Fav KISS album

Not sure if this has been done before - and don't really care. Let's do it again, cuz KISS is one band that any metalhead will dig, at least, one era from.

Me? Lick It Up, hands down. Creatures comes in a distant second. Not the most most musically inventive band of all time, but, man, they had some fun tunes for sure.

I must go with "Destroyer"....from the first time I ever laid eyes on the band and that glorious album cover (brought to my house by my babysitter...Hey, I was 7) and all I knew was I wanted to be one of those cool looking monster-or-superhero guys!

for me Lovegun had the most cool tunes

'Creatures of the Night' the first KISS album I bought as a brand new release, with 'Rock and Roll Over' which was the first KISS I ever owned and still love it.

For me, Destroyer - the first album I ever owned, and it was a new release when I got it. Been a fan of KISS ever since.

2nd fav is tough - a tie between RNRO, LG and Creatures.

I'm in the minority here,but my fave is Animalize. That thing is great as far as I'm concerned and if I had a complaint about it,it's too short.

Creatures is up there as well in a close second.

70s: ROCK AND ROLL OVER

80s: CREATURES OF THE NIGHT

90s: REVENGE

Fat Freddy wrote:

70s: ROCK AND ROLL OVER

80s: CREATURES OF THE NIGHT

90s: REVENGE

Revenge is such a freakin AWESOME album!!!!! I remember when it came out and the first time I heard it - my initial reaction was "Dang, this is the BEST THING they have done since Creatures!!!!" I still think that - it is better than the 5 previous studio albums (and the comp album)

It's really tough to just pick one Kiss album above all, but for me, I'm going with Rock and Roll Over, because it's just so consistent and perfectly sums up everything Kiss is about.

Honorable mentions: Music from the Elder, Creatures of the Night, Kiss, and Hotter than Hell.

my sentimental fave: probably Destroyer

best 70's album (one that kicks the most a**): s/t

best 80's: Creatures or maybe even Animalize

guilty pleasure (one that I like that nobody else does): Dynasty. yeah, I said Dynasty.

geez, they all suck. it's so hard to choose.

Doesn't get any better than Kiss Alive I. Pretty much every song is better than the studio counterparts, Eddie Kramer worked wonders polishing this into a masterpiece live record.

I guess Rock N Roll Over would be next, then Destroyer, then Creatures Of The Night.

I always mention "Destroyer" when asked this question. But it could just as easily have been Dressed To Kill, Alive, Creatures of the Night, Love Gun, Music From "The Elder", Unmasked or Revenge.

Rock And Roll Over is perfect to me. Love that album.

ANIMALIZE or ASYLUM, both just increible. From the makeup days i would say CREATURES OF THE NIGHT or DESTROYER.

Picked a Top 5 out of my head right now. Not sure this list would be the same on a different day, but here is is anyhow...

1. Rock and Roll Over
2. Kiss
3. Creatures of the Night
4. Hotter than Hell
5. Asylum

mc666 wrote:

geez, they all suck. it's so hard to choose.

Actually, I could include Revenge up there with Creatures. Don't know why I didn't think of that when I first posted,

Revenge is probably my favorite, but I also really like Creatures, The Elder, Destroyer, Crazy Nights, and Psycho Circus just as much. I could list the albums I don't like as much easier.

Wow, I can honestly say I have never been dissapointed with any KISS album. I've loved them all. Music From The Elder and Creatures (because it was so heavy) were kind of strange and a surprize for me at the time, but I still enjoyed them, and like them more now than I did then. But if I had to choose...

Rock and Roll Over
Hotter Than Hell
Dynasty (believe it or not, I played the heck out of this album when it was released.)
Asylum (my first KISS concert at the San Diego sports arena, W.A.S.P. opened up)
Lick It Up (the year I graduated high school, my favorite band took off their make-up. See, we grew up together )

JBall_Z wrote:

Wow, I can honestly say I have never been dissapointed with any KISS album. I've loved them all. Music From The Elder and Creatures (because it was so heavy) were kind of strange and a surprize for me at the time, but I still enjoyed them, and like them more now than I did then. But if I had to choose...

Rock and Roll Over
Hotter Than Hell
Dynasty (believe it or not, I played the heck out of this album when it was released.)
Asylum (my first KISS concert at the San Diego sports arena, W.A.S.P. opened up)
Lick It Up (the year I graduated high school, my favorite band took off their make-up. See, we grew up together )

LOVE Dynasty!!!!! I remember when I got it as a christmas present in 79!!!!! Played the heck out of it!!!!! Some GREAT tracks on it - 2000 Man, Hard Times, Save Your Love - ACE really nailed it on this one!!! The only week track is Dirty Livin'.

70s: Dressed to Kill

80s: Lick It Up

90s: Psycho Circus

detuned wrote:

Doesn't get any better than Kiss Alive I. Pretty much every song is better than the studio counterparts, Eddie Kramer worked wonders polishing this into a masterpiece live record.

I have to agree. Destroyer, Rock N Roll Over and Revenge are all favorites,too.

70s: RARO, Alive I, Dynasty
80s: Unmasked, The Oath, Asylum, CCN
90s: Psycho Circus, Alive III
00: Live to Win CD/DVD, RTN Tour DVD, Kissology Vol 1-4

For me it's "Hotter Than Hell"

"Creatures of the Night", it's just amazing.