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Along Came A Spider (Album) by Alice Cooper

Artist Biography For Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper Born Vincent Damon Furnier February 4 1948 Is An American Rock Singer Whose Career Spans Over Five Decades. With A Raspy Voice And A Stage Show That Features Numerous Props And Stage Illusions Including Pyrotechnics Guillotines Electric Chairs Fake Blood Reptiles Baby Dolls And Dueling Swords Cooper Is Considered By Many Music Journalists And Peers To Be "The Godfather Of Shock Rock". He Has Drawn Equally From Horror Films Vaudeville And Garage Rock To Pioneer A Macabre And Theatrical Brand Of Rock Designed To Shock Audiences. Originating In Phoenix Arizona In 1964 "Alice Cooper" Was Originally A Band With Roots Extending Back To A Band Called The Earwigs Consisting Of Furnier On Lead Vocals And Harmonica Glen Buxton On Lead Guitar And Dennis Dunaway On Bass Guitar And Backing Vocals. By 1966 Michael Bruce On Rhythm Guitar Joined The Three And Neal Smith Was Added On Drums In 1967. The Five Named The Band "Alice Cooper" And Furnier Eventually Adopted It As His Stage Pseudonym. They Released Their 1969 Debut Studio Album With Limited Chart Success. Breaking Out With The 1970 Single "I'm Eighteen" And The Third Studio Album Love It To Death The Band Reached Their Commercial Peak In 1973 With Their Sixth Studio Album Billion Dollar Babies. After The Band Broke Up Furnier Legally Changed His Name To Alice Cooper And Began A Solo Career In 1975 With The Concept Album Welcome To My Nightmare. Over His Career Cooper Has Sold Well Over 50 Million Records. Cooper Has Experimented With A Number Of Musical Styles Mainly Hard Rock Glam Rock Heavy Metal And Glam Metal But Also New Wave 1980–1983 Art Rock On DaDa 1983 And Industrial Rock On Brutal Planet 2000 And Dragontown 2001 . He Helped To Shape The Sound And Look Of Heavy Metal And Has Been Described As The Artist Who "first Introduced Horror Imagery To Rock 'n' Roll And Whose Stagecraft And Showmanship Have Permanently Transformed The Genre". He Is Also Known For His Wit Offstage With The Rolling Stone Album Guide Calling Him The World's Most "beloved Heavy Metal Entertainer". Away From Music Cooper Is A Film Actor A Golfing Celebrity A Restaurateur And Since 2004 A Radio Disc Jockey DJ With His Classic Rock Show Nights With Alice Cooper. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Alice_Cooper Band Studio Albums
Pretties For You 1969 Easy Action 1970 Love It To Death 1971 Killer 1971 School's Out 1972 Billion Dollar Babies 1973 Muscle Of Love 1973 Solo Studio Albums
Welcome To My Nightmare 1975 Alice Cooper Goes To Hell 1976 Lace And Whiskey 1977 From The Inside 1978 Flush The Fashion 1980 Special Forces 1981 Zipper Catches Skin 1982 DaDa 1983 Constrictor 1986 Raise Your Fist And Yell 1987 Trash 1989 Hey Stoopid 1991 The Last Temptation 1994 Brutal Planet 2000 Dragontown 2001 The Eyes Of Alice Cooper 2003 Dirty Diamonds 2005 Along Came A Spider 2008 Welcome 2 My Nightmare 2011 Paranormal 2017 Detroit Stories 2021 Road 2023

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Along Came A Spider Is Alice Cooper's 25th Studio Album Which Follows His 2005 Studio Album Dirty Diamonds. It Was Released July 28 2008 In Europe And July 29 In North America Through Steamhammer Records/SPV GmbH And Is Cooper's Highest Charting Album Since 1991's Hey Stoopid Charting At #53 In The US And #31 In The UK. Cooper First Revealed The Album's Storyline On His Radio Show Nights With Alice Cooper And That The Theme Revolved Around A "cool Calm And Collected" Serial Killer Named Spider. The Police Are Baffled By The Bodies Of Spider’s Victims Which Are Cocooned In A Silk Web And Are Each Missing A Leg. Spider's Task Is To Collect Eight Legs In Order To Complete The Construction Of His Own Spider. However Things Get Complicated When He Falls In Love With His Eighth Victim. The Theme Of The Album I.E. That Of A Serial Killer/psychopath Terrorising Female Victims Could Be Said To Be Revisiting Territory Explored On 1987's Raise Your Fist And Yell. In Addition The Last Minute Of The Album On The Track "I Am The Spider" Also Makes Reference Through A Spoken Outro By Cooper To Steven. Steven Was A Character Best-Known From 1975's Welcome To My Nightmare - He Also Resurfaced On The Final Track Of 1991's Hey Stoopid And Again On The 1994 Concept Album The Last Temptation. The Album Had Originally Been Marked For Release In 2007 But Problems With Producer Scheduling And A Busy Touring Schedule Caused It To Be Delayed A Year. A Number Of Songs And Demos For The Album Were Prepared And Short Listed During 2007 And Further Recording And Writing Work Took Place On The Album In February 2008. In An Interview With Billboard Cooper Stated That The Album Was 75% Done As Of April 18 2008.The Album's First Single "Vengeance Is Mine" Debuted On Cooper's Official MySpace Profile And Website. Slash And Ozzy Osbourne Perform As Guests On Two Tracks On The Album. Are Available Online. The 2009 World Tour "Theatre Of Death" Featured The Song "Vengeance Is Mine" From Along Came A Spider. Track List
1."Prologue / I Know Where You Live" Cooper Saber Hampton - 4 21
2."Vengeance Is Mine" Featuring Slash Cooper Saber Hampton - 4 26
3."Wake The Dead" Featuring Ozzy Osbourne Cooper Osbourne Saber - 3 53
4."Catch Me If You Can" Cooper Saber Hampton - 3 15
5." In Touch With Your Feminine Side" Cooper Garric Johnson Kelli - 3 16
6."Wrapped In Silk" Cooper Saber Hampton - 4 17
7."Killed By Love" Cooper Garric Bacchi Kelli - 3 34
8."I'm Hungry" Cooper Saber Hampton - 3 58
9."The One That Got Away" Cooper Kelli Jani Lane - 3 21
10."Salvation" Cooper Saber Hampton Fowler - 4 36
11."I Am The Spider / Epilogue" Cooper Saber Hampton - 5 21 ITunes Bonus Tracks
1."Shadow Of Yourself"
2."I'll Still Be There"
3."Salvation" Unplugged With String Section There Is Also A 10 Minute Video Clip With "Vengeance Is Mine" "In Touch With Your Feminine Side" And "Killed By Love". Tracks Are Encoded At 256kbit/s AAC And Are Digital Rights Management Free. Personnel
Alice Cooper - Lead/Backing Vocals
Danny Saber - Guitars Tracks 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 10 And 11 Slide Guitars 4 Ebow 4 Bass Guitars 1 3 6 8 10 And 11 Piano 7 Keyboards 1 3 6 7 8 10 And 11 Synths 4 String Arrangements 10 And 11 Greg Hampton - Guitars 2 4 6 8 9 And 11 Bass Guitars 4 Keyboards 4 9 And 11 Backing Vocals 1 2 3 4 6 8 And 11 String Arrangements 2 And 11 Keri Kelli - Guitars 5 7 And 9 Jason Hook - Guitars 5 Slash - Lead Guitar 2 Whitey Kirst - Guitars 8 Chuck Garric - Bass Guitars 2 7 And 9 Backing Vocals 2 Eric Singer - Drums 1 2 4 5 6 7 9 And 11 David Piribauer - Drums 8 And 10 Steffen Presley - B3 Organ 6 Ozzy Osbourne - Harmonica 3 Credited As 'J. Osbourne' Bernard Fowler - Backing Vocals 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 And 11 Calico Cooper - Backing Vocals 5 Spoken Word 9 Charts
Year Chart Peak Position 2008 Billboard 200 53
2008 UK Albums Chart 31
2008 Austrian Albums Chart 37
2008 Dutch Albums Chart 76
2008 Canadian Albums Chart 19
2008 Finnish Albums Chart 22
2008 French Albums Chart 101
2008 Norwegian Albums Chart 33
2008 Swedish Albums Chart 25
2008 Swiss Albums Chart 37
2008 German Albums Chart 26