Asylum (studio album) by Kiss

Asylum by Kiss
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 31,557th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
57/100 (from 56 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (355th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (4,058th)
Award Best albums of all time (31,557th)
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Kiss bestography

Asylum is ranked 18th best out of 33 albums by Kiss on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Kiss is Destroyer which is ranked number 1624 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,060.

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Asylum track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 71 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Asylum ratings

Average Rating: 
57/100 (from 56 votes)
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11/19/2024 09:00 jeremy9  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,38271/100
 
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11/15/2024 18:33 davidleewrong  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,06881/100
 
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09/28/2024 01:42 cestuneblague  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 7,52580/100
 
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11/21/2023 19:44 LosWochos  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 44,95775/100
 
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01/07/2023 12:52 Moondance  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 18,28772/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 56.6/100, a mean average of 53.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 53.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.2.

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70/100
From 09/20/2017 21:48
Mid Eighties mediocrity. However on relistening this is not that bad of a record. Paul's songs continue to dominate and Gene continues to be inconsistent. But since Paul wrote half of them and all his are good it makes for a solid record. The "rough around the edges" production actually enhances the record as that was going against the trend of the time. Give it another listen...you will be surprised how well tracks like "King Of The Mountain" and "Radar For Love" hold up compared to what everyone else was doing. "Tears Are Falling" is definitely one of the better KISS singles too. And admit it..."Uh! All Night" is brilliant absurdity. Only KISS could pull that off.
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From 07/10/2016 23:56
Absolutely terrible, even by mid-eighties Kiss standards. It's not even enjoyable and Kiss were at least that in their heyday even if it was rubbish. One of their worst records.
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From 03/05/2016 17:15
This is one of the worst records ever made.
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