7. Alive! Is STILL Their Best Album...
It regularly tops most critical polls of KISS' top albums, but that doesn't mean they're wrong. Alive! is still the best document of rock's greatest band at the height of its powers. Every member is on exceptional form. The production is raw without sounding lo-fi. The song's arrangements are awesome. It's totally clichéd and over the top, no doubt. But that's what KISS do better than anyone else. They take the genre's standard template and blow it up to a crazy, fun and genuinely rocking caricature of itself. They aren't cheesy like glam metal bands. They're just plain fun - and this album presents that better than any other.