Kiss – Unmasked (VG/VG) – LP, AU 1980

Unmasked is an LP by Kiss from 1980 released on the Casablanca label.

About this album

Unmasked is a divisive but revealing Kiss album, showing the band pushing hard into glossy pop rock without losing their knack for big hooks. Released in 1980, it followed the maximalist late-1970s run and replaced much of the hard-riff menace with cleaner melodies, brighter harmonies and a more radio-friendly sheen. Singles such as Shandi and Talk to Me helped broaden their commercial appeal, while the tighter, more polished sound pointed towards the changes already reshaping mainstream rock. For listeners, it remains a snapshot of Kiss at a crossroads: still unmistakably themselves, but adapting to a different era of arena-ready pop.

Genre: Metal