Hotter Than Hell (studio album) by Kiss

Hotter Than Hell by Kiss
Year: 1974
Overall rank: 15,887th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 129 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (209th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,115th)
Award Best albums of all time (15,887th)
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Kiss bestography

Hotter Than Hell is ranked 10th best out of 33 albums by Kiss on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Kiss is Destroyer which is ranked number 1532 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,132.

Kiss album bestography « Higher ranked (12,827th) This album (15,887th) Lower ranked (16,988th) »
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Hotter Than Hell track list

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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 129 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.6/100, a mean average of 67.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.6.

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85/100
From 03/29/2021 10:56
This album has some killer Ace Frehley solos and riffs!
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From 07/23/2020 03:20
Strong follow up from their debut this is definitely one of KISS’s best albums just look at the first 5 songs Got to Choose, Parasite, Goin’ Blind, Hotter Than Hell & Let Me Go, Rock and Roll and later on Watchin’ You. All of these classic songs except Goin’ Blind ended up on Alive the next year.
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From 09/20/2017 14:55
Compositionally this record is every bit as good as the outstanding debut. The production team of Kenny Kearner and Ritchie Wise got a little cute with the production and made an attempt at a heavy Black Sabbath like recording. In some places this works great. "Strange Ways" and "Parasite." Others like the excellent "Watchin' You" and "Let Me Go Rock And Roll" it seems to stiffen up the songs and they don't flow as smoothly. So its an uneven job here. But I have always had a fondness for this record. "Goin' Blind" being such a cool track. KISS records should always begin with a bang so I think it was an unforced error to open with the excellent but slow burning "Got To Choose." Switching it around and making "Parasite" the opening track would have benefitted the presentation. Still an outstanding record...
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60/100
From 09/19/2016 14:48
Not bad but not up to the high standards of other Rock bands.
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From 06/26/2016 10:50
Terrible production on what is probably the weakest of Kiss' seventies albums. The title track is the only fairly memorable track here. The rest? Forgettable, but what do you expect from Kiss?
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70/100
From 05/06/2016 03:54
Some pretty good songs on here but man it's tough to sit through with the production.
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From 02/05/2015 04:14
Best Track: Hotter Than Hell
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From 01/23/2014 01:38
Better than the debut, has slightly more diversity, and Simmon's vocals are better.

Best tracks: Watchin' You, Goin' Blind.
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From 07/15/2012 17:31
This album is even better than Destroyer. It is heavier and full of classic hard rock riffs. It is also the first album I've ever bought. My introduction to rock and roll and KISS.
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