Album review: ALICE COOPER – The Revenge Of Alice Cooper

July 15th, 2025 by david.wilson

EarMUSIC [release date 25.07.25]

In much the same vein as Jake and Elwood Blues, Alice has decided to get the band back together, not sure he is on a mission from God though on this occasion!

This album has brought together Alice with his original band consisting of Micheal Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith, it also includes a posthumous appearance from Glen Buxton. Alice has also drafted in producer Bob Ezrin on mixing desk duties just to add to the authentic sound. So, 50 years on, have the band recreated the old magic that brought us the likes of ‘School’s Out’ and ‘Billion Dollar Babies’?

Opener ‘Black Mamba’ starts with a sinister vocal piece from Alice reminiscent of the start of ‘Black Widow’. The melody then kicks in and the track harks back to the early 1970’s and could be a lost track from the ‘School’s Out’ sessions, a good start. The track also contains a guest appearance from former Doors guitarist Robbie Krieger. ‘Wild Ones’ follows and was the other pre-album release track to emerge along with ‘Black Mamba’. This song is more up to date with great chorus and an excellent vocal from Alice.

We then get a chance to rock out on ‘Up All Night’ before we enter the twisted mind of Mr Cooper with ‘Kill The Flies’ complete with an unhinged, menacing vocal. Next up we have a murderous dalliance in ‘One Night Stand’, again with another narrative from the dark recesses of Alice’s mind.

That is followed by an album highlight in ‘Blood On The Sun’. This is an epic track that twists and turns and contains some great guitar work from Michael Bruce along with Gysai Heus and Rick Tedesco who both helped out on the lead guitar front. We have a bit of social observation next with the snappily titled ‘Crap That Gets In The Way Of Your Dreams’, hey that’s life man!

Alice then has a dig at the cult of celebrity with ‘Famous Face’ where everyone will get their allotted 15 minutes of fame before disappearing without a trace. This targets individuals that are all show with zero talent, which in a world of online influencers and reality TV stars has become all too prevalent. A good follow on track is ‘Money Screams’ where the mighty Dollar is king and can dominate your life if you chose to worship at its door.

There is another Blues Brothers-esque moment with the track ‘What A Syd’ which is reminiscent of a Cab Calloway classic especially in the chorus. ‘Inter Galactic Vagabond Blues’ then recounts a tale of alien romance with a six armed, three eyed celestial body complete with some tasty harmonica playing to soundtrack the galactic fun.

The band then lay down some straightforward rocking blues with ‘What Happened To You’ which features some great honky tonk piano playing and more excellent guitar work. Harmonica and slide guitar are the order of the day next on ‘I Ain’t Done Wrong’, again with some excellent twin lead guitar work in the mid-section. The pace then slows for ‘See You On The Other Side’ which is as close as we get to the ballad of the piece and is a nod to fallen comrades.

‘See You On The Other Side’ rounds out the album, however, there are a couple of bonus tracks on the special edition version, namely ‘Return Of The Spiders’ which is a raw, bluesy number with Alice spitting out the vocal with venom and ‘Titanic Overunderture’ which is a strange little soundbite from the perspective of the Titanic, post iceberg strike, holed and slowly sinking beneath the waves in the North Atlantic. I did say it was a strange one…

This album goes to show that age is no barrier to good music and the band have put together a polished set of songs that hark back to the early 70’s, but are still essential listening in the present day. Sounds to me like revenge is sweet! ****

Review by Dave Wilson

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