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Alice Cooper may not have had a hit single in two decades but he’s hardly kept quiet during the two decades that separate 1991’s Hey Stoopid and 2011’s Welcome 2 My Nightmare. In addition to his quite good syndicated radio show he’s regularly recorded new records, some getting positive notice, some sinking into obscurity, but none have had quite the high profile of Welcome 2 My Nightmare, an explicit sequel to 1975’s Welcome to My Nightmare that re-teams Alice with producer Bob Ezrin along with such Alice Cooper band veterans as Dick Wagner, Steve Hunter, Dennis Dunaway, and Neal Smith. Given these blasts from the past, it would seem that Welcome 2 My Nightmare would be a throwback to the ‘70s, but one of the great unspoken things about Alice Cooper is that he always makes records that sound like their time and this is no exception, with Ezrin pumping Alice through enough Auto-Tune to compete with Kesha, who happens to be brought in for a duet on the metallic bubblegum “What Baby Wants.” Kesha isn’t the only cameo here: country legend Vince Gill and Drive-By Trucker Patterson Hood contribute some guitar, as does former Marilyn Manson sideman John 5, and the very names of these guests go a long way in explaining the giddy kaleidoscope of sounds here. Electro-prog butts shoulders with tightly wound metal, runaway rockabilly, vaudevillian shuffles, disco-rock, garage pop, and power ballads, and old showman that he is, Alice Cooper sells them with a convincing grin. Alice may be the star but much of the success of Welcome 2 My Nightmare is due to the man behind the curtain, as Ezrin gives this album flair and focus that not only make it an unexpectedly successful sequel but the best Alice Cooper record in decades.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Bob Ezrin, Composer, Lyricist - Desmond Child, Composer, Lyricist - Alice Cooper, Composer, Lyricist, Artist, MainArtist - Universal Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Destonia, MusicPublisher - Ezrin Music, MusicPublisher - Irvin Music Inc., MusicPublisher - Ezra Music administered by Universal Music Publishing Group on behalf of Primary Wave Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
2011 Nightmare Inc. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel 2011 Nightmare Inc.
Keith Nelson, Composer, Lyricist - Tommy Henriksen, Composer, Lyricist - Bob Ezrin, Composer, Lyricist - Alice Cooper, Composer, Lyricist, Artist, MainArtist - Sony/ATV Songs LLC, MusicPublisher - WB Music Corp., MusicPublisher - Irving Music Inc., MusicPublisher - Ezrin Music, MusicPublisher - Ezra Music administered by Universal Music Publishing Group on behalf of Primary Wave Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Songs With A Pure Tone, MusicPublisher - Lick The Stars Music administered by WB Music Corp., MusicPublisher - Dis Vicious Music, MusicPublisher
2011 Nightmare Inc. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel 2011 Nightmare Inc.
Bob Ezrin, Composer, Lyricist - Alice Cooper, Composer, Lyricist, Artist, MainArtist - Irving Music Inc., MusicPublisher - Ezrin Music, MusicPublisher - Ezra Music administered by Universal Music Publishing Group on behalf of Primary Wave Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
2011 Nightmare Inc. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel 2011 Nightmare Inc.
Dennis Dunaway, Composer, Lyricist, MusicPublisher - Bob Ezrin, Composer, Lyricist - Alice Cooper, Composer, Lyricist, Artist, MainArtist - Irving Music, Inc., MusicPublisher - Ezrin Music, MusicPublisher - Ezra Music administered by Universal Music Publishing Group on behalf of Primary Wave Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
2011 Nightmare Inc. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel 2011 Nightmare Inc.
Bob Ezrin, Composer, Lyricist - Alice Cooper, Composer, Lyricist, Artist, MainArtist - David Spreng, Composer, Lyricist - Matt Montgomery, Composer, Lyricist - Irving Music, Inc., MusicPublisher - Ezrin Music, MusicPublisher - Ezra Music administered by Universal Music Publishing Group on behalf of Primary Wave Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - The Sunday Fires Pub, MusicPublisher - David Spreng Publishing, MusicPublisher
2011 Nightmare Inc. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel 2011 Nightmare Inc.
Tommy Henriksen, Composer, Lyricist - Bob Ezrin, Composer, Lyricist - Alice Cooper, Composer, Lyricist, Artist, MainArtist - Sony/ATV Songs LLC, MusicPublisher - Irving Music, Inc., MusicPublisher - Ezrin Music, MusicPublisher - Ezra Music administered by Universal Music Publishing Group on behalf of Primary Wave Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Songs With A Pure Tone, MusicPublisher - Dis Vicious Music, MusicPublisher
2011 Nightmare Inc. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel 2011 Nightmare Inc.
Neal Smith, Composer, Lyricist - Tommy Henriksen, Composer, Lyricist - Bob Ezrin, Composer, Lyricist - Alice Cooper, Composer, Lyricist, Artist, MainArtist - Sony/ATV Songs LLC, MusicPublisher - Irving Music, Inc., MusicPublisher - Ezrin Music, MusicPublisher - Ezra Music administered by Universal Music Publishing Group on behalf of Primary Wave Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Songs With A Pure Tone, MusicPublisher - Neal Smith Music, MusicPublisher - Dis Vicious Music, MusicPublisher
2011 Nightmare Inc. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel 2011 Nightmare Inc.
Tommy Henriksen, Composer, Lyricist - Bob Ezrin, Composer, Lyricist - Alice Cooper, Composer, Lyricist, Artist, MainArtist - Sony/ATV Songs LLC, MusicPublisher - Irving Music, Inc., MusicPublisher - Ezrin Music, MusicPublisher - Ezra Music administered by Universal Music Publishing Group on behalf of Primary Wave Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Songs With A Pure Tone, MusicPublisher - Dis Vicious Music, MusicPublisher
2011 Nightmare Inc. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel 2011 Nightmare Inc.
Tommy Henriksen, Composer, Lyricist - Bob Ezrin, Composer, Lyricist - Alice Cooper, Composer, Lyricist, Artist, MainArtist - Sony/ATV Songs LLC, MusicPublisher - Irving Music, Inc., MusicPublisher - Ezrin Music, MusicPublisher - Ezra Music administered by Universal Music Publishing Group on behalf of Primary Wave Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Songs With A Pure Tone, MusicPublisher - Dis Vicious Music, MusicPublisher
2011 Nightmare Inc. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel 2011 Nightmare Inc.
Richard Wagner, Composer, Lyricist - Alice Cooper, Composer, Lyricist, Artist, MainArtist - Ezra Music administered by Universal Music Publishing Group on behalf of Primary Wave Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Desert Dreams Global Music, MusicPublisher
2011 Nightmare Inc. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel 2011 Nightmare Inc.
Bob Ezrin, Composer, Lyricist - Alice Cooper, Composer, Lyricist, Artist, MainArtist - Mike Bruce, Composer, Lyricist - Irving Music, Inc., MusicPublisher - Ezrin Music, MusicPublisher - Ezra Music administered by Universal Music Publishing Group on behalf of Primary Wave Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Daystar Publishing, MusicPublisher
2011 Nightmare Inc. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel 2011 Nightmare Inc.
Tommy Henriksen, Composer, Lyricist - Bob Ezrin, Composer, Lyricist - Alice Cooper, Composer, Lyricist, Artist, MainArtist - Ke$ha Sebert, Composer, Lyricist - Sony/ATV Songs LLC, MusicPublisher - Irving Music, Inc., MusicPublisher - Dynamite Cop Music, MusicPublisher - Ezrin Music, MusicPublisher - Ezra Music administered by Universal Music Publishing Group on behalf of Primary Wave Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Songs With A Pure Tone, MusicPublisher - Dis Vicious Music, MusicPublisher - Where Da Kasz At administered by Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
2011 Nightmare Inc. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel 2011 Nightmare Inc.
Bob Ezrin, Composer, Lyricist - Alice Cooper, Composer, Lyricist, Artist, MainArtist - Patterson Hood, Composer, Lyricist - Irving Music, Inc., MusicPublisher - Ezrin Music, MusicPublisher - Ezra Music administered by Universal Music Publishing Group on behalf of Primary Wave Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Soul Dump Music (c/o Trinity Accounting Group), MusicPublisher
2011 Nightmare Inc. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel 2011 Nightmare Inc.
Tommy Henriksen, Composer - Bob Ezrin, Composer - Richard Wagner, Composer - Desmond Child, Composer - Alice Cooper, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - Jeremy Rubolino, Composer, MusicPublisher - Kelly Jay Fordham, Composer - Universal Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Sony/ATV Songs LLC, MusicPublisher - Irving Music, Inc., MusicPublisher - Destonia, MusicPublisher - Songs With A Pure Tone, MusicPublisher - Desert Dreams Global Music, MusicPublisher - Dis Vicious Music, MusicPublisher - Ezrin Music administered by Universal Music Publishing Group on behalf of Primary Wave Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Some For Me Music, MusicPublisher
2011 Nightmare Inc. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel 2011 Nightmare Inc.
Cynthia Weill, Composer, Lyricist - Barry Mann, Composer, Lyricist - Alice Cooper, Artist, MainArtist - Screen Gems, MusicPublisher - EMI Music, Inc., MusicPublisher
2011 Nightmare Inc. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel 2011 Nightmare Inc.
Album review
Alice Cooper may not have had a hit single in two decades but he’s hardly kept quiet during the two decades that separate 1991’s Hey Stoopid and 2011’s Welcome 2 My Nightmare. In addition to his quite good syndicated radio show he’s regularly recorded new records, some getting positive notice, some sinking into obscurity, but none have had quite the high profile of Welcome 2 My Nightmare, an explicit sequel to 1975’s Welcome to My Nightmare that re-teams Alice with producer Bob Ezrin along with such Alice Cooper band veterans as Dick Wagner, Steve Hunter, Dennis Dunaway, and Neal Smith. Given these blasts from the past, it would seem that Welcome 2 My Nightmare would be a throwback to the ‘70s, but one of the great unspoken things about Alice Cooper is that he always makes records that sound like their time and this is no exception, with Ezrin pumping Alice through enough Auto-Tune to compete with Kesha, who happens to be brought in for a duet on the metallic bubblegum “What Baby Wants.” Kesha isn’t the only cameo here: country legend Vince Gill and Drive-By Trucker Patterson Hood contribute some guitar, as does former Marilyn Manson sideman John 5, and the very names of these guests go a long way in explaining the giddy kaleidoscope of sounds here. Electro-prog butts shoulders with tightly wound metal, runaway rockabilly, vaudevillian shuffles, disco-rock, garage pop, and power ballads, and old showman that he is, Alice Cooper sells them with a convincing grin. Alice may be the star but much of the success of Welcome 2 My Nightmare is due to the man behind the curtain, as Ezrin gives this album flair and focus that not only make it an unexpectedly successful sequel but the best Alice Cooper record in decades.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:57
- Main artists: Alice Cooper
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: earMUSIC
- Genre: Metal
2011 Nightmare Inc. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel 2011 Nightmare Inc. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel
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