Squat Cobbler 47: Alice Cooper – Along Came a Spider (review)

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“It’s your world, but it’s my street”

This week we review Alice Cooper’s 25th album “Along Came a Spider”.  Both Mike and Kelly feel this has been an underappreciated album – and possibly Alice’s best concept album execution ever.  BTW, it was the Spinal Tap song “Hell Hole” that Kelly saw similarities with in the chorus of “I’m Hungry”.  Just a little 🙂

BONUS: Here is the promotional video we mentioned in the review…

BONUS BONUS: Mike and Kelly’s best harmonica entries:

Wizard (Mike)

Nowadays a Woman Gotta Hit A Man (Kelly)

SMLTBCBPB (Song most likely to be covered by Pat Boone):

Mike – Wrapped In Silk
Kelly – Vengeance Is Mine

THE RANKINGS

Along Came a Spider ends up as #6 on both our lists…

Mike

1. Love It To Death
2. Billion Dollar Babies
3. Killer
4. From the Inside
5. Brutal Planet
6. Along Came a Spider
7. School’s Out
8. Welcome To My Nightmare
9. Dragontown
10. The Last Temptation
11. Flush the Fashion
12. Constrictor
13. DaDa
14. Dirty Diamonds
15. Eyes of Alice Cooper
16. Muscle Of Love
17. Special Forces
18. Lace and Whiskey
19. Zipper Catches Skin
20. Raise Your Fist and Yell
21. Hey Stoopid
22. Trash
23. Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
24. Easy Action
25. Pretties for You

Kelly

1. Billion Dollar Babies
2. Love It To Death
3. From the Inside
4. Killer
5. Welcome To My Nightmare
6. Along Came a Spider
7. Brutal Planet
8. School’s Out
9. The Last Temptation
10. Special Forces
11. Flush the Fashion
12. Dragontown
13. Constrictor
14. DaDa
15. Dirty Diamonds
16. Eyes of Alice Cooper
17. Muscle Of Love
18. Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
19. Zipper Catches Skin
20. Lace and Whiskey
21. Hey Stoopid
22. Trash
23. Easy Action
24. Raise Your Fist and Yell
25. Pretties for You