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| Alice Cooper - Zipper Catches Skin Band: Alice Cooper Tracks: - Zorro's Ascent - Make That Money(Scrooge's Song) - I Am The Future - No Baloney Homosapiens - Adaptable(Anything For You) - I Like Girls - Remarkably Insincere - "Tag, You're It - I Better Be Good - I'm Alive(That Was The Day My Dead Pet Returned Part 3 of the "weird" period Around the time this album came out, most people were probably thinking, "What has happened to Alice Cooper?" or "What is Alice Cooper thinking?" After he tried to reinvent himself for the 80s with Flush The Fashion, I think many people abandoned him for the cruddy new bands that started popping up. The punk sound that he hinted at with Flush The Fashion and carried on with on Special Forces is still in play here. This could actually be part 2 to Special Forces minus the ... attitude. Alice uses this album to totally let loose his humor side with mixed results. It's really not as funny as Alice thinks it is. That's not to say I don't enjoy it, I do. I actually like this album quite a bit. I think it's great that he tried something different regardless of what people think. The only flaw in my eyes is that it seems as though Alice Cooper-the man was taking a vacation from Alice Cooper-the character. All of us fans fell in Love with the creepy character of Alice Cooper, and this album comes across as an album by the man and not the character. Look at his picture on the cover. Yes, it is funny, but "Alice Cooper" wouldn't do something like that, or make an album of songs like that either. Same can be said for Special Forces(though I can see the outfit working, but not the lyrics), or Flush The Fashion(where I can see the songs working but not the image). This may sound like I'm putting these three albums down, but I really like and listen to them quite a bit. This little known "weird" period of Alice's(Flush, Forces, Zipper, Dada) is very underrated if you ask me, and should be given alot more credit and attention than it does. It's sad that the "Trash" period is more well known and favored. I know this review won't be read by many because of that, and it's only hardcore Alice Cooper fans that will take any interest in this album at all. And since that's the case, you already own it or you're eventually gonna get it and were curious about it....It'll be one step closer to having the whole collection, and you just may be surprised that it's actually a good album. Different(it's no Love It To Death), but good nonetheless. ... A Musical Polaroid of the 80s Someone once summed up the 80s in one word, "tacky." If you follow that line of thinking then this is the quintessential 80s album. It's delightfully tacky. It's very witty and upbeat. The funny thing about this album is that it is the perfect Alice Cooper albums for people who don't like Alice Cooper. The music is very different from the hard rock of the early 70s, the smooth pop of the late 70s or the heavy metal rumble of the late 80s that he is known for. No ... this is feel good bubblegum music-- which is not something most fans of hard rockers are looking for. But putting lables aside-- I Love THIS ALBUM! Zorro's Ascent has some really polished guitar work. The dark I Am The Future is the keyboard/synth heavy ballad. Adaptable is a light rocker that gives a "you are here" commentary on 1982 pop culture. My Favorite line: "I would do anything for you/leave a craps table for you/on a winnin' streak." I Like Girls and Remarkably insincere are toe tapping ditties about the world's worst boyfriend/lover and coins the phrase, "oink off." Tag You're It is the necessary weird Alice moment. This song is about a tribute to the teen slasher films that permeated the theatres after the success of Halloween and Friday the 13th. It alone makes the album worth it. Make That Money is a song dedicated to Scrooge, but really tags the 80s pretty hard as does I Better be Good. No Baloney Homosapiens is his tribute to Steve and E.T. and is just a wacky little song with a spacey riff about visiting aliens who have humans on their menu: "Look just 'cuz you got more ears and more eyes/that just gives you more places to cry." I'm Alive (That Was The Day My Dead Pet Returned To Save My Life is a fast paced feel good look at the tabloid press that was exploding at grocery counters everywhere. All in all, this is a feel-good, upbeat, peppy little 80s time capsule. If you missed it the first time around, do yourself a favor and give it a try. I'll bet you'll find yourself rather adaptable to it. NO BALONEY, THIS ALBUM IS BRILLIANT! This is one heck of a cd! It's Funny and excellent at the same time.<BR>Here is a review for each track. 1. Zorro's Acsent - Great Music & Lyrics 5/5 2. Make That Money - Great Song 5/5 3. I am the future - One of the more synesizer tracks but still great. 5/5 4. NO BALONEY HOMOSAPIENS - Easily the best track on this cd! I don't know why everone sais it's bad. But it's got the best lyrics and music on the whole album!!! 7/5 5. Adaptable - Another great song 5/5 6. I Like Girls - A funny song 4/5 7. Remarkably insincere - Good Lyrics 4/5 8. Tag Your It - Another Brilliant Song. 5/5 9. I Better Be Good - Good Alice Lyris. But I'm not really a fan of the 80s back ground vocals. 3/5 10. I'm Alive - Another very funny song 4/5 Overall Highly Recomended! Buy Alice Cooper Zipper Catches Skin at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.comJamster - the latest ringtones for your phone! |
