Ace Frehley
by Ace Frehley

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Ace Frehley by Ace Frehley
Year: 1978
Release date: 1978-09-18
Overall rank: 9,314th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 50 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (137th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (1,334th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,314th)

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Overall rank: 9,314th | 1970s rank: 1,334th | 1978 rank: 137th  Overall chart history
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From dihansse 02/25/2026 21:50 in My discoveries per year
“These are the albums of 1978 I listened to: Two albums I already own/know: Why 2 albums? Because it's good to have a competition between two debut albums that are linked an which are both contender for best album of the year and they are: and So this all started with The Buzzcocks being formed as a…”
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From CA Dreamin 10/17/2025 02:44 in In Remembrance Of Those Who Are Gone
“1951-2025Damn, another legend of the classic rock era. KISS had quite a run in the mid-70s.”
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From 09/21/2017 20:04 | #198459 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Ok we were all shocked in 1978 that Ace Frehley could put out an entire album's worth of material by himself...that it was this good is doubly shocking. Obviously he was holding out on KISS. "Rip It Out" should have been on a KISS record...and probably also "Speedin" Back To My Baby" and "Snowblind." But as it was it led to this record being by and large the best of the 4 solo releases although Paul's is damn close and has aged better I think. This is low intellect and high intensity just like rock and roll is meant to be. Eddie Kramer gave this the exact production it needed to make Ace's guitar playing shine...but really, it is the songs that are the stars...all of the great. (Edited)
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From 09/27/2015 02:07 | #150530 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The best of the 1978 Kiss solo albums. The only one to produce an enduring classic with "New York Groove". (Edited)
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From 01/13/2015 21:47 | #131478 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Up there as one of the best hard rock albums of the '70s. No filler here, superb album with great guitar work from Frehley, drumming from Anton Fig and engineered by the legendary Eddie Kramer.
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From 02/28/2017 14:24 | #186525 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Love the guitar solos in this album! As a fan of Kiss, I feel very supportive of this release and of Ace Frehley.
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Might possibly be the best Kiss-related album period
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