Asylum (studio album)
by Kiss

Asylum by Kiss
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 35,618th   
Average Rating: 
56/100 (from 59 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (394th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (4,413th)
Award Best albums of all time (35,618th)

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Kiss bestography

Asylum is ranked 19th best out of 34 albums by Kiss on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Kiss is Destroyer which is ranked number 1707 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 989.

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Asylum track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 70 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Asylum rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 35,618th | 1980s rank: 4,413th | 1985 rank: 394th

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Asylum ratings

Average Rating: 
56/100 (from 59 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 56.3/100, a mean average of 53.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 53.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.1.

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From 11/13/2025 23:47 | #311651
Since this has no tracks that feature on most Greatest Hits albums they've put out. You'd think with that it would be quite shit, but it's actually not that bad. Mostly it's like paint by numbers Kiss songs. Quite predictable. And you can hear a few riffs that they'd either recycled or borrowed from other people's songs on a few tracks. One of the weaker of the Kiss albums
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From 09/20/2017 21:48 | #198391
Mid Eighties mediocrity. However on relistening this is not that bad of a record. Paul's songs continue to dominate and Gene continues to be inconsistent. But since Paul wrote half of them and all his are good it makes for a solid record. The "rough around the edges" production actually enhances the record as that was going against the trend of the time. Give it another listen...you will be surprised how well tracks like "King Of The Mountain" and "Radar For Love" hold up compared to what everyone else was doing. "Tears Are Falling" is definitely one of the better KISS singles too. And admit it..."Uh! All Night" is brilliant absurdity. Only KISS could pull that off.
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From 07/10/2016 23:56 | #171060
Absolutely terrible, even by mid-eighties Kiss standards. It's not even enjoyable and Kiss were at least that in their heyday even if it was rubbish. One of their worst records.
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From 03/05/2016 17:15 | #161370
This is one of the worst records ever made.
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