KISS anno 1987 ...

That's what happened when strong "Dynasty" in 1979, which, although by no means a concession to former disco music à Boney M. or Bee Gees was total, but - as we all know - of a certain "I Was Made For Lovin 'You" is opened.

Especially this became manifest in the '90s as "Unplugged" just the sexiest thing was and also Messrs Stanley and Simmons felt it necessary unverstromt aground at MTV - in retrospect, an extremely ambiguous matter. Even more, this can be said about the captured before the Unplugged sessions, published in 1997 "Carnival of Souls" in which KISS moved partly more and partly less skillfully between the chairs Grunge, Heavy Rock and Groove Metal.

Especially in the '80s, the band tried to make the now flooded by hairspray Combos à Poison, Motley Crue, Cinderella and Bon Jovi rock business again lost ground betting - both visually and musically. These fashionable and acoustic concessions course other genre greats were willing is to say not only when KISS ruled perms, shampoo manes, plastic drums and mass compatible Trällerrefrains.

But "Crazy Nights" from 1987 is much better than it's done:
Except for the title song, a true, albeit somewhat pungent anthem, can be found on the album, although a few hits. Nevertheless, hardly any of the indeed very mainstreamigen and pop songs should be seen as a failure (most likely still really drive "Bang Bang You"). Gene Simmons played on "Crazy Nights" Although little or no bass and focused then more on acting, but most of all his songs, especially the dirty "Hell Or High Water" and the casual "Good Girl Gone Bad", are quite strong.
In between, there is admittedly much mediocrity.

The album I would therefore give a total of three and a half star, the rounding up to four is due to the side-splitting, just grandiose Poser image of Paul Stanley on the back cover:
Wallender chest hair fur and the blue thong peeping out of his scruffy jeans. Quite big tennis since even pulls Simmons, the prollig used beside his white bass as genital extension, the short straw!