What was the last good KISS album?
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What was the last good KISS album?
Monster and Sonic Boom are the two weakest KISS albums. But I'm a KISS fan so I still enjoy them. I can't classify either as good albums though.
The first half of Carnival of souls is really strong but then it tails off.
I loved Psycho Circus when I was first getting into KISS, but it has not aged well.
MTV Unplugged is a brilliant album, so that is my answer.
For studio albums, I begrudgingly have to admit it has to be Revenge, even though it is overrated by KISS fans. It is still better than any studio album that came after it. Although with the notable exception of Hot in the Shade, pretty much every KISS album released before it is better.
The first half of Carnival of souls is really strong but then it tails off.
I loved Psycho Circus when I was first getting into KISS, but it has not aged well.
MTV Unplugged is a brilliant album, so that is my answer.
For studio albums, I begrudgingly have to admit it has to be Revenge, even though it is overrated by KISS fans. It is still better than any studio album that came after it. Although with the notable exception of Hot in the Shade, pretty much every KISS album released before it is better.
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Re: What was the last good KISS album?
I have to say Lick it up.
only a few good songs here and there after.
only a few good songs here and there after.
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Re: What was the last good KISS album?
For me it was Asylum.
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Re: What was the last good KISS album?
Psycho Circus
IMO Psycho Circus qualifies as "good"....... title track is great and the first 7 songs are good to ok, "I Finally Found My Way" is the only complete turd.......
And.....I'll take Sonic Boom and Monster over Carnival of Holes and Crazy Nights........
IMO Psycho Circus qualifies as "good"....... title track is great and the first 7 songs are good to ok, "I Finally Found My Way" is the only complete turd.......
And.....I'll take Sonic Boom and Monster over Carnival of Holes and Crazy Nights........
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Re: What was the last good KISS album?
I could agree with this. With Lick it Up being the last GREAT Kiss album.
Sonic Boom and Monster aren't even in the bottom 5 of Kiss studio albums. They're kinda in the middle with Unmasked, Crazy Nights and Dynasty.
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Re: What was the last good KISS album?
Revenge
I was actually let down by all 3 of the makeup albums. They weren't terrible, they just didn't have any magic to them. Actually... I don't know. When Modern Day Delilah is the best song on the record, maybe they are terrible.
I was actually let down by all 3 of the makeup albums. They weren't terrible, they just didn't have any magic to them. Actually... I don't know. When Modern Day Delilah is the best song on the record, maybe they are terrible.
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I think Psycho Circus is my least favorite Kiss album. Its prolly not the worst, but I dont like anything on it, and in terms of dropping the ball in every way imaginable at a time where victory should have been easy, it wins hands down.DonJuanDeMarco wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 7:34 am Revenge
I was actually let down by all 3 of the makeup albums. They weren't terrible, they just didn't have any magic to them. Actually... I don't know. When Modern Day Delilah is the best song on the record, maybe they are terrible.
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Psycho Circus
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Re: What was the last good KISS album?
Kiss never had any good albums. Trick question
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Patton could sing anything that those other singers have ever sang. But none of them could sing Patton's catalog.
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Re: What was the last good KISS album?
When I was 14 they were all good or great, but they were all gradually diminished by an expansion of my musical tastes.
So I would have to say Creatures Of The Night.
So I would have to say Creatures Of The Night.
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hot in the shade
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Sonic Boom. For a band trying to deliberately re-create their old sound, I think they did a good job.
Monster? Not so much.
Monster? Not so much.
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Love Gun, which I mostly like, I rank as sixth of the first six studio albums.
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Creatures
Psycho Circus was Crue level bad. Great title song. Every other song is simply bad to horrible.
Psycho Circus was Crue level bad. Great title song. Every other song is simply bad to horrible.
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Re: What was the last good KISS album?
I’m going to say Sonic Boom?
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Title track fucking sucks.DemonFilth2001 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 2:43 pm Creatures
Psycho Circus was Crue level bad. Great title song. Every other song is simply bad to horrible.
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Re: What was the last good KISS album?
Animalize. I’m in the minority but for some reason I like that album a lot. Heaven’s On Fire I could do without but the rest of it is pretty strong and heavy. After this they went off the deep end with the glam and the power ballads. Carnival of Souls had some interesting stuff too but I don’t really view it as a Kiss album. It’s more like a Wicked Lester thing to me.
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Animalize is my favorite KISS album.
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Great song. You’d love it if WASP did it.HueyRamone wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 6:38 pmTitle track fucking sucks.DemonFilth2001 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 2:43 pm Creatures
Psycho Circus was Crue level bad. Great title song. Every other song is simply bad to horrible.
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If live records count, then MTV Unplugged is the far and away winner here. Not only is it a great live KISS album, it's one of the best in the whole MTV Unplugged series, and there were a lot of great ones in there.
Studio-wise...ugh. For me it's a 4-way tie (and I know that's a shitty excuse for an answer) between Asylum, Revenge, Carnval of Souls and Psycho Circus. There's plenty of good stuff on all those albums, but also a lot of turds, too. Take the best of those 4 and you'd have a really strong double album.
Studio-wise...ugh. For me it's a 4-way tie (and I know that's a shitty excuse for an answer) between Asylum, Revenge, Carnval of Souls and Psycho Circus. There's plenty of good stuff on all those albums, but also a lot of turds, too. Take the best of those 4 and you'd have a really strong double album.
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Re: What was the last good KISS album?
Creatures of the Night.
Something magical about KISS still wearing their makeup.
If you're a fan, you know what I am talking about.
Something magical about KISS still wearing their makeup.
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Re: What was the last good KISS album?
It an interesting one, It kind of builds the excitement well and then delivers nothing. Best songs on Psycho are Dreaming`and Journey of a 1000 Years.HueyRamone wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 6:38 pmTitle track fucking sucks.DemonFilth2001 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 2:43 pm Creatures
Psycho Circus was Crue level bad. Great title song. Every other song is simply bad to horrible.
Last good album for me was Carnival of Souls. Gene`s songs are all good - great there. That's enough.
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I can still listen to and enjoy Paul's '78, most of Dynasty and most of Creatures and Lick It Up, but beyond that there's always too much filler (thanks, Gene) and songs that I just can't handle listening to ever again through being overplayed.
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You got into KISS during Psycho Circus, but you're telling everyone else how it is.pieceofme wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 5:46 am For studio albums, I begrudgingly have to admit it has to be Revenge, even though it is overrated by KISS fans. It is still better than any studio album that came after it. Although with the notable exception of Hot in the Shade, pretty much every KISS album released before it is better.
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HOT IN THE SHADE is their worst album. Almost all of it doesn't sound or feel like a KISS album. Slide guitar? LOL
I don't even count MONSTER or SONIC BOOM because I don't consider them KISS albums, but rather contrived nonsense to try to legitimize a tribute band line-up.
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yeah, most of it isn’t good.NeonKnite wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2024 12:06 pmHOT IN THE SHADE is their worst album. Almost all of it doesn't sound or feel like a KISS album. Slide guitar? LOL
I don't even count MONSTER or SONIC BOOM because I don't consider them KISS albums, but rather contrived nonsense to try to legitimize a tribute band line-up.
I guess ‘crazy nights’ would be the last “good” album.
shade was like a release of glorified demos since the big budget CN flopped.
That was the end of KISS as a creative entity in my eyes
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No, I'm merely giving my opinion. I don't expect everyone to agree. More interested in the responses and the range of albums is impressive.NeonKnite wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2024 11:52 amYou got into KISS during Psycho Circus, but you're telling everyone else how it is.pieceofme wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 5:46 am For studio albums, I begrudgingly have to admit it has to be Revenge, even though it is overrated by KISS fans. It is still better than any studio album that came after it. Although with the notable exception of Hot in the Shade, pretty much every KISS album released before it is better.
GTFO.
Actually, I got into KISS in 1999. After Psycho Circus. It just happened to be one of the first KISS albums I purchased.
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