Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare

CLASSIC ALICE

If you were there when Alice was doing the rounds, you would know it invokes memories you would never forget, even though you were not really
aware of it at the time !! August 15, 2008

The Dream Is Over

This was the album that stopped my Alice Cooper fandom in its tracks back in the mid-70s. I bought this the day it came out and to my horror the only track I liked was "Steven". That song had the eerie sensibility that recalled "Dwight Fry" (or actually, for some reason, Vanilla Fudge's terrifying psychedelic remake of Donovan's "Season of the Witch"). Oh, the trademark Alice Cooper effects and approaches were thrown into the album's recipe but there just wasn't a, so to speak, killer song in the bunch. It all seemed so rote.

In the next few years Alice would deliver some splendid singles that departed from the formula he had with the Alice Cooper Band, but after this album I just didn't trust the Alice Cooper brand name enough to risk buying "Lace and Whiskey", "From The Inside" or "Goes To Hell".

Even the performance of this album on Alice's promotional TV special couldn't put this one over for me. A concept can only take an artist so far; with or without it, an album still lives or dies on whether or not it's filled with great songs. Striving to renew inspiration by changing the players around him simply didn't do a thing for Alice.

August 11, 2008

Alice is alone....except for Steven

The last great Alice album.......for awhile. Keep it short.
This album really picks up where Billion Dollar Babies leaves off. I often times wonder where Alice would have gone from here if he was not so far off in his addiction. Man, God bless Alice for coming back. I know that this is not much of a review of the album, but I think it is. If you know what Alice has done lately you might recognize that this is very Cold cold cold cold octane. If you are an Alice fan, this is a must have; top ten.....my opinion, number 5 of everything he did. God bless Bob Ezrin. He knew talent. Does anyone know if he has produced anything lately........Three greatest producers of all time.....Mutt Lange.......Roy Thomas Baker.......Bob Ezrin May 15, 2008

CD purchase

This CD was purchased for my fiance. I am not a big fan of Alice Cooper but he is. April 23, 2008

Solo Alice Begins

I believe this is the first effort from Alice Cooper without the original Alice Cooper Band, so it goes without saying that this goes in somewhat of a different direction. So, rather than the bits and pieces of creepy morbidity, scattered throughout Alice's early catalog, this album is dominated by these tendencies.

But Alice is, as always, inventive, eclectic, and full entertaining, demonstrating that even his dark lyrics can be applied to a number of musical styles. February 2, 2008

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