Hotter Than Hell (studio album)
by Kiss
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Hotter Than Hell is ranked 11th best out of 34 albums by Kiss on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kiss is Destroyer which is ranked number 1687 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,004.
(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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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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85/100  | 10/26/2025 23:00 |  Brandon8 | | 89/100 |
80/100 | 10/26/2025 22:25 |  charlysa | | 85/100 |
65/100 | 10/03/2025 16:56 | FrancK | | 83/100 |
70/100 | 10/02/2025 02:16 |  zags7000 | | 64/100 |
65/100 | 04/04/2025 07:56 | Siromynian | | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.9/100, a mean average of 67.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.2.
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charlysa 10/26/2025 22:28
Not sure why this one is not higher in the ranking, it's definitely solid, maybe the first one has more classics but Hotter Than Hell is perhaps even stronger, a bit of a muddy production perhaps but serves the darker sound too. Frehley is on fire here with Parasite and personal favourite Strange Ways. He even collaborates with Paul in Comin' Home another banger. Simmons does fine with Watching You, Going Blind. It's quite diverse and fun. 4 out of 5!
The production is a bit flawed overall but there's some great tracks on here. I feel like its underrated, and is pretty low down the list of KISS albums, I give it a solid 8/10.
This album has some killer Ace Frehley solos and riffs!
Brandon8 07/23/2020 03:20
Strong follow up from their debut this is definitely one of KISS’s best albums just look at the first 5 songs Got to Choose, Parasite, Goin’ Blind, Hotter Than Hell & Let Me Go, Rock and Roll and later on Watchin’ You. All of these classic songs except Goin’ Blind ended up on Alive the next year.
Compositionally this record is every bit as good as the outstanding debut. The production team of Kenny Kearner and Ritchie Wise got a little cute with the production and made an attempt at a heavy Black Sabbath like recording. In some places this works great. "Strange Ways" and "Parasite." Others like the excellent "Watchin' You" and "Let Me Go Rock And Roll" it seems to stiffen up the songs and they don't flow as smoothly. So its an uneven job here. But I have always had a fondness for this record. "Goin' Blind" being such a cool track. KISS records should always begin with a bang so I think it was an unforced error to open with the excellent but slow burning "Got To Choose." Switching it around and making "Parasite" the opening track would have benefitted the presentation. Still an outstanding record...
Tamthebam 09/19/2016 14:48
Not bad but not up to the high standards of other Rock bands.
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AAL2014 05/06/2016 03:54
Some pretty good songs on here but man it's tough to sit through with the production.
The same recycled riffs from all their other records.
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