Monster
by Kiss
Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. AllMusic
    Oct 16, 2012
    60
    With Monster, Kiss hit the mark best when rewriting the sound they developed as youngsters and when they keep it simple, predictable, and fun.
  2. Boston Globe
    Oct 16, 2012
    60
    Kiss's 20th studio album is a steady if unremarkable outing.
  3. Consequence
    Oct 16, 2012
    50
    KISS may have set out to sound like their old selves on Monster, but they strayed from the pop sensibility that made them great.
  5. Rolling Stone
    Oct 19, 2012
    60
    Kiss' 20th LP draws from their bottomlessly shallow cesspool of comfortably dumb cowbell-glam wham-bam – with stewardess sex, married groupies and "The Devil Is Me," where Gene Simmons lowtalks like the smoothest used-car salesman in hell.
  6. Sputnikmusic
    Oct 25, 2012
    40
    Although the album barely brings its head above the water-line marked "passable", it's still too slick, too unified and too perfectly structured to convince you that apart from the vocals of Stanley and Simmons, the rest of the album is nothing more than a hodge-podge of contributions from various pony-tailed musos from somewhere sunny.
  7. The Guardian
    Oct 19, 2012
    60
    Like ZZ Top and Rush before them, Kiss seem to have finally rediscovered (after their stodgy 2010 comeback album, Sonic Boom) what made them so great in the first place.

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User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 24
  3. Negative: 4 out of 24
  1. chillgreg1
    Jan 26, 2013
    1
    Really awful. I love KISS, but this is just plain terrible, sorry to say. When did they forget how to write songs? No melodies, justReally awful. I love KISS, but this is just plain terrible, sorry to say. When did they forget how to write songs? No melodies, just headache-inducing noise. They should take a listen to their old stuff, try to find some fresh inspiration.… Full Review »
  2. JoeEftpos
    Aug 5, 2021
    9
    A very good album with a fresh sound, great effort for a half century old band, made my playlist for sure
  3. clinteastwoo
    May 11, 2016
    8
    ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................GREAT Heavy Metal Album, of Kiss, But Gene Simmons Always impedes Kiss to have a note 10 Album,

    The Devil Is Me is Trash Inaudible for appreciators of Good Songs and Good Melodies, at Least Gene Simmons write and sing the Song "Eat Your Heart Out" That is one of best songs on album    … Full Review »
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