I wanted to discuss Alice Cooper's Welcome 2 My Nightmare, one of the most hotly-anticipated releases in recent memory. Not only was it produced by Bob Ezrin, but it also features the other 3 surviving Alice Cooper Group members, as well as featuring Steve Hunter on lead guitar (who appeared on both Billion Dollar Babies and Muscle of Love prior to appearing on the subsequent 3 solo releases, in case you didn't know). It had to be great. I wanted so much for it to be great. Folks...it ain't.Rather than wallow in tears of disappointment, I'll profile the odd Welcome To My Nightmare E.P. from 1977, which is infinitely better, though you should never chop up an album as satisfying in its entirety as the original 1975 Welcome To My Nightmare LP.
Sultry, dark, weird, jazzy and groovy, title track Welcome To My Nightmare is a tour de force.
The what-we-used-to-call-gay-but-now-you're-not-allowed Department of Youth is, despite itself, a classic, especially after listening to Welcome 2 My Nightmare! Bob Ezrin has this thing about putting kids on records...what's it all about, really? I'm not sure we want him watching your kids while you go to the Hamptons for the weekend.
Black Widow...creepy, crawley and a dark n' funky heavy cinematic boogie, a profile in the underrated guitar swagger and deft interplay of Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter.
And lastly, Only Women Bleed, an FM radio classic tossed off as effortlessly as a cardigan on a warm summer's day, so bursting forth with inspiration were the players involved.
But that's crap, really. I want to hear all the other songs that are missing! What is this shit?
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