Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
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Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
- Artist: Alice Cooper
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- Release Date: 1976
- Total Time: 43:15
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
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Following the success of his first solo album, Welcome to My Nightmare, Alice Cooper followed it up with another concept album, Goes to Hell, similar in style to its predecessor. Again, longtime Alice producer Bob Ezrin was on board, and while there are a few highlights, Goes to Hell signaled an Alice era where he pretty much forsook the raw garage rock of his early days (Killer, School's Out) in favor of polished studio glitz. That said, the title track is worthy of any headbanger's time (and remains one of Cooper's most overlooked rock tunes), while "I Never Cry" was another Alice ballad that found a place near the top of the charts. Other highlights include such tracks as the disco-rock-boogie of "You Gotta Dance" and the laid-back yet sinister funk groove of "I'm the Coolest." Elsewhere, the musical experiments aren't as successful -- the old-time sounds of "Give the Kid a Break," "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows," and the album-closing "Going Home" are about as far removed from the expected hard-rocking AC direction as you can get. And while the rocker "Wish You Were Here" would become a late-'70s concert standard for the Coop, the original studio version lacks the firepower the song achieved on the stage. Alice was supposed to follow up the album's release with another highly theatrical stage show (following the cue of his first solo tour in 1975), but an illness squashed the tour altogether. Despite its missteps, the gold-certified Goes to Hell would prove to be Alice's most commercially successful solo album for quite some time. ~ Greg Prato, Rovi| Alice Clark (1972 Album by Alice Clark) | |
| Alice Cooper Interview (1987 Album by Alice Cooper) |
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| Studio album by Alice Cooper | ||||
| Released | June 25, 1976 | |||
| Recorded | Soundstage, Toronto; Record Plant East, New York and RCA Recording Studios, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Rock, hard rock, pop rock | |||
| Length | 43:15 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Bob Ezrin | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone | mixed [2] |
Alice Cooper Goes to Hell is the ninth studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 1976. A sequel to Welcome to My Nightmare, this concept album was written almost exclusively by Cooper with guitar player Dick Wagner and producer Bob Ezrin.[3]
With the success of "Only Women Bleed" from his first solo effort, Alice continued with the rock ballads on this album. "I Never Cry" was written about his drinking problem, which would in one year send the performer into rehab. Cooper called the song "an alcoholic confession".
The "Alice Cooper Goes To Hell" tour of 1976 was completely cancelled prior to commencement due to Cooper suffering from anemia at the time.
In 2005 the first track, "Go to Hell", was featured as the theme song to the sixth episode of Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil titled "Human Sacrifice". The song was also featured in the 2009 video game Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, and in the 1986 movie The American Way.
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Track listing
All songs written by Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner and Bob Ezrin, except where noted.
- "Go to Hell" – 5:15
- "You Gotta Dance" – 2:45
- "I'm the Coolest" – 3:57
- "Didn't We Meet" – 4:16
- "I Never Cry" (Cooper, Wagner) – 3:44
- "Give the Kid a Break" – 4:14
- "Guilty" – 3:22
- "Wake Me Gently" – 5:03
- "Wish You Were Here" – 4:36
- "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" (Harry Carroll, Joseph McCarthy) – 2:08
- "Going Home" – 3:47
Personnel
- Alice Cooper – vocals
- Dick Wagner – acoustic & electric guitar, vocals
- Steve Hunter – guitar
- John Tropea – guitar
- Bob Babbitt – bass
- Jimmy Maelen – percussion
- Jim Gordon – drums (tracks 3, 10, 11)
- Bob Ezrin – synthesizer, piano, Fender Rhodes
- Dick Berg – French horn
- Shep Gordon – vocals
- Shaun Jackson – vocals
- Tony Levin – bass
- Allan MacMillan – piano
- Bill Misener – vocals
- Colina Phillips – vocals
- Allan Schwartzberg – drums
- Donny Vosburgh – vocals
- Laurel Ward – vocals
- Sharon Williams – vocals
- Joe Gannon – vocals
- Sharon Lee Williams – vocals
Charts
Album – Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1976 | Pop Albums | 27 |
Singles – Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1977 | "I Never Cry" | Pop Singles | 12 |
References
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r4548
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ (1976) Album notes for Alice Cooper Goes to Hell by Alice Cooper, p. 12 [CD Booklet]. 3300 Warner Blvd., Burbank, California: Warner Bros. Inc. (2896-2).
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