The Eyes of Alice Cooper

{{Infobox album

| name = The Eyes of Alice Cooper

| type = Album

| artist = Alice Cooper

| cover = Aceyes.jpg

| alt =

| released = September 23, 2003

| recorded = 2003

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Hard rock

| length = 44:11

| label = Spitfire

| producer = Alice Cooper, Mudrock

| prev_title = The Essentials

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = School's Out and Other Hits

| next_year = 2004

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r658017|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

|rev2 = Rolling Stone

|rev2score = {{Rating|2|5}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20071110050019/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/alicecooper/albums/album/301449/review/5944077/the_eyes_of_alice_cooper Rolling Stone review]

}}

The Eyes of Alice Cooper, released in 2003, is the sixteenth solo album by American rock musician Alice Cooper. With this album, Cooper returned to his earlier hard rock sound, in the vein of The Last Temptation, and left the heavy industrial metal sound found in his last two studio albums.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r658017|pure_url=yes}} allmusic ((( The Eyes of Alice Cooper > Overview )))] Of note is the album cover, which was released in four different versions, featuring alternate colours in Cooper's eyes and the crescent around the 'A' in the title. It was available in blue, green, purple and red.

In the 2010 Behind the Music Remastered on Alice Cooper, "Between High School & Old School" was described as "a modern Alice Cooper classic" for its return to the topic of school (a reference to "School's Out").

Track listing

{{tracklist

| all_writing = Alice Cooper, Eric Dover and Ryan Roxie, except where noted

| title1 = What Do You Want from Me?

| length1 = 3:24

| writer1 = Cooper, Dover, Mikal Reid

| title2 = Between High School & Old School

| length2 = 3:01

| title3 = Man of the Year

| length3 = 2:51

| title4 = Novocaine

| length4 = 3:07

| title5 = Bye Bye, Baby

| length5 = 3:27

| title6 = Be with You Awhile

| length6 = 4:17

| writer6 = Cooper, Dover

| title7 = Detroit City

| length7 = 3:58

| writer7 = Cooper, Roxie, Chuck Garric

| title8 = Spirits Rebellious

| length8 = 3:35

| title9 = This House Is Haunted

| length9 = 3:30

| title10 = Love Should Never Feel Like This

| length10 = 3:32

| title11 = The Song That Didn't Rhyme

| length11 = 3:17

| title12 = I'm So Angry

| length12 = 3:36

| title13 = Backyard Brawl

| length13 = 2:36

}}

Personnel

Trivia

Ted Nugent, Iggy Pop, The MC5, Eminem, Kid Rock, Insane Clown Posse, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band and David Bowie (as Ziggy Stardust), Creem Magazine and WRIF radio are all mentioned in the song "Detroit City". Also, 1967 Detroit riot is referenced in the second verse.

For the Breadcrumbs EP & the following Detroit Stories album, Alice Cooper re-recorded the song as Detroit City 2021, with updated lyrics including a new reference to Suzi Quatro.

Charts

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{{album chart|Austria|72|artist=Alice Cooper|album=The Eyes of Alice Cooper|rowheader=true|access-date=May 25, 2024}}
{{album chart|Finland|40|artist=Alice Cooper|album=The Eyes of Alice Cooper|rowheader=true|access-date=May 25, 2024}}
{{album chart|Germany4|78|id=7674|artist=Alice Cooper|album=The Eyes of Alice Cooper|rowheader=true|access-date=May 25, 2024}}
{{album chart|Scotland|99|date=20030928|rowheader=true|access-date=May 25, 2024}}
{{album chart|Sweden|59|artist=Alice Cooper|album=The Eyes of Alice Cooper|rowheader=true|access-date=May 25, 2024}}
{{album chart|UKIndependent|7|date=20030928|rowheader=true|access-date=May 25, 2024}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|184|artist=Alice Cooper|rowheader=true|access-date=May 25, 2024}}
{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|10|artist=Alice Cooper|rowheader=true|access-date=May 25, 2024}}

References

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Category:Alice Cooper albums

Category:2003 albums

Category:Spitfire Records albums