Lick It Up
by Kiss
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Kiss bestography
Lick It Up is ranked 14th best out of 34 albums by Kiss on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kiss is Destroyer which is ranked number 1727 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 989.
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Lick It Up track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Lick It Up rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1983 | 57/77 | - |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1983 | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 60 Music Albums of 1983 | 56/60 | 0 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (64), #0601-0700* | 37/66 | - |
| 2026 |  Repo | 1983: Metal | 42/59 | - |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 53 Music Albums of 1983 | 45/53 | 1 |
| 2025 | AAL2014 | KISS: So Far.. | 12/15 | - |
| 2025 |  MetalMan67 | Top 62 Music Albums of 1983 | 32/62 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 37 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 56 | |||
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Lick It Up ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/25/2026 16:38 | Menelao | 183 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/13/2026 18:47 | tmurf | 70 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/24/2025 06:29 | Olli | 7,932 | 62/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 61.7/100, a mean average of 60.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 60.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.5.
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paladisiac 12/31/2014 15:33 in What album are you listening to right now?Lick It Up comments
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There was a time I thought less of this record for the sole reason that I never liked the idea of them removing their makeup. However the truth is that this is a spectacular followup to the great Creatures Of The Night Album. It is almost...almost as good. Paul's "Exciter" is a ferocious opener and Gene really comes through on tracks like "Young And Wasted" and "Not For The Innocent." Really these songs would have looked good being performed in the costumes. The only thing that holds it from equaling its predecessor is the last track. I never really warmed up to "And On The 8th Day." From this point on in the 80's Gene's contributions would be erratic.
The first no make-up album Lick it Up sounds not completely unlike Creatures of the Night. Its probably one of the heaviest Kiss records there is. Both Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are in pretty good form on this album. Gene's efforts seemed to weaken a bit during the tail end of the 80s, but he's given the last 3 songs on the album and they're among my favorites.
Probably the last good Kiss album(and the first without the make up), with the exception of, revenge, maybe. The title track is a Kiss anthem, all hell's breakin' loose, is hilarious, and, not for the innocent, is a strong cut. As always with Kiss, entertaining.
Ozdalek 07/01/2019 09:31 | #238721
One of the most consistently good Kiss records. There is no filler here, just plenty of muscle. It rocks. HARD.
This particular platter is one nifty lil toe-tapper.
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