Ranking the KISS albums - part 1

What the world needs now is yet another album ranking video from a random dude on KZbin, and with KISS-related videos in such short supply I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone.
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[@kissvinyltv9761]

Why does this video only have 20 views? IT NEEDS MORE 🤘

[@aovermont]

I love this video and ranking man! I especially enjoyed all your stories about your experiences buying the albums. Brought me back. I think we're the same age. Subscribed. My #1 is Dynasty.

[@AsItShouldBePodcast]

Thank you! Yeah, a big part of being a first generation KISS fan is all the memories that go with the release of these records. We were really lucky to live through the time when KISS was full of mystery. It added so much to the whole experience. Going rogue with Dynasty at #1! A fine choice.

[@louisborselio8608]

I wish there was a version of The Oath where Paul wasn't singing in the falsetto.

[@louisborselio8608]

I started liking Sonic Boom once I rearranged the order of the songs.

[@louisborselio8608]

The best songs on Revenge are Tough Love Spit Heart of Chrome Paralyzed Thou Shalt Not.

[@louisborselio8608]

Psycho Circus has some good stuff, but placing Within as the second song causes an immediate implosion. I Finally Found My Way is the black hole of the album. Once you hear that, all the songs before it are wiped from the memory and the two songs after it just aren't strong enough to make up for it.

[@kevinbrown1893]

13. Carnival of Souls (1997) 14. Revenge (1992) 15. Animalize (1984) 16. Asylum (1985) 17. Paul Stanley (1978) 18. Unmasked (1980) 19. Monster (2012) 20. Sonic Boom (2009) 21. Gene Simmons (1978) 22. Hot In The Shade (1989) 23. Crazy Nights (1987) 24. Peter Criss (1978)

[@cary-benjaminportway7128]

Cheers for listing the years, saves me googling!

[@louisborselio8608]

Hot in the Shade is the Mr. Potato Head album. You gotta pick your 10 favorite songs, put them in the order you like, and turn up the bass.

[@AsItShouldBePodcast]

HA! Yeah, I've tried cutting that album down to size. The hardest part is finding a full 10 songs I like on that one!

[@louisborselio8608]

@@AsItShouldBePodcast okay then first turn the bass up. it'll help in selecting songs. I have 11 I picked. I'm listening right now to see if I'm gonna drop one.

[@dan1216]

Succinctly put 😀

[@danthaman03]

My favorite Kiss albums best to worst: 1 Destroyer 2. KISS 3. Creatures of the Night 4. Revenge 5. Hotter than hell 6. Sonic boom 7. Unmasked 8. Dynasty 9. Love gun 10. Lick it up 11. Hot in the shade 12. Rock n roll over 13. Dressed to kill 14. Music from the elder 15. Crazy nights 16. Carnival of souls 17. Animalize 18. Asylum 19. Psycho circus 20 Monster

[@CVGuitar]

Great video dude -- IMHO the classic KISS albums are cool -- everything since the 80s is not so good IMHO

[@AsItShouldBePodcast]

Thanks! Things definitely got rough after the '70s but there's a good amount of stuff I like...and don't like. ;-)

[@mattlortz6026]

I threw Kiss Alive! and Alive II on my ranking. I felt I had to. Matt's Metal Show. I totally dig your ranking. Nothing wrong with being honest about KISS. I was brutal.

[@AsItShouldBePodcast]

Can't blame anyone for including Alive 1&2. Alive is a towering classic you simply can't ignore and Alive ll has new studio tracks, so yeah, makes complete sense!

[@louisborselio8608]

Monster would have been my starting at the bottom choice. There's nothing I love on that. At least Carnival of Souls has 5 cool songs. Hate Rain Master and Slave In My Head In The Mirror. The rest of the songs I don't like.

[@ryanbrown3004]

That first Stooges album behind? Is that 7”?

[@AsItShouldBePodcast]

That's a double CD reissue from 2010. There's a booklet and a 7" in it as well.

[@itchyvinyl]

Prince next? I’d be interested to see that list.

[@AsItShouldBePodcast]

Good idea! Prince will likely come sooner than later. On an unrelated note, saw you have a Honeycut video posted on your channel. I used to be in a band with Bart, the singer of Honeycut!

[@itchyvinyl]

Sound Lunchbox I’ll do you one better...I was IN Honeycut. Haha Paul, this is Tony. I probably should have said that. I know we’ve met a few times through the Bees or whatever. Being an OG Kiss geek led me to the Gordcast which I’ve much enjoyed. And through that I was surprised to find you’re a big Prince fan...I am too! And somehow the Gordcast led me here. I must have been subscribed to your last channel? Anyway, I dig the geekery. I’ll wait for Prince and Alice lists....

[@AsItShouldBePodcast]

@@itchyvinyl Oh yes! I remember! Yes, this channel was originally the gordcast channel but it morphed into this instead. I went solo! In fact I have a solo podcast you might like (if I may advertise) called As It Should Be. You can check it out here: podcast.app/as-it-should-be-p585376/

[@itchyvinyl]

Sound Lunchbox Cool, man. I'll for sure check that out. I've got nothing but time at the moment. Stay well.

[@michaelpate6700]

YA GOTTA KEEP ME COMIN' BAAAAAAABE!!!! RIGHT HEA, ROIGHT NOOOOOOOW! Haha! I really love that song, it's super dumb and fun!

[@AsItShouldBePodcast]

I can get into the dumb and fun KISS songs but that one just annoys me for some reason. Paul Stanley trying so desperately to be Robert Plant.