Kiss discography

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Kiss discography
Releases
↙Studio albums 22
↙Live albums 5
↙Compilation albums 19
↙Extended plays 0
↙Singles 29
↙Video albums 21
↙Music videos 37
↙Soundtracks 5
↙Tribute and cover albums 1
References and footnotes

The following is the complete discography of the American rock band Kiss, excluding bootlegs, unauthorized releases and releases available only as imports.

Contents

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

Year Title Chart position (US) RIAA Certification Members
1974 Kiss 87 Gold Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss
1974 Hotter Than Hell 100 Gold Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss
1975 Dressed to Kill 32 Gold Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss
1976 Destroyer 11 3x Platinum Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss
1976 Rock and Roll Over 11 2x Platinum Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss
1977 Love Gun 4 3x Platinum Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss
1978 Gene Simmons (solo) 22 Platinum Gene Simmons
1978 Ace Frehley (solo) 26 Platinum Ace Frehley
1978 Peter Criss (solo) 43 Platinum Peter Criss
1978 Paul Stanley (solo) 40 Platinum Paul Stanley
1979 Dynasty 9 2x Platinum Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss
1980 Unmasked 35 Gold Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss (No involvement)
1981 Music From "The Elder" 75 none Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Eric Carr
1982 Creatures of the Night 45 Gold Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley (No involvement), Eric Carr
1983 Lick It Up 24 Platinum Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Vinnie Vincent, Eric Carr
1984 Animalize 19 2x Platinum Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Mark St. John, Eric Carr
1985 Asylum 20 Platinum Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Bruce Kulick, Eric Carr
1987 Crazy Nights 18 Platinum Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Bruce Kulick, Eric Carr
1989 Hot in the Shade 29 Gold Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Bruce Kulick, Eric Carr
1992 Revenge 6 Gold Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Bruce Kulick, Eric Singer
1997 Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions 27 None Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Bruce Kulick, Eric Singer
1998 Psycho Circus 3 Gold Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss

[edit] Live albums

Year Title Chart position (US) RIAA Certification
1975 Alive! 9 9x Platinum
1977 Alive II 7 2x Platinum
1993 Alive III 9 Gold
1996 Kiss Unplugged 15 Gold
2003 Kiss Symphony: Alive IV (live) 18 Gold

[edit] Compilation albums

Year Title Chart position (US) RIAA Certification Newly released content
1976 The Originals 36 None No
1978 Double Platinum 22 Platinum Yes
1982 Killers N/A N/A Yes
1988 Smashes, Thrashes & Hits 21 2x Platinum Yes
1996 You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!! (live) 17 Gold Yes
1997 Greatest Kiss 77 None No
2001 The Box Set 128 Gold Yes
2002 The Very Best of Kiss 52 None No
2003 The Best of Kiss: The Millennium Collection 132 None No
2004 The Best of Kiss, Volume 2: The Millennium Collection None None No
2005 Gold None None No
2005 Kiss Chronicles: 3 Classic Albums None None No
2006 The Best of Kiss, Volume 3: The Millennium Collection None None No
2006 Kiss Alive! 1975-2000 167 None Yes

[edit] Singles

September 18, 1978

Date Title Chart positions Album
US Hot 100 US Mainstream Rock UK
March 28, 1974 "Nothin' To Lose" / "Love Theme From Kiss" - #100 - Kiss
May 10, 1974 "Kissin' Time" / "Deuce" #43 #40 - Kiss
August 10, 1974 "Strutter" / "100,000 Years" #23 #5 - Kiss
October 22, 1974 "Let Me Go Rock N' Roll" / "Hotter Than Hell" #98 #73 - Hotter Than Hell
April 2, 1975 "Rock and Roll All Nite" / "Getaway" #12 #1 #28 Dressed To Kill
July 10, 1975 "C'Mon And Love Me" / "Getaway" - -#53 - Dressed To Kill
October 14, 1975 "Rock And Roll All Nite" (Live} / "Rock And Roll All Nite" #9 #1 #2 Alive!
March 1, 1976 "Shout It Out Loud" / "Sweet Pain" #13 #2 #17 Destroyer
April 30, 1976 "Flaming Youth" / "God Of Thunder" #14 #5 #19 Destroyer
July 28, 1976 "Detroit Rock City" / "Beth" #1 (Beth) #1 #2 Destroyer
November 1, 1976 "Hard Luck Woman" / "Mr Speed" #15 #18 - Rock And Roll Over
February 13, 1977 "Calling Dr. Love" / "Take Me" #16 #2 #54 Rock And Roll Over
April 1, 1977 "Ladies Room" / "I Want You" - #29 - Rock And Roll Over
June 1, 1977 "Christine Sixteen" / "Shock Me" #25 #15 - Love Gun
July 31, 1977 "Love Gun" / "Hooligan" #26 #2 #8 Love Gun
October 1, 1977 "I Stole Your Love" / "Tomorrow And Tonight" - #44 - Love Gun
October 14, 1977 "Shout It Out Loud" (Live) / "Nothin' To Lose" (Live) #54 #29 - Alive II
February 22, 1978 "Rocket Ride" / "Tomorrow And Tonight" (Live) #39 #22 - Alive II
April 2, 1978 "Strutter 78" / "Shock Me" - #60 - Double Platinum
"Radioactive" / "See You In Your Dreams" #47 #40 #41 Gene Simmons
September 16, 1978 "New York Groove" / "Snow Blind" #3 #1 #4 Ace Frehley
September 18, 1978 "Don't You Let Me Down" / "Hooked On Rock And Roll" - #99 - Peter Criss
January 16, 1979 "You Matter To Me" / "Rock Me Baby" - #109 - Peter Criss
September 16, 1978 "Hold Me, Touch Me (Think Of Me When We're Apart)" / "Goodbye" #46 #40 #48 Paul Stanley
May 20, 1979 "I Was Made For Lovin' You" / "Hard Times" #1 #1 Dynasty
September 30, 1979 "Sure Know Something" / "Dirty Livin'" #7 #5 #3 Dynasty
June 1, 1980 "Shandi" / "She's So European" #11 #5 #6 Unmasked
November 1, 1980 "Two Sides Of The Coin" / "Tomorrow" - #43 - Unmasked
November 22, 1981 "A World Without Heroes"/ "Dark Light" #56 #44 #55 Music From 'The Elder'
October 13, 1982 "I Love It Loud" / "Danger" #100 #22 #21 Creatures Of The Night
September 18, 1983 "Lick It Up" / "Dance All over Your Face" #6 #1 #2 Lick It Up
February 6, 1984 "All Hell's Breakin' Loose" / "Young and Wasted" - #30 - Lick It Up
September 19, 1984 "Heaven's On Fire" / " Lonely Is The Hunter" #4 #1 #3 Animalize
January 13, 1985 "Thrills In the Night" / " Burn Bitch Burn" #32 #27 #12 Animalize
September 16, 1985 "Tears Are Falling" / "Any Way You Slice It" #5 #2 #7 Asylum
January 3, 1986 "Who Wants To Be Lonely" / "Trial By Fire" #9 #6 #31 Asylum
March 12, 1986 "Uh! All Night" / "I'm Alive - #31 - Asylum
August 18, 1987 "Crazy Crazy Nights" / "No No No" #5 #3 #4 Crazy Nights
November 1, 1987 "Reason to Live" / "Thief In The Night" #4 #3 #33 Crazy Nights
February 27, 1988 "Turn On The Night" / "Hell Or High Water" - #28 #41 Crazy Nights
October 11, 1988 "Let's Put The 'X' In Sex" / "Calling Dr Love" #7 #7 #7 Smashes, Thrashes and Hits
March 3, 1989 "(You Make Me) Rock Hard" / "Strutter' #2 #1 #1 Smashes, Thrashes & Hits
October 17, 1989 "Hide Your Heart" #1 #2 #5 Hot In The Shade
January 5, 1990 "Forever" / "The Street Giveth & The Street Taketh Away" #1 #1 #5 Hot In The Shade
April 1, 1990 "Rise To It" / "Silver Spoon" #81 #40 #98 Hot In The Shade
1992 "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II" #1 #2 #4 Revenge
1992 "Domino" #5 #6 #9 Revenge
1992 "I Just Wanna" - #34 - Revenge
1993 "I Love It Loud" - #22 - Alive III
1996 "Rock And Roll All Nite" - #13 - Kiss Unplugged
1997 "Jungle" - #8 - Carnival Of Souls: The Final Sessions
1998 "Psycho Circus" #29 #1 #2 Psycho Circus
1999 "You Wanted The Best" - #22 - Psycho Circus

[edit] Movie soundtracks

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

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Videos and DVDs
Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park · Kiss: Animalize Live Uncensored · Exposed · Crazy Nights · X-treme Close-Up · Konfidential · Kiss My Ass: The Video · Kiss Unplugged · Psycho Circus 3-D Video · The Second Coming · Detroit Rock City · Kiss Symphony: The DVD · Rock the Nation Live! · Kissology Volume One: 1974–1977 · Kissology Volume Two: 1978-1991 · Kissology Volume Three: 1992–2000
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