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Lace and Whiskey (1977)

Where the lyrics of Lace and Whiskey take you, and where it was really made.

Cooper dropped his sinister stage persona for a comic detective, and the album was recorded across five studios in Toronto, Los Angeles and New York.

Key places

Recorded at Soundstage in Toronto (1977)

Recording site Phase One Audio Group — Soundstage in Toronto is listed among the five studios where the album was recorded. The point is placed at city-center level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Cherokee Studios (1977)

Recording site Cherokee Studios — Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles is one of the five studios listed as recording locations for the album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at the Record Plant in New York (1977)

Recording site The Record Plant — The Record Plant in New York is listed among the album's recording studios. It is one of five studios credited for the album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at RCA in Los Angeles (1977)

Recording site RCA Studios — RCA in Los Angeles is one of the five studios listed as recording locations for the album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded and mixed at Producer's Workshop (1977)

Recording site Producers Workshop — Producer's Workshop in Los Angeles is credited both as a recording studio and as the place where the album was mixed. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Lace and Whiskey: third solo and tenth overall studio album by American rock singer Alice Cooper
• Released April 29, 1977 by Warner Bros. Records
• Moved Cooper away from his sinister persona toward a comic character
• Recorded at five studios: Soundstage (Toronto), Cherokee Studios, Record Plant (New York), RCA (Los Angeles), and Producer's Workshop (Los Angeles)
• Mixed at Producer's Workshop

Background

• Cooper adopted the character Maurice Escargot, a heavy-drinking comic private investigator inspired by Inspector Clouseau
• Still rooted in rock, with style influence from Cooper's love for 1940s and 1950s films and music
• Lead single You and Me: an easy listening ballad that gave Cooper his last US top-ten single for twelve years
• Second single (No More) Love at Your Convenience: a disco-inspired pop song that did not chart in most countries
• Music videos were made for both songs, well before the advent of MTV
• King of the Silver Screen tour ran in the US and Canada in 1977 and 1978, with a stage set designed as a giant TV
• Las Vegas concerts of the tour became the live album The Alice Cooper Show (1977)
• Few songs from the album were played live after the School's Out for Summer '78 tour

Cover

• Cooper appears as Escargot on the album's back cover

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

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

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

• The Indianapolis News wrote that Cooper is going across the board with ballads, love songs, heavy rockers, country rock and comedy.
• Classic Rock described the album as a cry for help more than anything else, and said it found Alice drifting further away from his glory days as the king of shock rock.

Records

• Peaked at No. 42 on the US Billboard 200
• Peaked at No. 33 on the UK Albums Chart
• Lead single You and Me gave Cooper his last US top-ten single for twelve years
• Second single (No More) Love at Your Convenience did not chart in most countries

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Music videos were created for both songs, at a time well before the advent of MTV.
• The opening song It's Hot Tonight would be sampled by the rap rock group Beastie Boys for the song What Comes Around on their second studio album Paul's Boutique (1989).
• Lace and Whiskey was digitally remastered and re-released on CD by Metal Blade Records in 1990.
• It was after the completion of the 1977 tour that Cooper checked into a New York-based sanitarium for his first treatment for alcoholism.
• The tour only ran in the US and Canada, throughout the summers of 1977 and 1978.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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