Ace Frehley (1978) What's on your Mind

 From his 1978 Kiss branded solo album, when the theatrical New York quartet cemented their larger than life, Beatles-esque image by having all four members individually create slices of their own musical journey and release them collectively in an incredible marketing campaign. The diverse solo efforts ranged from horn driven soul music to folky ballads to 60s mop top pop through calypso all diverging from their classic sound with mixed results but one thing was certain; Ace Frehley's was the best. Striking the right balance between a new undiscovered inetnsity and more personal flair but also containing some of the familiar Kiss Sound, Frehley set himself a high standard that his later 80s solo career could never catch up to. 

Though New York Groove, a foot stomping classic rock anthem was the single, the true jewel of the album was What's on your Mind with it's pop hook and addictive hard rock melody it worked within Ace's vocal range and enlivened by the use of a jangly 12 string acoustic underneath created an progressive rock sound in it's simple DIY nature a million miles form the polished, one dimensional Kiss anthems, with special credit going to Jimi Hendrix Producer Eddie Kramer who produced this inevitable hit album.