Kiss
by Kiss

Album
Kiss by Kiss
Year: 1974
Release date: 1974-02-18
Overall rank: 3,330th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 219 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (52nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (571st)
Award Best albums of all time (3,330th)

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Kiss bestography

Kiss is ranked 2nd best out of 34 albums by Kiss on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Kiss is Destroyer which is ranked number 1735 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 986.

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Kiss rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,330th | 1970s rank: 571st | 1974 rank: 52nd  Overall chart history
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From mrmcrook 04/14/2026 21:04 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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From Repo 07/24/2022 18:45 in Rank 'Em: The Beach Boys
“Besides...I've already talked about god...Gotta talk about Satan now...a truly Mercyful Fate. In 1981, a band from Copenhagen called Brats had two musicians who decided they wanted to do something different. They began to sing in English and became more...demonic in their delivery, their record…”
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From dihansse 06/15/2020 15:00 in My discoveries per year
“These are my 2 choices for 1974 hardrock albums: An album I have already listened to: I said before I didn't have any regular UFO albums in my collection and that's true for my CD collection but I see that I do have a few albums in my Apple Music list including this first album with Michael…”
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From 06/24/2010 19:48 | #13156 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A pretty good rollicking hard rock debut. Strutter is excellent, Nothin' to Lose and Deuce are very strong. The inclusion of Love Theme from Kiss remains a mystery as it almost kills the album with two tracks to go.
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From 06/20/2016 16:25 | #169263 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A fun first album. Classic pop metal anthems in, strutter, deuce, 100,000 years, and, black diamond. Bit of filler, especially in, love theme, but most of it is mindless fun. Switch your brain off and rock.
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From 12/31/2012 17:52 | #59599 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Kiss' debut album features some of their most strong material - Strutter, Deuce, Cold Gin, Firehouse, Black Diamond and Nothin' to Lose. With the exceptions of a few tracks, it looks almost as a greatest hits album. Not to mention the iconic album cover.
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90/100
From 06/16/2022 18:39 | #286436 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I love this album except for one song: Kissin' Time. This album has six of their most iconic songs! Early KISS before the disco era was awesome! "Ace Frehley on guitar!" (Edited)
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From 06/06/2018 17:48 | #216229 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I'm far from being a fan of KISS, especially with all the things Gene Simmons is saying these days, but this is a very strong amid straightforward rock record.
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