Album Review: Alice Cooper, The Revenge of Alice Cooper

Much like their singer’s old mate Jason Voorhees, just when you thought the original Alice Cooper band were dead and buried, they burst back out from the grave to surprise us all. Fifty-two years in the making, the shock rocker has reunited with the musicians from his early days – when the moniker referred to the whole group rather than merely himself – for one last scare.

Putting a focus on feel and vibes rather than polish and perfection, Revenge... draws on doo wop, southern rock, proto-goth and gloomy post-punk for its tongue-in-cheek tales of friendship, fallen rock stars and demonic femme fatales.

The seriously catchy ‘One Night Stand’ is a future live favourite, while the Elvis-meets-Misfits croon-fest ‘Money Screams’ is a blast. Elsewhere, the rock opera ‘See You On The Other Side’ is sure to leave legions of black-clad, heavily tattooed hard men with something in their eye.

Crammed with choruses sharper than Old Nick’s trident, Revenge… is best served LOUD.

8/10

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