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Track Listings
| 1. Teenage Frankenstein |
| 2. Give It Up |
| 3. Thrill My Gorilla |
| 4. Life And Death Of The Party |
| 5. Simple Disobedience |
| 6. The World Needs Guts |
| 7. Trick Bag |
| 8. Crawlin |
| 9. The Great American Success Story |
| 10. He's Back (The Man Behind The Mask) |
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Ok, this is an oddball album for me. It's 1986, Alice decides rightly to ditch the new wave sound that he had established in the early 80's. So what sound does Alice go for? Well, this album sounds like any other cheezy 80's stadium metal band. Not necessarily heavy, but loads of wailing guitar solos, and dodgy lyrics. I do like many of the songs on the album, eg 'Life and death of the party', 'Teenage Frankenstein'. Although, i find the production a little quiet at times, which affects the punch of the album. Maybe if they had played more heavy riffs and less guitar gymnastic solos it could have worked better. A good effort, even if you get the impression that Alice is jumping on the bandwagon.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
After some time out, the man behind the mask returned with this classic piece of 80's rock-pop. The great guitar work mixed in with some in your face synthesisor sounds combine to make this a happy sounding, but kick ass album. There are several highlights, but my personal favourite is He's Back (The Man Behind The Mask) which was the theme tune to Friday the 13th pt6, but could also be about Alice himself!
Format:Audio CD
I would assume you are here because you're an Alice Cooper fan, and you've probably heard Man Behind The Mask or you are wishing to complete your collection of 25-ish Cooper studio albums. Well, this is a very curious album. It's full of glam metal-type hits heavily influenced by the trends of the time (sadly, Alice has been a trend chaser rather than setter since Flush The Fashion). It is one hell of a guilty pleasure album. This reviewer personally finds his early 80s so-called 'wilderness albums' far more beguiling and creative than these late 80s albums that put his name back on the map so to speak, and the dire production nigh-on sinks it. Yet there is much to enjoy: the rousing Teenage Frankenstein, the irreverent humour of Thrill My Gorilla, and the only song I consider to be close to an actual Cooper song on the album, Simple Disobedience. Sadly, this is the album's main problem- none of it sounds much like Alice. It's an 80s digest Alice, buffered and polished into a pop-rock package. Thankfully, things were looking up post-Constrictor.
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Constrictor
Constrictor is the 1986 album by Alice Cooper. This album has 2 singles called "Teenage Frankenstein" & "He's Back (The Man Behind The Mask)", which was the theme song for Friday... Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2009 by JPA
Another phase Another triumph!!
Alice entered into what was to become the blood soaked years of 86/7/8! Alice had a new found passion and back was the trademark make up. Read more
Published on 2 April 2008 by Toecutter
Cool album
this album is cool, the guitar sound is so good once you get used to the production, man behind the mask is insane
Published on 17 Feb 2008 by Adam Oliver
Dramatic, loud, defiant!
This is a fantastic album by Mr Cooper. It's a good style he's got here, while he's toyed around with quite a few, it's this this good old soft rock sound that he's really... Read more
Published on 5 Dec 2004 by Mr. Ahf Sinicki
Nada Dada
Constrictor was where Alice Cooper changed once again and adopted a Heavy Metal bent. It was the decade of puffy hairdos, make-up and glam was coming back in metal form so Alice... Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2002
Oh dear
As a long time fan of Alice I have to say that this was a real low point. Dull, flat and uninspired describes this album. Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2001 by Mark Goodman
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