Ace Frehley
by Ace Frehley

Ace Frehley by Ace Frehley
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 9,173rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 49 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (139th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (1,337th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,173rd)

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Overall rank: 9,173rd | 1970s rank: 1,337th | 1978 rank: 139th

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 49 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.4.

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85/100
From 10/17/2025 11:11 | #311378
RIP Ace Frehley...Taking that rocket ride into outer space. You worked so hard the last 18 years or so staying sober. Godspeed to you from all of your Rock Soldiers..
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From 10/30/2023 17:54 | #299702
It was a swell surprise, superb guitar work. I never thought that Kiss goys actually play their instruments. Solid
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90/100
From 09/08/2020 18:42 | #257917
The record is HUGE! Rating (90.00)
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100/100
From 09/21/2017 20:04 | #198459 | TOP COMMENT
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.
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95/100
From 04/09/2017 18:06 | #188957
one of the best if not best albums associated with the kiss phenomenon. even though a freshly solo album. has the best song of his career new york groove which has had second and third lives it seems over the years.
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From 02/28/2017 14:24 | #186525 | TOP COMMENT
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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5/100
From 02/01/2016 11:32 | #158388
One OK song, this album is a prime example of over saturation.
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From 09/27/2015 02:07 | #150530 | TOP COMMENT
The best of the 1978 Kiss solo albums. The only one to produce an enduring classic with "New York Groove".
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95/100
From 01/13/2015 21:47 | #131478 | TOP COMMENT
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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90/100
From 08/09/2013 03:16 | #83577 | TOP COMMENT
Might possibly be the best Kiss-related album period
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