It should also be noted that “Rock and Roll All Nite” closes Dressed to Kill, although this fledgling version sounds like it was recorded on a microcassette inside an aluminum grain bin. “Rock and Roll All Nite,” by sheer public response, is the greatest song KISS ever made. So how good is that, really? In his book Revolution in the Head, British critic Ian MacDonald analyzes every composition the Beatles recorded in the studio, of which he cites 188. By my half-drunk estimate, “Rock and Roll All Nite” is better than 93 of these tracks, along with 12 ties. So the best song by KISS would be (at
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