"Unmasked" was released on May 29, 1980.

Peter Criss did not play drums on one song on "Unmasked". Instead, session drummer Anton Fig, who had also cut most of the drums on "Dynasty" performed all the drum tracks.

Gene Simmons didn't play bass on Ace's songs. Ace played guitar, bass and did the vocals on these tracks.

Paul Stanley played bass on some of his songs.

Ace Frehley's "Talk To Me" became a minor hit in Europe.

On "Talk to Me" Ace used a "special tuning for that song, either a G or D tuning."

The front cover art was done by Victor Stabin.

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"Unmasked" came with a poster of the last frame of the comic strip cover.

The original painting for the cover art sold at an auction for $14,000.

A demo version of "You're All That I Want, You're All that I Need" eventually appeared on the Kiss Box set. The demo version kills the version that made it onto "Unmasked."

According to Paul Stanley:
"Unmasked? I would give that one star. A song like "Tomorrow" is really a great song, but I think 'Unmasked' is a pretty crappy album. It's wimpy. A lot of those songs started out much ballsier, and much more rock'n' rolly. Somehow the lost something on their way to vinyl." p331, Kiss-Behind the Mask

According to Ace Frehley:
"I though my songs were good." p331, Kiss-Behind the Mask