Paranormal

Paranormal

by Alice Cooper
Paranormal

Paranormal

by Alice Cooper

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Overview

Some things never change -- the sky is blue, two plus two equals four, the sun rises in the east, and Alice Cooper will make albums where he sneers out spooky lyrics as long as he can draw breath. Cooper hadn't had anything resembling a hit since the mid-'90s, but the man clearly had no desire to retire, and though he was 69 years old when he released Paranormal in 2017, he still sounded admirably spry and hadn't lost his voice or his charisma. Paranormal was released not long after Cooper reunited with surviving members of the original Alice Cooper band for some surprise shows, and the advance word on the album had it that Cooper was going to write and record with them. While bassist Dennis Dunaway and drummer Neal Smith pop up on a few tracks of Paranormal, the two songs they wrote with him, "Genuine American Girl" and "You and All of Your Friends," appear on Paranormal as bonus tracks, and anyone hoping for a blast of sleazy glory in the manner of School's Out or Killer will be a bit disappointed. (Then again, when the Coop brought a bunch of the original guys on board for 2011's Welcome 2 My Nightmare, no one noticed, so maybe the fans have faulty expectations.) While it features Dunaway, Smith, and producer Bob Ezrin (who was at the controls for Cooper's best '70s work), Paranormal more closely resembles Cooper's hair metal-flavored work of the '90s, though Ezrin has given this material a more up-to-date sheen. Thankfully, Paranormal is a livelier and more entertaining listen than Trash or Hey Stoopid, and while he aims for high spookiness on "Dead Flies," "The Sound of A," and the title track, he seems to be having more fun with wittier numbers like "Dynamite Road," "Private Public Breakdown," and "Fallen in Love" ("and I can't get up!"). The band delivers the goods with admirable precision and some honest enthusiasm, while the guests include Larry Mullen from U2, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, and Roger Glover from Deep Purple (and who would've guessed that those guys would ever be on an album together, let alone with Alice Cooper?). Paranormal isn't the return to form one might have hoped for, but it's no embarrassment either, and Cooper appears to be having a grand time while giving his fans a good show for their dollar. ~ Mark Deming

Product Details

Release Date: 07/28/2017
Label: Ear Music
UPC: 4029759121466
Rank: 124930

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Paranormal
  2. Dead Flies
  3. Fireball
  4. Paranoiac Personality
  5. Fallen in Love
  6. Dynamite Road
  7. Private Public Breakdown
  8. Holy Water
  9. Rats
  10. The Sound of A

Disc 2

  1. Genuine American Girl
  2. You and All of Your Friends
  3. No More Mr. Nice Guy
  4. Under My Wheels
  5. Billion Dollar Babies
  6. Feed My Frankenstein
  7. Only Women Bleed
  8. School's Out

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Alice Cooper   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Tommy Henriksen   Guitar,Keyboards,Percussion,Sound Effects,Vocals (Background)
Tommy Denander   Guitar
Steve Hunter   Guitar,Guitar
Bob Ezrin   Organ,Keyboards,Sound Effects,Vocals (Background)
Billy Gibbons   Guitar
Larry Mullen, Jr.   Drums
Roger Glover   Bass
Ryan Roxie   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Neal Smith   Drums
Chuck Garric   Bass,Vocals (Background)
Jimmie Lee Sloas   Bass
Demi Demaree   Vocals (Background)
Glen Sobel   Drums
Johnny Reid   Vocals (Background)
Nick Didkovsky   Guitar
Parker Gispert   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Jeremy Rubolino   Horn
Nita Strauss   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Adrian Olmos   Horn
Chris Traynor   Horn
Dennis Dunaway   Bass
Michael Bruce   Guitar

Technical Credits

Michael Bruce   Composer
Dustin Tucker   Composer
Tommy Henriksen   Composer,Engineer
Tommy Denander   Composer,Engineer
Alice Cooper   Composer
Bob Ezrin   Mixing,Composer,Producer
Joe Hardy   Engineer
Jeff Balding   Engineer
Roger Glover   Composer
Robert Vosgien   Mastering
Neal Smith   Composer
Richard Chycki   Engineer
Lewis Richards   Composer
Nick Coler   Composer
Derek Monyhan   Composer
Zodiac Mindwarp   Composer
Glen Buxton   Composer
Matthew Coles   Assistant Engineer
John Gray   Assistant Engineer
Rockin' Reggie Vinson   Composer
Parker Gispert   Composer
Buero Dirk Rudolph   Artwork
Malcolm McLaughlin   Composer
Justin Cortelyou   Engineer
Kim Markovchick   Production Coordination
Scott Lake   Engineer
Scott McKay Gibson   Engineer
Tim Bernauer   Composer
Rob Fenn   Photography
Andre Nelson   Assistant Engineer
Stanley Demaree   Composer
Kyle Blunt   Assistant Engineer,Production Assistant
Dennis Dunaway   Composer
Dick Wagner   Composer
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