# KISS greatest hits recommendation

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**Created:** [September 30, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-greatest-hits-recommendation/555660 "2010-09-30T21:17:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-greatest-hits-recommendation/555660/1 "2010-09-30T21:17:22Z")

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Can someone recommend a KISS compilation for me to try. I know a handful of songs, more by title than by hearing them. I’d like to see if they’ve recorded anything I like besides two or three songs.

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**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-greatest-hits-recommendation/555660/2 "2010-09-30T21:32:05Z")

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I’m not a huge Kiss fan and there will surely be someone more knowledgeable who can help, but I started out with [Gold](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_(Kiss_album)), which is a two-disc set covering their huge years, up to the early eighties.

A more dedicated fan will be able to tell you if it’s missing anything important but it had every Kiss song I’ve ever heard of and more.

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-greatest-hits-recommendation/555660/3 "2010-09-30T22:08:53Z")

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> [@multimediac17](#):
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> I’m not a huge Kiss fan and there will surely be someone more knowledgeable who can help, but I started out with [Gold](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_(Kiss_album)), which is a two-disc set covering their huge years, up to the early eighties.

I’m not a KISS fan at all, but I notice that you don’t get “Lick It Up” or “God Gave Rock & Roll to You” on that one. [The Very Best of Kiss](http://www.amazon.com/Very-Best-Kiss/dp/B00006GFAB) does contain those plus most of the tracks I’ve heard of that are on _Gold_, and is cheaper, being a single CD.