KISS

SONIC BOOM

Show-offs. Not only did Kiss uncork their first new studio album since 1998, they also released perhaps their best album ever. No, really. While iconic records such as Kiss and Love Gun oozed from the same no-budget sonic swamp that spawned the Ramones, this three-disc set features grade-A, fist-pumping fresh meat ("Stand," "Say Yeah"), an incendiary live DVD, and a bonus CD of do-over canon fodder. So sue 'em: They didn't know they were classics at the time. SHANNON ZIMMERMAN

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