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The Eyes of Alice Cooper (2003)

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The album came out with four different covers, and the only differences between them are the colour of the eyes and the crescent around the A.

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The Eyes of Alice Cooper: 2003 album by American rock musician Alice Cooper
Sixteenth solo album and 23rd studio album overall
Thirteen tracks in the track listing
Returns to the earlier hard rock sound, in the vein of The Last Temptation
Leaves behind the heavy industrial metal sound of the last two studio albums
Released with four cover versions, differing in the colour of the eyes and the crescent around the A

Songs written by the band in a little over a week
Meant to follow the two previous albums and close the "Brutal Planet" trilogy
Some songs first performed in the Bare Bones show in August 2003
Songs performed at Bare Bones include Detroit City, Between High School & Old School, What Do You Want From Me?, Man Of the Year, Novocaine and I'm So Angry

Recorded in about two weeks in the studio in June 2003
Recorded at Mates Studios, North Hollywood, California
Line-up: Alice Cooper (vocals), Eric Dover and Ryan Roxie (guitar), Chuck Garric (bass), Eric Singer (drums)
Wayne Kramer plays additional guitar on Detroit City
Calico Cooper provides voice and theremin

1	What Do You Want From Me?	3:25
2	Between High School & Old School	3:02
3	Man of the Year	2:52
4	Novocaine	3:08
5	Bye Bye, Baby	3:27
6	Be With You Awhile	4:17
7	Detroit City	3:59
8	Spirits Rebellious	3:35
9	This House Is Haunted	3:31
10	Love Should Never Feel Like This	3:33
11	The Song That Didn’t Rhyme	3:17
12	I’m So Angry	3:36
13	Backyard Brawl	2:37

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.

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.

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'.

Thirteen tracks, the 23rd studio album by Alice Cooper and his 16th solo album
Released in 2003 as the album that returned to a hard rock sound after the industrial metal of the two studio albums before it

In the 2010 Behind the Music Remastered, "Between High School & Old School" was called "a modern Alice Cooper classic"
The praise was for the song's return to the school theme, a reference to "School's Out"

Peaked at number 184 on the US Billboard 200
Peaked at number 72 in Austria, number 59 in Sweden, number 40 in Finland and number 78 in Germany

The song "Detroit City" mentions Ted Nugent, Iggy Pop, The MC5, Eminem, Kid Rock, Insane Clown Posse, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band, David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust, Creem Magazine and WRIF radio, and the 1967 Detroit riot in its second verse.
Before the final title, the album could have been called American Idle, Man Hole, Recipe For Disaster, Man Of The Year or Spirits Rebellious.
In October 2007 Alice Cooper said the title is not a reference to the 2000 documentary The Eyes of Tammy Faye, despite earlier claims.
The Discogs notes say the four versions differ in eye and circle colour, and that this copy is the blue version.