Hot In The Shade
by Kiss
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Kiss bestography
Hot In The Shade is ranked 18th best out of 35 albums by Kiss on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kiss is Destroyer which is ranked number 1738 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 985.
(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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Hot In The Shade track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 68 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Hot In The Shade 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 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 33/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 27/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | mrfloosak | Top 73 Music Albums of 1989 | 31/73 | 3 |
| 2025 |  MetalMan67 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | top 65r albums (66), #0101-0200* | 58/76 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 1980s 65rating (66), #001-100* | 32/57 | - |
| 2022 |  phantom1305 | Top 47 Music Albums of 1989 | 47/47 | 0 |
| 2022 |  Ozdalek | Kiss studio albums ranked (including the first solo albums) | 16/24 | - |
| 2022 |  Cabrones | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 70/100 | 6 |
| 2022 | Cabrones | Top 50 Music Albums of 1989 | 15/50 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 18 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 27 | |||
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Hot In The Shade ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 03/25/2026 16:38 | Menelao | 183 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/13/2026 18:47 | tmurf | 70 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2024 18:33 | davidleewrong | 2,357 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 54.7/100, a mean average of 50.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 50.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.1.
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Hot In The Shade forum mentions
paladisiac 08/23/2017 14:26 in What album are you listening to right now?Hot In The Shade comments
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Ozdalek 07/01/2019 09:52 | #238723
Firstly, this is way too long. Cutting 4-5 weaker tracks would strengthen it. 'Forever' is great, 'Rise To It' and 'Hide Your Heart' are very strong. ‘Silver Spoon’ is a sleeper hit. The rest range from iffy to awful.
A real struggle for any kind of inspiration here. Forever, was a big hit in the U.S., but it was written by Michael Bolton. Just about sums up the album.
Indeed, the worst KISS album.
This album is terrible.
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