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| Alice Cooper Goes to Hell | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 25, 1976 | |||
| Studio | Soundstage, Toronto; Record Plant East, New York and RCA Recording Studios, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Rock, hard rock, pop rock | |||
| Length | 43:15 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros.[1] | |||
| Producer | Bob Ezrin[2] | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |  [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Alice Cooper Goes to Hell is the second solo studio album by American rock musician Alice Cooper, released in 1976.[6] A continuation of Welcome to My Nightmare as it continues the story of Steven, the concept album was written by Cooper with guitar player Dick Wagner and producer Bob Ezrin.[7]
With the success of "Only Women Bleed" from his first solo effort, Alice continued with the rock ballads on this album. "I Never Cry" was written about his drinking problem, which would in one year send the performer into rehab and affect all his subsequent music up to and including 1983's DaDa.[8] Cooper called the song "an alcoholic confession".
The "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell" tour of 1976 was completely cancelled prior to commencement due to Cooper suffering from anemia at the time. However, a number of songs from the album ended up in Cooper's live show. "Go to Hell" proved the last song until the 1989 hit song "Poison" to become a consistent part of Cooper's live setlists, being performed on most tours to the present. "I Never Cry" was also regularly performed in the late 1970s and during the 2000s, while "Guilty" was performed regularly on the Flush the Fashion and Special Forces tours and occasionally during the 2000s, and "Wish You Were Here" was frequently played on the tours for the following two albums.
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 111.
- ^ Chapman, Ian (March 12, 2018). Experiencing Alice Cooper: A Listener's Companion. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442257719 – via Google Books.
- ^ AllMusic
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 270.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 9.
- ^ "Alice Cooper | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Alice Cooper Goes to Hell (CD Booklet). Alice Cooper. Burbank, California: Warner Bros. Inc. 1976. p. 12. 2896-2.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ ‘Hanging with Mr. Cooper’ Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine; Phoenix New Times, June 20, 1996