12 Worst Sellout Albums In Hard Rock

Whenever you threw on a KISS record, you typically knew what you were getting. As opposed to the more experimental kinds of rock bands, these guys were always out to create a hard rock empire rather than cater to the art rock sort. That's completely fine as long as the music kicks ass, but sometimes you get the record that should have been left out to dry.

While many people would probably expect Dynasty to be on here, the album actually holds up as a solid rock release in the band's catalog aside from the disco single "I Was Made For Lovin You."

No, if you wanted to see KISS desperately trying to hop on trends, Carnival of Souls was certainly it. After making a pretty slamming hard rock record on Revenge, this collection of tracks seem to just be piggybacking off the grunge sound, with songs that feel like lesser versions of Alice in Chains tunes.

There was always a possibility for a KISS record to fall into sellout territory, but this stung all the more considering the good material that came just a few years before. With the band releasing it in obscurity as they went out on their makeup reunion tour, this became the KISS record that was almost meant to be forgotten.