(Music From) The Elder
by Kiss
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Kiss bestography
(Music From) The Elder is ranked 20th best out of 34 albums by Kiss on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kiss is Destroyer which is ranked number 1708 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 998.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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(Music From) The Elder track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 03/25/2026 16:39 | Menelao | 183 | 71/100 | |
| 03/13/2026 18:47 | tmurf | 52 | 77/100 | |
| 12/24/2025 06:30 | Olli | 7,282 | 62/100 | |
| 07/10/2025 15:49 |  Brandon8 | 1,046 | 89/100 | |
| 03/25/2025 00:28 |  AAL2014 | 3,898 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 63.0/100, a mean average of 61.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 61.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.4.
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Brandon8 08/13/2020 01:45 | #256973
The band was not afraid to experiment and nothing proves this more than this concept album produced by Bob Ezrin with Lou Reed as a co-writer on a few songs. I really enjoyed the change up and the music and playing is well done. A World Without Heroes is a classic track. I also really enjoy Under The Rose, The Oath, Mr Blackwell and I.
The most divisive record among KISS fans. I rate it pretty high because if you go through it track by track there is too much great material. "The Oath" featured perhaps Paul's best vocal performance on a powerful metal track that feels both epic and cinematic. "Under The Rose" is a Gothic beauty combining choirs and power chords to great effect. "Dark Light" is a fantastic Ace song with a fantastic Ace solo. And then there's "A World Without Heroes." A beautiful song with heroic sentiments beautifully sung by...Gene.
Yea, the "concept' was silly. And Ezrin taking KISS into Pink Floyd territory was as bad an idea as the haircuts and new costumes, but I am very glad this record is in their catalog. I play it often.
Even by Kiss standards this is pretty bad. Can you believe Lou Reed collaborated on this? A total mess, with a few half decent songs in there somewhere.
Crappy music to a crappy movie.
Even Gene and Paul hate this album. But still have very good tracks. Only You, Under The Rose, Dark Light, A Word Without Heroes and Mr. Blackwell are great songs, not the usual stuff for KISS but very good musically speaking. It is a pity that it does not have the credit that deserves.
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