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BookPrices.net - Along Came A Spider
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List Price: $17.98
Our Price: $9.75
Your Save: $ 8.23 ( 46% )
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Manufacturer: Steamhammer / SPV
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0693723906027
Label: Steamhammer / SPV
Manufacturer: Steamhammer / SPV
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Steamhammer / SPV
Release Date: 2008-07-29
Studio: Steamhammer / SPV
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Summary: Great Album
Comment: I have been a fan of cooper for years, and have seen him twice live. This new album fits right in with the classics like Billion Dollar Babies and Welcome to My Nightmare. From opening to close, this is a nice mix of his "newer" sound (like brutal planet and dragontown) to his older moody classics (like Nightmare). The Prologue and Epilouge are overall sinister, and set up a flow to the album, which brings Steven, cooper's recurrent tortured character back to life during the songs in this album. Vengence is Mine is one of my favorite tracks, along with Wake the Dead, Killed by Love, and I am the Spider. This is a great intro for new fans, and a delight for old fans. Pick this album up.
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Summary: Great!! Demented!! Gave me goose bumps! Loved it!!
Comment: This CD was great, The deep dark side of Alice Cooper that we know and love!
The Rock Icon brings back his classic style in full force in this Rockin' CD. All I have to say is Get it and see for yourself. You won't be sorry.
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Summary: Decent record, heavier than last 2, still solid
Comment: I've been looking forward to this release for some time. Along came a Spider is a release by Alice cooper that is reminicent of his Brutal planet album, a bit heavier and darker, sprinkled with his magical past life of Stephen, the disturbed kid in the neighborhood. Solid album, good backing band, a must for cooper fans, and a great album if you are a big fan of the brutal planet album.
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Summary: Spider-Man
Comment: If Disney made an animated movie about a serial killer, the soundtrack would be something like Along Came a Spider, the new album by Alice Cooper.
Despite the murky subject matter, the album is relentlessly cheerful and upbeat, with solid guitar work by Danny Saber, Greg Hampton and Keri Kelli, and great drumming by Eric Singer. Cooper is in fine voice throughout, and the tunes recall his sleazy glam-rock of the '70s mixed with the hair-metal of the shock rocker's early '90s release, Hey Stoopid.
Because Cooper is singing from the vantage point of a demented killer, his trademark wordplay and self-winking sense of humor have been replaced by repeating choruses and whispered breathing that are supposed to sound creepy, but don't. Actors are sometimes warned never to play characters dumber than themselves; maybe the same injunction applies to singers. The Spider is a little dense, and that hobbles Cooper, who offered much more diversity on From the Inside, a 1979 concept album that was like The Canterbury Tales set in a mental hospital; each song showcased a different patient and told a compelling story.
All concept albums -- from classics like The Who's "Tommy" and Queensryche's "Operation Mindcrime" to cult favorites like (no pun intended) Blue Oyster Cult's "Imaginos" -- suffer from the same weakness: It's hard to figure the storyline from the songs, which are often arranged out of sequence with whatever threadbare plot the artists piece together. Cooper addresses this with spoken dialogue at the beginning and end of Spider, but the lyrics don't advance the story -- each song is about the killer Spider watching women, thinking about killing women, or thinking about letting one go free. "Salvation" is the obligatory born-again Christian P.O.V. tune, a power ballad that's actually pretty good. It's best to forget the story -- something about the Spider cutting one leg off each of eight victims to create his own arachnid -- and simply enjoy the songs.
The weakest tune is the first single, "Vengeance Is Mine," a plodding metal-by-numbers piece that is only somewhat redeemed by ex-Guns `N Roses' guitarist Slash soloing throughout. "Wake the Dead," "Wrapped in Silk" and "I'm Hungry" are much better.
Along Came a Spider will serve as the centerpiece for Cooper's 2009 tour, and the songs will probably be fleshed out on the road and will sound great live. As it stands, Along Came a Spider is eminently hummable, with a little twist at the end which is the perfect Cooper denouement. It's probably the prolific Cooper's best work since The Last Temptation, and one that is fully worthy of comparison to his greatest solo album, Welcome To My Nightmare, with a guest appearance by one of that record's famous denizens. (No, not Vincent Price.)
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Summary: Terrible music, Great packaging, Great idea...
Comment: Great concept, great promotion, great marketing, great packaging. But weak, bland, forgettable music. Embarrassing, actually. I'm a diehard fan since the early 70s but like Alice himself, on his radio show, I'm not afraid to call crap when I hear it. But this CD will sell, and that's what truly matters most to AC and management, so, oh well...give the people what they want, even if they don't know what they want....
Like most modern era new releases from classic rock artists, be it heroes the Rolling Stones (or even Alice's favorite targets on his radio show, like Styx or Journey), next year, you'll see this CD glutting up the used bins alongside dreck like "Hey Stoopid". Mark my words.
Still, go see Alice play live in 2008, he is still a hoot and more than half of his set still rests on the music of "ALICE COOPER"-THE ORIGINAL 5 MEMBER BAND. The young hired guns in the band don't understand the subtilties of playing the music of Dennis, Neil, Mike, Glenn, and Alice very well, but Alice himself still has presence so it's a fun enough night! Terrible new album be damned!
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Editorial Reviews:
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Legendary rock n roll genius Alice Cooper has joined forces with SPV to unleash the master s latest dark, conceptual masterpiece Along Came A Spider . With a full-scale North American tour in place for 2008, an aggressive marketing team ready to go, and a household name icon steering the ship, the sky is truly the limit. The time for a full blown revival has arrived and 2008 will be the year of Alice Cooper - an artist who has had immeasurable impact upon rock music and every facet of pop culture.
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