"The famous infamous album cover. ... When I saw the cover, I said, 'Hey I have to go on record and say this cover sucks.' The Unmasked cover artwork by Victor Stabin features comic book panels with one depicting the KISS bandmates taking off their iconic makeup 'masks,' only to show the same makeup underneath."
"I think Unmasked is a pretty crappy album. It's wimpy. While he liked the song 'Shandi,' Stanley shared his feelings on the Unmasked album as a whole in the 2005 book KISS: Behind the Mask, expressing strong disapproval of the overall project and its artistic direction."
"I've always believed that if you only listen to one kind of music, you'll produce pretty defective songs in the sense that they'll have no breadth. And a song like 'Shandi' basically comes from me sitting with a 12-string acoustic guitar, influenced by Greenwich Village singer-songwriters and harmonica traditions."
Paul Stanley has been vocal about his dislike for KISS's 1980 album 'Unmasked,' calling it the band's worst album and describing it as 'wimpy.' Stanley particularly criticized the album's cover art by Victor Stabin, which features comic book panels showing the band members removing their iconic makeup masks to reveal the same makeup underneath. Despite his overall negative assessment of the album, Stanley appreciated the lead single 'Shandi,' which he wrote using acoustic guitar influences from Greenwich Village singer-songwriters. The album marked the first KISS studio release without founding drummer Peter Criss, though his Catman image still appeared on the cover.
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