Psycho Circus
by Kiss
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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 1731 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 987.
(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 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 69 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Psycho Circus rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 40 Music Albums of 1998 | 40/40 | 0 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 46 Music Albums of 1998 | 25/46 | 2 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2023 |  phantom1305 | Top 30 Music Albums of 1998 | 30/30 | 0 |
| 2022 |  Ozdalek | Kiss studio albums ranked (including the first solo albums) | 22/24 | - |
| 2020 |  llibnanoon | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 98/100 | 1 |
| 2017 |  Captain_Dude | RANKED: KISS | 21/24 | - |
| 2017 |  covecove | Old Timers... Still Rocking | 87/100 | - |
| 2017 | covecove | Teenage Me And His Chart... | 96/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 18 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 16 | |||
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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 | 70 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/24/2025 06:30 | Olli | 7,937 | 62/100 |
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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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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 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.
llibnanoon 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.
Ridiculous music and ridiculous it's even on this chart.
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