Alice Cooper Goes to Hell

Alice Cooper Goes to Hell

by Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper Goes to Hell

Alice Cooper Goes to Hell

by Alice Cooper

Vinyl LP(Long Playing Record)

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Overview

Following the success of his first solo album, Welcome to My Nightmare, Alice Cooper followed it up with another concept album, Goes to Hell, similar in style to its predecessor. Again, longtime Alice producer Bob Ezrin was on board, and while there are a few highlights, Goes to Hell signaled an Alice era where he pretty much forsook the raw garage rock of his early days (Killer, School's Out) in favor of polished studio glitz. That said, the title track is worthy of any headbanger's time (and remains one of Cooper's most overlooked rock tunes), while "I Never Cry" was another Alice ballad that found a place near the top of the charts. Other highlights include such tracks as the disco-rock-boogie of "You Gotta Dance" and the laid-back yet sinister funk groove of "I'm the Coolest." Elsewhere, the musical experiments aren't as successful -- the old-time sounds of "Give the Kid a Break," "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows," and the album-closing "Going Home" are about as far removed from the expected hard-rocking AC direction as you can get. And while the rocker "Wish You Were Here" would become a late-'70s concert standard for the Coop, the original studio version lacks the firepower the song achieved on the stage. Alice was supposed to follow up the album's release with another highly theatrical stage show (following the cue of his first solo tour in 1975), but an illness squashed the tour altogether. Despite its missteps, the gold-certified Goes to Hell would prove to be Alice's most commercially successful solo album for quite some time. ~ Greg Prato

Product Details

Release Date: 10/16/2018
Label: Rhino / Warner Records
UPC: 0603497858859

Tracks

  1. Go to Hell
  2. You Gotta Dance
  3. I'm the Coolest
  4. Didn't We Meet
  5. I Never Cry
  6. Give the Kid a Break
  7. Guilty
  8. Wake Me Gently
  9. Wish You Were Here
  10. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
  11. Going Home

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Alice Cooper   Primary Artist,Vocals
Sharon Lee Williams   Vocals
Bob Babbitt   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Joe Gannon   Vocals
Shawn Jackson   Vocals
Allan MacMillan   Piano
Shep Gordon   Drums,Vocals
Laurel Ward   Vocals
Bill Misener   Vocals
Jim Gannon   Vocals
Dean Babbitt   Bass
Denny Vosburgh   Vocals
Shaun Jackson   Vocals
Michael Sherman   Vocals
Dick Berg   French Horn
Sharon Williams   Vocals
Donny Vosburgh   Vocals
Tony Levin   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Alister MacMillan   Piano
Steve Hunter   Guitar
Bob Ezrin   Piano,Vocals,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Jimmy Maelen   Percussion
Colina Phillips   Vocals
John Tropea   Guitar,Wah Wah Guitar,Hi String Guitar
Milton Babbitt   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Allan Schwartzberg   Drums
Dick Wagner   Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Guitar (Classical)
Jim Gordon   Drums

Technical Credits

Sharon Lee Williams   Performer
Joe Gannon   Performer
Shawn Jackson   Performer
Al Macmillan   Arranger,Composer
Ringo Hrycyna   Recording,Audio Engineer
Allan MacMillan   Arranger
Shep Gordon   Performer
Laurel Ward   Performer
Robert Hrycyna   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Jim Frank   Recording,Audio Engineer,Assistant Engineer
George Graves   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Rod Dyer   Design
Brian Hagiwara   Design
Bill Misener   Performer
Denny Vosburgh   Performer
Brian Higiwara   Design
Bret Lopez   Photography
Hollywood Vampires   Arranger,Composer
Alice Cooper   Concept,Composer,Creation
Tony Levin   Performer
Alister MacMillan   Arranger,Performer
Bob Ezrin   Concept,Arranger,Composer,Creation,Producer,Performer
Jimmy Maelen   Performer
Colina Phillips   Performer
John Tropea   Arranger,Composer,Performer
John Jansen   Engineer,Recording,Audio Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Joseph McCarthy   Composer
Bernie Taupin   Composer
Brian Christian   Engineer,Mastering,Recording,Audio Engineer,Mastering Engineer
Harry Carroll   Composer
Corky Stasiak   Engineer,Recording,Audio Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Dick Wagner   Concept,Arranger,Composer,Creation,Performer
Jim Gordon   Performer
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