Psycho Circus
by Kiss

Psycho Circus by Kiss
Year: 1998
Overall rank: 44,604th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
56/100 (from 51 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1998 (716th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (6,812th)
Award Best albums of all time (44,604th)

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Kiss bestography

Psycho Circus is ranked 21st best out of 34 albums by Kiss on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Kiss is Destroyer which is ranked number 1750 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 965.

Kiss album bestography « Higher ranked (39,488th)
(Music From) The Elder
This album (44,604th)
Psycho Circus
Lower ranked (51,449th) »
Kiss Unplugged

(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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Psycho Circus rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 44,604th | 1990s rank: 6,812th | 1998 rank: 716th

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Average Rating: 
56/100 (from 51 votes)
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45/100
 
03/25/2026 16:39 Menelao  Ratings distribution  18371/100
 
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03/13/2026 18:47 tmurf  Ratings distribution  5277/100
 
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12/24/2025 06:30 Olli  Ratings distribution  7,12563/100
 
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03/07/2025 05:07 stevengnz  Ratings distribution  2,61173/100
 
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11/15/2024 18:34 davidleewrong  Ratings distribution  2,35881/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 56.1/100, a mean average of 52.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 52.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.9.

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From 06/26/2020 15:28 | #254558
Life Long KISS fan and I actually found this an enjoyable comeback. Overated/Underated. Who cares, these guys never cared about anything but putting on a good show and I am ok with that. It's fun and that is why KISS became popular. This record is not THAT BAD.
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From 02/27/2016 12:31 | #160842
Ridiculous music and ridiculous it's even on this chart.
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From 07/24/2012 16:09 | #47169
My God... this made it into someone's charts? Is it an ironic selection? I usually defend bands like Kiss, not as great acts, but as mindless fun that people should relax and enjoy. And I'd say that about Kiss in the 70s - they were fun, they were catchy, they put on a hell of a show, and they weren't as bad musically as some suggest. Then they made a 90s comeback. They played their seminal stuff with makeup on. Great. They should have never tried to write new stuff. Psycho Circus is laughable. 12 year old WWE fans could write better lyrics. There were no new riffs or melodies. It forgettable - worse, laughable. Stick to your nostalgia act, boys.
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