Alice Cooper’s 1975 Album Welcome to My Nightmare Reissued as Part of the Atlantic Records 75th Anniversary Series on Hybrid Stereo SACD. Mastered Directly to DSD From the Original Master Tape by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.
With the 1974 disintegration of the original Alice Cooper group, Alice was free to launch a solo career. He wisely decided to re-enlist the services of Bob Ezrin for his solo debut, Welcome to My Nightmare, which was a concept album tied into the story line of the highly theatrical concert tour he launched soon after the album’s release. While the music lost most of the gritty edge of the original AC lineup, Welcome to My Nightmare remains Alice’s best solo effort – while some tracks…
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Among his many achievements, Cooper’s 2011 release ‘Welcome 2 My Nightmare’ stands out as a gripping sequel to his iconic 1975 concept album ‘Welcome to My Nightmare’. Revisiting the twisted world of Steven, the album blends nostalgia with modern flair.
Originally intended as a sequel to ‘Along Came a Spider’, it features an all-star lineup including legendary songwriter Desmond Child and pop sensation Ke$ha, along with original Alice Cooper band members Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, and Neal Smith to capture that authentic ’70s vibe.
Now, Welcome 2 My Nightmare is being reissued in a newly mastered 2CD digipak edition, as well as a special 3LP vinyl version that runs at 45rpm for superior sound quality.
Fifty six years on from 1969’s Pretties for You, neither Vincent Damon Furnier or his transgressive, kohl-eyed alter ego seem to have aged proportionately. Even at 77, Alice Cooper’s appetite for his macabre – these days often darkly comic oeuvre – seems close to undiminished. Not every luminary of Cooper’s vintage can match his reserves of vigour and charisma, though, hence this reunion-proper of shock rock’s original motley crew seems a bigger test for bassist Dennis Dunaway (78), rhythm guitarist Michael Bruce (77) and drummer Neal Smith (77).
Together with late lead guitarist Glen Buxton (to whom this album is dedicated) these venerable purveyors of dishevelled garage riffage and don’t-watch-alone theatricality made…