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Dirty Diamonds (2005)

Where the lyrics of Dirty Diamonds take you, and where it was really made.

Dirty Diamonds reached only number 169 on the Billboard 200, yet it was Cooper's highest-charting album in 11 years.

Key places

Basic tracks and guitars recorded here (2005)

Recording site Cocoa-Butt — Basic tracks and guitars for the album were recorded at this studio in Culver City, according to the Discogs release notes. The map point is at city-centre level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Additional vocals and guitars recorded here (2005)

Recording site The Red Lips Room (Beverly Hills) — Additional vocals, guitars and percussion were recorded at this studio in Beverly Hills, according to the Discogs release notes. The map point is at city-centre level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Track 8 recorded here (2005)

Recording site i85 (Westlake Village) — Track 8 was recorded at this studio in Westlake Village, according to the Discogs release notes. The map point is at city-centre level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Dirty Diamonds: studio album by American rock musician Alice Cooper
• Released internationally on July 4, 2005; in the US on August 2
• Seventeenth solo album and twenty-fourth studio album overall
• Standard jewel case, clear tray and 12-page booklet
• Thirteen tracks in the standard listing; 'Stand' is a bonus track on all releases
• Xzibit raps on 'Stand'
• Line-up on the album: Alice Cooper on vocals and harmonica, Ryan Roxie and Damon Johnson on guitars, Chuck Garric on bass, Tommy Clufetos on drums
• Damon Johnson plays bass on 'Perfect'

Background

• Released through Spitfire Records, a division of Eagle Rock Entertainment Limited
• Licensed in Australia to Riot Distributors
• Eric Singer, a frequent Alice Cooper drummer, is pictured in the booklet and tray but does not play on the album

Recording

• Basic tracks and guitars recorded at Future House Studios, Culver City, CA
• Additional vocals, guitars and percussion recorded at Westside Independent Studios, Beverly Hills, CA
• Track 8 recorded at Phantom Studio, Westlake Village, CA
• Track 13 recorded at Future House Studios, Culver City, CA
• Mixed at Way Station, Beverley Hills, CA
• Mastered at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles, CA
• Engineers include Adam Hawkins and Gabe Veltri; mixed by Dave Way; mastered by Gavin Lurssen

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Artist

Formation

• Alice Cooper originated in Phoenix, Arizona in 1964 as a band formed by Vincent Damon Furnier, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway and Neal Smith.
• The group first performed as the Earwigs and later renamed themselves the Spiders and then Nazz.
• In 1968 the band adopted the name Alice Cooper, which was later also the new legal name of Furnier.

Members

• The classic lineup consisted of Furnier (lead vocals), Buxton (lead guitar), Bruce (rhythm guitar), Dunaway (bass) and Smith (drums).
• Furnier legally changed his name to Alice Cooper after the band disbanded in 1975.

Career

• The band released seven studio albums from 1969 to 1973, including Love It to Death, Killer, School's Out and Billion Dollar Babies.
• The band is known as a pioneer of shock rock, using theatrical stage shows with props and illusions.
• As a solo artist he released Welcome to My Nightmare in 1975 and has released 30 studio albums in total.
• The original band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011.
• Cooper is considered by music journalists and peers to be 'The Godfather of Shock Rock'.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released internationally on July 4, 2005; in the US on August 2, 2005
• The seventeenth solo album and twenty-fourth studio album overall by American rock musician Alice Cooper
• Released under Spitfire Records, a division of Eagle Rock Entertainment Limited
• Standard jewel case packaging with a clear tray and a 12-page booklet
• Licensed in Australia to Riot Distributors; distributed by Riot Distributors Aztec Music

Records

• Peaked at number 17 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart
• Peaked at number 169 on the Billboard 200 chart
• Cooper's highest-charting album since The Last Temptation, released 11 years earlier
• Charted on both the independent and main Billboard albums charts

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Eric Singer, a frequent Alice Cooper drummer, is pictured in the booklet and tray but does not play on the album.
• Discogs notes that track 14, 'The Sharpest Pain', is not listed anywhere on the album.
• 'Stand' is a bonus track on all releases according to the Spanish Wikipedia track listing.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · es.wikipedia.org

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