The latter day KISS albums i would reccomend are:

1. Creatures of the night
The first to feature Vinnie Vincent (despite what the album shows) ROCKS from start to finish. It has a great sound now it has been remastered and houses the classic "Love it loud" as well as the monster title track. If you like your rock crunchy this is a classic album.

2. Animalise
Features Mark st John on guitar and is also a killer rock release. Great production and a great set of songs. Includes "Heavens on fire" which puts "Crazy nights" firmly in the second rate bin.

3.Lick it up
More tongue in cheek than the above but a great album none the less.

The others are ok but I find them rather patchy and not as consistent as the above.

These listed are in my opinion the stand outs but as they say "opinions are like arseholes-everybody@s got one.

Hope this helps

Keep Rocking

Nick.