Alice Cooper - Along Came A Spider
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Artist: Alice CooperEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-07-29
Music Label: Steamhammer / SPV
Product features:
- COOPER ALICE ALONG CAME A SPIDER
- Prologue/I Know Where You Live
- Vengeance Is Mine
- Wake The Dead
- Catch Me If You Can
- (In Touch With) Your Feminine Side
- Wrapped In Silk
- Killed By Love
- I m Hungry
- The One That Got Away
- Salvation
- I Am The Spider/Epilogue
Music reviews of Along Came A Spider
Music Review: Along Came Alice, Back With The Nightmares
Rating: 4 Stars
Since ordering this album a few months ago, I don't think i've ever been so anxious to hear a new album from any artist (except maybe AC/DC)
The godfather of shock rock returns with a themed out album once again, something that I don't think he's done since 1994's Last Temptation.
1. Prologue/I Know Where You Live - ### at first hearing the prologue about murders, my first thought was, "he's going Rob Zombie style here" but then the hard rocking drums kick in and "I know where you live" was an interesting song to me because it sounded much like lyrics I wrote myself a few years back. I can't see this one being one of Alice's big hits, but it's a cool little number.
2. Vengeance Is Mine - this one kicks off sounding like something from the Brutal Planet or Dragon Town album, but then turns out not as heavy.
It's mostly memorable from the backing vocals, they guitar work is pretty much non stop soloing and a different kind of metal type of drumming from Eric Singer that sounded a little out of place in some areas, but after a couple of listens, tho the riffs and solos are not memorable, it's a pretty cool song.
3. Wake The Dead - this one kicks off like a southern boogie then crashes into an effect filled driving rock number. Not really the type of sound you have heard Alice preform before, then the chorus sounds like typical Alice from the last 10 years or so. Kind of sounds like a new age rock song musically, with a 70's type of vocal sound. Might take a few more listens, but I'm sure it will grow on me as most Alice songs do.
4. Catch Me If You Can - This one sounds like something that was left off Brutal Planet/Dragontown, but with more hard rock solo's over the top of it. Kind of reminds me of "sanctuary" for some reason.
5. (In Touch With) Your Feminine Side - Opening hard rock riffs like a AC/DC kind of thing, but then goes into something AC/DC would never do, but Alice would, and it's a catchy little number, lyrically anyway. The riff isn't that memorable, as I don't think much from this album was memorable guitar wise, but it's ok, it's Alice, not every album can be purely guitar driven.
6. Wrapped In Silk - This kind of sounds a bit like a song "Jet" would do. I'm not a fan of them, but Alice can make anyones sound seem great. It also has a bit of a feel to something you would have found on the "Constrictor" album, just updated from that 80's metal sound to the current sounds of hard rock.
7. Killed By Love - The balled, the tear jerker, the type of thing Alice has put on every album since success with Welcome To My Nightmares, "Only Women Bleed" - It kicks off as an acoustic strumming number, then the distorted guitars fill over the top of it... kind of sounds a bit too much like "Be with you a while" but it's not enough of a duplicate for me to say I don't like it, I did, it's a pretty good little song, even I could relate with it, so you don't have to be a woman to "get" these songs.
8. I m Hungry - Another "Jet" sounding kind of intro, however, I laughed when Alice hit's the chorus of, "I'M HUNGRY" cause it sounds just like "Spinal Tap" singing "Hell Hole"... however, I'm sure it's not a rip off, it was probably written/done on purpose, it's just Alice or someone in the bands idea to pay a little homage to "Spinal Tap", as both them and Alice have never really taken there music all that seriously.
9. The One That Got Away - By the time I got to this song, I was beginning to worry that there wasn't going to be an instant favorite for me. Usually when my favorite artists release an album, there is a song I just love from the first second it starts. This one was a few more seconds in then usual, but I loved this one. That sick twisted sense of humor that I have in common with Alice shines through on this song. At glance of the title, you'd think it was the balled, but it's about a girl who was almost taken away by Alice acting as a psychopath. I can see this one lasting for many years on the live shows set list. It's classic Alice.
10. Salvation - This first sounds like something like "Millie & Billie" from "From the inside" but goes into it's own thing, but keeps that kind of feeling of a story flowing through it. At first I thought this was to the running flow of the albums story, and I could be wrong about this, but I think this might be a song Alice has written for the fans who stopped listening to him when Alice announced he was a Christian. With lyrics like, "When did I change" - "Any chance of salvation, any chance for me", "In my heart, in my soul, something old thats very new"... lyrics like that made me think it's more Alice singing for the fans that turned there back thinking he was going to preach in his songs... HA, hardly.
11. I Am The Spider/Epilogue - Another one that I took a liking to as soon as the chorus hit. An instant favorite, and no wonder they picked this for the title, it's probably the best song on the whole album.
Overall, at the first listen to this, I was a little disappointed till I was half way through the album. There was some things I was hoping for that where not done for this album. The last two albums steered more away from that Brutal Planet/Dragon Town sound, and went more classic hard rock... and for this one, it seems Alice has tried to combine both sounds of the last ten years with a lot of that 70's vocals he has done on the last two. But now when I'm thinking about it, that is probably the sound they are going for now. There not going for Alice Cooper 70's, 80's, 90's, 00 to 06, there just going for Alice Cooper and I think it's worked pretty well for this album.
Something I think the album could have done without was the audience clapping effect, it seemed WAY over used. I think there was only about 4 songs that effect wasn't used in.
As I said before, I would have liked more guitar driven riffs, classic riffs, memorable riffs and such... but the memorable sounds of this album really come from the lead and backing vocals.
I personally think this album is not the best of Alice, as you're probably sick of hearing, I do prefer "The Eyes of Alice Cooper" & "Dirty Diamonds" over this album. But thats not to say I hate it or anything, if it just had more memorable riffs, or something hugely standing out about it, I'd rate it higher. But for me, this one's about 3½ stars from me.
It's kind of hard for me to explain it clearly what it is I really mean about this album... it's a good album, but could have been a lot better... I think thats what I mean. But don't get me wrong, even my least favorite Alice Cooper albums are 10 times better then most other bands greatest hits.
EDIT:
I recently found there are 3 more tracks to this album that you can only download via itunes so far. track 12, "shadow of yourself" & 13. "i'll still be there" where two songs I think where left off for just sounding like fillers. They really don't seem like anything special to me, they fit in with the album well, but there easily forgettable tracks. Then there is a so called unplugged version of Salvation. Basically it is the same song without the guitars, and sounds boring without them.
This has been my least favorite album from Coop since 1982's Zipper Catches Skin. Although, don't misjudge me, this album is a lot better then ZCS, but it's been my least favorite Coop album in a long long time.
Final analysis.
"You trap, you kill, you eat"
You buy, you listen, you like
Description of Along Came A Spider
Legendary rock n roll genius Alice Cooper has joined forces with SPV to unleash the master s latest dark, conceptual masterpiece Along Came A Spider . With a full-scale North American tour in place for 2008, an aggressive marketing team ready to go, and a household name icon steering the ship, the sky is truly the limit. The time for a full blown revival has arrived and 2008 will be the year of Alice Cooper - an artist who has had immeasurable impact upon rock music and every facet of pop culture.Hard Rock & Metal CDs
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