ALICE COOPER – Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011)

The Long-Awaited Sequel to his 1975 classic – Alice Cooper’s widely anticipated new album, “Welcome 2 My Nightmare” – will be released September 13, 2011.
Recorded with longtime collaborator Bob Ezrin, who produced the original multi-platinum ‘Welcome To My Nightmare album’ in 1975, the new album picks up right where they left off, with Alice trapped in his own warped mind.

The original release is an all-time rock classic that spawned a worldwide theatrical tour and pioneering U.S. TV special, and certified Alice Cooper as a visionary trailblazer whose influence persists today in rock, metal, pop, theatre, television, film and much more.
More than 35 years later, Alice and Ezrin have resurrected the horror and humor for a new generation.

“This is Alice’s nightmare 35 years later,” explains Cooper, “Bob Ezrin and I created this character and we know how to write for him. I play the part but we’re not writing for me, we’re writing for Alice.
We kept the first Nightmare album very personal to us, on this one we found more humor and we were more open. This was our world and we want to present it to the fans.
The original album was my first solo album after all those huge hit records with the original band and now that nightmare is exposed, this one can be a little bit more open. The music crosses all sorts of boundaries; we went where the lyrics took us.”

And indeed it does. There’s many styles reflected on this recording.
From Hard Rockers as “A Runaway Train”, “Caffeine”, the anthemic “The Congregation”, “I’ll Bite Your Face Off” (great groove) or the dark “When Hell Comes Home”, renditions to Classic Rock like “I’ll Bite Your Face Off”, “Ghouls Gone Wild” (glammy and retro), to fun and unusual songs as the vaudeville-esque “Last Man On Earth” or the crazy “Disco Bloodbath Boogie Fever”.
Also found room for a ballad on the very classy “Something To Remember Me By”, musically one of the best tracks here.

If you like classic (early) Cooper, you’ll love this one.
Glimpses of themes from the original album are intertwined throughout, each track representing a different aspect of Alice’s nightmare.
There is an array of collaborators on the new album, including original Alice Cooper members Denis Dunaway, Michael Bruce and Neal Smith reunited on 3 tracks; global pop superstar Ke$ha, who affectionately calls Alice ‘dad’; and legendary Alice and Lou Reed guitarist Steve Hunter, who is part of Alice’s current touring band and featured prominently on the first Nightmare album.
Co-writers on various songs include the aforementioned Bob Ezrin; singer-songwriter Tommy Henriksen; Ke$ha; Dunaway, Bruce and Smith; Buckcherry’s, Keith Nelson; Desmond Child, who famously co-wrote and produced ‘Poison’ with Alice; longtime collaborator Dick Wagner; current touring band member Chuck Garric; and film composer Jeremy Rubolino.
The ‘Nightmare’ has returned again…

01 – I Am Made Of You
02 – Caffeine
03 – The Nightmare Returns
04 – A Runaway Train
05 – Last Man On Earth
06 – The Congregation
07 – I’ll Bite Your Face Off
08 – Disco Bloodbath Boogie Fever
09 – Ghouls Gone Wild
10 – Something To Remember Me By
11 – When Hell Comes Home
12 – What Baby Wants
13 – I Gotta Get Outta Here
14 – The Underture

Personnel:
Alice Cooper
Denis Dunaway
Michael Bruce
Neal Smith
Ke$ha
Steve Hunter
Chuck Garric
Bob Ezrin

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