Hotter Than Hell
by Kiss
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Kiss bestography
Hotter Than Hell is ranked 9th 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 987.
(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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Hotter Than Hell track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Hotter Than Hell rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 52 Music Albums of 1974 | 51/52 | 0 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 25 Music Albums of 1974 | 19/25 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 97 Music Albums of 1974 | 60/97 | 2 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 68 Music Albums of 1974 | 18/68 | 4 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 500 Albums: 401-500 | 9/100 | - |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 29/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 80 Music Albums of 1974 | 80/80 | 0 |
| 2025 |  MetalMan67 | Top 71 Music Albums of 1974 | 19/71 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 52 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 78 | |||
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Hotter Than Hell 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 18:45 | tmurf | 70 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/30/2025 09:57 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,700 | 70/100 |
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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 18.1.
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Hotter Than Hell forum mentions
Romanelli 11/11/2021 02:18 in Albums You Added To Your Collection Today
paladisiac 03/30/2015 04:00 in What album are you listening to right now?Hotter Than Hell comments
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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... (Edited)
Brandon8 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/23/2020 03:20 | #256057
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. (Edited)
This album is even better than Destroyer. It is heavier and full of classic hard rock riffs. It is also the first album I've ever bought. My introduction to rock and roll and KISS.
AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/06/2016 03:54 | #165316
Some pretty good songs on here but man it's tough to sit through with the production. (Edited)
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/19/2016 14:48 | #175350
Not bad but not up to the high standards of other Rock bands. (Edited)
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