Release Date: Oct 1978. Label: Casablanca. Genres: Pop-Metal, Arena Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 9. Of the four Kiss solo albums released simultaneously in 1978, the best of the bunch is guitarist Ace Frehley's.

POSTED: 04/23/2007 - 08:03 am

Release Date: Oct 1975. Label: Casablanca. Genres: Album Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Arena Rock, Pop-Metal. Number Of Tracks: 16. Alive! was the album that catapulted Kiss from cult attraction to mega-superstars. It was their first Top Ten album, remaining on the charts for 110 weeks and eventually going quadruple platinum.

POSTED: 09/14/2006 - 03:31 am

Released: Oct 14, 1977. Genre: Hard Rock. Label: Casablanca. Number Of Tracks: 20. Alive II is a 1977 live album from Kiss. It is the group's eighth album and second live album.

POSTED: 07/29/2009 - 04:27 am

Release Date: Nov 21, 2006. Label: Island. Genres: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Arena Rock, Pop/Rock. Number Of Tracks: 69. Spanning four discs, Alive! 1975-2000 makes a great time capsule for Kiss Army completists, packed with a quarter-century of pictures and band reminiscences.

POSTED: 03/15/2007 - 05:34 am

Release Date: Sep 13, 1984. Label: Mercury. Genres: Pop-Metal, Arena Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 9. Although a commercial success, Animalize was not nearly as strong as its two predecessors.

POSTED: 04/23/2007 - 08:00 am

Released: Sep 16, 1985. Genre: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal. Label: Mercury. Number Of Tracks: 10. It features the debut of lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, who played with the band on their Animalize tour and officially replaced Mark St. John in September 1984.

POSTED: 03/26/2009 - 03:15 am

Release Date: Oct 28, 1997. Label: Mercury. Genres: Pop-Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Arena Rock, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 12. Their album Carnival of Souls was recorded in 1995, prior to original Kissmen Ace Frehley's and Peter Criss's reentry into the band, and it sounds more like Seattle revisited than "Detroit Rock City."

POSTED: 02/16/2006 - 02:10 am

Release Date: Sep 18, 1987. Label: Mercury. Genres: Arena Rock, Pop-Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 11. Just when you thought Kiss couldn't be further removed from their raw rock/metal roots with 1985's lackluster Asylum, the band sinks even further with 1987's popfest Crazy Nights.

POSTED: 01/05/2007 - 08:04 am

Release Date: Oct 10, 1982. Genre: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal. Label: Casablanca. Number Of Tracks: 9. By 1982's "Creatures Of The Night", KISS had finally ditched their plans of becoming "respectable artists" and had come to the realization that they were a loud, no-holds-barred heavy metal band.

POSTED: 12/22/2007 - 01:25 am

Released: 1976. Genre: Rock. Styles: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Arena Rock, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 9. Destroyer is one of Kiss' most experimental studio albums, but also one of their strongest and most interesting.

POSTED: 08/06/2004 - 04:53 am

Released: Mar 19, 1975. Genre: Hard rock. Label: Casablanca. Number Of Tracks: 10. KISS's third album, even though was their worst charted album at the time, it is actually alot better than the charts and some people claimed it to be.

POSTED: 05/11/2010 - 02:21 am

Released: Apr 8, 1997. Genre: Rock. Styles: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal. Number Of Tracks: 16

POSTED: 01/30/2004 - 05:01 am

Release Date: Nov 1974. Label: Casablanca. Genres: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Arena Rock, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 10. Even though Hotter Than Hell actually fared worse on the charts than the debut, it has become a revered album among Kiss fans over the years.

POSTED: 12/05/2005 - 05:39 am

Released: Apr 1974. Label: Casablanca. Genre: Rock. Styles: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Arena Rock, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 10. Along with 1976's Destroyer, Kiss' self-titled debut is their finest studio album, and has only improved over the years.

POSTED: 06/09/2005 - 04:27 am

Release Date: Nov 20, 2001. Label: Universal. Genres: Arena Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Album Rock, Pop-Metal, Pop/Rock, Disco. Number Of Tracks: 94. Longtime Kiss fans have come to expect things done on a grand scale by their masked heroes, and everyone's favorite rock & roll merchandising machine doesn't disappoint with their 2001 anthology, Box Set.

POSTED: 06/10/2006 - 03:01 am

Released: Jul 1977. Label: Casablanca. Genre: Rock. Styles: Pop-Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Arena Rock, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 10. Love Gun contains a few missteps but is mostly packed to the gills with the good, fun, trashy rock & roll that made Kiss legendary.

POSTED: 09/12/2005 - 05:15 am

Released: Oct 5, 2012. Genre: Hard Rock, Glam Rock, Heavy Metal. Label: Universal Music Group. Number Of Tracks: 12. KISS's 20th studio album, "Monster", is produced by Paul Stanley and is a nostalgic collection of new songs that still seemed to sound like the hard rock of the late 1970's.

POSTED: 10/09/2012 - 07:15 am

Release Date: November 10, 1981. Label: Casablanca Records. Genres: Hard Rock. Number Of Tracks: 11. This album is completely different from KISS' older albums. This is the elder era which has a somewhat new sound.

POSTED: 06/20/2007 - 03:12 pm

Release Date: Oct 1978. Label: Casablanca. Genres: Pop-Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Arena Rock, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 9. Paul Stanley's 1978 solo album was the most Kiss-like of the four, sounding more like an official band release rather than a solo outing.

POSTED: 04/25/2007 - 06:46 am

Release Date: Oct 1978. Label: Casablanca. Genres: Pop-Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Arena Rock, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 10. Peter Criss' effort was one of the most undistinguished of the bunch, lacking hooks on either the pop-metal rockers or the power ballads, as well as personality throughout.

POSTED: 04/23/2007 - 08:06 am

Released: September 22, 1998. Genre: Rock. Styles: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Arena Rock, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 10. The albums really sound as sleazy as the men who make them.

POSTED: 06/07/2004 - 06:39 am

Release Date: 1992. Label: Mercury. Genres: Pop-Metal, Arena Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 12. This is the heaviest album they put out since 1984's Animalizer, although it doesn't quite reach the crescendo of that classic album.

POSTED: 05/29/2006 - 08:31 am

Release Date: 1976. Label: Casablanca. Genres: Pop-Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Arena Rock, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 10. With a more direct, in-your-face production, Rock and Roll Over is one of Kiss' most consistent records.

POSTED: 03/12/2008 - 02:56 am

Released: Oct 6, 2009. Genre: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal. Label: Universal/Roadrunner Records. Number Of Tracks: 11. Although 11 years have passed since KISS has released an album of full material, the classic band remains true to its roots with Sonic Boom.

POSTED: 10/07/2009 - 09:32 am

Release Date: Aug 5, 2003. Label: Mercury. Genres: Album Rock, Arena Rock, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Pop-Metal. Number Of Tracks: 12. This compilation presents the highlights of the first half-decade of Kiss' existence, drawing from recordings originally released between 1974 and 1979.

POSTED: 03/13/2006 - 07:26 am