Year : 1973 (Rhino Records Expanded Deluxe Edition 2024)
Style : Hard Rock , Glam Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 192 mb
Bio:
Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer, songwriter, and musician whose career spans five decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors, baby dolls, crutch and dueling sword , considered by fans and peers alike to be "The Godfather of Shock Rock"; Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a grandly theatrical and macabre brand of rock designed to shock.Originating in Phoenix in the late 1960s after Furnier moved from Detroit, Alice Cooper was originally a band consisting of Furnier on vocals and harmonica, lead guitarist Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce on rhythm guitar, Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar, and drummer Neal Smith. The original Alice Cooper band broke into the international music mainstream with the 1971 hit "I'm Eighteen" from the album Love It to Death, which was followed by the even bigger single "School's Out" in 1972. The band reached their commercial peak with the 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies.Furnier adopted the band's name as his own name in the 1970s and began a solo career with the 1975 concept album Welcome to My Nightmare. In 2011 he released Welcome 2 My Nightmare, his 19th album as a solo artist, and his 26th album in total. Expanding from his Detroit rock roots, in his career Cooper has experimented with a number of musical styles, including conceptual rock, art rock, hard rock, heavy metal, new wave, pop rock, experimental rock and industrial rock.Alice Cooper is known for his social and witty persona offstage; The Rolling Stone Album Guide has called him the world's most "beloved heavy metal entertainer".He is credited with helping to shape the sound and look of heavy metal, and has been described as the artist who "first introduced horror imagery to rock'n'roll, and whose stagecraft and showmanship have permanently transformed the genre".Away from music, Cooper is a film actor, a golfing celebrity, a restaurateur and, since 2004, a popular radio DJ with his classic rock show Nights with Alice Cooper.In 2011, the original Alice Cooper band was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Album:
The definitive version of the band’s seventh and final full-length offering encompasses 11 previously unreleased tracks, spanning recently unearthed Early Versions and Alternate Mixes of staple songs. “Muscle Of Love was the last album recorded by the original ALICE COOPER band, being released near the end of 1973. It was the follow up to the band’s biggest album, and massive – Billion Dollar Babies, released earlier in that same year! While Muscle Of Love didn’t sell as well as it’s predecessor, it did go Gold and hit the Top 10 in the US, while making it to #4 in Canada (RPM).It didn’t boast as many hit singles as Billion Dollar Babies, the hit singles being “Teenage Lament ’74” and “Muscle of Love”, but it did feature a number of classic Cooper tracks such as the lead off “Big Apple Dreamin”, “Never Been Sold Before”, the ballad “Hard Hearted Alice”, and cool closing cut “Woman Machine”.A bit less theatrical than the string of classic albums leading up to this, but this is just a great rock n roll album! Perhaps because Bob Ezrin not producing it, nor guitarist Glen Buxton playing much of a role on it, and a good portion of this album never played live, ”Muscle Of Love” did not get a fair shake compared to those leading up to it.Either way, we love this album. It’s got memorable ALICE COOPER songs and is a fantastic listen beginning to end. And now the great news: ”Muscle Of Love” is getting a deserved Expanded Deluxe Edition 2024 remaster.The definitive version of the band’s seventh and final full-length offering encompasses 11 previously unreleased tracks, spanning recently unearthed Early Versions and Alternate Mixes of staple songs.”Muscle Of Love” saw the band double down on their rock ‘n’ roll roots, delivering an uncompromising body of work buoyed by impeccable playing, massive hooks, and good old-fashioned Detroit grit.Produced by Jack Richardson (Ezrin right hand) and Jack Douglas (Aerosmith), it cracked the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 and scored a Gold certification from the RIAA.This uncompromising body of work includes the famed title track “Muscle of Love” as well as “Teenage Lament ’74,” “Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo),” and “Hard Hearted Alice.” It would also be the final album recorded by the original band, and they definitely went out with a bang, to say the least.This is a really good remaster, and the extras are worthy.
Line Up:
Alice Cooper – vocals
Glen Buxton – lead guitar
Michael Bruce – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Dennis Dunaway – bass guitar, backing vocals
Neal Smith – drums, backing vocals
Bob Dolin - keyboards
+ another vocals [Group Singers] – Bob Dolin, Dave Libert, Dennis Ferrante, Dolly, Joe Gannon, Stu Day, The Big Cheese
Production:
Recorded At – A&R Studios
Produced For – Nimbus 9 Productions Limited
Published By – Ezra Music
Lacquer Cut At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
Arranged By [Strings And Horns] – Macmillan
Design Concept [Album Concept], Design – Pacific Eye & Ear
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Jack Douglas
Engineer [Strings And Horns Recording Engineer] – Phil Ramone
Guitar – Dick Wagner, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Mick Mashbir
Other [Dean Of Men] – Mr. Trudnich
Photography By – LA Legion (2), Saint-Jivago Desanges
Photography By [Portrait Photography] – Gary Sloan
Producer – Jack Douglas, Jack Richardson
Remastered By – Chris Bellman
Tracklist:
CD1:
01. Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo) (2024 Remaster)
02. Never Been Sold Before (2024 Remaster)
03. Hard Hearted Alice (2024 Remaster)
04. Crazy Little Child (2024 Remaster)
05. Working Up a Sweat (2024 Remaster)
06. Muscle of Love (2024 Remaster)
07. Man with the Golden Gun (2024 Remaster)
08. Teenage Lament ’74 (2024 Remaster)
09. Woman Machine (2024 Remaster)
CD2:
01. Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo) (Early Version)
02. Never Been Sold Before (Early Version)
03. Hard Hearted Alice (Alternate Mix)
04. Crazy Little Child (Early Version)
05. Working Up a Sweat (Alternate Mix)
06. Muscle of Love (Alternate Mix)
07. Man with the Golden Gun (Early Version)
08. Teenage Lament ’74 (Acoustic Diversion)
09. Woman Machine (Alternate Mix)
10. Teenage Lament ’74 (Single Version)
11. Muscle of Love (Single Version)
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