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BRUTAL PLANET
SONG REVIEWED: "Brutal Planet "
ALICE COOPER IS OLD; HE'S BEEN IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS FOR THIRTY YEARS, HE OWNS RESTAURANTS, HE PLAYS GOLF, AND YET HE STILL FEELS COMPELLED TO MAKE RECORDS. AFTER THAT LAST PIECE OF CRAP HE MADE FOR EPIC RECORDS, I THOUGHT HE'D LOST HIS EDGE. IT TURNS OUT IT WASN'T LOST, IT WAS JUST HANGING OUT IN THE OLD FOLKS' HOME FOR A WHILE.
"BRUTAL PLANET" IS A NICE RETURN TO THE ALICE WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE. THE CD ISN'T BEING RELEASED UNTIL JUNE, BUT HE'S GOT THE MP3 AVAILABLE ON HIS WEBSITE NOW, AND IF THIS IS ANY INDICATION OF WHAT THE REST OF THE DISC MIGHT SOUND LIKE, I THINK WE'RE ALL IN FOR A TREAT (C'MON... LET'S BE OPTIMISTIC... LET'S NOT SMASH HIS NUTS JUST YET)...THE SONG KICKS OFF WITH SOME GRINDING, ANGRY GUITARS AND LAUNCHES INTO AN OZZY-ESQUE MAIN RIFF... HIS VOCALS ARE PRETTY MUCH AS THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN... STANDARD ALICE FARE, SO NOTHING TERRIBLY NEW THERE. ONE REALLY NICE TOUCH IS THE ADDITION OF ERIE FEMALE VOCALS DURING THE CHORUS... REMINDS ME OF TYPE-O NEGATIVE, OR THAT PISTON SONG "GREY FLAP"...VERY MELODIC... VERY SPOOKY....BUT A GREAT CONTRAST TO THE STOMPING GUITAR LINE THAT RUNS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SONG. HEY, THERE'S EVEN A LITTLE GUITAR SOLO THROWN IN TO REMIND US THAT THIS IS STILL OLD-SCHOOL HARD ROCK... I'M NOT SURE WHO'S PLAYING AXE FOR ALICE ON THIS DISC, BUT IT'S APPROPRIATELY DONE. LYRICALLY, IT'S A PRETTY GLOOMY SONG... I MEAN, THE OPENING LINE "WE'RE STANDING 'ROUND ON THIS BALL OF HATE"... YAY, SO CHEERFUL. ULTIMATELY, THIS IS NOT ONE OF MY FAVORITE COOPER SONGS. I'M PARTIAL TO "CONSTRICTOR" AND "RAISE YOUR FIST AND YELL" ALICE SONGS (WHEN HE HAD KIP WINGER DOING BACKUP VOCALS FOR HIM.... "BRUTAL PLANET" IS NO SLOUCH BY ANY MEANS, AND MARKS THE WELCOME RETURN OF MR. COOPER.
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