This is the point where Alice Cooper the Band became Alive Cooper the Man. The band broke up after the Muscle Of Love tour and went their separate ways. Vincent became Alice, and the band for a short time were called Billion Dollar Babies.
The album is a concept album based around a character named Steven and his nightmares. The whole horror schtick has served Cooper well over the years and he returns to it again and again. Being a child of the seventies myself, I do prefer this Alice to the modern version as it all seemed a lot more dangerous and subversive back then.
Along with Schools Out and Billion Dollar Babies this is my favourite album. The album went out as a TV special in the US and that must have blown kids’ minds. There are some great moments on here namely the single Only Women Bleed, the title track, and The Black Widow. Pure theatrics and Alice at his best.
9/10 from The Grooveman.
