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"Ace's is easily the best of the solo albums, although the bar is set pretty low": In which Ace Frehley annoys Gene and Paul by releasing the best and most successful of the Kiss solos

Kiss: Ace Frehley cover art .
Kiss: Ace Frehley
(Image credit: Casablanca Records)

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Ozone
What's on Your Mind?
New York Groove
I'm in Need of Love
Wiped-Out
Fractured Mirror

The four Kiss solo albums were all due to hit the stores on the same date – ‘Kissmas day’, September 18, 1978. They all had cool covers painted by Eraldo Carugati, reputedly right-hand man to Michelangelo on the Sistine Chapel. They were being backed by a hefty $2.5 million promotional campaign. And they were all ‘shipping platinum’. It all sounded very impressive.

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