All KISS Ballads Ranked

Ranking every KISS Ballad. Disagree with what songs I've picked as "Ballads"? Let me know in the comments.
Thanks for watching!

[@FilipRapp76]

I would count A Million to One as a ballad and put it #1. However - great list! Thank you for making these!

[@allkissranked]

Yeah, I went back and forth on "A Million to One". I think I even called it a ballad in another video. It maybe should've counted. If so, I agree! It would've been top 3 for sure. Glad you're enjoying the videos! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@robertvendetta6752]

I agree. One of the few songs Paul wrote from personal experience like one other favorite of his ballads "I will be there."

[@kevinchandler179]

When you give anything to Peter to sing, it turns into gold!!!!!

[@perseusjoppa426]

Great list, and I absolutely love Hard Luck Woman!

[@proud2bamerican]

BEFORE I listen, I am going with I Still Love You especially the MTV Unplugged version

[@allkissranked]

Sorry, you were probably disappointed by #5 on that one... but I agree the unplugged version is fantastic!

[@proud2bamerican]

@@allkissranked It's all good. Today my no.1 ballad is Forever. LOL

[@seagullpoet]

My fav romantic ballad “ Your’e All That I Want “. Has a Beatles - coolness.

[@allkissranked]

Yes it is very Beatles-y! I went back and forth on counting that one as a ballad. The demo version on the box set seems more ballad-ish to me. The Unmasked version was just a bit too fast and distorted. I like the song, but I prefer the demo version.

[@karl-unoisaksson4000]

Hey!!! Thats a great song, how come I missed that!? (weeeeeell, ballad? Or just a great popsong? I love it...) Love from Sweden 💖

[@ferox965]

The demo kills the album version.

[@kevinchandler179]

As a die hard Peter Criss fan I have to get this straight!!!!!! Bob Ezrin has confirmed Peter did write Beth ✍️, Stan Pendridge said he did as well, Bob helped him structure it, and as great of a guy as Peter is he gave him credits

[@Riolushe]

For me the number 1 is "I Still Love You". Everytime I hear it I get shivers on my skin. Especially when Paul sings the part "I really really loooooooooooove youuuu" nearly on the end of the song. The 2 place is Carr's "Beth", "Forever" and "Hard Luck Woman" all ex aequo 😊

[@danthaman03]

Thanks for posting this. I'm from Australia and us Aussies experienced Beatlemania during Unmasked era. I had no idea there was a imperfect demo nor thst Paul was the only member on this song.

[@allkissranked]

Glad you enjoyed it. Australia in 1980 must've been an insane time to be a KISS fan. I can't even imagine... Thanks for the comment!

[@danthaman03]

@@allkissranked yes it was insane but it was over as soon as Music from the elder arrived.

[@charlesbronson4282]

Keep em comin'.... These are absolutely AWESOME!!

[@allkissranked]

So glad you like them! Thanks as always for the comments.

[@Cookie-dr6iq]

1. Beth 2. Hard Luck Woman 3. Great Expectations 4. A World Without Heroes 5. Shandi 6. I Still Love You

[@allkissranked]

Interesting list. I like that great expectations is so high up.

[@kevinchandler179]

The key is, Mr. Peter Criss!!! Love ya Catman!!!!

[@FredPena-rd5cf]

😂 Great Expectations? Lol! Ugg!

[@lukajekic2009]

The top 2 are literally my favorite kiss songs

[@kevinchandler179]

Did everyone fall and hit their head!!! Hard Luck Woman and Beth are legendary and by far the best!!!! Peter Criss as well!!!

[@karl-unoisaksson4000]

Youre my favourite KZbinr💕 Love from Sweden 💖

[@mirkotasso]

All songs of the list are on the top!!! Great vjdeo!

[@allkissranked]

Than you!

[@luzimarferreira2000]

Slap da bass Bruce!

[@allkissranked]

It's crazy how much bass he played.

[@luzimarferreira2000]

@@allkissranked sure! I Heard he played Bass also in "you wanted the best" and live to win because he does a very good impersonation of gene playing Bass (plays like gene)

[@jazztodiefor1680]

I will be there (played at my brother's funeral for my nephew)

[@allkissranked]

That's a perfect song for such a sad occasion. Thanks for commenting.

[@anastasiosantoniadis3559]

Forever and every time I look at you are the best ballads of kiss 😊

[@allkissranked]

Nice to see some support for Everytime I Look At You. A forgotten gem in the kiss catalog.

[@kevinchandler179]

Try again, Beth and Hard Luck Woman by far, a country mile even!!!!! Peter invented the ballad perfection!!!@

[@FlyingIcemanVX]

I actually always like “Great Expectations”

[@BrianFoss206]

Ok, this is some fun content ya got here. FYI - my first Kiss album i bought (w/ my meger chore allowance) was Destroyer in 1976 - I was just 9 years old. Here's a few other ideas for lists if yer open to suggestions - 1 - Best double entendres 2 - Best guest appearances on other songs 3 - Weirdest/non-traditional covers of Kiss songs

[@allkissranked]

Glad you enjoy it! I like your ideas. I kinda did the double entendres on the "Most Ridiculous Sex Songs" video but it would be interesting just to catalog the specific lines. Thanks for commenting.

[@BrianFoss206]

I just look for the lyrics to Let me Go Rock N Roll to be highlighted at somepoint - "You try so hard to please You get me hard you know Baby, won't you squeeze Let me go Let me go Let me go" We all have our dreams :) @@allkissranked

[@ILoveHotFood1999-oi3dz]

Don’t look at my dong got me laughing

[@allkissranked]

:) yeah it's such a strange set of photos.

[@Kissfan96dr]

My favorite ballads are Sure Know Something and Odyssey. Hard Luck Woman is good too. I can see that as #1.

[@allkissranked]

I really flip flopped on putting Sure Know Something on this list. Just seemed a bit too up tempo and the chorus a bit too rocking. But had it been in there, it would've been pretty high up I think. It's a great song.

[@kevinchandler179]

Sure knows something is what chased my boy Peter and Ace away!!! They said, even on coke and booze they hated Dynasty, I agree with them!!!!

[@jjackson4754]

Great list. I would argue "A Million To One" is kind of a ballad and an amazing song.

[@allkissranked]

Glad you enjoyed it! And, yeah, in hindsight "A Million To One" should be on here. I'd put it in the top 3 for sure.

[@beatlehmann3424]

I‘m not the Biggest Fan of Ballads especially in KISS ! But I really like the Elder Songs Just a Boy , Odyssey and World without Heroes and some Solo Ballads & Hard Luck Woman & Going Blind !

[@allkissranked]

I also like the solo ballads. Especially See You Tonite and I Can't Stop The Rain

[@beatlehmann3424]

@@allkissranked agree

[@karl-unoisaksson4000]

I’ll see you, girlie tonite - and if I cant I'll cry, and cry.... you will see me without.... a .... doubt, I'll see you tonite... Spot on, I was 11 and has loved the song and lyrics since then... Love from Sweden 💖

[@adamrenfrow]

We Are One is a great song.

[@karl-unoisaksson4000]

As a old school Kiss fan, I remember how hypnotized (is that the word?) I was the first time I heard this at the age of 30 - I felt the same way as i did with Almost Human, Shock Me, Tomorrow and Tonight, Love Gun, Hooligan... at my 11th birthday! And when I skipped school to buy Creatures when the store opened and run home with my pals to listen (age 16)... Even if I today see Psycho in another way - We Are One is the one that made me feel like a kid again the very first time I heard it... Love from Sweden 💖

[@allkissranked]

Agreed. I have a bit of a soft spot for it as well.

[@karl-unoisaksson4000]

As always - I love your ranks🌹 But this time we dont agree at all! Ok, you deem the masterpiece Goin Blind as a ballad? Fxxking great song, but not a ballad... Odessey and World without Heroes is my top two... Hard Luck Woman is sooo wonderful... I love your posts so much, you keep my childhood heroes alive💕 Love from Sweden 💖

[@allkissranked]

Thanks! I look forward to your comments every time I put up a video!

[@julesvervoort8187]

Another fun list. Here's my ranking: 15) Nothing can Keep Me - I didn't even know this one? 14) I Finally Found My Way - yeah 13) I Will Be There - forgot this one 12) Just a Boy - ok 11) Going Blind - yeah no I don't get it 10) We Are - Why not 9) Shandi - fun 8) Reason to Live - woosh 7) Everytime I look at you - facial hear not doing it 6) Odyssey- I just think it's epic 5) Hard Luck Woman - good stuff 4) I Still Love You - wow 3) Beth - Beth 2) a World Without Heroes - yessss 1) Forever - ❤

[@allkissranked]

Thanks! I like your list and your commentary for Beth. "Beth". :)

[@kevinchandler179]

Lol, are you crazy or hit your head!!!! Beth and Hard Luck Woman and nothing matters after that, Peter Criss is the best ever!!!!!!

[@nonprogrediestregredi1711]

The others are debatable, but absolutely, Hard Luck Woman should be number one.

[@allkissranked]

Yeah, for sure. Choosing #1 wasn't hard.

[@kevinchandler179]

Beth number two!!! Peter enough said

[@vetagainsttrump16]

At the beginning of the song I Finally Found My Way sounds like 2 girls 1 cup

[@allkissranked]

Haha! Of course I had to immediately go rewatch that. (I kinda wish I hadn't.) But you are exactly right. It really does!

[@paulfowler4817]

Going Blind!

[@jayjaytee9944]

Hard Luck Woman, have to agree. I've never really seen Shandi as a ballad, more just a sugary yet still very good pop song. I would rank We Are One as last. 1. I never cared for it and 2. It's so deceptive making everybody think during the Psycho Circus era that four members of kiss were back and united as one. They even released it as a single to re-enforce that belief. When as we later discovered was far from true!

[@allkissranked]

Good point on We Are One. They were very much not "one" at that point.

[@arildthordal810]

I Finally Found My Way is their best ballad

[@mikeshelogowski434]

I will be there is excellent

[@allkissranked]

Agreed. It's a very cool, unique KISS song

[@jean-pierrestraub7530]

1/ Everytime I look at you 2/ Forever 3/ Reason to live 4/ Goin' blind 5/ Hard luck woman 6/ I still love you 7/ Shandi 8/ I will be there 9/ I finally found my way 10/ Nothing can keep me from you 11/ Beth

[@allkissranked]

Beth last eh? Is it because it's been overplayed? Nice to see some love for Every Time I Look at You. That song deserved better.

[@jean-pierrestraub7530]

Maybe because I heard it too many times but I also think it may sound a bit cheesy in 2023@@allkissranked

[@kevinchandler179]

Bath salts 🧂!!! Apparently, you have been doing? Lol 🤦‍♂️ Peter Criss was by far the best voice and Hard Luck Woman and Beth, enough said!!!!!!!!

[@robertodell3056]

I definitely would have put I Still Love You alot higher

[@allkissranked]

That's fair. It's an awesome song.

[@jonstreng7850]

To me Reason to Live, off Crazy Nights, is the best. It was a hard pick over Forever but Reason, to me, just had more energy from Bruce. Wow I didn't realize they recorded so many.

[@allkissranked]

I was surprised by how many they had recorded as well! I kept having to add more as I was editing the video because I'd forgotten about them. And, yeah, I kinda have a soft spot for Reason To Live as well.

[@kevinchandler179]

Hard Luck woman and Beth!!!! Enough said, Peter Criss was frickin amazing and fantastic and anything else sucked ass!!!

[@marceloraulmoran8919]

yo cambiaria el numero 1 para mi el primer lugar es para forever y el 4 para hard luck woman

[@kimberlypotts5014]

Beth should be alot higher if not 1

[@ericrojasvelez8891]

I don't like kiss but I know about them scence 1978... .and I think best ballad they got is reason to live follow by world without heroes

[@according2petey25]

1. Beth 2. Hard luck woman The rest I don't care about..

[@kevinchandler179]

I agree!!! I only have Hard Luck woman first, Beth second, but I am a die hard Peter Criss fan so I can understand it either way!!!

[@butcherbabys]

Shandi goes #1 for me

[@allkissranked]

It's a really good pop ballad.

[@PG13hockeyman]

Rank all the album title tracks. (Yes I know that there are albums that don’t have a title track.)

[@allkissranked]

Good idea!

[@PG13hockeyman]

@@allkissranked can I get a shoutout?

[@karl-unoisaksson4000]

​@@PG13hockeyman Hello again, kid! (Sorry, bro - just recalled that weve spoke before 🙏) I think Hotter Than Hell is the ultimate title track, but Lick It Up is a STRONG runner up... Love from Sweden 💖

[@karl-unoisaksson4000]

​@@PG13hockeyman And if they had called Revenge "Unholy", that would be my number one, definitely...

[@PG13hockeyman]

@@karl-unoisaksson4000 my top two are Love Gun and Crazy Crazy Nights

[@DiegoFernandez-qn1ny]

No "Million to one"; no "Magic touch"? C´mon!!!

[@allkissranked]

I considered both of those songs. They both just feel a bit too heavy and rocking to be a "ballad". But the definition of ballad is admittedly very subjective. Thanks for the comment.

[@karl-unoisaksson4000]

Please do the rank of the most overrated Kiss songs, Rocknroll all nite and I want You would stir things up - great Kiss songs but not even close to top-10... Love from Sweden 💖 (Yupp, Im drunk as hell😂)

[@allkissranked]

Ha! Yeah that would get some angry comments for sure. :)

[@karl-unoisaksson4000]

Odessey may be the crappiest Kiss song ever!!! I sooo look forward to when you DARE to rank the 10 Crappiest Kiss Songs Ever!!! Hahahahaha, gogogogo!!! Hahahahaha, jeeeezuss.... you ll be so hated (not from Sweden 💖) if you post that list... Doitdoitdoit💖 And Odessey IS one of the Top 50-songs in pop/rock EVER!!! and probably (the Phenomenon) KISS crappiest song ever... Love from Sweden 💖

[@karl-unoisaksson4000]

I hope readers get that I totally LOVE the song Odessey... but I HATE that Kiss made it... no wonder the Ace left that Hard Rock Band... LOVE THE SONGS AS SONGS THOUGH!!! Love from Sweden 💖

[@yourordinarystranger366]

Maybe I don't know what a ballad is but if it's a romantic song shouldn't I was made for lovin you be there

[@allkissranked]

Yeah the definition of ballad isn't really clear. But I think IWMFLY is too fast to qualify as a ballad.

[@TexasBoy1157]

Beth saved Kiss?

[@michaelracicot233]

AppRrently so. Its said that the singles for Destroyer werent getting much attention. Beth was a B side. And when played on radio, it became a huge hit and propelled interest in the album and tour

[@TexasBoy1157]

Interesting. Thanks for the feedback. Don't like the song myself. Good videos. Love the humor as well.

[@allkissranked]

Thanks! Glad you enjoy them!

[@jimilove7773]

Beth and then the rest.

[@kevinchandler179]

Beth and Hard Luck Woman, then don't care!!! Lol

[@AAA77530]

Rating songs without playing the songs 😂

[@allkissranked]

Each song is playing in the background. And the target audience here is KISS fans who have heard these songs a million times. They don't need to hear them again.

[@ericrojasvelez8891]

Top top....going blind

[@allkissranked]

Goin' Blind is great.

[@mattmyers5716]

Should have been Forever I still love you Hard Luck Woman Beth

[@michaelv288]

Forever should’ve been number two 2️⃣ and Beth should’ve been number one. By far. And Hard Luck Woman should’ve been a least number three or Four.

[@allkissranked]

Hard to argue with those picks. The billboard charts definitely agree with you.

[@michaelv288]

@@allkissranked When I saw Beth wasn’t number one? I was Shocked 😳.

[@kevinchandler179]

Rod didn't reject it!!! Another Paul Stanley lie!!! Gene of all people, said in studio making Rock and Roll over, Paul tried to sing it,and Gene said it sounds like a Peter song, and Paul reluctantly agreed!!!!!

[@Jacob-tj8ig]

Hard Luck Woman, yes. But stop hating on Great Expectations and I Finally Found My Way! 😋 Also, I really don't get the logic behind calling Reason to Live cheesy and then putting Every Time I Look at You so high up the list 😂 Cheesiest song ever! But I suppose that's the beauty of Kiss. There is so much to discover so you can have radically different taste and still love the same band. And some songs really grow on you over time. I would have included Journey of 1000 Years. That's a huge favorite of mine.

[@allkissranked]

I actually do like Great Expectations. It's silly and fun. I think for me the difference between RTL and ETILAY is the production. The keyboards on the former sound really dated, where as the symphony still sounds good. I considered Journey of 1000 Years (which I also really enjoy). But it just didn't seem sentimental enough to be a ballad. Thanks for the comment!

[@Jacob-tj8ig]

@@allkissranked I see. Well, I guess I'm partial because I absolutely embrace the 80's sound. Used to frown upon it, but now it's my favorite thing!

[@kevinchandler179]

Blah blah blah!!!! Beth and Hard Luck Woman are all that matters!!!!! Peter Criss is amazing and fantastic!!!!

[@GunJack12]

God gave rock and roll to you?

[@kevinchandler179]

No, God gave us Peter and Ace!!! Thank God 👍!!!!

[@willshow5958]

not bad but i think i still love you should be number 1

[@allkissranked]

Totally fair. I Still Love You is awesome.

[@krisskriss1223]

Hard luck woman ??? Sorry but no at all