?. Both of those albums would be at the bottom.

Hello from Melbourne Australia. My favorite Kiss albums best to worst: 1 Destroyer 2. KISS 3. Creatures of the Night 4. Revenge 5. Hotter than hell 6. Sonic boom 7. Unmasked 8. Dynasty 9. Love gun 10. Lick it up 11. Hot in the shade 12. Rock n roll over 13. Dressed to kill 14. Music from the elder 15. Crazy nights 16. Carnival of souls 17. Animalize 18. Asylum 19. Psycho circus 20 Monster

I was right with from 20 down maybe 17 then in the middle strongly disagree. Creatures is #1 for me

Peter, again, got a horrible song on the Psycho Circus album. Into the Void, the Ace tune, is phenomenal.

For a guy who said this was just your opinion, I heard a few “I don’t care what you think, you’d be wrong” kind of statements! And with that in mind, let me enlighten you! Now, these are my opinions, but you are wrong if you disagree. :). So let’s be clear, there is no way “The Final Sessions” is better than “Love Gun.” And to suggest “Lick It Up” is better than “Creatures” is truly blasphemous! The filler on “LIU” is extensive. All Hell’s Breaking Loose” is just silly. “I am cool, I am the breeze…” That’s just not good. Dance All Over and The 8th Day are ok at best. Elsewhere, Hooligan and Baby Driver are kick ass tunes. The Elder was way too low on your list. Revenge was too high. There were many other concerning statements but I enjoyed the list and you made many good points. I’ll keep watching. Enjoy!

I have most of my KISS reissue albums up to animalize,

The clangy sound you're hearing on Love Gun is an acoustic guitar.

The sound issue on Animalize is easy to diagnose: it's Mark St John. He's horrible.. and that album and tour are horrible 38:47

I liked Animalize a lot more at the time. It just hasn't aged for me as well. Of course gene checked out from here and years on, and he often had my favorite tunes. I did not care for the Mark St John shredding. Do I love shredding? Yes. I'm about your age, and as time has gone on, I've gotten into progressively more extreme metal(while also simultaneously going back in time for mellower, trippier things). But I don't really wanna hear that kind of shredding from Kiss. Bruce's style I liked better. I LOVE those solos and live clips of Vinny doing Dr Love, War Machine, etc.

Technically speaking I think Peter Criss had the best singing voice in the band. Black Diamond is proof of this.

*Great KISS ranking However, you just ripped through the last 5 albums like a ''hot fart'' through a pair of vintage Levi's!! lol ha-ha. P.S I agree with 90% of your listing/ranking yet ''Creatures of the Night would be in the top 3 for meeeeee !!*

Love the song Mr Speed and being a big T.Rex fan thought at the time the riff was similar to Get it On

Kiss forever 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 grüße aus Berlin

You hate all the Peter songs. To each his own I absolutely love the 3 peter songs you said you disliked.

I'll put my ranking up in a bit. Everyone can do what they want, but personally I rank them almost entirely on the sonf quality. Unless the production is pure ass that ruins the tune, then it doesn't dimish the songs for me. But hey, to each his own.

Fucking love it too

1973-79 KISS albums on 8track (Quad) only

Your last 4 are exactly like mine lol

Ok, so I was disappointed by Sonic Boom and Monster, but there's not a universe I can rank them lower than Crazy Nights, Unmasked, Hot in the Shade.

ur math doesnt add up: u said u were a fan since u were 6 in 1976.. Then u said u were 15 when Asylum came out n u bought it on casstte.. Makes no sense at all.. But I enjoy ur list; the first 5 or so I agree with 100. I havent gotten to rest yet

You mean rock and roll all night not rock and roll over

My copy of Dress to Kill doesn’t contain Rock and Roll Over. In fact I’ve never heard that song🤣

my list: For me, a good album is how well I can put the needle on song 1 and go all the way to the end without getting tired of it. How good an individual song is helps, but if getting through the album feels like a chore to the point where I'm skipping tracks, then the album ranks lower. 20 - Hot in the Shade. - a few good songs, but too many filler songs. A chore to finish. Agree should have been around 10 songs. Ace coming out with a killer album that year showing Paul and Gene how it's done certainly didn't help either. 19 - Animalize. Some great Paul songs but mostly stinkers from Gene. Also the sound production was bad. Too much treble and mixed low. Also seems to be missing a song, one that would have closed the album out well especially getting us through the wasteland of crappy Gene songs at the end. 18 - Sonic Boom. Not bad, but very "paint by numbers" song writing and playing. A wasted opportunity to really showcase Eric and Tommy. Modern Day Delilah however is awesome but all the rest is just "meh". 17 - Monster. What I love about this album is it has the energy of a first album. The kind of energy a band has when they debut and are hungry to get noticed. I really respect KISS for doing an album like this at a point in their career where other bands say "F it, no more new albums. Let's just play the stuff we did back in our 20s and coast." Like many of the songs, but not a fan of Eric's. Casually sings about of adultery. Not cool. Kids are hurt by that. Add to this, Freak is a chore to get through and the volume and thickness of the sound taxes the ears. It is this reason, the album is 17. 16 - Carnival of Souls. Oh man, some of KISS's BEST material is on this album. This is KISS at the height of talent. Unfortunately, some of KISS's worst songs too. Rarely finish the album without skipping tracks. Favorite thing about this album is Union did songs from this album extremely well live. 15 - KISS. Songs are slow and lethargic. Kissing Time is the only good song. Love Theme has some cool bass licks, but the rest is boring versions of these songs. I guess your maiden voyage will have mistakes which become learning examples later. 14 - Crazy Nights. Fun album. The sound production is a step up from the other 80s albums as well as the videos. However, they lost their hard edge with this one. 13 - Dynasty. Pretty much ties with Crazy Nights but ecks out to 13 because it came out at a great time. We had that long pause for fresh new KISS albums after Alive II. This album told us KISS was back. Great drums too. 12 - Love Gun. Yeah agree with you. The sound is thin. A few fillers too. 11 - Hotter than Hell. Great classic album. Some of Peter's best playing. But Goin Blind is a snooze-fest. Brings the whole album to a screeching halt. 10 - Creatures of the Night. Incredible album. One of their best sounding albums. Love the in your face drums and bass. Gene's voice is super awesome. Saint n Sinner goes on a few minutes too long though. 9 - Psycho Circus. Agree, very high quality sound. When the album ends, I'm wanting more. Would be higher on the list, except it was supposed to be the original four back in action...instead we were jipped. 8 - Dressed to Kill. Starts out great, side two just didn't gel with me well. Like Love Gun, just a bit thin on sound. Love the Alive versions so much better. 7 - Unmasked. Yeah seems a bit high on the list, but I absolutely love playing this album front to back while on my drum kit. The Anton fills make the album. So fun to play along. When not drumming along however, I bit of a chore to get through with She's So European and Easy at it Seems. 7b - KISS Alive II side 4. aka...the forgotten classic KISS album. Incredibly awesome songs. All American Man should have been played in concert and was disappointed Rocket Ride didn't make the set list when Ace returned in the 90s. Larger than life has great drum tones and bass. Would be higher but the Dave Clark Five ending brings it down. 6 - Lick it Up. Hated the album at first. Wasn't ready for the cursing and over sex'd innuendos as I was still young and in my "Unmasked" vibe. However, by high school, this album was super great. Almost as good as Asylum, but Dance all over your face is brings it down a hair in comparison. 5 - Asylum. Great Album front to back. Mowed sooooo many lawns and play hours of Ms Pacman with this cassette in my walkman. Probably listened to it twice daily back in the mid 80s. 4 - Elder. Yep I'm an Elder fan. This album doesn't have good songs and the production is the worse ever. But the songs flow together so well. Put the album on and drift away inside your imagination to your own personal version of the movie. Everyone's got their own script. 3 - Revenge. Some of Gene's best songs. Quality sound. Every song works for me and the order flows well. Ezrin is vindicated and Bruce kicks ass! Finishes with great Carr solo. 2 - Destroyer. Such an eclectic variety of songs that just click together like pieces of a puzzle. So easy to listen to start to finish and wanting more. 1 - Rock n Roll Over. All killer no filler. The ultimate KISS album. Kramer was the 5th member of the band.

Baby Driver is a decent song, That's the comment

20. Sonic Boom 19. HITS 18. Revenge 17. Monster 16. Carnival Of Souls 15. Unmasked 14. Crazy Nights 13. Psycho Circus 12. Animalize 11. Destroyer (Destroyer is overrated as hell) 10. Asylum 9. The Elder 8. Hotter Than Hell 7. Dynasty 6. Love Gun 5. Lick it Up 4. Rock and Roll Over 3. KISS 2. Dressed to Kill 1. Creatures of the Night

you’ve inspired me to do my own ranking. “rock&roll over” is number one. the rest are subject to change.

All I can say is I am a sucker for Ace