Answer the following question: Smashes Thrashes & Hits is a greatest hits album by the American hard rock band Kiss. It was the third hits album overall but the second album released by the band in the United States (Killers was not released in the United States originally). Of the 15 songs on the album two were new compositions and three were released after the band's unmasking in 1983. The remaining ten were all released during the band's years in makeup. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Album