Kiss - Studio Albums (1974-2012) MP3

Kiss (often stylized as KIϟϟ) is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973 by Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss. Well known for its members' face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid–late 1970s with its shocking live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood-spitting, smoking guitars, shooting rockets, levitating drum kits, and pyrotechnics. The band has gone through several lineup changes, with Stanley and Simmons being the only members to feature in every lineup. The original and best-known lineup consists of Stanley (vocals and rhythm guitar), Simmons (vocals and bass), Frehley (lead guitar and vocals), and Criss (drums and vocals).

With their make-up and costumes, the band members took on the personae of comic book-style characters: the Starchild (Stanley), the Demon (Simmons), the Spaceman or Space Ace (Frehley), and the Catman (Criss). Due to creative differences, Criss had departed the band in 1980, and Frehley in 1982.

In 1983, Kiss began performing without makeup and costumes, thus marking the beginning of the band's "unmasked" era that would last for over a decade. The band experienced a commercial resurgence during this era, with the Platinum-certified album Lick It Up successfully introducing them to a new generation of fans, and its music videos receiving regular airplay on MTV. Eric Carr, who had replaced Criss in 1980, died in 1991 of heart cancer and was replaced by Eric Singer. In response to a wave of Kiss nostalgia in the mid-1990s, the original lineup re-united in 1996, which also saw the return of its makeup and stage costumes. The resulting reunion tour was highly successful, grossing $143.7 million, making it the band's most successful tour to date. Criss and Frehley subsequently left the band again, and have been replaced by Singer and Tommy Thayer, respectively. The band has continued with its original stage makeup, with Singer and Thayer using the original Catman and Spaceman makeup, respectively. In September 2018, Kiss announced that, after 45 years of recording and performing, it would embark on its final tour, the End of the Road World Tour, which started in January 2019 and is currently set to conclude in 2022.

Kiss is regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of all time, as well as one of the best-selling bands of all time, having sold more than 75 million records worldwide, including 21[8] million RIAA-certified albums. Kiss has also earned 30 Gold albums, the most of any band from the United States. Kiss has 14 Platinum albums, three of which earned multi-Platinum. On April 10, 2014, the four original members of Kiss were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Kiss was ranked by MTV as the ninth "Greatest Metal Band of All Time", and placed tenth on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" list, as well as being ranked as the third "Best Metal and Hard Rock Live Band of All Time" by Loudwire magazine.

1974 - Hotter Than Hell[1987 Phonogram 832 421-2] Germany
1974 - Kiss[1987 Polygram 824 146-2 M-1] Germany
1975 - Dressed To Kill[1987 Polygram ‎832 419-2] Germany
1976 - Destroyer[1987 Polygram ‎824 149-2 Y-1] Germany
1976 - Rock And Roll Over[1987 Polygram 824 150-2 M-1] Germany
1977 - Love Gun[1987 Polygram 824 151-2 M-1] USA
1979 - Dynasty[1987 Phonogram 832 418-2] Germany
1980 - Unmasked[1984 Phonogram 800 041-2] Germany
1981 - Music From The Elder[1987 Phonogram 512 783-2] Germany
1982 - Creatures Of The Night[1987 Mercury 824 154-2 M-1] USA
1983 - Lick It Up[1983 Mercury ‎814 297-2 M-1] USA
1984 - Animalize[1984 Mercury 822 495-2 M-1] USA
1985 - Asylum[1985 Mercury ‎826 099-2 M-1] USA
1987 - Crazy Nights[1987 Mercury 832 626-2] Germany
1989 - Hot In The Shade[1989 Mercury 838 913-2] USA
1992 - Revenge[1992 Mercury 512 405-2] Germany
1997 - Carnival Of Souls The Final Sessions[1997 Mercury 314 536 323-2] USA
1998 - Psycho Circus[1999 Mercury 538 938-2] Germany
2009 - Sonic Boom[2009 Roadrunner RR 7805-5] EU
2012 - Monster[2012 Universal UICY-15180] Japan

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