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)
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!
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.
My ranking for the KISS albums would be🤘 20. Hot In The Shade 1989 19. Crazy Nights 1987 18. Sonic Boom 2009 17. Carnival Of Souls The Final Sessions 1997 16. Psycho Circus 1998 15. Revenge 1992 14. Music From The Elder 1981 13. Unmasked 1980 12. Destroyer 1976 11. Animalize 1984 10. Asylum 1985 9. Monster 2012 8. Dynasty 1979 7. KISS 1974 6. Hotter Than Hell 1974 5. Love Gun 1977 4. Lick It Up 1983 3. Rock And Roll Over 1976 2. Dressed To Kill 1975 1. Creatures Of The Night 1982
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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 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...
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 just found your work on TH-cam. 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
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*
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
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)!
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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 .
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
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.
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.
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".
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.
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?
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 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!
My Kiss Album Ranking: 20: Carnival Of Souls (1997) 19: Music From The Elder (1981) 18: Sonic Boom (2009) 17: Monster (2012) 16: Revenge (1992) 15: Unmasked (1980) 14: Dynasty (1979) 13: Hot In The Shade (1989) 12: Destroyer (1976) 11: Kiss (1974) 10: Hotter Than Hell (1974) 9: Dressed To Kill (1975) 8: Love Gun (1977) 7: Animalize (1984) 6: Lick It Up (1983) 5: Crazy Nights (1987) 4: Asylum (1985) 3: Rock And Roll Over (1976) 2: Creatures Of The Night (1982) 1 (Kiss Solo Carrer Albums) Ace Frehely (1978)... I Know It Might Not Count As A Proper Kiss Album But It's All I Could Think Of...🤘🏻🤘🏻
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.
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 🤘🤘🤘
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
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. 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
20. Carnival of Souls 19. Monster 18. The Elder 17. Sonic Boom 16. Hot In The Shade 15. Crazy Nights 14. Animalize 13. Unmasked 12. Asylum 11. Lick It Up 10. Psycho Circus 9. Dynasty 8. Revenge 7. Dressed To Kill 6. Love Gun 5. Destroyer 4. Hotter Than Hell 3. Creatures of the Night 2. Rock And Roll Over 1. KISS
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 !
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.
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
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
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 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 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!
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.
20.Animalize 19. Monster 18.Psycho Circus 17. Hot in the Shade 16.Sonic Boom 15.Unmasked 14.Crazy Nights 13.Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions 12.Dynasty 11. Music from “The Elder 10.Asylum 9.Revenge 8.Self Titled 7.DTK 6.Lick it Up 5.Rock and Roll Over 4. Love Gun 3.HTH 2.COTN 1.Destroyer
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
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.
I first got into KISS back in 1978 when I was 6 years old in the first grade. I had RARO and HTH on LP, Destroyer on 8 track, which I could only listen to in the car when my dad would finally relent and put it on, and then little by little amassed the complete discography so by the time The Elder was released, it was my first brand new KISS album purchase. Then every year from that point on, ( Each September for the most part), I would buy the new KISS album. IMO, 80's KISS is every bit as good as "classic" KISS and if I'm honest, is usually my go-to era. So COTN - Psycho Circus.
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.
My top ten 1.Hotter Than Hell 2.Kiss 3.Dressed To Kill 4.Rock And Roll Over 5.Creatures Of The Night 6.Destroyer 7.Love Gun 8.Lick It Up 9.Dynasty 10.Unmasked
My top 10 are 1. Rock& Roll over 2. Self-titled 3. Love gun 4. Hotter than Hell 5. Creatures of the night 6. Dressed to Kill. 7. Dynasty 8. Lick it up 9. Revenge 10. Psycho Circus
From the ones I have heard.. 13. Revenge 12. Lick It Up 11. Crazy Nights 10. Dressed To Kill 9. Rock And Roll Over 8. Dynasty 7. Kiss 6. Creatures Of The Night 5. Music From The Elder 4. Love Gun 3. Unmasked 2. Hotter Than Hell 1. Destroyer
1. Self Titled 2. Hotter Than Hell 3. Destroyer 4. Rock and Roll Over 5. Dressed to Kill 6. Love Gun 7. Dynasty 8. Creatures of the Night 9. Lick It Up 10. Asylum 11. Animalize 12. Psycho Circus 13. Music From “The Elder” 14. Unmasked 15. Crazy Nights 16. Revenge 17. Monster 18. Sonic Boom 19. Carnival of Souls 20. Hot In the Shade
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.
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.
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.
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
Carnival of souls was intended to be their next album when the reunion happened, so they put it on the shelf, as to not confuse the public while focusing on the reunion. It got leaked, so they eventually released it after the tour ended.
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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)
You’re over 50?
@@CrueLoaf 19 actually 😆
@@alaukkoniko fav albums often depends on how old the person was when they were released. 👍🏻
@@CrueLoaf yeah often but not always 😄
I’m 15 and have pretty much the same top 10,
Finally, someone who understands just how good 80's KISS was! Amazing stuff!
Yet he puts elder last lol
crazy nights is horrible though Lick it up ( except for the song lick it up ) is the best non make up album
young and wasted it the best song they ever did
@@corvettemustang1 lol you must be drunk
@@corvettemustang1 Agree
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!
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.
My mini ranking for the KISS 78 solo albums would be
1. Ace Frehley
2. Paul Stanley
3. Peter Criss
4. Gene Simmons
KISS and Megadeth are my favorite bands
My two favorite bands kiss and Van Halen but for what it’s worth my favorite hard rock and my favorite thrash band are them 2
@@trevorbullock281 Van Halen is great too!
My ranking for the KISS albums would be🤘
20. Hot In The Shade 1989
19. Crazy Nights 1987
18. Sonic Boom 2009
17. Carnival Of Souls The Final Sessions 1997
16. Psycho Circus 1998
15. Revenge 1992
14. Music From The Elder 1981
13. Unmasked 1980
12. Destroyer 1976
11. Animalize 1984
10. Asylum 1985
9. Monster 2012
8. Dynasty 1979
7. KISS 1974
6. Hotter Than Hell 1974
5. Love Gun 1977
4. Lick It Up 1983
3. Rock And Roll Over 1976
2. Dressed To Kill 1975
1. Creatures Of The Night 1982
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
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
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
I’ve seen so many people talk down on animalize, which is one of my favorite Kiss albums, so it brings me joy to see someone rank it a little higher 🙌
Agreed! I think I’ve Had Enough is the best Kiss song ever. Killer opening song. Powerfull, strong melodie, awesome vocals and great guitarsolo.
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.
5 - Love Gun
4 - Destroyer
3 - Creatures Of The Night
2 - Rock And Roll Over
1 - KISS 1st
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.
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
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.
Crazy nights better than Rock n Roll Over?????????????????
@@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 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 top 3
1 Hot in the shade
2 Love gun
3 Dinasty
"Hide your Heart"is my best Kiss song of all time!
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 just found your work on TH-cam. 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
Thanks man
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*
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
Whoa our ranking is very similar.
@@scottmcclure4855 I always liked 80s kiss better.
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)!
This is a cool list
My Favorite six pack: 1. Creatures Of The Night 2. Asylum 3. Lick It Up 4. Animalize 5. Love Gun 6. Hotter Than Hell
The best review about Kiss I have ever seen........subscribed.
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.
the guitar hero comment cracked me up. love your dry humor man. great video!
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.
Love the video footage when you show the album titles. Incredible touch
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
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.
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
I discovered Kiss as a boy in the end of 70's. There was mystic and all sorts of rumors around them. Asylum, all was gone...
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 tend to prefer the 80s albums as well, eric carr added so much power
Solid list!!! All over 80’s Kiss. Fave era. I like where you put Hot in Shade. Tough one to place but a great spot.
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
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
Crazy nights number one for me !! Loved your list
Great video, definitely a little different for a kiss list (hot in the shade is usually at the bottom and Destroyer being in the bottom 10)
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
Great list. Loved it!
Really unique perspective here. I've been digging Asylum lately, so definitely liked to see it take #1, let alone be in the top 5.
What was that song played at the introduction to "Crazy Nights"?
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 .
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
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.
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.
Crazy nights is probably my favorite album with Hot in the Shade being a very close second .Both are very solid albums.
That makes 3 of us who like Crazy Nights. You, me, and BryceTalksMetal
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".
Another one, “Room Service”, the first track on dressed to kill, lifts a lot from The Rolling Stones’ track “silver train” from goat’s head soup.
You rock dude,Crazy Nights ,One of their Best!!!
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.
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?
I honestly haven’t listened to them a ton, maybe I’ll try to get that done eventually
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.
Possibly the most controversial Kiss video I’ve seen 😂 respect your opinion and perspective dude, great video!
Finally someone who loves the amazing asylum album as much as i do and the mid eighties albums in general. I love you man.
Great ranking! I like ”Revenge” a lot, so it’s a little higher up for me!🤘
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!
My Kiss Album Ranking:
20: Carnival Of Souls (1997)
19: Music From The Elder (1981)
18: Sonic Boom (2009)
17: Monster (2012)
16: Revenge (1992)
15: Unmasked (1980)
14: Dynasty (1979)
13: Hot In The Shade (1989)
12: Destroyer (1976)
11: Kiss (1974)
10: Hotter Than Hell (1974)
9: Dressed To Kill (1975)
8: Love Gun (1977)
7: Animalize (1984)
6: Lick It Up (1983)
5: Crazy Nights (1987)
4: Asylum (1985)
3: Rock And Roll Over (1976)
2: Creatures Of The Night (1982)
1 (Kiss Solo Carrer Albums) Ace Frehely (1978)...
I Know It Might Not Count As A Proper Kiss Album But It's All I Could Think Of...🤘🏻🤘🏻
a great list. I just keep wondering how anybody could like Monster and Revenge so much? :)
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.
Bryce!!! Most interesting Kiss album list ever. Gotta tell my 80's Kiss fan mates, they'll be stoked!!! Well done man!!!
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 🤘🤘🤘
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
Awesome Review!
I’ll Fight Hell To Hold You playing in the background?! Dope dude! One of their hidden gems!
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. 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
20. Carnival of Souls
19. Monster
18. The Elder
17. Sonic Boom
16. Hot In The Shade
15. Crazy Nights
14. Animalize
13. Unmasked
12. Asylum
11. Lick It Up
10. Psycho Circus
9. Dynasty
8. Revenge
7. Dressed To Kill
6. Love Gun
5. Destroyer
4. Hotter Than Hell
3. Creatures of the Night
2. Rock And Roll Over
1. KISS
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 !
It's good finally seeing Crazy Nights getting the recognition it deserves! Killer album :)
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.
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
Great list! I too am a fan of the 80's stuff! The production was so polished & much better musicianship
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
UGGGG Rock an Roll over at 12, your nuts!
Interesting ranking. I love to see younger fans favorites. Great job.
Asylum is underrated. I like the unique pick for number one...
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 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 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!
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.
I was just about to send you the link to this and say that i think you’ll love where he puts Hot In The Shade
20.Animalize
19. Monster
18.Psycho Circus
17. Hot in the Shade
16.Sonic Boom
15.Unmasked
14.Crazy Nights
13.Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions
12.Dynasty
11. Music from “The Elder
10.Asylum
9.Revenge
8.Self Titled
7.DTK
6.Lick it Up
5.Rock and Roll Over
4. Love Gun
3.HTH
2.COTN
1.Destroyer
Thumbs up before watching just for doing the KISS ranking, even if I end up disagreeing with your list.
Interesting video. Thanks!!
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
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.
I first got into KISS back in 1978 when I was 6 years old in the first grade. I had RARO and HTH on LP, Destroyer on 8 track, which I could only listen to in the car when my dad would finally relent and put it on, and then little by little amassed the complete discography so by the time The Elder was released, it was my first brand new KISS album purchase. Then every year from that point on, ( Each September for the most part), I would buy the new KISS album. IMO, 80's KISS is every bit as good as "classic" KISS and if I'm honest, is usually my go-to era. So COTN - Psycho Circus.
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.
My top ten
1.Hotter Than Hell
2.Kiss
3.Dressed To Kill
4.Rock And Roll Over
5.Creatures Of The Night
6.Destroyer
7.Love Gun
8.Lick It Up
9.Dynasty
10.Unmasked
My top 10 are 1. Rock& Roll over 2. Self-titled 3. Love gun 4. Hotter than Hell 5. Creatures of the night 6. Dressed to Kill. 7. Dynasty 8. Lick it up 9. Revenge 10. Psycho Circus
From the ones I have heard..
13. Revenge
12. Lick It Up
11. Crazy Nights
10. Dressed To Kill
9. Rock And Roll Over
8. Dynasty
7. Kiss
6. Creatures Of The Night
5. Music From The Elder
4. Love Gun
3. Unmasked
2. Hotter Than Hell
1. Destroyer
1. Self Titled
2. Hotter Than Hell
3. Destroyer
4. Rock and Roll Over
5. Dressed to Kill
6. Love Gun
7. Dynasty
8. Creatures of the Night
9. Lick It Up
10. Asylum
11. Animalize
12. Psycho Circus
13. Music From “The Elder”
14. Unmasked
15. Crazy Nights
16. Revenge
17. Monster
18. Sonic Boom
19. Carnival of Souls
20. Hot In the Shade
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.
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.
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.
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
Great show! Now i'm going to a record shop in Budapest, and bought a Dinasty tour'79 t-shirt!
Carnival of souls was intended to be their next album when the reunion happened, so they put it on the shelf, as to not confuse the public while focusing on the reunion. It got leaked, so they eventually released it after the tour ended.
Great list. Influental band. Since you mentioned guitar hero what video game consoles do you/did you own
Thanks and all the PlayStations except 5, game cube and Nintendo 64
Don't agree on all of them but nice to see a Kiss ranking that doesn't look like all the others. I like 80s Kiss too :-).