ALICE COOPER “Dragontown” /A5 Cardboard CD/

The third re-release of the twenty-second full-length studio album by legendary American Shock Rock/Hard Rock/Glam Metal singer.
Like "Brutal Planet", the album displays a heavier style than many of his previous releases. Unarguably a continuation of “Brutal Planet”, with Cooper and Marlette again collaborating, and Cooper surrounding himself with a tighter than tight band – Eric Dover, Tim Pierce, Ryan Roxie and Kenny Aronoff.
Cooper and Marlette, by now enjoying a collusive and confident songwriting relationship, fan that creative spark into something more substantial on "Dragontown". Here, Cooper is guided by a greater sense of social commentary and narrative complexity. He torques up the tension on funereal elegy, "Deeper" and laces "Sex, Death & Money"’s morality tale with dark humour. "Somewhere In The Jungle" and "I Just Wanna Be God" are less about the music and more about creating a clinging, dream-like atmosphere, where the message is hammered home by heavyweight guitars and pounding beats. This time around, a couple of more commercial (or at least accessible) tracks are to be found among the grim tales of alienation and materialism. "Triggerman" keeps a foothold in Cooper’s big chorus, big hook past, and the endearing ballad, "Every Woman Has A Name" add greater musical and emotional range to "Dragontown", providing radio with an opportunity to play Cooper’s new music, without compromising anyone’s position.
The album peaked on Billboard's Top Independent Albums Chart at #12, and the Billboard 200 at #197. This is the first Alice Cooper studio album to contain no Singles.
Eagle Records, Division of Eagle Rock Entertainment Plc./Sony Music Entertainment Czech Republic s.r.o., 2001/2009 (8869745570213). Made in Czech.


Tracklist:
1. Triggerman 3:58
2. Deeper 4:34
3. Dragontown 5:04 
4. Sex, Death And Money 3:37
5. Fantasy Man 4:05
6. Somewhere In The Jungle 5:20
7. Disgraceland 3:32
8. Sister Sara 4:33
9. Every Woman Has A Name 3:43
10. I Just Wanna Be God 3:51
11. It's Much Too Late 4:38
12. The Sentinel 3:53
Total playing time: 50:48 min.