General Article name: Crazy Nights
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: Universal US Number of tracks: 11 Tracklist LP - 1 1. Kiss - Crazy Crazy Nights 2. Kiss - I'll Fight Hell to Hold You 3. Kiss - Bang Bang You 4. Kiss - No No No 5. Kiss - Hell or High Water 6. Kiss - My Way 7. Kiss - When Your Walls Come Down 8. Kiss - Reason to Live 9. Kiss - Good Girl Gone Bad 10. Kiss - Turn on the Night 11. Kiss - Theif in the Night   Description Description

Since Kiss' 1987 album, Crazy Nights, was their most pop-accessible album until then, a total of three video clips were issued, which are all featured on the home video of the same name. While the videos aren't exactly the best the band has ever produced, they were very popular with MTV viewers: all appeared regularly on the network's viewer request program at the time. The first video, "Crazy, Crazy Nights," is a no-frills clip of the quartet lip-syncing the anthemic song to an auditorium full of excited fans, while the second one, "Reason to Live," is a ballad that features clips of an attractive blonde seeking revenge on her unfaithful lover, Mr. Paul Stanley (!), while the band plays the song. The final clip, "Turn on the Night," is one of the album's most keyboard-heavy tracks, and follows the set-up of the second video for the most part -- a female fan is shown enjoying a concert by the band while Kiss plays away. Besides the three clips, no other footage is featured, which makes the Crazy Nights video of interest to Kiss completists only. ~ Greg Prato

Greg Prato

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Just when you thought Kiss couldn't be further removed from their raw rock/metal roots with 1985's lackluster Asylum, the band sinks even further with 1987's popfest Crazy Nights. Kiss were the most unfocused they had ever been by 1987 (the absence of original members Peter Criss and Ace Frehley obviously had something to do with it). They hooked up with producer Ron Nevison, who had recently produced chart-topping records for Heart and Ozzy Osbourne. Keyboards had no business being on a Kiss record, yet they rear their ugly head throughout Crazy Nights. "Turn on the Night," "Reason to Live," the anthemic "Crazy Crazy Nights" (a British Top Ten hit), and perhaps the worst Kiss song ever recorded, "My Way," are all bogged down with keyboards. Still, a song or two does contain music that would be reminiscent of the Kiss of old if it weren't for Nevison's glossy production ("No, No, No," etc.). Rather than being a true hard rock force, a status they had begun to reclaim on 1982's Creatures of the Night and 1983's Lick It Up, Kiss were merely trying to replicate the hit formula of other bands of the day (Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, etc.). As Crazy Nights displays, their lack of success in that area was dire. [The LP was reissued in 2014.] ~ Greg Prato

Greg Prato

Contributors Artist: Kiss Record Label: Universal