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- Artist: Alice Cooper
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- Release Date: 1975
- Total Time: 43:29
- Genre: Rock
Review
With the 1974 disintegration of the original Alice Cooper group, Alice was free to launch a solo career. He wisely decided to re-enlist the services of Bob Ezrin for his solo debut, Welcome to My Nightmare, which was a concept album tied into the story line of the highly theatrical concert tour he launched soon after the album's release. While the music lost most of the gritty edge of the original AC lineup, Welcome to My Nightmare remains Alice's best solo effort -- while some tracks stray from his expected hard rock direction, there's plenty of fist-pumping rock to go around. The disco-flavored, album-opening title track would be reworked on the stage as more of a hard rock tune, while "Some Folks" dips into cabaret territory, and "Only Women Bleed" is a sensitive ballad that became a Top Ten hit. But the rockers serve as the album's foundation -- "Devil's Food," "The Black Widow," "Department of Youth," and "Cold Ethyl" are all standouts, as is the more tranquil yet eerie epic "Steven." Despite this promising start to Cooper's solo career, the majority of his subsequent releases were often not as focused and were of varying quality. ~ Greg Prato, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Welcome to My Nightmare (Lyrics) | Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner | Alice Cooper | (5:19) |
| Devil's Food (Lyrics) | Alice Cooper, Bob Ezrin, |
Alice Cooper | (3:38) |
| The Black Widow | Alice Cooper, Bob Ezrin, Dick Wagner | Alice Cooper | (3:37) |
| Some Folks (Lyrics) | Alice Cooper, Bob Ezrin, |
Alice Cooper | (4:19) |
| Only Women Bleed (Lyrics) | Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner | Alice Cooper | (5:59) |
| Department of Youth (Lyrics) | Alice Cooper, Bob Ezrin, Dick Wagner | Alice Cooper | (3:18) |
| Cold Ethyl (Lyrics) | Alice Cooper, Bob Ezrin | Alice Cooper | (2:51) |
| Years Ago (Lyrics) | Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner | Alice Cooper | (2:51) |
| Steven (Lyrics) | Alice Cooper, Bob Ezrin | Alice Cooper | (5:52) |
| The Awakening | Alice Cooper, Bob Ezrin, Dick Wagner | Alice Cooper | (2:25) |
| Escape (Lyrics) | Alice Cooper, Kim Fowley, |
Alice Cooper | (3:20) |
