Alice Cooper Along Came A Spider][2010][mp3 320kbs][ICM369

Alice Cooper Along Came A Spider][2010][mp3 320kbs][ICM369
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Audio CD (21 Dec 2010) Remastered

Number of Discs: 1

Label: Wea/Bigger Picture

Genre : Heavy metal
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This concept album contains some of Cooper's most outlandish work
to date and the album storyline for was first revealed on Cooper's
radio show Nights with Alice Cooper.

The theme of the album revolves around a cool, calm and collected
serial killer known as 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.

After two garage albums it seemed inevitable that Alice would have
another crack at the concept album..the problem for Cooper is that
his output has been so vastly varied over his career that one
persons poison is another's delight.

The first single 'Vengeance Is Mine' sets the tone with huge guitar
riffs providing the ground on which Cooper can set the scene with
his trademark scowling tone.

This album demands many listen to fully appreciate all its wonders,
to me this is the most satisfying Alice album in years, and like any
truly great album it makes you work to fully explore its brilliance.

There is a real retro feel to this album that is offset by clean and
modern production and if you listen through head phones it brings
another dimension to the sound!

He's stuck to his road band for this trip to the studio, so Kiss
drummer Eric Singer, bassist Chuck Garric and guitarists Keri Kelli
and Jason Hook handle the majority of the work on the album.

And all that time spent touring has paid off they sound like a proper
band, not just a bunch of session guys who've popped in to pay the
bills.

There is room for some guests, though, and Guns n' Roses / Velvet
Revolver fella Slash lays down an excellent solo on "Vengeance Is Mine",
one of the highlights on the album.

In a novel twist Ozzy Osborne whips out his mouth organ for some, well,
pedestrian harmonica work on "Wake The Dead", where he also gets a
co-writing credit.

It's a surprisingly heavy album, especially considering that for studio
album number 25, Alice has brought in a new production team in the shape
of Danny Saber, formerly of Black Grape, and Greg Hampton who's been
working on an album project teaming up ex Guns n' Roses guitarist
Buckethead and Bootsy
Collins.

But any fears that this would end up a dance crossover are firmly dashed,
despite some heavy synth work on "Catch Me If You Can".

Despite the return to the concept album, the sound is more similar to his
Brutal Planet and Dragontown albums than it is to the seventies sounds of
Welcome To My Nightmare or From The Inside, especially the large amounts
of riffing laid down by Keri Kelli and Jason Hook.

The one track that totally fails is the big ballad, "Salvation", which
just pales besides older material like "How You Gonna See Me Now". Luckily,
there is an array of material that rocks out and will, doubtless, slot
happily into his never-ending tour.

"Wrapped In Silk" and "I'm Hungry", for example, are custom built for
audience sing-a-longs.

And last but not least things come full circle in the closing track
"I Am The Spider/Epilogue", when an old, old friend pops in for a cameo.

He may have turned 60 this year but there's no sign of him fading away,
as this really is a good Alice Cooper album, one that tries to tie in the
various musical strands he's pursued over his career, and will be a delight
for anyone whose followed him on the way.

2010 re-release / iTunes bonus tracks

As with a large portion of Cooper's back-catalogue being remastered and
re-released through various distribution channels, Along Came A Spider has
also received the same treatment including the three iTunes-only bonus
tracks released alongside the album in 2008.

1."Shadow Of Yourself"
2."I'll Still Be There"
3."Salvation" (Unplugged With String Section)
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1. Prologue/I Know Where You Live

Great guitar riff and seventies style lead.I believe there is even some tambourine
in there!!!

2. Vengeance Is Mine: This could belong on Dragontown, great melody

3. Wake The Dead

Sixties psychedelic feel with vocals that match, good guitar riff and nice bass work.

4. Catch Me If You Can

Pretty straight rock song, good chorus with intelligent guitar breaks.

5. (In Touch With) Your Feminine Side

Good chorus and another seventies groove!

6. Wrapped In Silk

Excellent bass work and great guitar interplay.

7. Killed By Love

The ballad!!! Actually works well and is helped by nice backing vocals and a great
Alice vocal.

8. I am Hungry

To my ears, a definite nod to the original ACG,nice Bruce type riff. A good measured
lead solo.

9. The One That Got Away:Good melodies and a fine arrangement, a seventies feel again!

10. Salvation

This sounds as though it could of sat quite happily on the Go to Hell album, nice drum
work, mixed with inventive bass playing and a big chorus!

11. I Am The Spider/Epilogue

A zombie feel and a deliberate plodding and down beat(what do you expect, its about a
serial killer),with another great guitar riff!
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12 .Shadow Of Yourself

13. I'll Still Be There

14. Salvation (Unplugged With String Section)
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Format : MPEG Audio
File size : 10.0 MiB
Duration : 4mn 22s
Overall bit rate : 320 Kbps
Album : Along Came A Spider
Track name : Prologue/I Know Where You Live
Track name/Position : 1
Performer : Alice Cooper
Recorded date : 2010
Writing library : LAME3.92

Audio
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Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Duration : 4mn 22s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 320 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Stream size : 10.00 MiB (100%)
Writing library : LAME3.92
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