Crazy Nights (1987) Kiss Album Review

I review the 1987 Kiss album, Crazy Nights. Part 19 of my Kiss Retrospective.

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[MetalMike]

I LOVE this album, not a massive fan of the title track I have to say, but Reason to Live, My Way, I’ll Fight Hell to Hold You and Turn On The Night are among my favourite Kiss songs. It’s a pity that they weren’t as easy to replicate live.

[romainlavoie]

Excellent review and I agree. Crazy Nights is an excellent album. One of the foundest memories of my youth is in the Summer of 1988. It was a Saturday Night and I was 19 years old when I walked into this fantastic club named Le Bonnet Rouge and the place was jammed ! At least 700 people in there. When I walked in Crazy Nights was playing and the dance floor was packed with Babes !!!! I mean some of the hottest chicks I had ever seen in the same Club ! As a Kiss fan I knew the song very well and joined the party 🥳
To complement everything about an hour later the DJ followed up and blasted the place with I was made for Loving you!! Yesss !!!!
To this day I will never forget that fantastic evening we all had partying to Kiss toons, that moment and naturally the lovely Femme Kiss Fan that was enjoying the songs to the same level that I did along hundreds of Kiss fans dancing that night, just having fun to the music ! Gene and Paul God bless!!

[leinad]

Turn On The Night is so, so insanely well written. I thought I was dreaming when I first heard it. Unreal

[mikeglazier]

My first Kiss concert was at the Worcester Centrum on this tour and they shot the video for Turn on the night. At the time I thought they were playing it and didn't realize they were miming. They played the song at least 3 times

[stewiedog]

"Sword and Stone" should have been included on the LP instead of "No, No, No"

[deuce]

Reason To Live is one of my all time favorite Kiss songs. In fact it just might be my favorite non makeup era song. Always loved Crazy Nights. Sure its very outdated by today standards, but certainly one of the best albums if the 80's hair metal genre.

[davidbakerscuba]

I love this album. It was the first Kiss album I bought and I got to see them on that tour. It was great!

[KISSFAN]

My favorite non makeup album. Love it from start to finish. Paul and Gene's vocals are top notch in addition to Bruce and Erics playing. The songs are catchy and it's a fun album.

[jarno]

This album did it for me. Crazy Nights gave me the KISS virus.

[emgex]

Turn on the night is my favorite Kiss song, Crazy nights and Reason to Live come after that. I love the 80s Glam and Arena Rock music.

[SHOUTband]

Awesome album! could have been even better if some of these songs would had made it:
Don't Let Go
Time Traveler
When Two Hearts Collide
Sword and Stone
Hide Your Heart (With Keys)

[Katkiwi]

Im digging your thorough reviews! Glad I found your channel 🤘 rock on

[LittleJimmyNorton]

I saw the crazy nights tour at the Meadowlands in NJ. I was so happy to see kiss and it was my 1st arena show I was in the 9th grade, it was right before Christmas and they did I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, yes jews singing a Christmas song, lol, but true.. but I did see Frehleys comet at the fairgrounds in PA a few years earlier, but not sure if that was considered an arena.

[keithwayne]

Been a kiss fan since Halloween 1976...there are some songs, albums I like better than others...but I love it all. I love that kiss has different styles. You say that this album isn't super popular among kiss fans. To me, a true kiss fan likes it all!!!!

[Prof_Tickles]

KISS fans don’t realize just how close KISS came to throwing in the towel. Crazy Nights was when Paul was at his most despondent.

Gene pretty much abandoned him and the band save for occasional studio appearances where he put in minimal effort, Bill Aucoin had been stealing from the KISS warehouse, and they were essentially broke.

Two things happened which saved kiss: Smashes, Thrashes, and Hits went platinum; a surprise best-seller which boosted Paul’s confidence enough to try one more album, which lead to Forever.

A hit single, their first top ten in over a decade. This combined with the sales of ST&H literally saved the band.

It gave them enough momentum to coast into the Revenge era. Shortly after which they were broke again and in the same spot but we know how that ends.

But y’all really need to thank your lucky stars for that Greatest Hits album.

Source: KISS and Sell. The Making of A Supergroup.

[GeeVanderplas]

I love this album, the song writing is some of the band's best imo, this line up really came together here.

[BNatoAk]

Turn on the night is in my top 5 All Time Paul songs.

[aaronshoaf]

In my opinion, I will never understand why people think this is the worst kiss album ever. Like it’s better than Animalize, Monster, Carnival Of Souls, Hot In The Shade, and Music From “The Elder.” The only true bad songs on this album is Bang Bang You and Good Girl Gone Bad. Every other song I like. Reason To Live and Turn On The Night are my 2 favorite songs off this album, and Reason To Live is actually my favorite kiss song ever. Great video!

[tonyaufierojr]

this is my favorite album by KISS in the 80s . u are an awesome kiss fan love your reviews please do many more

[themadmattster]

Sword in Stone would’ve pushed the album over the top if it would’ve been included