ALICE COOPER - nouvel album

ALICE COOPER - nouvel album Along Came A Spider"

Along Came A Spider" track listing (in alphabetical order):

01. Catch Me
02. Hungry
03. I Am The Spider
04. I Know Where You Live
05. (In Touch With) Your Feminine Side
06. Killed By Love
07. Salvation
08. The One That Got Away
09. Vengeance Is Mine
10. Wake The Dead
11. Wrapped In Silk

According to a posting on the ALICE COOPER fan site SickThingsUK, Cooper will release his new album, "Along Came A Spider", in North America on July 29. The CD was co-produced by Greg Hampton and Danny Saber in Los Angeles.

Alice recently told www.Billboard.biz that his forthcoming LP is "a real 'Alice' album. Conceptually, it's going to be pretty interesting."

Cooper wouldn't reveal too many details, but said the album is based on a fictional serial killer named Spider, who wraps his victims in a silk web. "Every song is sort of a letter to the police," he explains. "They think they're investigating it from the outside, but he's actually woven them into the whole thing."

ALICE COOPER - Along Came A Spider Press Release Available




BW&BK has received the following press release:

There are only a handful of rock artists that have proven to be as enduring and influential as ALICE COOPER has over the years. Name just about any hard rock artist, and they’ve probably borrowed a thing or two from Alice. And on his latest studio recording, Along Came A Spider (issued via SPV Records on July 29), Alice has returned with a concept album with a sinister streak.

'A dark and menacing album for dark and menacing times’ is perhaps the most fitting description for Alice’s 25th studio album overall, as a chilling conceptual thread runs through the songs, which are told through the voice of a serial killer named Spider - one that Alice describes as “an arachnophobic psychopath” (in the song 'Catch Me If You Can'). Alice, the master storyteller, weaves a web of danger, intrigue and death that rivals his best work.

Co-produced by Danny Saber, Greg Hampton and Alice himself, Along Came A Spider manages to marry both vintage and modern day Alice. As theatrical as ever, the album is a sonic combination of familiar Alice musical elements from albums as diverse as Billion Dollar Babies and Brutal Planet, with the storytelling of Welcome To My Nightmare, capturing the historic dark side of Alice in peak form, an instantly recognizable presence that will be welcomed by his fans. Joining Alice on the album are members of his touring band - longtime Alice drummer Eric Singer (KISS), bassist Chuck Garric, and guitarists Keri Kelli and Jason Hook, with additional contributions from others, including Saber, Hampton, and renowned backing vocalist Bernard Fowler. Slash also lends some guitar style to 'Vengeance Is Mine'.

Saber and Hampton co-wrote several of the album's songs with Alice, while others were collaborations with Alice's band members. Danny Saber, best known for his role as member and producer of BLACK GRAPE, has also worked with many other artists, including THE ROLLING STONES, OZZY OSBOURNE, and DAVID BOWIE, while Greg Hampton's been working on a new album project teaming up Buckethead and Bootsy Collins.

Who else but Alice Cooper, with Along Came A Spider, would create a "love story" about a serial killer named Spider? His trademark is wrapping his victims in silk, and his victims are specifically chosen to feed his hunger to kill. But, upon meeting his (possibly) last victim, he falls in love with her and cannot kill to complete his plan. That could be his demise.

Though it is often said about artists with as rich a history as Alice that their newest albums capture the essence of their greatest work, it may honestly be proposed that Along Came A Spider does exactly that. It's got hard rock with hooks, an Alice trademark ('Vengeance Is Mine', 'I Know Where You Live'), classic balladry, another Alice trademark ('Killed By Love', 'Salvation'), and always with an overtone of evil, yet another Alice trademark. Throughout the album, Alice BECOMES Spider, telling the story of a cold-blooded killer to life vocally, as if this were the soundtrack to an as-yet unmade horror film.

Before such theatrical rockers as DAVID BOWIE, THE NEW YORK DOLLS, KISS, SLIPKNOT, ROB ZOMBIE, and MARILYN MANSON, there was Alice Cooper. The original Alice Cooper group quickly became despised by adults and authority figures, while being idolized by teens and rock fans everywhere, on the strength of a succession of all-time classic albums ('Love It to Death,’ ‘Killer,’ ‘School’s Out,’ ‘Billion Dollar Babies,’ etc.) and anthems ('I’m Eighteen', 'Under My Wheels', 'School’s Out', 'Elected', 'No More Mr. Nice Guy', etc.). Alice had continued success as a solo artist, releasing successful albums like ‘Welcome To My Nightmare' and 'Trash,' featuring classic hits such as 'Only Women Bleed', 'I Never Cry' and 'Poison'. All one has to do is look at the many other artists that have covered Alice to understand how far reaching his influence is – the list is endless -- or just keep in mind that Johnny Rotten auditioned for THE SEX PISTOLS to the tune of 'I'm Eighteen'.

Along Came A Spider tracklisting:
'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'.

la photo promo :

ALICE COOPER - Pre-Order New Album, 12" Vinyl Now

ALICE COOPER is releasing his new studio album, Along Came A Spider, via SPV Records on July 29. Click here to pre-order the new album and 12" vinyl.

Co-produced by Danny Saber, Greg Hampton and Alice himself, Along Came A Spider manages to marry both vintage and modern day Alice. As theatrical as ever, the album is a sonic combination of familiar Alice musical elements from albums as diverse as Billion Dollar Babies and Brutal Planet, with the storytelling of Welcome To My Nightmare, capturing the historic dark side of Alice in peak form, an instantly recognizable presence that will be welcomed by his fans. Joining Alice on the album are members of his touring band - longtime Alice drummer Eric Singer (KISS), bassist Chuck Garric, and guitarists Keri Kelli and Jason Hook, with additional contributions from others, including Saber, Hampton, and renowned backing vocalist Bernard Fowler. Slash also lends some guitar style to 'Vengeance Is Mine'.

Saber and Hampton co-wrote several of the album's songs with Alice, while others were collaborations with Alice's band members. Danny Saber, best known for his role as member and producer of BLACK GRAPE, has also worked with many other artists, including THE ROLLING STONES, OZZY OSBOURNE, and DAVID BOWIE, while Greg Hampton's been working on a new album project teaming up Buckethead and Bootsy Collins.

Along Came A Spider tracklisting:
'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'.

voici le trailer,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb2yhHmZPjQ

des extraits de tous les titres, http://www.spv.de/scripts/produktinfoseite_d.asp?Eingabe=90602

ALICE COOPER - Special Along Came A Spider Sale At Target For Limited Time Only

It has been announced that ALICE COOPER's new studio album, Along Came A Spider, will be available at Target stores for $11.98, for a limited time only.

Along Came A Spider, is currently streaming in its entirety - all 11 songs - at this locationn. You can view the new Along Came A Spider Album Trailer 3 below.

SPV Records will release Along Came A Spider on July 25th in Europe and on July 29th in North America.
The complete tracklisting is as follows:
'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'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCza1VzAdB4&eurl=http://www.bravewords.com/news/94048

ALICE COOPER - Along Came A Spider Chart Positions Revealed

ALICE COOPER news source SickThingsUK reports that Alice's new album, Along Came A Spider, has entered the UK album charts at #31.

Rolling Stone report that Along Came A Spider has entered the US charts at #53.

As previously reported, Rhino Records will re-issue several titles from Cooper's back catalogue through August and September. The albums and respective release dates are as follows:

August 19th -- Greatest Hits (Steel Box Collections)
August 26th -- Lace And Whiskey, Goes To Hell, Muscle Of Love
September 23rd -- Flush The Fashion, From The Inside

Go to this location for more information and to order.

ALICE COOPER's Uncensored "Along Came A Video" Clip Now Available


The uncensored version of the new three-song ALICE COOPER video, including 'Vengeance Is Mine', can be seen below...





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4noHzmjgVI&eurl=http://www.bravewords.com/news/97947



Cooper, appearing on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson the other night, was the victim, yet again, of corporate meddling in his rock’n’roll. It’s called censorship, and Cooper - currently promoting his Along Came A Spider (SPV) album - has met this particular beast numerous times during his 40-year career.

The album tells the story of a serial killer and as part of the song, Alice was going to re-enact a piece of his video by picking a female victim from the audience to choke with a silk scarf during the band’s live performance of 'Vengeance Is Mine'. (Both the album version of the song and the video feature ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash.) What viewers saw was a truncated version of what actually happened. Unfortunately, the “murder” of one of his victims was just too much for CBS-TV’s censors (although Ferguson loved it) and, as such, his request was denied.

In 1975, Alice Cooper starred in an ABC special Welcome To My Nightmare starring Vincent Price, which also caused the ABC censors to cut out all the violence that had been included in the originally delivered film.

ALICE COOPER - "When I Want To Use A Guitar Player, I Don’t Think Of YNGWIE MALMSTEEN"

BW&BK's Aaron Small spoke to hard rock legend ALICE COOPER recently for a feature found in BW&BK Magazine #113 - available now. Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash appears on Cooper's new album, Along Came A Spider, and laid down a killer solo on ‘Vengeance Is Mine’.

"He’s a ‘70s guitar player," says the shock-rocker about having Slash on board. "That’s what I like about him. Guns N’ Roses were very ‘70s. They kind of aped that sound. They loved all those bands from the ‘70s and they ended up being that. When I want to use a guitar player, I don’t think of YNGWIE (MALMSTEEN). I’m not crazy about the whole hammering thing. I think it has its place in the world, but usually not in my stuff. I would much rather hear a guitar player who plays in the middle of the fret board like Slash or Joe Perry (AEROSMITH), somebody who’s just a rock guitar player. That’s probably why the two guitar players in my band (Keri Kelli and Jason Hook) have both played with Slash.”

Check out more of the chat with Alice Cooper in BW&BK's famous year-end Brave Picks 2008 issue #113, available at this location.