Gene sings the best song on a Kiss album

Kisscandinavia · Post by **Kisscandinavia** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:44 pm

Only 4 studio albums where Gene sings the albums best track.
I was kind of shocked that there were no more such albums for me

Here's my list:

Dynasty : X-Ray eyes

Revenge : Unholy

Carnival of souls : Seduction of the innocent

Psycho circus : Journey of 1000 years

Now let's see your list!

ypke · Post by **ypke** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:52 pm

HTH: Goin Blind
Creatures: I love it loud
PC: Journey of a 1000 years
COS: Childhood's end
Destroyer: DRC (shared vocals....)
The Elder: I

caligari · Post by **caligari** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 11:00 pm

Kisscandinavia wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:44 pm Only 4 studio albums where Gene sings the albums best track.
I was kind of shocked that there were no more such albums for me

Here's my list:

Dynasty : X-Ray eyes

Revenge : Unholy

Carnival of souls : Seduction of the innocent

Psycho circus : Journey of 1000 years

Now let's see your list!

Thanks for YOUR opinion.

Nice to see ya at least got 1/2 correct.

Kisscandinavia · Post by **Kisscandinavia** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 11:07 pm

caligari wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 11:00 pm
Kisscandinavia wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:44 pm Only 4 studio albums where Gene sings the albums best track.
I was kind of shocked that there were no more such albums for me

Here's my list:

Dynasty : X-Ray eyes

Revenge : Unholy

Carnival of souls : Seduction of the innocent

Psycho circus : Journey of 1000 years

Now let's see your list!
Thanks for YOUR opinion.

Nice to see ya at least got 1/2 correct.

...and your list is?

Post by **sneed78** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 11:24 pm

HTH - Parasite
Unmasked - Naked City
Elder - Under The Rose
Animalize - While The City Sleeps
CN - Good Girl Gone Bad
Revenge - Unholy

redinthesky · Post by **redinthesky** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 11:29 pm

Of course, "best track" is just someone's opinion (I'd say almost everyone here knows what an opinion is), and going by what I think is any album's best track (as opposed to where Gene sings my fave track), I can really only think of two definitive where Gene sings the best track ---

Dressed to Kill: RARAN
Creatures - I Love it Loud

As a tie, I would choose:
HITS - Betrayed (tied with 'King of Hearts')

I didn't consider the albums Carnival of Souls or Monster, because I find them unlistenable.

ikero78 · Post by **ikero78** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 11:39 pm

caligari wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 11:00 pm
Kisscandinavia wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:44 pm Only 4 studio albums where Gene sings the albums best track.
I was kind of shocked that there were no more such albums for me

Here's my list:

Dynasty : X-Ray eyes

Revenge : Unholy

Carnival of souls : Seduction of the innocent

Psycho circus : Journey of 1000 years

Now let's see your list!
Thanks for YOUR opinion.

Nice to see ya at least got 1/2 correct.

The irony.

Mr Slow · Post by **Mr Slow** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:10 am

I’ve got 4:

Young & Wasted
Prisoner Of Love
Thou Shalt Not
Back To The Stone Age

Post by **Brewer** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:18 am

Young and Wasted, worst song on the album. Thou Shalt Not, worst song on the album. Back to the Stone Age, worst song on the album.

Freeze · Post by **Freeze** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:58 am

She (shared)
Naked City
Unholy
Childhood`s End
Journey of 1,000 Years
Yes I Know (Nobody`s Perfect)

Mr Slow · Post by **Mr Slow** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:00 am

Brewer wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:18 am Young and Wasted, worst song on the album. Thou Shalt Not, worst song on the album. Back to the Stone Age, worst song on the album.

Hmmm I thought I liked those tunes but I guess I must be wrong.

Welcome back, JupiterJones and whoever else you might have been previously.

jannep17 · Post by **jannep17** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:18 am

Best songs on albums, sung by Gene:

Deuce
Watchin' You or Parasite
Calling Dr. Love
Naked City
Only You
Not For The Innocent

Tito · Post by **Tito** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:24 am

ypke wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:52 pm Destroyer: DRC (shared vocals....)

How do you figure that?

TheKISSProject7312 · Post by **TheKISSProject7312** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:32 am

Hotter Than Hell: Goin' Blind
Alive: Deuce
Revenge: Unholy

Maybe Childhood's End on Carnival of Souls though I think I like Master and Slave a little more.

jannep17 · Post by **jannep17** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:37 am

Tito wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:24 am
ypke wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:52 pm Destroyer: DRC (shared vocals....)
How do you figure that?

Backing vocals. I wouldn't count that as shared vocals.

Tito · Post by **Tito** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:42 am

jannep17 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:37 am
Tito wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:24 am
ypke wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:52 pm Destroyer: DRC (shared vocals....)
How do you figure that?
Backing vocals. I wouldn't count that as shared vocals.

Yes, I too would've thought this was about lead vocals.

TheKISSProject7312 · Post by **TheKISSProject7312** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:50 am

jannep17 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:37 am
Tito wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:24 am
ypke wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:52 pm Destroyer: DRC (shared vocals....)
How do you figure that?
Backing vocals. I wouldn't count that as shared vocals.

+1

Shared vocals would be like Shout It Out Loud or Nothin' to Lose, otherwise pretty much every KISS song has shared vocals.

Post by **Kissoff** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 3:05 am

All the way
Two Timer
Love em Leave em
Plaster Caster
Back to the Stone Age

Wiped Out 78 · Post by **Wiped Out 78** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 3:48 am

Going Blind
Naked City
Under the Rose
War Machine
Not For the Innocent
Unholy

caligari · Post by **caligari** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:29 am

Unholy
Naked City
Journey of a 1000 Years
Parasite

Mystogan · Post by **Mystogan** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:45 am

War Machine

That's it for me, the rest of my favorites are Paul songs with one for Ace (Talk To Me).

TheSpoiler · Post by **TheSpoiler** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:30 am

Deuce
All The Way
Ladies Room
Young & Wasted
Anyway You Slice It
The Street Giveth
Thou Shalt Not
In My Head
Yes I Know (Nobody's Perfect)
Take Me Down Below (share)

Post by **TwistedTaste** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:38 am

Deuce
Watchin’ You
Dr. Love
Almost Human
Naked City
Only You
Saint & Sinner/ILIL
Not For The Innocent
Trial By Fire/LADW
Hell or High Water/TITN
Unholy
Childhood’s End
Journey

Choose_One · Post by **Choose_One** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:40 am

Hotter Than Hell - Parasite
Dressed To Kill - Rock & Roll All Nite or She
Rock n Roll Over - Dr Love
Unmasked - Naked City
Elder - Under The Rose
Creatures - War Machine

Mr Slow · Post by **Mr Slow** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 6:13 am

TheKISSProject7312 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:50 am
jannep17 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:37 am
Tito wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:24 am
ypke wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:52 pm Destroyer: DRC (shared vocals....)
How do you figure that?
Backing vocals. I wouldn't count that as shared vocals.
+1

Shared vocals would be like Shout It Out Loud or Nothin' to Lose, otherwise pretty much every KISS song has shared vocals.

I think maybe ypke meant to write SIOL but put DRC by mistake.

Funny, but I still consider SIOL a Paul song even though it’s probably 50/50.

KrazySwede · Post by **KrazySwede** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 6:28 am

Great Expectations , Naked City , X-Ray Eyes

I Am A FREAK · Post by **I Am A FREAK** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 6:48 am

Unmasked - Naked City
Unmasked - She's so European
Elder - A World Without Heroes
Crazy Nights - Good Girl Gone Bad

FlamingRuth · Post by **FlamingRuth** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:16 am

Deuce
Ladies in Waiting

Sweet Pain
Almost Human

Soylent Gene · Post by **Soylent Gene** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:22 am

Deuce
Parasite
RARAN
Only You
I Love It Loud
Unholy

mbrunn · Post by **mbrunn** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:34 am

Hmmm.....very interesting question.

HTH - Parasite
RNRO - Calling Dr Love
Revenge - Unholy

A few others are close (debut, Dressed To Kill) but I’ll go with these.

Strutterer · Post by **Strutterer** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:45 am

Interesting question. Here's my list.

Rock and Roll Over - Calling Dr. Love
The Elder - I
Revenge - Unholy
Monster - Take Me Down Below

woodworm001 · Post by **woodworm001** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 9:23 am

Deuce
God of Thunder
Dr Love
Naked City
On the 8th Day
Unholy

There are a few close seconds

Hi I'm Witz · Post by **Hi I'm Witz** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 9:29 am

Deuce - S/T
Watchin' You - Hotter Than Hell
Charisma - Dynasty
Naked City - Unmasked
Under The Rose - Music From The Elder
War Machine - Creatures of the Night
Young And Wasted - Lick It Up
Unholy - Revenge

Homer Simpson · Post by **Homer Simpson** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 10:13 am

My picks (studio):

Goin' Blind
Calling Dr. Love
Larger than Life
Charisma (tie with Dirty Livin')
Naked City
Hell or High Water
Thou Shalt Not
Seduction of the Innocent

jestor92 · Post by **jestor92** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 10:19 am

Hotter Than Hell - Parasite
Dressed To Kill - Two Timer
Creatures- War Machine
Revenge- Unholy
Sonic Boom - Yes I Know
Monster- Take Me Down Below

ypke · Post by **ypke** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:41 am

Tito wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:24 am
ypke wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:52 pm Destroyer: DRC (shared vocals....)
How do you figure that?

Yeah, that's a big leap... But his vocals are pretty upfront there to my ears.

richardsimmons · Post by **richardsimmons** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:48 am

5 outta 20 for me.

Watchin You
Naked City
I Love it Loud
Unholy
Childhoods End

YesterdaysLegend · Post by **YesterdaysLegend** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:56 am

Kiss; honorable nomination for Deuce but Strutter wins
HTH: Watchin You
DTK: Raran
Destroyer: God of Thunder
Unmasked: Naked City
Creatures: War Machine
Revenge: Unholy

SpaceAce98 · Post by **SpaceAce98** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:04 pm

Deuce (KISS)
Parasite (HTH)
Calling Dr. Love (RNRO)
Rock And Roll Hell (COTN)

rwgriffith · Post by **rwgriffith** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:08 pm

Deuce
Watchin' You
Under The Rose
Saint And Sinner
Not For The Innocent
Unholy
Childhood's End
Yes I Know (Nobody's Perfect)

AlmostRockingHuman · Post by **AlmostRockingHuman** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:19 pm

Naked City
Childhoods End
Unholy
War Machine
Im an Animal
The Devil is me
while the city sleeps
Parasite
Charisma

Post by **Grand Classic** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:43 pm

For me, it's most if not all. I would have to go through the albums again. I certainly listen to more of Gene's stuff now over Paul's today in general.

Mahatma · Post by **Mahatma** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:55 pm

Most of them as far as I'm concerned.

KISS - Deuce
HTH - Watchin' You
DTK - She
Destroyer - God Of Thunder
Rock And Roll Over - Calling Dr. Love
Unmasked - Naked City
The Elder - Under The Rose
COTN - Saint And Sinner
Lick It Up - Not For The Innocent
Asylum - Secretly Cruel
CN - Thief In The Night
HITS - Betrayed
Revenge - Unholy
COS - Seduction Of The Innocent
PC - Journey Of 1,000 Years
SB - Yes I Know (Nobody's Perfect)

gene therapist · Post by **gene therapist** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:49 pm

Deuce
Goin' Blind
Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
Got Love for Sale
A World Without Heroes
Hate
We Are One

Much Too Soon · Post by **Much Too Soon** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 3:01 pm

Mr Slow wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:00 am
Brewer wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:18 am Young and Wasted, worst song on the album. Thou Shalt Not, worst song on the album. Back to the Stone Age, worst song on the album.
Hmmm I thought I liked those tunes but I guess I must be wrong.

Welcome back, JupiterJones and whoever else you might have been previously.

These guys never fucking stop do they?

Kisscandinavia · Post by **Kisscandinavia** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:34 pm

Naked city seems to be a winner here.

jannep17 · Post by **jannep17** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:01 pm

Kisscandinavia wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:34 pm Naked city seems to be a winner here.

It IS the best song on Unmasked. And Kiss only attempt, as far as I can recall, of white reggae of The Police type.

kenn.ace · Post by **kenn.ace** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:14 pm

Revenge - Unholy

That is it.

ypke · Post by **ypke** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 2:59 am

Forgot SB and Monster...
Yes I know
Back to the Stone age

Easily my fave's off those two.

steve · Post by **steve** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 3:15 am

I think he sings the best songs on most albums except Animalize (Thrills In The Night) and Asylum (Who Wants To Be Lonely).