Thanks for sharing, I love these. Ace and Paul made their own version of Kiss albums which were great. The Peter Criss album continues to get some love by another fan at #3. I ranked it lower than Gene though. I don't know what the hell he thought was doing, but he's nearly unanimously last. His "When you Wish Upon A Star" though was awesome which notched him over Peter for me which he went furthest from what might be expected from a Kiss member's solo album.
1. Destroyer 2. Hotter Than Hell 3. KISS 4. Creatures of The Night 5. Music From The Elder 6. Dynasty 7. Ace Frehley 8. Dressed to Kill 9. Rock and Roll Over 10. Lick It Up 11. Love Gun 12. Psycho Circus 13. Carnival of Souls 14. Revenge 15. Animalize 16. Unmasked 17. Paul Stanley 18. Monster 19. Sonic Boom 20. Asylum 21. Gene Simmons 22. Hot In The Shade 23. Peter Criss 24. Crazy Nights
Crazy Nights below Peter Criss. You must really hate that album. It appears nobody loves Revenge as much as me at #15. I’m glad Unmasked is in the bottom 3rd. If anybody ranks it higher, I just don’t understand.
1 - Rock n roll over 2 - Alive 3 - Ace Frehley 4 - Dynasty 5 - Love Gun 6 - Hotter than Hell 7 - Destroyer 8 - Music from the elder 9 - Paul Stanley 10 - Revenge 11 - Dressed to kill 12 - Alive II 13 - Psycho Circus 14 - Kiss 15 - Lick it up 16 - Creatures of the night 17 - Peter Criss 18 - Alive III 19 - Asylum 20 - Animalize 21 - Unmasked 22 - Alive IV 23 - Gene Simmons 24 - Crazy nights 25 - Hot in the shade 26 - Carnival of souls
Interesting placement of Peter Criss. I put it low along with the general consensus but yours is not the first reaction list I saw putting it that high so it has its fans. Everyone ranks Gene’s album low though. Roll Over at #1, very worthy. I wanted to like Carnival of Souls but dont blame anybody for putting it last. Creatures at #16. Controversial but I love the controversial picks.
Hey buddy,nice video.. my favourite is Revenge least favourite the elder and Carnival. Crazy nights and unmasked are both in my top 10😊 Dynasty comes in at no 5. All time favourite song..Do you love me..See you next time.
Finally, somebody else who appreciates Revenge in the comment section! Elder gets some love now as some underrated piece of art but I still think its underwhelming just like the band does. Like Elder, they tried something out of the ordinary on Carnival but it wasn't very good either. I differ with you on Unmasked. I would have jumped off the bandwagon when that came out too, but Dynasty aint bad. I love 80's Kiss! That said, Crazy Nights is the least of the 80's stuff to me but that aint too bad a place to be with me because I really like that era.
I want to update my list because.. WOW it’s changed a lot 1) Alive II 2) Ace Frehley 3) Rock and Roll Over 4) Love Gun 5) KISS 6) Alive 7) Dressed To Kill 8) Hotter Than Hell/Unplugged 9) Dynasty 10) Unmasked 11) Asylum 12) Peter Criss (GASP) 13) Lick It Up 14) Hot In The Shade 15) Monster 16) Animalize 17) Crazy Nights 18) Gene Simmons 19) Sonic Boom 20) Alive III 21) Paul Stanley 22) Creatures of The Night 23) The Elder 24) Psycho Circus 25) Carnival of Souls 26) Revenge 27) Symphony
Cool! I might have to update my Deep Purple list myself. That is always shifting and changing. Wow, you got Peter Criss up to #12. Not shocked, the album has its fans in this comment section but you might have ranked it its highest. I am shocked though at how low Creatures is listed. That’s always a favorite despite not being from the classic era.
@@BlackTerror it’s a close to perfect record. As kiss is my favorite band, and I’m sure you do the same with your favorite band. Every albums so good that one had track can put it down. I don’t like I still love you, though I like the live version (most people like em the other way around)
@@trevorbullock292 When you like a band so much even a close to perfect record circles the bottom of the list is an awesome problem to have. Queen is my favorite band but have a trilogy of bad songs - Get Down Make Love, Body Language, and My Baby Does me. Each one is on a separate great album circling the bottom of my list.
My list #1 alive 1 #2 kiss #3 ace solo #4 rock and roll over #5 dress to kill #6 hotter than hell #7 dynasty #8 lick it up #9 destroyer #10 alive 3 #11 alive 2 #12 creatures of the night #13 killers #14 love gun #15 paul solo #16 asylum #17 revenge #18 animalize #19 unmask #20 crazy nights #21 carnival of souls #22 alive 4 #23 hot in the shade #24 sonic boom #25 elder #26 gene solo #27 monster #28 peter solo
Thank you for sharing a list! I love reading them because for Kiss, nobody's lists are remotely that are shared here are the same! I agree that Peter's solo album is dead last but this comment section showed it has some fans. I also agree that Elder just ain't all that like others keep making it out to be. So far I'm the only person who put Revenge even remotely as high as I did, as you have it only in the middle. A little sad you got Creatures out of the top 10 but you got Lick it up at #8 which is cool with me. Props to you, you included KILLERS! I know I mentioned it but forgot if I actually ranked it.
My top 5 by Kiss. 5) Peter Criss - raspy voice, jazzy drumstyle. 4) Psycho Circus - big production, nice melodies. 3) Destroyer - many hits, easy listening but still rocks. 2) Dynasty - 1 disco tune 1 Rod Stewart ballad 7 rockers. 1) Creatures of the night - Kiss at it's best, 10/10. Best compilation: Killers
The Kiss and James Bond worst to best videos I made are the most fun because of the comment section. The lists everybody shared are so varied! There are no controversial or obscure favorite albums with Kiss fans, all of them have their fans. Unmasked which helped tank their career in the early 80's and I strongly dislike has its rabid fans. My dark horse is Revenge which I'm surprised by all the lists is ranked pretty low. I'm not surprised you have Peter Criss in the top 5 even though I think I had it last because I found it definitely has its fans. Creatures continues to be wildly popular which I agree with. Taz the wrestler in his early days used to come to the ring with his entrance theme being War Machine and it was totally badass. Killers is hard to come by being mostly an import but luckily the original songs on it have been reissued on the Creatures anniversary CD.
@@BlackTerror Haven't seen the James Bond list yet, but I have never seen a JB movie after the Timothy Dalton era. Next will probably be Elton John. Peter Criss album is enjoyable. It's not a Kiss album, it's an R&B album with some disco and acoustic moments on it. It has some great melodies and that stunning voice of his, so it's hard not to like? But if you want a Kiss album, you will be dissapointed. His later album sound a lot more like Kiss (and are great too) but not this one. Killers is hard to find in the US - not so much in Europe (12 tracks) and Japan (14 tracks) where it was first released. It has 4 new songs which are the best Kiss in years (better then Unmasked and Elder) - that's 17 minutes of new music. It contains a new mix of Shout it out loud as well. So it's my number one compilation. But they have a lot of great compilations (better than ussual): Double Platinum, Smashes, Chikara and Kiss 40 all have some new tracks or mixes, and very interesting choices as well. One strange fact about Kiss is that their cd's are quite hard to find where I live (Sweden, Poland). Right now I can only find the classic one's from the 70s and Monster.
@@piotrlangtvedt Music stores are going extinct in the US but the ones still around are usually pretty stocked with most Kiss studio albums. I luckily filled my collection fairly easy. Goldeneye and Casino Royale are post Dalton era movies and are also two of the best. I'd check them out even if your the most casual Bond fan. They were reboots and put new life in the series even if their sequels weren't that good.
@@BlackTerror No more music stores here either. I usually buy through the internet or at charity shops. Kiss is always hard to find. Many of the rock/hard rock/metal bands that are popular in the US aren't so pupular in Europe so it's difficult to find them here. The whole glam metal scene with Kiss, Poison, Def Leppard. Or some rock veterans like Aerosmith, Boston, The Who. Difficult to find them...
"No..He sings Jiminy Cricket!" I lost it when you said that hahaha. Great review man. I'm gearing up an upcoming Kiss series, ranking them all seems tough. Cheers man
Cheers to you brother man! I'll check out your series when you make one. Post it here in the comments. Kiss was probably the toughest list I did next to Elton John because they have so many albums and their Alive albums were sometimes more relevant than their studio stuff.
@@BlackTerror oh man I'll check out your Elton. I started listening to his discography then realized how many freaking albums. I think I ended at either Captain Fantastic, unless Dont Shoot Me is after that album, if so I ended with that one. I started an Alice Cooper series, he has 28 albums. That's gonna be tough too
@@bjmombo I'll check out your Alice series. His discography seems daunting though. I never strayed beyond his hits. For Elton, if your at Captain Fantastic, you got about 30 more albums to go! Took me an entire summer to digest.
@@BlackTerror Kiss was my number one for a while, then that kinda switched to Cooper. Yeah Elton's number is a very intimidating ha. Did I listen to the essentials? New sub here😁
@@bjmombo I subbed to your channel too. As for the essentials Elton takes a dip in the late 70's and comes back in the 80's with a few bumps along the way. Then trails off again in the 2000's. Too Low For Zero and Breaking Hearts are a must. He gets his original band back together.
Good to see you back. I’m a huge fan. Im including Kiss studio albums only. 1. Rock n Roll Over 2. Creatures Of The Night 3. Kiss 4. Destroyer 5. Hotter Than Hell 6. Love Gun 7. Dressed To Kill 8. Asylum ( Underrated) 9. Lick It Up 10. Dynasty 11. Psycho Circus ( Underrated) 12. Hot In The Shade ( Underrated) 13. Unmasked 14. Revenge ( Good but Overrated, sorry) 15. Animalize 16. Monster 17. Sonic Boom 18. Music From The Elder 19. Crazy Nights 20. Carnival Of Souls
I’m back! Worst to best vids take a while to make having to relisten to stuff. Depending on which way the wind blows some days, I might put Rock and Roll Over #1 myself. Our opinions on Revenge may differ but we both seem to agree that Creatures of the Night can not be denied. I’ll say Asylum is underrated and Hot in the Shade is half underrated too. The good songs on it are awesome but overall its bogged down by filler. Poor Carnival of Souls, it tried!
See, they knew it was better too! In my collection have almost all the remasters none of the original CD releases. Even though that would make a better album for me, being a completist I need the sub par original too in my collection. Pink Floyd did the same thing. They put the live version of Astronomy Domine on A Nice Pair, a reissue of the first two albums.
First part: Poor/Forgettable/Medium: 24 - Carnival Of Souls 23 - Psycho Circus 22 - Monster 21 - Crazy Nights 20 - Sonic Boom 19 - Revenge 18 - Hot in The Shade 17 - Gene Simmons 16 - Peter Cris 15 - Animalize 14 - Asylum -------------------------- Second Part: Good/Very Good/ Excellent: 13 - Paul Stanley 12 - The Elder 11 - Unmasked 10 - Lick It Up 09 - Dressed to Kill 08 - Dinasty 07 - Destroyer 06 - Kiss 05 - Rock N Roll Over 04 - Ace Frehley 03 - Creatures Of The Night 02 - Love Gun 01 - Hotter Than Hell
It can see that your not a fan of the post makeup years but I like that you got Lick it Up in the mix. I love that CreatureS is at #3. Eric Carr cannot be denied. The Elder is appropriately in the middle. Your not being unrealistic and calling it mythically misunderstood.
Kiss is my favorite band so I can find atleast 2 or 3 songs I like for all of them (also my list in full of unpopular opinions so I’d love to see some people’s reaction 1)Alive ll 2)Love Gun 3)Ace Frehley 4) Hotter Than Hell 5) Rock n Roll Over 6) Kiss 7) Dynasty 8) Dressed To Kill 9) Destoyer 10) Alive 11) Unmasked 12) Asylum 13) Peter Criss (yes I love it a lot) 14) lick It Up 15) Creatures Of The Night 16) Alive lll 17) Monster 18) Psycho Circus 19) Hot In The Shade 20) Gene Simmons 21) Paul Stanley 22) Animalize 23) The Elder 24) Revenge 25) Crazy Nights 26) Sonic Boom 27) Carnival Of Souls There you go internet rip me apart lol
LOL! Love it! If anybody rips you up that's stupid because you proved your fanhood. You listed every album, gave them an order, and included controversial picks (Peter Criss at #13). Your not a real fan if you don't have any! Nobody wants to go on the car trip with somebody who throws on Back In Black. Show your a connoisseur and entertain everybody with Fly on the Wall!
Black Terror 100% agree. I love destroyer but I’d put on asylum 90% of the time over that, same thing with so many other bands love the first Van Halen record but I’ll listen to Fair Warning any day over that
Paul doesn't let anybody forget that in his book! I forgot to mention the biographies. I read Paul, Peter, and Ace's but haven't read Gene's yet. Book Rankings - Peter #1, Paul #2, Ace #3.
@@BlackTerror Yeah, I only read Paul´s book, very interesting, but selfish as hell! :D Btw, here´s the Paul version of God of thunder: ua-cam.com/video/Qac4retZMPk/v-deo.html
Unmasked so low got a like… Carnival of Souls deserves a higher list got you a this comment lol.. lots of KISS albums are super good but not to actually pay attention to. Carnival has a gooood jam vibe.. psycho circus is shit!!! Lol
Carnival is one of those albums I keep trying to really get into because its so unique for Kiss while other albums I totally dismiss. I throw it on my phone playlist at least once a year. One day I'll love it. Unmasked I'll never get into though. Others swear by it but I don't understand. Usually I love Ace's stuff the most but I don't like his songs at all on that one. Psycho Circus sadly hardly registers an opinion at all. It exists and I neither love it or hate it (even though I should, it's a cynical cash grab)
Nice video. I included MTV Unplugged. 32. Alive IV 31. Alive III 30. Alive II 29. Alive 28. Peter Criss Solo 27. Sonic Boom 26. Gene Simmons Solo 25. Killers (studio) 24. Monster 23. Hot in the Shade 22. Ace Frehley Solo 21. Psycho Circus 20. Asylum 19. Alive II (studio) 18. Crazy Nights 17. Music from the Elder 16. Smashes, Thrashes and Hits (studio) 15. Animalize 14. Revenge 13. Unmasked 12. Creatures of the Night 11. Dynasty 10. Carnival of Souls 09. Rock and Roll Over 08. Paul Stanley Solo 07. Lick it Up 06. Love Gun 05. KISS 04. MTV Unplugged 03. Hotter Than Hell 02. Dressed to Kill 01. Destroyer
Very interesting album. I haven’t listened to really any of the solo albums so I can’t say if they are good or bad. But this is my list of the studio albums, all alive albums, and I’m adding MTV unplugged as well 1. Crazy Nights (big glam/hair metal guy) 2. Dressed To Kill (2-6 could change) 3. Alive 2 4. KISS 5. MTV Unplugged 6. Alive 7. Destroyer 8. Creatures Of The Night 9. Unmasked 10. Alive 3 11. Animalize 12. Asylum 13. Dynasty 14. Love Gun 15. Rock And Roll Over 16. Hotter Than Hell 17. Lick It Up 18. Revenge 19. Psycho Circus 20. Hot In The Shade 21. Monster 22. Sonic Boom 23. Music From “The Elder” 24. Alive 4 (Symphony) 25. Carnival Of Souls
Like always, I thank everyone for sharing a list! I love to analyze, compare and contrast them. Wow, Crazy Night #1! I love the out of the box picks. Revenge again with a low rank in another list. I’m starting to think my fandom for it is unique. Kiss is the only band I felt their live albums were important enough to the list and I can see you agree with your top 10. I think all the thumbs down I got were for where I put Unmasked. Another fan with it in the top 10. Elder usually gets ranked high too which I don’t understand but I think we can both agree its nothing special with your placement at #23.
Wen You Wish Apon A Star is my favorite song off Gene Simmons 78 solo album. Gene put his heart and soul into that song and it really shows in his voice. Underrated song
I'm 49. I remember every KISS album release since Destroyer in 1976. The solo albums of 1978 buried KISS at the time. Nobody really liked them back then. Ace's was the KISS album they should've made with Dynasty. Most of the KISS discography is mediocre. Enough great songs on them to merit a CD purchase. Destroyer Ressurected kicks ass.
Kiss is no doubt great but your right about the medicocrity, Almost every album had quality control issues. The fact that most of their album releases were nearly one a year I think their philosophy at times was have a hit single and the rest was “good enough”.
I agree totally..many fans weren't on board with the solo albums I remember that also..I believe all 4 solo albums together sold as many as 1 of their studio albums would of sold..I know I wasn't too happy with the solo albums and even today I hardly listen to any them..
I love them when they're good, but goddamn are their albums full of filler. They're glam era is equal parts laughable as much as its actually quite good. Just keep on keeping on brother!!
I think the amount of filler is a result of them cranking out albums nearly every year for 20 years. They probably only had 3-4 good ones written each cycle and if they waited would have had collections of much better material. Like combine the best stuff of Animalize and Asylum or Crazy Nights and Hot in the Shade.
@@BlackTerror yes exactly. I was just saying this the other day. A friend gave me all their 80s vinyl and I can't make it through a full album. They crank out yearly albums because that's their jobs. Make rock album, go on tour to support the album and their bank accounts, and then play all their best songs of the past and some of the better ones on the new album. A true formula that surprisingly didn't make them completely become irrelevant. I still like that they went glam though....for whatever reason haha.
@@MaskedManiacReviews I liked the glam era too, and particularly the pre glam Vinnie Vincent albums which led into it. Not top to bottom great albums but had some fun stuff on there like Crazy Nights and Heaven's on Fire.
Thank u for not putting Destroyer 1st! I love your top 4 picks.. Destroyer is overrated even though there is a few killer tracks on it ..I'm hearing Revenge is overrated by many fans? thats bullshit? Its 1 of the best Kiss albums and to me musically the best,Kulick and Singer are beasts on it
Destroyer is an album like Paranoid or Back in Black. Great albums but I heard the songs a million times and I’m kind of sick of them. If somebody played that in my car I’d turn it off. I need some deeper cuts man!
My mini ranking for the KISS 78 solo albums would be
1. Ace Frehley
2. Paul Stanley
3. Peter Criss
4. Gene Simmons
Thanks for sharing, I love these. Ace and Paul made their own version of Kiss albums which were great. The Peter Criss album continues to get some love by another fan at #3. I ranked it lower than Gene though. I don't know what the hell he thought was doing, but he's nearly unanimously last. His "When you Wish Upon A Star" though was awesome which notched him over Peter for me which he went furthest from what might be expected from a Kiss member's solo album.
1. Destroyer
2. Hotter Than Hell
3. KISS
4. Creatures of The Night
5. Music From The Elder
6. Dynasty
7. Ace Frehley
8. Dressed to Kill
9. Rock and Roll Over
10. Lick It Up
11. Love Gun
12. Psycho Circus
13. Carnival of Souls
14. Revenge
15. Animalize
16. Unmasked
17. Paul Stanley
18. Monster
19. Sonic Boom
20. Asylum
21. Gene Simmons
22. Hot In The Shade
23. Peter Criss
24. Crazy Nights
Crazy Nights below Peter Criss. You must really hate that album. It appears nobody loves Revenge as much as me at #15. I’m glad Unmasked is in the bottom 3rd. If anybody ranks it higher, I just don’t understand.
1 - Rock n roll over
2 - Alive
3 - Ace Frehley
4 - Dynasty
5 - Love Gun
6 - Hotter than Hell
7 - Destroyer
8 - Music from the elder
9 - Paul Stanley
10 - Revenge
11 - Dressed to kill
12 - Alive II
13 - Psycho Circus
14 - Kiss
15 - Lick it up
16 - Creatures of the night
17 - Peter Criss
18 - Alive III
19 - Asylum
20 - Animalize
21 - Unmasked
22 - Alive IV
23 - Gene Simmons
24 - Crazy nights
25 - Hot in the shade
26 - Carnival of souls
Interesting placement of Peter Criss. I put it low along with the general consensus but yours is not the first reaction list I saw putting it that high so it has its fans. Everyone ranks Gene’s album low though. Roll Over at #1, very worthy. I wanted to like Carnival of Souls but dont blame anybody for putting it last. Creatures at #16. Controversial but I love the controversial picks.
Hey buddy,nice video.. my favourite is Revenge least favourite the elder and Carnival. Crazy nights and unmasked are both in my top 10😊 Dynasty comes in at no 5. All time favourite song..Do you love me..See you next time.
Finally, somebody else who appreciates Revenge in the comment section! Elder gets some love now as some underrated piece of art but I still think its underwhelming just like the band does. Like Elder, they tried something out of the ordinary on Carnival but it wasn't very good either. I differ with you on Unmasked. I would have jumped off the bandwagon when that came out too, but Dynasty aint bad. I love 80's Kiss! That said, Crazy Nights is the least of the 80's stuff to me but that aint too bad a place to be with me because I really like that era.
I want to update my list because.. WOW it’s changed a lot
1) Alive II
2) Ace Frehley
3) Rock and Roll Over
4) Love Gun
5) KISS
6) Alive
7) Dressed To Kill
8) Hotter Than Hell/Unplugged
9) Dynasty
10) Unmasked
11) Asylum
12) Peter Criss (GASP)
13) Lick It Up
14) Hot In The Shade
15) Monster
16) Animalize
17) Crazy Nights
18) Gene Simmons
19) Sonic Boom
20) Alive III
21) Paul Stanley
22) Creatures of The Night
23) The Elder
24) Psycho Circus
25) Carnival of Souls
26) Revenge
27) Symphony
Cool! I might have to update my Deep Purple list myself. That is always shifting and changing. Wow, you got Peter Criss up to #12. Not shocked, the album has its fans in this comment section but you might have ranked it its highest. I am shocked though at how low Creatures is listed. That’s always a favorite despite not being from the classic era.
@@BlackTerror it’s a close to perfect record. As kiss is my favorite band, and I’m sure you do the same with your favorite band. Every albums so good that one had track can put it down. I don’t like I still love you, though I like the live version (most people like em the other way around)
@@trevorbullock292 When you like a band so much even a close to perfect record circles the bottom of the list is an awesome problem to have. Queen is my favorite band but have a trilogy of bad songs - Get Down Make Love, Body Language, and My Baby Does me. Each one is on a separate great album circling the bottom of my list.
My list
#1 alive 1
#2 kiss
#3 ace solo
#4 rock and roll over
#5 dress to kill
#6 hotter than hell
#7 dynasty
#8 lick it up
#9 destroyer
#10 alive 3
#11 alive 2
#12 creatures of the night
#13 killers
#14 love gun
#15 paul solo
#16 asylum
#17 revenge
#18 animalize
#19 unmask
#20 crazy nights
#21 carnival of souls
#22 alive 4
#23 hot in the shade
#24 sonic boom
#25 elder
#26 gene solo
#27 monster
#28 peter solo
Thank you for sharing a list! I love reading them because for Kiss, nobody's lists are remotely that are shared here are the same! I agree that Peter's solo album is dead last but this comment section showed it has some fans. I also agree that Elder just ain't all that like others keep making it out to be. So far I'm the only person who put Revenge even remotely as high as I did, as you have it only in the middle. A little sad you got Creatures out of the top 10 but you got Lick it up at #8 which is cool with me. Props to you, you included KILLERS! I know I mentioned it but forgot if I actually ranked it.
Psycho Circus?
My top 5 by Kiss.
5) Peter Criss - raspy voice, jazzy drumstyle.
4) Psycho Circus - big production, nice melodies.
3) Destroyer - many hits, easy listening but still rocks.
2) Dynasty - 1 disco tune 1 Rod Stewart ballad 7 rockers.
1) Creatures of the night - Kiss at it's best, 10/10.
Best compilation:
Killers
The Kiss and James Bond worst to best videos I made are the most fun because of the comment section. The lists everybody shared are so varied!
There are no controversial or obscure favorite albums with Kiss fans, all of them have their fans. Unmasked which helped tank their career in the early 80's and I strongly dislike has its rabid fans.
My dark horse is Revenge which I'm surprised by all the lists is ranked pretty low.
I'm not surprised you have Peter Criss in the top 5 even though I think I had it last because I found it definitely has its fans.
Creatures continues to be wildly popular which I agree with. Taz the wrestler in his early days used to come to the ring with his entrance theme being War Machine and it was totally badass.
Killers is hard to come by being mostly an import but luckily the original songs on it have been reissued on the Creatures anniversary CD.
@@BlackTerror Haven't seen the James Bond list yet, but I have never seen a JB movie after the Timothy Dalton era.
Next will probably be Elton John.
Peter Criss album is enjoyable. It's not a Kiss album, it's an R&B album with some disco and acoustic moments on it. It has some great melodies and that stunning voice of his, so it's hard not to like? But if you want a Kiss album, you will be dissapointed. His later album sound a lot more like Kiss (and are great too) but not this one.
Killers is hard to find in the US - not so much in Europe (12 tracks) and Japan (14 tracks) where it was first released.
It has 4 new songs which are the best Kiss in years (better then Unmasked and Elder) - that's 17 minutes of new music. It contains a new mix of Shout it out loud as well. So it's my number one compilation.
But they have a lot of great compilations (better than ussual): Double Platinum, Smashes, Chikara and Kiss 40 all have some new tracks or mixes, and very interesting choices as well.
One strange fact about Kiss is that their cd's are quite hard to find where I live (Sweden, Poland). Right now I can only find the classic one's from the 70s and Monster.
@@piotrlangtvedt Music stores are going extinct in the US but the ones still around are usually pretty stocked with most Kiss studio albums. I luckily filled my collection fairly easy.
Goldeneye and Casino Royale are post Dalton era movies and are also two of the best. I'd check them out even if your the most casual Bond fan. They were reboots and put new life in the series even if their sequels weren't that good.
@@BlackTerror No more music stores here either. I usually buy through the internet or at charity shops.
Kiss is always hard to find. Many of the rock/hard rock/metal bands that are popular in the US aren't so pupular in Europe so it's difficult to find them here.
The whole glam metal scene with Kiss, Poison, Def Leppard. Or some rock veterans like Aerosmith, Boston, The Who. Difficult to find them...
"No..He sings Jiminy Cricket!" I lost it when you said that hahaha. Great review man. I'm gearing up an upcoming Kiss series, ranking them all seems tough. Cheers man
Cheers to you brother man! I'll check out your series when you make one. Post it here in the comments. Kiss was probably the toughest list I did next to Elton John because they have so many albums and their Alive albums were sometimes more relevant than their studio stuff.
@@BlackTerror oh man I'll check out your Elton. I started listening to his discography then realized how many freaking albums. I think I ended at either Captain Fantastic, unless Dont Shoot Me is after that album, if so I ended with that one. I started an Alice Cooper series, he has 28 albums. That's gonna be tough too
@@bjmombo I'll check out your Alice series. His discography seems daunting though. I never strayed beyond his hits. For Elton, if your at Captain Fantastic, you got about 30 more albums to go! Took me an entire summer to digest.
@@BlackTerror Kiss was my number one for a while, then that kinda switched to Cooper. Yeah Elton's number is a very intimidating ha. Did I listen to the essentials? New sub here😁
@@bjmombo I subbed to your channel too. As for the essentials Elton takes a dip in the late 70's and comes back in the 80's with a few bumps along the way. Then trails off again in the 2000's. Too Low For Zero and Breaking Hearts are a must. He gets his original band back together.
Good to see you back. I’m a huge fan. Im including Kiss studio albums only.
1. Rock n Roll Over
2. Creatures Of The Night
3. Kiss
4. Destroyer
5. Hotter Than Hell
6. Love Gun
7. Dressed To Kill
8. Asylum ( Underrated)
9. Lick It Up
10. Dynasty
11. Psycho Circus ( Underrated)
12. Hot In The Shade ( Underrated)
13. Unmasked
14. Revenge ( Good but Overrated, sorry)
15. Animalize
16. Monster
17. Sonic Boom
18. Music From The Elder
19. Crazy Nights
20. Carnival Of Souls
I’m back! Worst to best vids take a while to make having to relisten to stuff. Depending on which way the wind blows some days, I might put Rock and Roll Over #1 myself. Our opinions on Revenge may differ but we both seem to agree that Creatures of the Night can not be denied. I’ll say Asylum is underrated and Hot in the Shade is half underrated too. The good songs on it are awesome but overall its bogged down by filler. Poor Carnival of Souls, it tried!
On the 1985 reissue of KISS, they swapped Nothing to Lose with the live version... Seems perfect for you
See, they knew it was better too! In my collection have almost all the remasters none of the original CD releases. Even though that would make a better album for me, being a completist I need the sub par original too in my collection. Pink Floyd did the same thing. They put the live version of Astronomy Domine on A Nice Pair, a reissue of the first two albums.
70s to me is their best era. Best riffs, best songs.
Agreed, but though they had some spotty output thereafter they had some classic songs in the 80’s. After Revenge not so much.
First part: Poor/Forgettable/Medium:
24 - Carnival Of Souls
23 - Psycho Circus
22 - Monster
21 - Crazy Nights
20 - Sonic Boom
19 - Revenge
18 - Hot in The Shade
17 - Gene Simmons
16 - Peter Cris
15 - Animalize
14 - Asylum
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Second Part: Good/Very Good/ Excellent:
13 - Paul Stanley
12 - The Elder
11 - Unmasked
10 - Lick It Up
09 - Dressed to Kill
08 - Dinasty
07 - Destroyer
06 - Kiss
05 - Rock N Roll Over
04 - Ace Frehley
03 - Creatures Of The Night
02 - Love Gun
01 - Hotter Than Hell
It can see that your not a fan of the post makeup years but I like that you got Lick it Up in the mix. I love that CreatureS is at #3. Eric Carr cannot be denied. The Elder is appropriately in the middle. Your not being unrealistic and calling it mythically misunderstood.
Kiss is my favorite band so I can find atleast 2 or 3 songs I like for all of them (also my list in full of unpopular opinions so I’d love to see some people’s reaction
1)Alive ll
2)Love Gun
3)Ace Frehley
4) Hotter Than Hell
5) Rock n Roll Over
6) Kiss
7) Dynasty
8) Dressed To Kill
9) Destoyer
10) Alive
11) Unmasked
12) Asylum
13) Peter Criss (yes I love it a lot)
14) lick It Up
15) Creatures Of The Night
16) Alive lll
17) Monster
18) Psycho Circus
19) Hot In The Shade
20) Gene Simmons
21) Paul Stanley
22) Animalize
23) The Elder
24) Revenge
25) Crazy Nights
26) Sonic Boom
27) Carnival Of Souls
There you go internet rip me apart lol
LOL! Love it! If anybody rips you up that's stupid because you proved your fanhood. You listed every album, gave them an order, and included controversial picks (Peter Criss at #13). Your not a real fan if you don't have any! Nobody wants to go on the car trip with somebody who throws on Back In Black. Show your a connoisseur and entertain everybody with Fly on the Wall!
Black Terror 100% agree. I love destroyer but I’d put on asylum 90% of the time over that, same thing with so many other bands love the first Van Halen record but I’ll listen to Fair Warning any day over that
@@trevorbullock281 The bigger fan isn't the guy who learned to play Stairway to Heaven, but the guy who has LZ's Hot Dog as his ringtone.
Black Terror u said it
Fun fact:
The ultra brutal demon badass Gene signature song you mentioned "God of thunder" was written by......the Starchild! :D
Paul doesn't let anybody forget that in his book! I forgot to mention the biographies. I read Paul, Peter, and Ace's but haven't read Gene's yet. Book Rankings - Peter #1, Paul #2, Ace #3.
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Yeah, I only read Paul´s book, very interesting, but selfish as hell! :D
Btw, here´s the Paul version of God of thunder:
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Unmasked so low got a like… Carnival of Souls deserves a higher list got you a this comment lol.. lots of KISS albums are super good but not to actually pay attention to. Carnival has a gooood jam vibe.. psycho circus is shit!!! Lol
Carnival is one of those albums I keep trying to really get into because its so unique for Kiss while other albums I totally dismiss. I throw it on my phone playlist at least once a year. One day I'll love it. Unmasked I'll never get into though. Others swear by it but I don't understand. Usually I love Ace's stuff the most but I don't like his songs at all on that one. Psycho Circus sadly hardly registers an opinion at all. It exists and I neither love it or hate it (even though I should, it's a cynical cash grab)
@@BlackTerror I LOLd at “psycho circus hardly registers an opinion”
@@jigawho 👍
Nice video. I included MTV Unplugged.
32. Alive IV
31. Alive III
30. Alive II
29. Alive
28. Peter Criss Solo
27. Sonic Boom
26. Gene Simmons Solo
25. Killers (studio)
24. Monster
23. Hot in the Shade
22. Ace Frehley Solo
21. Psycho Circus
20. Asylum
19. Alive II (studio)
18. Crazy Nights
17. Music from the Elder
16. Smashes, Thrashes and Hits (studio)
15. Animalize
14. Revenge
13. Unmasked
12. Creatures of the Night
11. Dynasty
10. Carnival of Souls
09. Rock and Roll Over
08. Paul Stanley Solo
07. Lick it Up
06. Love Gun
05. KISS
04. MTV Unplugged
03. Hotter Than Hell
02. Dressed to Kill
01. Destroyer
Now this is a cool list. I like that you included the studio stuff from greatest hits albums, very creative.
Very interesting album. I haven’t listened to really any of the solo albums so I can’t say if they are good or bad. But this is my list of the studio albums, all alive albums, and I’m adding MTV unplugged as well
1. Crazy Nights (big glam/hair metal guy)
2. Dressed To Kill (2-6 could change)
3. Alive 2
4. KISS
5. MTV Unplugged
6. Alive
7. Destroyer
8. Creatures Of The Night
9. Unmasked
10. Alive 3
11. Animalize
12. Asylum
13. Dynasty
14. Love Gun
15. Rock And Roll Over
16. Hotter Than Hell
17. Lick It Up
18. Revenge
19. Psycho Circus
20. Hot In The Shade
21. Monster
22. Sonic Boom
23. Music From “The Elder”
24. Alive 4 (Symphony)
25. Carnival Of Souls
Like always, I thank everyone for sharing a list! I love to analyze, compare and contrast them.
Wow, Crazy Night #1! I love the out of the box picks.
Revenge again with a low rank in another list. I’m starting to think my fandom for it is unique.
Kiss is the only band I felt their live albums were important enough to the list and I can see you agree with your top 10.
I think all the thumbs down I got were for where I put Unmasked. Another fan with it in the top 10.
Elder usually gets ranked high too which I don’t understand but I think we can both agree its nothing special with your placement at #23.
Knights In Satan's Service...🤘🏼😈🌙
Dodgers? Kiss? Maiden? Dude...you're ok
Thank you very much!
Wen You Wish Apon A Star is my favorite song off Gene Simmons 78 solo album. Gene put his heart and soul into that song and it really shows in his voice. Underrated song
It really is amazing. I’m glad somebody else finds that song uplifting too. I thought I was the only one.
Yes! Some love for Revenge! Nice list! I’m an 80’s Kiss fan plus Revenge. Rock on!
I'm 49. I remember every KISS album release since Destroyer in 1976. The solo albums of 1978 buried KISS at the time. Nobody really liked them back then. Ace's was the KISS album they should've made with Dynasty.
Most of the KISS discography is mediocre. Enough great songs on them to merit a CD purchase. Destroyer Ressurected kicks ass.
Kiss is no doubt great but your right about the medicocrity, Almost every album had quality control issues. The fact that most of their album releases were nearly one a year I think their philosophy at times was have a hit single and the rest was “good enough”.
I agree totally..many fans weren't on board with the solo albums I remember that also..I believe all 4 solo albums together sold as many as 1 of their studio albums would of sold..I know I wasn't too happy with the solo albums and even today I hardly listen to any them..
I love them when they're good, but goddamn are their albums full of filler. They're glam era is equal parts laughable as much as its actually quite good. Just keep on keeping on brother!!
I think the amount of filler is a result of them cranking out albums nearly every year for 20 years. They probably only had 3-4 good ones written each cycle and if they waited would have had collections of much better material. Like combine the best stuff of Animalize and Asylum or Crazy Nights and Hot in the Shade.
@@BlackTerror yes exactly. I was just saying this the other day. A friend gave me all their 80s vinyl and I can't make it through a full album. They crank out yearly albums because that's their jobs. Make rock album, go on tour to support the album and their bank accounts, and then play all their best songs of the past and some of the better ones on the new album. A true formula that surprisingly didn't make them completely become irrelevant. I still like that they went glam though....for whatever reason haha.
@@MaskedManiacReviews I liked the glam era too, and particularly the pre glam Vinnie Vincent albums which led into it. Not top to bottom great albums but had some fun stuff on there like Crazy Nights and Heaven's on Fire.
Thank u for not putting Destroyer 1st! I love your top 4 picks.. Destroyer is overrated even though there is a few killer tracks on it ..I'm hearing Revenge is overrated by many fans? thats bullshit? Its 1 of the best Kiss albums and to me musically the best,Kulick and Singer are beasts on it
Destroyer is an album like Paranoid or Back in Black. Great albums but I heard the songs a million times and I’m kind of sick of them. If somebody played that in my car I’d turn it off. I need some deeper cuts man!
@@BlackTerror well said! I totally agree with you
Carnival of souls is far worse than unmasked .
While Carnival of Souls is not a good album I always give credit to Kiss every time they try to go harder.