Alive!
by Kiss

Alive! by Kiss
(Live album)
Year: 1975
Release date: 1975-09-10
Overall rank: 3,263rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 242 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (53rd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (569th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,263rd)

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Kiss bestography

Alive! is ranked 3rd best out of 34 albums by Kiss on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Kiss is Destroyer which is ranked number 1712 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 996.

Kiss album bestography « Higher ranked (3,263rd)
Alive!
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Alive!
Lower ranked (4,123rd) »
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Alive! track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,263rd | 1970s rank: 569th | 1975 rank: 53rd

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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 242 votes)
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03/25/2026 16:37 Menelao  Ratings distribution  18371/100
 
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03/14/2026 09:20 Dankel  Ratings distribution  2,62376/100
 
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03/13/2026 18:45 tmurf  Ratings distribution  5277/100
 
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02/27/2026 12:32 classicjoe  Ratings distribution  47178/100
 
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02/10/2026 17:34 Charlesd  Ratings distribution  8083/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.5/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.7.

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80/100
From 07/17/2023 12:07 | #298175
Rocks harder than I expected, A fine sounding hard rock album
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60/100
From 12/30/2020 02:23 | #263464
Definitely an improvement over any studio KISS I've been subjected to.
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75/100
From 09/20/2020 00:33 | #258446
It's an alright live album. Absolutely loved it 35 years ago. When I listen to it now though I find it has a bit of a dated sound. Still good, just not worthy of all the accolades it receives.
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From 07/23/2020 00:59 | #256043
Live album with an amazing set list considering they only had 3 studio albums to draw from. It rocks hard from start to finish.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 06/27/2020 20:55 | #254629
One of the very best ‘live’ albums of all time, Alive! catapulted the band into superstardom. I’ve been listening to this for many years and it still sounds fresh and exciting. A must for any Kiss fan, and/or any hard rock fan.
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60/100
From 07/13/2019 16:39 | #239444
Good live album. I like the guitar work here over the studio versions of the songs. In other words, Kiss rocks harder in their live albums.
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85/100
From 11/17/2017 21:53 | #201514
Extra points for it´s energy.
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100/100
From 09/20/2017 00:03 | #198304
The first record I ever bought...I have never bought a better one. Simply perfect and powerful. Did they touch it up in the studio? Unless you want to claim they invented the idea its irrelevant. Almost all live records are. The song selection pulled almost all the best tracks from the first three records and made them all even better. A rarity still in these days. This record justifies all the fame and fortune that came after it.
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80/100
From 06/20/2016 13:24 | #169239
A fun rock/metal classic. Obviously, alive, has a load of overdubs, but is still Kiss at their best. All the classics are here; deuce, strutter, black diamond, and, rock and roll all nite. It's just a great rock'n'roll album.
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5/100
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