concept album 'the Wall,' and somehow got it in his head that Kiss could do the same kind of project. So out went the straight-ahead rock songs and sexual come-ons and in came oboes, orchestras ...

As for the worst? “There are two,” the musician answers. “[The KISS studio albums] Unmasked [1980] and Music From ‘The Elder’ [1981].” Stanley continues, “Unmasked was tepid and had ...