KISS (Crazy Nights) 1987
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The music climate had changed drastically by 1987. This was at the peak of hair metal and power ballads and lots of keyboard-influenced songs were dominating the airwaves at this time. KISS was not immune to this and just like every other time before, tried to jump on it's band wagon. Big mistake. KISS and Keyboards are not a happy marriage. Years earilier they had a pretty good song with Christine Sixteen on the Love Gun album. But that was with a piano and it was still a rock boogie song. Here, it's just a bit much with the keyboards and way out of character for a band that was all about power chords and big drums and thunderous bass lines.
Overall, the production of Crazy Nights was garbage to my ears as they decided to make the most "pop" oriented album up to now. Barf. I blame Ron Nevison, the album's Producer for what the final product turned out to be. There are a couple of songs that are ok, but the majority of Crazy Nights is pretty forgettable. This gets a 1 star bump only for Bruce Kulick's opening guitar intro/solo for No, No, No. As for the rest of the song itself. No, No, No indeed.
Really, the only song I play from this album on a pretty consistent basis is Good Girl Gone Bad. It has a pretty sweet, kick ass groove. And as always, Gene's lyrics here are pretty tongue-in-cheek-awesome as well. :)
Fave Songs: Good Girl Gone Bad
Album cover is better than Asylum, but still needs some work on getting creative once again.
Rating: 1 1/2 Stars out of 5
Review by Chiprocks1
Crazy Nights Music Videos
KISS - Crazy Crazy Nights
KISS - Reason To Live
KISS - Turn On The Night
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