Welcome 2 My Nightmare

[Wyvern]

The new Coop album it's on its way (Sept. 13)!

Tracklist:


1. I Am Made Of You
2. Caffeine
3. The Nightmare Returns
4. A Runaway Train
5. Last Man On Earth
6. The Congregation
7. I’ll Bite Your Face Off
8. Disco Bloodbath Boogie Fever
9. Ghouls Gone Wild
10. Something To Remember Me By
11. When Hell Comes Home
12. What Baby Wants
13. I Gotta Get Outta Here
14. The Underture


Cover:

http://alicecooper.com/latest/alice-cooper/welcome-2-my-nightmare-details-and-album-cover-emerge

 

[poundingmetal74]

I'm going to see him on August 27th with Ace Frehley, can't wait for the show and this album to drop. The first one is one of the best albums Cooper ever did.

 

[mdmatt4ever]

hope this is really good. i was a little let down by his last album ALONG CAME A SPIDER

 

[Wyvern]

hope this is really good. i was a little let down by his last album ALONG CAME A SPIDER

I agree it was weaker then it's two predecessors.

All and all the Coop hasn't made an uninteresting album since "Hey Stoopid". Pretty neat considering that's only the last 20 years of his career.

 

[bt9x]

i started a post a few months ago where i thought Alice would have difficulty
following up the original-my words were ;"a moment in time influenced by everything around him"-but it seems the general mood is positive in the Cooper camp and i must admit-i'm excited now too!

an Ezrin/Cooper collabaration has worked in the past.....

 

[lordcatfish]

Amazon UK accidentally put the album up for download for a few hours last night so I expect it could leak very soon. Managed to get myself a copy. It's a very good album. Like School's Out, each song is unique but the album is also cohesive as a whole. A lot of it reminds me of '75-early '80s Alice (as well as Eyes/DD) but there's new elements that make it sound fresh. A few songs are pretty commercial sounding but then again that's not a first for the Coop. The song with Ke$ha is very good, I must say.

As a whole, I'd say definitely his best since The Last Temptation.

 

[Wyvern]

Like School's Out, each song is unique but the album is also cohesive as a whole. A lot of it reminds me of '75-early '80s Alice (as well as Eyes/DD) but there's new elements that make it sound fresh. A few songs are pretty commercial sounding but then again that's not a first for the Coop. The song with Ke is very good, I must say.

As a whole, I'd say definitely his best since The Last Temptation.

Quite an intriguing review indeed. Thanks for it.

Since I like a lot albums like TEOAC and DD, I expect a lot from the new one.

First official video:

 

[Caveman Ninja]

Looking forward to this one! Although doing sequels to classic albums is a risky business (O:M2 anyone? Thought not!)

 

[mdmatt4ever]

Looking forward to this one! Although doing sequels to classic albums is a risky business (O:M2 anyone? Thought not!)

agreed its pretty tricky

 

[poundingmetal74]

(O:M2 anyone? Thought not!)

I loved OM2. The only shortcoming in that record was 2-3 bad tunes and a mediocre production. Went over very well live.

That aside, looking forward to hearing the new Coop! I heard one of the new songs called "Bite" which I thought was pretty good.

 

[mdmatt4ever]

i can't stand OMC2 except for a few tracks. nothing intersting about it at all. obvious cash in attempt to regain fans and respect and album sales that had been dropping since the late 90's. alice cooper on the other hand has been releasing good albums that his fans like and the last album sold pretty well. welcome 2 my nightmare was probably easier for the coop to make than OMC2 was for queensryche because alice doesn't need to regain anything so it won't sound forced

 

[poundingmetal74]

alice cooper on the other hand has been releasing good albums that his fans like and the last album sold pretty well. welcome 2 my nightmare was probably easier for the coop to make than OMC2 was for queensryche because alice doesn't need to regain anything so it won't sound forced

I haven't really liked much that he's done since Dragontown. His last 3-4 albums were pretty meh beyond a few songs. Dragontown was freaking awesome however.

 

[ElectricWiz]

I'll Bite Your Face Off sounds like something that could have been on Billion Dollar Babies or Love it to Death, albeit with Alice's more modern (and not as good) chorus style, and with more modern production. I've a fair hope for this being at least pretty good.

I liked OM2, incidentally.

 

[mdmatt4ever]

I haven't really liked much that he's done since Dragontown. His last 3-4 albums were pretty meh beyond a few songs. Dragontown was freaking awesome however.

the newest album by cooper i didn't really like was eyes of alice cooper. i keep seeing people say it was a return to his 70's roots but to me it sounds like modern pop punk like green day or blink 182. dirty diamond and along came a spider are for real a return to his 70's roots with a few modern twists although i was let down by along came a spider because it sounded too 1 dimensional

 

[VoltronLions]

I haven't really liked much that he's done since Dragontown. His last 3-4 albums were pretty meh beyond a few songs. Dragontown was freaking awesome however.

Dragontown is awesome and I am liking what Ive heard from the new album from the couple songs I listened to

 

[Caveman Ninja]

the newest album by cooper i didn't really like was eyes of alice cooper. i keep seeing people say it was a return to his 70's roots but to me it sounds like modern pop punk like green day or blink 182. dirty diamond and along came a spider are for real a return to his 70's roots with a few modern twists although i was let down by along came a spider because it sounded too 1 dimensional

Perception is a strange thing. I loved Eyes Of... a lot more than the two that followed it. I don't get the pop-punk thing at all! For me it was really classic Alice sounding...

 

[lordcatfish]

I loved Eyes and DD. ACAS was disappointing, especially lyrically. I wasn't a huge fan of Brutal Planet or Dragontown either, though they each have their merits.

 

[Wyvern]

Perception is a strange thing. I loved Eyes Of... a lot more than the two that followed it.

I agree. To me TEOAC, DD and ACAS are definitively a return to the 70's sound, being my favorite DD. I don't feel any pop/punk vibe, but again I never listened to that sub-genre so I cannot testify against it for sure.

 

[mdmatt4ever]

I agree. To me TEOAC, DD and ACAS are definitively a return to the 70's sound, being my favorite DD. I don't feel any pop/punk vibe, but again I never listened to that sub-genre so I cannot testify against it for sure.

man of the year sounds like a green day tune.

 

[Wyvern]

man of the year sounds like a green day tune.

Again, since I don't (and will never) listened to Green Day, I cannot discuss the subject objectively. On the other hand if those guys sound as half as 'Man Of The Year', they're probably not a bad pop band.

I don't have an issue with the Coop sounding poppy, after all he had a great list of hits for radio throughout the years.

Actually I was more surprised with the turn he gave to "Brutal Planet" and "Dragontown" which sound too much industrial for my taste, however Alice knew were to draw the line and not sold out totally to a hype sound (like we can say he did with albums like "Constrictor", "Rise Your Fist and Yell" and "Trash").