Welcome 2 My Nightmare

Welcome 2 My Nightmare
Studio album by
Alice Cooper
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2011
GenreHard rock
Length52:44
LabelUMe
ProducerBob Ezrin
Alice Cooper chronology
Along Came a Spider
(2008) 		Welcome 2 My Nightmare
(2011) 		Paranormal
(2017)
Singles from Welcome 2 My Nightmare
  1. "I'll Bite Your Face Off"
    Released: August 22, 2011
  2. "Caffeine"
    Released: 2011

Welcome 2 My Nightmare (also known as Welcome to My Nightmare 2) is the nineteenth solo album by American rock musician Alice Cooper, released on September 13, 2011 by UME. It is a sequel to his 1975 album Welcome to My Nightmare. Peaking at No. 22 in the Billboard 200, it is Cooper's highest-charting album in the US since 1989's Trash.

The idea for the album came about soon after the thirtieth anniversary of the original Welcome to My Nightmare album, when Cooper spoke with producer Bob Ezrin, who proposed the idea of a sequel.[1] Cooper liked the idea, and decided to recruit previous members of the Alice Cooper band.[1] The concept of the album was described by Cooper as "another nightmare, and this one is even worse than the last one."[1] He said that he had originally intended to make a sequel to his previous album, Along Came a Spider, but decided to make the Nightmare sequel after Ezrin explained that he "wasn't really into it."[2]

Cooper announced the album's completion in February 2011 on his radio show, Nights with Alice Cooper. It was first scheduled to be released late in 2011 on Bob Ezrin's Bigger Picture label[3] as part of a deal involving marketing, touring and production work by Bigger Picture for Cooper in the future.[4] The album was then announced as being delayed until some time in 2012 due to Cooper's touring commitments,[5] however it was finally released on September 13, 2011.[6]

  1. ^ a b c "ALICE COOPER Talks About Forthcoming Sequel To 'Welcome to my Nightmare'". Blbbermouth.net. July 1, 2011. Archived from the original on September 2, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
  2. ^ "Alice Cooper Calls Rock Hall Induction 'A Dream,' Plots 'Nightmare' Sequel". Billboard. March 14, 2011. Archived from the original on March 17, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
  3. ^ "ALICE COOPER Completes Work On 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare'". Blabbermouth.net. February 20, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
  4. ^ "Alice Cooper Reunites with Bob Ezrin through Bigger Picture". Bigger Picture Music Group. May 25, 2010. Archived from the original on March 16, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
  5. ^ "Alice Cooper Talks 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' Album and Lady Gaga". Noisecreep. March 25, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
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