Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare - Music & Performance - CD

This is the re-release of Alice Coopers classic debut solo album, 1978s WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE.

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, Rovi

Performer	Alice Cooper
Music genre	Rock
Music subgenre	POP ROCK
Media format	CD
Original release date	2012
Is collectible	Y
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Track listing	Welcome to My Nightmare, Devil's Food, The Black Widow, Some Folks, Only Women Bleed, Department of Youth, Cold Ethyl, Years Ago, Steven, The Awakening, Escape
Record label	Atlantic
Songwriter	Alice Cooper
Track name	Welcome to My Nightmare, Devil's Food, The Black Widow, Some Folks, Only Women Bleed, Department of Youth, Cold Ethyl, Years Ago, Steven, The Awakening, Escape
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N