I'VE GOT MORE TO LOSE,
MORE TO LOSE THAN YOU
CAUSE I'M THE ONLY ONE
IN LOVE BETWEEN US TWO
I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN STRUCK
BY LIGHTING FROM ABOVE
CAUSE I'VE BEEN KILLED BY LOVE
is the eighteenth
solo and the
twenty-fifth
studio album
overall by
American
rock musician
Alice Cooper,
released on
July 29, 2008
by Steamhammer/SPV.
A hard rock/heavy metal
concept album,
it chronicles the activities
of a psychopathic
serial killer
known as
'Spider'
and the eventual
undoing of his plans.
A commercial success,
it ended up becoming
Cooper's highest-charting
studio effort
in the United States
since
Hey Stoopid
(1991).
Background and Release
The story-line for
the concept album
was first revealed
on Cooper's radio show
Nights with Alice Cooper.
The theme of the album
revolves around a
"cool, calm and collected"
serial killer known as
'Spider'.
The police are baffled
by the bodies of
Spider's victims,
which are cocooned
in a silk web,
and are each missing
a leg.
Spider's task is to
collect eight legs
to complete the construction
of his own spider.
However,
things get complicated
when he falls in love
with his eighth victim.
At the end of the album
an internal voice
is heard telling
'Spider'
that 'We've been
locked away here
for twenty eight years
Steven,
we couldn't have done
all those horrible things'
thus revealing Spider
as the character Steven
from
Welcome to My Nightmare.
Along Came a Spider
was due for a 2007 release
but problems with
producer scheduling
and tour commitments
caused it to be pushed
to mid-2008.
Several demos
and songs were prepared
and short-listed during 2007
with further sessions
for recording
and writing
taking place
in February 2008.
75% of the album
had been completed
as of April 18, 2008
Cooper also planned to
create a second part
to the album,
entitled
'The Night Shift,'
but decided to make
Welcome 2 My Nightmare
instead.
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