Kiss albums. Best song/worst song album by album

Recently, I was on a little Kiss kick and actually listened to basically their whole catalog for the first time in a few years. As most of us are Kiss fans as well as Vinnie I figured this might be a fun topic to throw out there. By best/worst I mean your favorite/least favorite. I admit I cheated a bit with some ties, but it was unavoidable. What're yours?

Favorite/Least Favorite

KISS: Black Diamond/Kissin' Time
Hotter than Hell: Parasite/Mainline
Dressed to Kill: Rock Bottom/Anything For My Baby
Destroyer: God Of Thunder/Great Expectations or Do You Love Me (tie)
Rock and Roll Over: I Want You/See You In Your Dreams
Love Gun: Shock Me/Then She Kissed Me
Alive II: Rocket Ride/Any Way You Want It
Ace Frehley: Rip It Out/New York Groove
Gene Simmons: None/All of 'em
Paul Stanley: Take Me Away (together as one)/Hold Me, Touch Me
Peter Criss: Hooked on Rock N Roll/Kiss the Girl Goodbye
Dynasty: 2,000 Man/Magic Touch
Unmasked: Is That You/Tomorrow
Music from The Elder: The Oath/Odyssey
Killers: I'm A Legend Tonight/Down On Your Knees
Creatures of the Night: War Machine or Keep Me Comin' (tie)/Rock and Roll Hell
Lick it Up: A Million To One or Young And Wasted/Dance All Over Your Face
Animalize: I've Had Enough (into the fire)/Lonely Is The Hunter or Murder In High Heels (tie)
Asylum: Who Wants To Be Lonely/Uh! All Night
Crazy Nights: No, No, No/Turn On The Night
Smashes, Thrashes: None/Both new tracks blew
Hot in the Shade: Little Caesar/Cadillac Dreams (this one just happens to be the worst, but 90% of the album is a pile)
Revenge: Unholy/Every Time I Look At You
Carnival of Souls: Master & Slave/Seduction of the Innocent
Psycho Circus: Into The Void/I Pledge Allegiance to the State of Rock and Roll
Sonic Boom: Modern Day Delilah/I'm An Animal
Monster: Haven't heard it enough to make a decision

Ooooh...this is gonna require some thinkin'. Be back later.

KISS: Cold Gin/Kissin' Time
Hotter than Hell: Hotter Than Hell/Mainline
Dressed to Kill: She/Anything For My Baby
Destroyer: God Of Thunder/Great Expectations
Rock and Roll Over: Calling Dr. Love/See You In Your Dreams
Love Gun: Shock Me/Then She Kissed Me
Alive II: Rocket Ride/Any Way You Want It
Ace Frehley: Rip It Out/What's On Your Mind?
Gene Simmons: Radioactive/When You Wish Upon A Star
Paul Stanley: Tonight You Belong To Me/Wouldn't You Like To Know Me?
Peter Criss: nothing good on it at all
Dynasty: 2,000 Man/Dirty Livin'
Unmasked: Naked City/Easy As It Seems
Music from The Elder: I/fanfare
Killers: Nowhere To Run/Down On Your Knees
Creatures of the Night: Creatures Of The Night/Danger
Lick it Up: All Hell's Breakin' Loose/Gimme More
Animalize: I've Had Enough (Into The Fire)/Lonely Is The Hunter
Asylum: Tears Are Falling/Secretly Cruel
Crazy Nights: Good Girl Gone Bad/Turn On The Night
Smashes, Thrashes: Let's Put The X In Sex/(You Make Me) Rock Hard
Hot in the Shade: Prisoner Of Love/Silver Spoon
Revenge: Unholy/Touch Love
Carnival of Souls: It Never Goes Away/I Will Be There
Psycho Circus: Within/I Finally Found My Way
Sonic Boom: I'm An Animal/Danger Us
Monster: Hell Or Hallelujah/Freak

Wow, you guys actually prefer "Beth" to "Great Expectations" on the Destroyer album????

I think "Beth" is the absolute worst song Kiss has ever recorded. From the off-key vocals to the saccharine lyrics I just think that track is a total turd.

KISS: "100,000 Years"/"Love Theme Fro KISS" I have a vinyl copy without "Kissin Time"
Hotter than Hell:"Comin Home"/"Goin Blind"
Dressed to Kill: "Love Her All I Can"/"Two Timer"
Destroyer: "King Of The Night Time World/"Beth"
Rock and Roll Over: "Hard Luck Woman"/"Baby Driver"
Love Gun: "I Stole Your Love"/"The She Kissed Me"
Alive II: "Larger Than Life"/"Anyway You Want It"
Ace Frehley: "What's On Your Mind"/"Ozone"
Gene Simmons: "See You Tonight"/"When You Wish Upon A Star"
Paul Stanley: "Love In Chains"/"Hold Me, Touch Me"
Peter Criss: "I Can't Stand The Rain"/"KISS The Girl Good-Bye"
Dynasty: "Hard Times"/"Save Your Love"
Unmasked: "Easy As It Seems"/"What Makes The World Go Around"
Music from The Elder: "Escape From The Island"/"Odyssey"
Killers: "Nowhere To Run"/"I'm A Legend Tonight"
Creatures of the Night: "I Still Love You"/"Killer"
Lick it Up: "A Million To One"/"And On The 8th Day"
Animalize: "I've Had Enough (Into The Fire)"/"Murder In High Heels"
Asylum: "Who Wants To Be Lonely"/"Trial By Fire"
Crazy Nights: "Fight Hell To Hold You"/"Bang Bang You"
Hot in the Shade: "Rise To It"/"Read My Body"
Revenge: "Spit"/"Tough Love"
Carnival of Souls: "I Will Be There"/"I Walk Alone"
Psycho Circus: "Within"/"I Finally Found My Way"
Sonic Boom: "Modern Day Delilah"/"Russian Roulette"
Monster: "Long Way Down"/"Eat Your Heart Out"

tohostudios wrote:

Wow, you guys actually prefer "Beth" to "Great Expectations" on the Destroyer album????

I think "Beth" is the absolute worst song Kiss has ever recorded.  From the off-key vocals to the saccharine lyrics I just think that track is a total turd.  

TBH I wonder if I'm the only guy around here who likes Beth.

corplhicks wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

Wow, you guys actually prefer "Beth" to "Great Expectations" on the Destroyer album????

I think "Beth" is the absolute worst song Kiss has ever recorded.  From the off-key vocals to the saccharine lyrics I just think that track is a total turd.  

TBH I wonder if I'm the only guy around here who likes Beth.

Apparently not.

I like Beth but it's the second worst song on the album (actually with most KISS albums, the worst song on it doesn't necessarily mean it's terrible, it's just the one I like the least).

Beth sucks...........

It's good to be Beth's man, then

tohostudios wrote:

Wow, you guys actually prefer "Beth" to "Great Expectations" on the Destroyer album????

I think "Beth" is the absolute worst song Kiss has ever recorded.  From the off-key vocals to the saccharine lyrics I just think that track is a total turd.  

Even if Criss is off key, the orchestration saves it from being the worst for me. It is miles away from being a Kiss song I like though, it's decent only a notch above Great Expectations. Destroyer ranks very low for me in general.

Debut - Black Diamond/Kissin' Time

Hotter than Hell - Parasite / Mainline

Dressed to Kill - She / Anything For My Baby

Destroyer - God of Thunder / Great Expectations

Rock and Roll Over - Hard Luck Woman / Baby Driver

Love Gun - I Stole Your Love / Hooligan

Gene Solo - Radioactive / When You Wish Upon A Star

Ace Solo - Rip It Out / What's On Your Mind?

Peter Solo - Easy Thing / That's The Kind of Sugar Papa Likes

Paul Solo - Move On / Hold Me Touch Me

Dynasty - I Was Made For Lovin' You / Save Your Love

Unmasked - Talk To Me / Naked City

Music From the Elder - Dark Light / Just A Boy

Creatures of the Night - No "worst," the whole album rules!

Lick It Up - All Hell's Breakin' Loose / Gimme More

Animalize - Heaven's On Fire / While the City Sleeps

Asylum - King of the Mountain / Radar For Love

Crazy Nights - N/A (I despise this album and refuse to own it)

Hot in the Shade - See above

Revenge - Unholy / Every Time I Look At You

Carnival of Souls - Hate / I Will Be There

Psycho Circus - Within / I Finally Found My Way (aka "Beth Part II: Electric Boogaloo")

Sonic Boom - Modern Day Delilah / Danger Us

Monster - Wall of Sound / Outta This World

corplhicks wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

Wow, you guys actually prefer "Beth" to "Great Expectations" on the Destroyer album????

I think "Beth" is the absolute worst song Kiss has ever recorded.  From the off-key vocals to the saccharine lyrics I just think that track is a total turd.  

TBH I wonder if I'm the only guy around here who likes Beth.

I liked it well enough when I saw Peter perform it live/unplugged during his pre-reunion club tour with Ace's band but I rarely feel the need to listen to the album version...