12"

Geffen Records, 1985 (GEF 26695). Made in Germany. Cover taken of the same US release. Used (cover/disc): EX+/EX+. OIS. Insert.

 
Tracklist:

Side A:
1. Let The Music Do The Talking    3:44
2. My Fist Your Face 4:21
3. Shame On You    3:38
4. The Reason A Dog 4:11

Side B:
5. Shela 4:32
6. Gypsy Boots 4:13
7. She's On Fire 3:44
8. The Hop 3:39

Total playing time: 32:02 min.

The fifth full-length studio album by legendary American Hard Rock/Blues Rock band.
The last Aerosmith album for eight years to feature Joe Perry for the entire recording (he left halfway through the recording of their next album, "Night in the Ruts").
It was recorded in an abandoned convent near New York City. The portrait of the band on the album cover was drawn by the celebrity caricaturist Al Hirschfeld.
As the band began recording "Draw The Line", their excessive lifestyle, combined with constant touring and drug use, began to take its toll. Although the LP would sell well more than a million copies in fewer than six weeks after its release, in 2014 Perry would refer to it as "the beginning of the end" and "the decay of our artistry". It marks the band's first slowdown in album sales of their 1970s era, after their initial rise with the albums "Toys In The Attic" and "Rocks". The album was less successful than their previous albums, selling only 2 million copies ("Toys In The Attic" sold 8 million, "Rocks" sold 4 million).
Kerrang! Magazine listed the album at No. 37 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time" for its "high energy", although it never touches Heavy Metal as a genre, concluding with the comment "sleaze was never so classy".
"Draw The Line" went Platinum in its first month of release, entering the music charts on December 24, 1977, peaking at No. 11 on the US Billboard 200, and eventually being certified 2x multi-Platinum nearly a decade later.
CBS Records, 1977 (466729 1). Made in Holland. Used (cover/disc): EX/EX.


Tracklist:

Side 1
1. Draw The Line 3:21
2. I Wanna Know Why 3:08
3. Critical Mass 4:50
4. Get It Up 4:01
5. Bright Light Fright 2:18

Side 2
6. Kings And Queens 4:54
7. The Hand That Feeds 4:22
8. Sight For Sore Eyes 3:51
9. Milk Cow Blues 4:10

Total playing time: 34:55 min.

First European re-release of the tenth full-length studio album by legendary American Hard Rock/Blues Rock band.
Aerosmith continued its winning streak. "Pump", the follow-up to 1987’s "Permanent Vacation", slams one point home with particular force: that the renewed vigor displayed by the band on "Permanent Vacation" wasn’t just a fluke. While "Permanent Vacation" was a major comeback for Aerosmith, it was also somewhat of a stylistic departure. Songs like “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)” and “Angel” may have echoed the band’s signature style, but they represented a slicker, glossier version of the ragtag Rockers so many of us grew up with. "Pump", however, transports the listener right back to the gilt-edged Grunge of Aerosmith’s wonder years. More than anything else, the album recalls Aerosmith circa "Toys In The Attic", the period just before substance abuse and Tyler-Perry bickering sapped the band of its creative energy.
"Pump" is the second of three sequentially recorded Aerosmith albums to feature producer Bruce Fairbairn and engineers Mike Fraser and Ken Lomas at Little Mountain Sound Studios. On the "Pump", songs show an older, wiser Aerosmith traipsing boldly into the nineties, but between the lines lurk the bombastic bandits of the seventies. Where "Permanent Vacation" seemed a little overwhelmed by its Pop concessions, "Pump" revels in them without ever losing sight of Aerosmith's dirty Hard Rock core. Which doesn't mean the record is a sellout - "What It Takes" has more emotion and grit than any of their other power ballads; "Janie's Got a Gun" tackles more complex territory than most previous songs; and "The Other Side" and "Love in an Elevator" Rock relentlessly, no matter how many horns and synths fight with the guitars. Such ambition and successful musical eclecticism make "Pump" rank with "Rocks" and "Toys In The Attic".
The album has certified sales of 7 000 000 copies in the U.S. to date, and is tied with its successor "Get A Grip" as Aerosmith's second best-selling studio album in the U.S. ("Toys In The Attic" leads with eight million). It produced a variety of successes and "firsts" for the band including their first Grammy Award ("Janie's Got a Gun"). "Love in an Elevator" became the first Aerosmith song to hit #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Additionally, it is the only Aerosmith album to date to have three Top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and three number one singles on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The album was also the fourth bestselling album of the year 1990.
In the UK, it was the second Aerosmith album to be certified Silver (60 000 units sold) by the British Phonographic Industry, achieving this in September 1989.
Re-release on heavyweight 180g vinyl includes a voucher to download MP3 version of album.
Geffen Records/Universal International Music B.V., 1989/2016 (00602547954381). Made in EU.


Tracklist:

Side One
1. Young Lust 4:19  
2. F.I.N.E. 4:10  
3. Love In An Elevator 5:39  
4. Monkey On My Back 3:57  
5. Janie's Got A Gun 5:33  

Side Two
6. The Other Side 4:57  
7. My Girl 3:10  
8. Don't Get Mad, Get Even 4:50  
9. Voodoo Medicine Man 4:39  
10. What It Takes 6:29

Total playing time: 47:43 min.

The forty fourth compilation album by legendary Belgian Grindcore band.
The fourth LP in the eight albums series of complete sessions, made for various 7" EPs, recorded and released between 1990 and 2003. On this one, you will hear recordings which were made in 1996, recorded and mixed at the Soundshape Studios, Arendonk, Belgium.
These songs were used for records such as:
Agathocles / Vomit Fall (Italy) split 10" MLP;
Agathocles / Autoritar (Germany) split 7" EP;
Agathocles / Praparation H (USA) split 7" EP;
and Agathocles / Unholy Grave (Japan) split 7" EP.
Some interesting fact is that during the recording session of this 12" LP, Agathocles took some big kettle drums into the studio. They used these kettle drums on the song “Their Excuse”.
Limited Editions to 300 copies, Black Vinyl. The covers of all 8 records of this series make up the complete triptych "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymus Bosch.
Animate Records, 2020 (AR100). Made in Germany. First press.


Tracklist:

Side A
1. Fragments Of A Time To Come
2. Insufferable Being?
3. The Sin I Regret
4. Jacks’ Life
5. L’ardoise Vierge
6. Libidinous Urges
7. Bastard Breed – We Don’t Need
8. Earth 2500

Side B
1. Denying Identity
2. Hate, My Mate
3. Cheers Mankind Cheers
4. Their Excuse
5. No Gain – Just Pain
6. We Pay
7. Do All The Sick Experience Healing?
8. Politicians’ New Years Wishes

The forty sixth compilation album by legendary Belgian Grindcore band.
The fifth LP in the eight albums series of complete sessions, made for various 7" EPs, recorded and released between 1990 and 2003. On this one, you will hear recordings which were made in April 1997, recorded and mixed at the Soundshape Studios, Arendonk, Belgium.
The songs on this LP were used for records such as:
Agathocles / Depression (Germany) split 12" LP;
Agathocles / Shikabane (Japan) split 7" EP;
Agathocles / Malignant Tumour (Czech Republic) split 7" EP;
Agathocles / Excruciating Terror (USA) split 7" EP;
Agathocles / Monolith (Austria) split 7" EP;
Agathocles / Looking For An Answer (Spain) split 7" EP;
and Agathocles / Abortion (Slovakia) split 7" EP.
Limited Editions to 300 copies, Black Vinyl. The covers of all 8 records of this series make up the complete triptych "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymus Bosch.
Animate Records, 2021 (AR102). Made in Germany. First press.


Tracklist:

Side A
1. Drug-Induced Fantasies
2. Macho Crowd
3. Democracide
4. Domestication
5. Kids For Cash
6. Sources
7. Serve My Protest
8. Once Again
9. Just Injust

Side B
1. No Remorse
2. Bio-Industry Fucked Up Humanity
3. Will To Kill
4. Get A Life
5. Common Health
6. Soon
7. Belgiums’ Little Cesspool
8. Stained
9. Robotized

The forty seventh compilation album by legendary Belgian Grindcore band.
The sixth LP in the eight albums series of complete sessions, made for various 7" EPs, recorded and released between 1990 and 2003. This album contains 10 songs which were not recorded at the Soundshape Studios, like the previous (Anno: 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1997) parts were. The recordings on this 12"LP were done on 10th and 11th October 1998 at the Dyprins Studios, Borgloon, Belgium.
The songs on this LP were used for records such as:
Agathocles / Suppository (Holland) split CD;
Agathocles "Hunt Hunters" double 7" EP;
and Agathocles "Hunt Hunters" 7" EP.
The song "About A Fascist" was especially recorded for this compilation.
Limited Editions to 300 copies, Black Vinyl. The covers of all 8 records of this series make up the complete triptych "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymus Bosch.
Animate Records, 2021 (AR103). Made in Germany. First press.


Tracklist:

Side A
1. Without A Clue
2. Careless Wish
3. Rip The Book
4. Irreversible Decision
5. Decimation Of Rights

Side B
1. Slaves To The Beat
2. Back In Town
3. Sick Shows Sell
4. Hunt Fox Hunters
5. About A Fascist
 

The forty eighth compilation album by legendary Belgian Grindcore band.
The seventh LP in the eight albums series of complete sessions, made for various 7" EPs, recorded and released between 1990 and 2003. This album contains 18 songs, which were recorded on 6th and 7th of March 1999 at the Soundshape Studios, Arendonk, Belgium.
The songs on this LP were used for records such as:
Agathocles / Grind Buto (Indonesia) split 7" EP;
Agathocles / Worship (France) split 7" EP;
Agathocles / Mucus (Belgium) split 7" EP;
Agathocles / Disreantiyouthhellchirstbastardassmanx (USA) split 7" EP;
Agathocles / Abortion (Slovakia) split 7" EP (only the song "Glass Eyes");
Agathocles / Embalming Theatre (Switzerland) split 7" EP;
Agathocles / Din Addict (Hungary) split 7" EP;
and Agathocles / Painful Defloration (Ukraine) split 7" EP (only the song "Heads Not Found").
Limited Editions to 300 copies, Black Vinyl. The covers of all 8 records of this series make up the complete triptych "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymus Bosch.
Animate Records, 2021 (AR104). Made in Germany. First press.


Tracklist:

Side A
1. Multiface
2. Join The Fight
3. You Bet!
4. Feeding Ground
5. Mutilation
6. Serial Crap
7. Hip Off
8. Inner Hell
9. Piles Left To Rot

Side B
1. Meet The Saw
2. Making Punk A Farce Again
3. Poisonous Profit
4. Kicked And Whipped
5. Puppet
6. Glass Eyes
7. March Over You
8. What Benefit?
9. Heads Not Found
 

The forty ninth compilation album by legendary Belgian Grindcore band.
The eight and the last LP in the eight albums series of complete sessions, made for various 7" EPs, recorded and released between 1990 and 2003. This album contains two recording sessions, which were made in 2003.
The 11 songs on side A were previously released on the:
Agathocles / Siviilimurha (Finland) split 7" EP;
Agathocles / The Mad Thrashers (France) split 7" EP;
and Agathocles / Bleedred Bacteria (Germany) split 7" EP.
The 11 songs on side B were previously released on the:
Agathocles / Kuolema (Finland) split 7" EP;
Agathocles / Fat Ass Fuckers (Belgium) split 7" EP;
 Agathocles / The Usual Suspects (Belgium) split 7" EP;
and Agathocles / Kadaverficker (Germany) split 7" EP.
Limited Editions to 300 copies, Black Vinyl. The covers of all 8 records of this series make up the complete triptych "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymus Bosch.
Animate Records, 2021 (AR105). Made in Germany. First press.


Tracklist:

Side A
1. Lord Of Armageddon
2. Big Sick Business
3. Frost Bitten Death
4. Hit It Again
5. Retardation
6. Cruelty For Popularity
7. The World Owes Them A Living
8. Green Versus Green
9. Nice Brand, Wrong Price
10. Blue Twisted Rules
11. Incarceration

Side B
1. What For?
2. Dope, Dole, Dumb
3. Your Standards
4. Fist The Rapists
5. Sack The GATT
6. Cash And Traps
7. Fucking Right (We’re Left)
8. Last In, First Out
9. Lowlife Scumbags
10. Violence & Pure Hate (I Am)
11. Water

 

The first re-release on vinyl of the seventh EP by legendary Belgian Grindcore band.
These recordings are something like a "Belgian Peel Session". Kloot P. Wee, a producer, and DJ of a Metal program on the national radio station, contacted the band and offered them to record a session at the recording studios of the Belgian national radio station. It was recorded in April 1996 and broadcasted by the radio station a few months later.
11 legendary Mince Core tracks, pressed on a 12″ saw-blade vinyl, spinning at 45 RPM for the best fidelity. The record comes with completely new artwork. The answer to the question, what does that really mean "Bomb Brussels", and much other interesting information can be found in the liner notes, attached to the insert, written by Jan AG in June 2021.
Limited Editions to 300 copies, Sawblade Shape Vinyl.
Animate Records, 1996/2001/2023 (AR110). Made in Germany.


Tracklist:

Side A
1. Razor Sharp Daggers 01:03
2. Cheers Mankind Cheers 01:33
3. Lay Off Me 00:27
4. A for Arrogance 02:24
5. Thy Kingdom Won't Come 00:36
6. Christianity Means Tyranny 00:46

Side B
7. Didn't Ask 00:34
8. Trust? Not Me! 02:16
9. Sentimental Hypocrisy 01:12
10. Teachers 01:32
11. Big Headed Bastards 02:30

Total playing time: 14:53 min.


Samples:
https://animaterecords.bandcamp.com
https://shitresist.bandcamp.com

For the first time on 12” vinyl, the fourteenth live album by legendary Belgian Grindcore band.
15 songs recorded at the request of none other than legendary mister John Peel (R.I.P.), on March 30th, 1997 at the BBC Radio Studios (Studio Maida Vale 4) in London, England.
The session includes lots of classic Agathocles songs, such as "Theatric Symbolisation Of Life", "Mutilated Regurgitator", "Consuming Endoderme Pus" or "Kill Your Fucking Idols".
The music is simply Agathocles: raw, minimalistic Grind/Punk with political lyrics.
Limited Editions to 300 copies, Black Vinyl. 45 RPM. Insert with all lyrics also includes liner notes by Jan of Agathocles, which give a very interesting insight into the recording of this session.
Animate Records, 2010/2011/2022 (AR110). Made in Germany.


Tracklist:

Side A
1. A Start at Least 00:38
2. Theatric Symbolisation of Life 02:28
3. Mutilated Regurgitator 00:16
4. Consuming Endoderme Pus 01:00
5. The Accident 01:16
6. Kill Your Fucking Idols 04:09
7. Lay Off Me 00:27

Side B
1. Media Creations 01:00
2. Age of the Mutants 00:57
3. Thy Kingdom Won’t Come 00:35
4. Reduced to an Object 01:43
5. Is There a Place? 00:31
6. He Cared 01:02
7. Be Your Own God 01:23
8. Christianity Means Tyranny 00:58

Total playing time: 18:23 min.


Samples: 
https://selfmadegod.bandcamp.com
https://letthebastardsgrind.bandcamp.com

 

The debut full-length studio album by legendary Italian-American Pop duo.
Baby Records, 1982 (BR 56046). Made in Italy. First press. OIS. Used (cover/disc): VG+/NM.


Tracklist:

Side A
1. Che Angelo Sei 3:36
2. Abbandonati 3:03
3. Meditando 3:10
4. Perche' 3:55
5. Viaggiando 2:58

Side B
1. Tu Soltanto Tu 3:39
2. Parigi E' Bella 3:17
3. 1961 3:20
4. Anche Tu 3:26
5. Lo Ti Cerco 3:38

Total playing time: 34:02 min.

The debut full-length studio album by legendary Italian-American Pop duo.
Baby Records/EMI Electrola GmbH, 1982 (1C 066-65 003). Made in Germany. First press. Used (cover/disc): NM/NM.


Tracklist:

Side A
1. Che Angelo Sei  3:36
2. Abbandonati  3:03
3. Meditando  3:10
4. Perche'  3:55
5. Viaggiando  2:58

Side B
1. Tu Soltanto Tu  3:39
2. Parigi E' Bella  3:17
3. 1961  3:20
4. Anche Tu  3:26
5. Lo Ti Cerco  3:38

Total playing time: 34:02 min.

The debut full-length studio album by legendary Canadian Blues Rock singer.
The album was a big seller worldwide, and reached number one for two weeks in her native Canada, number 5 on the Billboard 200 in the US and number 3 in the UK Albums Chart.
The album includes the worldwide hit single "Black Velvet".
Atlantic Recording Corporation/WEA Musik GmbH, 1989 (781 956-1). Made in Germany. First press. 


Tracklist:

Side One
1. Still Got This Thing 4:35
2. Love Is 3:39
3. Black Velvet 4:49
4. Rock This Joint 4:00
5. Lover Of Mine 4:37

Side Two
6. Kick Start My Heart 3:41
7. If You Want To 4:11
8. Just One Kiss 3:34
9. Who Loves You 3:36
10. Hurry Make Love 2:18

Total playing time: 39:00 min.

The seventh full-length studio album by cult British Folk/Power Metal band.
Oh, wow! It’s time to put on your pirate hat and inflate your rubber ducks, because the world-famous Pirate Metal Drinking Crew Alestorm, have set sail on a new voyage with their seventh studio album!
The band spent two years during the lockdown going insane and frantically dredging up the craziest pirate Metal anthems from their treasure chest of ideas, and have created the most epic and serious (yes, serious) sounding Alestorm album you’ve ever heard. From the symphonic choir-powered “Magellan’s Expedition” which tells the tale of Ferdinand Magellan’s historical circumnavigation of the earth in 1522, to the rousing anthem “Under Blackened Banners” which features intense technical riffing and exquisite solo duels, “Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum” is a real throwback to the early days of “Captain Morgan’s Revenge”. 
But fans of the modern Alestorm sound need not worry either – there’s plenty of party mood in the aptly-named future hit song “P.A.R.T.Y.”, and the high-speed insane folk metal banger “Cannonball” has the most ridiculous and offensive lyrics you’ve ever heard in a pirate metal song (it makes “Fucked With an Anchor” sound tame).
Once again, the band are joined by a whole host of guest musicians, including repeat appearances from the hurdy-gurdy of Patty Gurdy, the vocals of Captain Yarrface from Rumahoy, the violin playing of Ally Storch from Subway To Sally, majestic choirs from Hellscore, plus some familiar Spanish and Japanese vocalists in the final instalment of the Wooden Leg Saga. Most importantly, the album features the world’s first use of a fried egg as an instrument in a metal song, expertly played by Matt Cockram.
So, what are you waiting for? Crack open seven bottles of ancient rum, and get ready for the musical voyage of a lifetime!!
Napalm Records Handels GmbH, 2022 (NPR1109VINYL). Made in Germany. First press.


Tracklist:

Side A
I. Magellan's Expedition 4:38
II. The Battle Of Cape Fear River 3:06
III. Cannonball 3:57
IV. P.A.R.T.Y. 3:23
V. Under Blackened Banners 4:39
VI. Magyarország 3:58

Side B
VII. Seventh Rum Of A Seventh Rum 3:21
VIII. Bite The Hook Hand That Feeds 4:09
IX. Return To Tortuga 3:54
X. Come To Brazil 2:09
XI. Wooden Leg (Part III) 5:44

Total playing time: 42:58 min.

The first single from eleventh full-length studio album "Trash" by legendary American Shock Rock/Punk Rock/Hard Rock singer.
CBS Records Inc./Epic Records, 1989 (655061 6). Made in Holland. First press. Used (cover/disc): EX/EX.


Tracklist:

Side 1
1. Poison 4:30

Side 2
1. Ballad Of Dwight Fry (Live)  7:22
2. Cold Ethyl (Live)  3:12

Total playing time: 15:04 min.
 

Re-release of the greatest hits album album by the legendary American Psychedelic/Hard Rock band.
The only greatest hits album by Alice Cooper as a band, as well as their last release. Originally released in 1974, it features hit songs from five of the band's seven studio albums - from their third album, "Love It To Death", to their seventh and last, "Muscle Of Love".
This compilation’s song versions were remixed by Jack Richardson at the time, with the remix of “I’m Eighteen” being released as a single in the US. The reason behind remixing the songs was perhaps to boost its appeal as "new" versions because no new tracks were available for inclusion by the group as they were on hiatus at the time. It does not include any material from their first two albums, "Pretties For You" and "Easy Action".
Warner Bros. Records Inc., 1974/2018 (603497857883). Made in Europe.


Tracklist:

Side I
1. I'm Eighteen 2:55 
2. Is It My Body 2:40 
3. Desperado 3:26 
4. Under My Wheels 2:44 
5. Be My Lover 3:18 
6. School's Out 3:28

Side II
7. Hello Hooray 4:16 
8. Elected 4:06 
9. No More Mr. Nice Guy 3:05 
10. Billion Dollar Babies 3:36 
11. Teenage Lament '74 3:54 
12. Muscle Of Love 3:46

Total plying time: 41:14 min.

The sixteenth full-length studio album by legendary American Shock Rock/Hard Rock/Glam Metal singer.
This is comeback album of Alice Cooper, which brought new sounds and won new younger audience of Shock Rock fans. The album returned Cooper to the chats hitting on the 59th position of 200 and a subsequent The Nightmare Returns Tour became one of the most successful in the history of the 80's.
Track "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" became a hit #1 in Sweden and got along with "Teenage Frankenstein" and "Hard Rock Summer", in to the film “Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives”. Track "The Great American Success Story" became the soundtrack to the movie “Back to School”.
MCA Records, Inc., 1986 (MCA-5761). Made in the USA. Insert. Still in seal. Cut-out. First press. Used (cover/disc): EX+/EX+.


Tracklist:

Side One:
1. Teenage Frankenstein 03:37
2. Give It Up 04:10
3. Thrill My Gorilla 03:06
4. Life And Death Of The Party 03:43
5. Simple Disobedience 03:28

Side Two:
1. The World Needs Guts 03:58
2. Trick Bag 04:14
3. Crawlin' 03:21
4. The Great American Success Story 03:36
5. He's Back (The Man Behind The Mask) 03:50

Total playing time: 37:03 min.

First re-release of the twelfth full-length studio album by legendary American New Wave/Pop Rock singer.
Musically, the album was a drastic change of style for Cooper, leaning towards a New Wave influence. After several self-indulgent albums in the late '70s ("Lace And Whiskey", "From The Inside"), Alice Cooper decided to reinvent himself as a New Waver for 1980's "Flush The Fashion". As a result of a hooking up with Cars' producer Roy Thomas Baker, the sound is glossier; Baker also replaced the gritty guitar riffs that served as the basis for past Cooper Rock compositions with icy synthesizers. Alice wrote most of these songs in conjunction with Elton John's longtime guitarist, Davey Johnstone, and his future keyboardist, Fred Mandel. This unusual combination results in an album that can best be described as The Best of The Cars sung by Alice Cooper (with just a dose of Huey Lewis & The News). As distinctly dissimilar from Alice's past work as such a thing sounds, the formula pays off for the first half of the album; the jangly guitars and prominent synth lines of "Talk Talk" and "Clones (We're All)" suggest that Alice could have a future here. His vocals might be unusually clean and the songs might be surprisingly friendly, but Alice is a true chameleon; he wears many colors and he wears them well, for the most part.
His classic Gothic Horror image of the 70's was replaced with stripped-down clothes, an uncomfortably clean-cut Alice Cooper sporting fully-tamed hair, a noticeable absence of makeup, and a lot less Alice than we're used to seeing.
1980 was not a good year for Alice, as evidenced by his corpse-like stare and fractured sense of self. He had no real band to speak of, and was fighting a losing battle with his career; the strong themes of missing identity in these songs offer insight into his mindset. It was a start of Cooper's "Blackout albums". It was around this time that Cooper relapsed into alcoholism, and his subsequent early-'80s releases ("Special Forces", "Zipper Catches Skin", "Dada") became more unpredictable and more uncharacteristic of the expected Alice Cooper direction and sound.
As an Alice Cooper album, "Flush The Fashion" makes no sense whatsoever. As an artifact of the New Wave tide that rose to prominence around that time, it sounds very dated, but not altogether kitschy; reasonably old-fashioned, but not drowned by being shackled to a fleeting point in time. A few gems like "Pain" still have charm, and after some time to assimilate it, the album isn't all that bad.
The best-known song of the album ended up being the cover "Clones (We're All)", which was in turn covered by the Smashing Pumpkins for their 1995 box set "The Aeroplane Flies High". Other highlights include the stately sounds of "Pain", the brief album-opening "Talk Talk", and one of the album's few riff Rockers, "Grim Facts".
The lead single "Clones (We're All)" peaked at No. 40 on the U.S. Billboard Top 40.
"Flush The Fashion", for its occasional successes, runs out of life quickly and, likely because of his questionable involvement, poorly captures Alice's true spirit and personality. It stands more as a forgotten point of interest that hardcore fans might find appealing than anything else.
Limited Edition Green Swirl Vinyl.
Warner Bros. Records Inc./Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company, 1980/2018 (603497860753). Made in EU.


Tracklist:

Side One
1. Talk Talk (The Music Machine cover) 2:08
2. Clones (We're All)  3:04
3. Pain 4:06
4. Leather Boots 1:38
5. Aspirin Damage 2:56

Side Two
1. Nuclear Infected 2:15
2. Grim Facts 3:25
3. Model Citizen 2:39
4. Dance Yourself To Death 3:09
5. Headlines 3:18

Total playing time: 28:33 min.

First European re-release of the nineteenth full-length studio album by the legendary American Shock Rock/Hard Rock/Glam Metal singer.
The 80s had been a bad time for Alice Cooper. Nondescript albums and failed attempts at flirting with other musical tendencies had left the Shock King dangerously close to losing most of the fanbase he had garnered in the 70s. Even the perfectly decent albums, like 1985’s "Constrictor", failed to convince or impress the fans, who longed for the halcyon days of "Killer". A comeback of sorts was made with 1988’s "Trash", an album that showed Alice revitalized and updated for the new decade, and flirting with the “in” sounds of the late 80s, namely Glam Rock. In view of that album’s acceptance and success, the exact same template was used for "Trash"’s follow-up, 1991s "Hey Stoopid". The results were, again, above average, even if this album is not as highly regarded as its predecessor.
For "Hey Stoopid", Alice takes his cues from what was still popular at the time: the vibrant, gushy, shiny Hard Rock of bands like Poison, Warrant or Firehouse. It comes as no surprise, then, that "Burning Our Bed" comes across as something Guns’n’Roses may have written at the time, or that the overall sound relies heavily on the huge crunchy riffs, sweeping keyboards and shouty backing vocals of Glam Rock, while endowing them with an extra dosage of class.
Experienced artist and master songwriter that he is, Alice surrounds himself with the cream of the Hard Rock crop this time around. His “regular” band consists of guitarist Stef Burns, bassist Hugh McDonald, drummer Mickey Curry and keyboardists Robert Bailey and John Webster. However, the album is absolutely littered with guest appearances, including: Slash, Joe Satriani, Vinnie Moore and Steve Vai, Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx and Mick Mars (who co-wrote “Die For You”), plus Ozzy Osbourne providing backing vocals on the album’s title track. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, provided the spoken word part on “Feed My Frankenstein”, a song co-written by Zodiac Mindwarp.
The album was produced by Peter Collins, famed for his work with Rush and Queensyrche, among many others. The album featured three hit singles: the title track, “Love’s A Loaded Gun” and “Feed My Frankenstein” (the latter was performed in the 1992 comedy film "Wayne’s World", in which Alice also starred).
"Hey Stoopid" is heavily recommended to not only Alice fans, but Hard Rockers in general.
180 gram audiophile vinyl.
Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment Inc./Music On Vinyl, 1991/2017 (MOVLP1863). Made in Netherlands.


Tracklist:

Side One
1. Hey Stoopid 4:29
2. Love's A Loaded Gun 4:11
3. Snakebite 4:33
4. Burning Our Bed 4:31
5. Dangerous Tonight 4:41
6. Might As Well Be On Mars 7:08

Side Two
1. Feed My Frankenstein 4:46
2. Hurricane Years 3:58
3. Little By Little 4:35
4. Die For You 4:16
5. Dirty Dreams 3:29
6. Wind-Up Toy 5:28

Total playing time: 56:09 min.

The fourth full-length studio album by the legendary American Psychedelic/Hard Rock band.
Following up the breakthrough success of "Love It to Death", Alice Cooper back with another album released the same year, producer again by Bob Ezrin.
The band's stage show dealt with the macabre, and such disturbing tracks as "Dead Babies" and the title track fit in perfectly. Other songs were even more exceptional, such as the perennial barnstorming concert standard "Under My Wheels", the melodic yet gritty "Be My Lover", and the tribute to their fallen friend Jim Morrison, "Desperado". The long and winding "Halo of Flies" correctly hinted that the band would be tackling more complex song structures on future albums, while "You Drive Me Nervous" and "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" showed that Alice Cooper hadn't completely abandoned their early Garage Rock direction.
“Killer” is the third-most-represented album in Alice Cooper’s concert set-lists behind “Welcome To My Nightmare” and “Billion Dollar Babies”. With "Killer", they became one of the world's top Rock bands and concert attractions; it rewarded them as being among the most notorious and misunderstood entertainers, thoroughly despised by grownups!
The album reached number 21 on the Billboard 200 album chart, and the two singles "Under My Wheels" and "Be My Lover" made the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd. called “Killer” the greatest Rock album of all time.
Cut out from the original analog master tapes. All packaging replicated to the finest detail. Pressed with more care than ever. 180g gatefold vinyl.
Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company, 1971/2012 (8122797167). Made in EU. Pressed in Germany.


Tracklist:

Side One
1. Under My Wheels 2:50
2. Be My Lover 3:15
3. Halo Of Flies 8:21
4. Desperado 3:25

Side Two
1. You Drive Me Nervous 2:24
2. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah 3:33
3. Dead Babies 5:40
4. Killer 7:07

Total playing time: 36:35 min.