AMG Review of Crazy Nights

Greg Prato
All Music Guide

Since Kiss' 1987 album, Crazy Nights, was their most pop-accessible album to date, a total of 3 video clips were issued, which are all featured on the home video of the same name from one year later. 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-synching the anthemic song to an auditorium full of excited fans, while the 2nd one, "Reason To Live," is a ballad that features clips of an attractive blond 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 previous video for the most part - a female fan is shown enjoying a concert by the band, while Kiss plays away. Besides the 3 clips, no other footage is featured, which makes the #Crazy Nights video of interest to Kiss completists only.