You maybe wonder why I feature this album, as it’s not a very famous one and you maybe think there are better Alice Cooper records. I can agree with that, but I always try to give a little message with the stuff I’m posting here and the reason I chose this album is to show you the different faces of the shock rocker.
Brutal Planet is Alice Cooper’s 21st studio album got released in 2000. And this album is a good way to show how he’s one of the very few musicians out there that manages to always invent themselves new and adapting modern influences without loosing their personal style. So to me, although this album has a pretty modern-sounding, industrial/metal sound it still sounds like the typical Alice Cooper music.
What I also like is that on this album he uses actually really deep lyrics facing themes like domestic violence, prejudice, psychopathic behavior, war and school shootings. So on this record Cooper communicates way darker and heavier than on previous records, but in a really powerful way!
So check this album out if you find time. Or better RIGHT NOW! Otherwise you may will forget about it again…:-) It’s worth it! Especially for fans of the sound Rob Zombie this is definitely worth a listen I think, as to me there are many musical similarities. To start with I would recommend the songs ‘Blow Me A Kiss’, ‘Brutal Planet’ or the profound ballad ‘Take It Like A Woman’.
