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Along Came a Spider (album)

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Along Came A Spider
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 29, 2008
Recorded2007–2008
GenreHard rock, heavy metal[1]
Length44:17
LabelSteamhammer
ProducerGreg Hampton, Danny Saber
Alice Cooper chronology
Live at Montreux 2005
(2006)
Along Came A Spider
(2008)
Welcome 2 My Nightmare
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Jukebox:Metal[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

Along Came a Spider is the eighteenth solo studio album by American rock musician Alice Cooper, released in July 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.[1][4] A commercial success, it ended up becoming Cooper's highest-charting studio effort in the United States since Hey Stoopid (1991).

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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"[5] 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.[6] Cooper also planned to create a second part to the album, entitled 'The Night Shift,' but decided to make Welcome 2 My Nightmare instead.[7]

Reception

The release has earned mixed to positive reviews from various publications. For example, music critic David Jeffries of Allmusic stated that, even though Cooper had produced better concept albums before, in Along Came a Spider the artist "fills his lyrics with clever and gruesome wordplay".[1] A review from Blabbermouth.net praised the release as "yet another example of an album made by an elder rock icon that manages to sound fresh and relevant".[4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Prologue / I Know Where You Live"Alice Cooper, Danny Saber, Greg Hampton4:21
2."Vengeance Is Mine" (feat. Slash)Cooper, Saber, Hampton4:26
3."Wake the Dead" (feat. Ozzy Osbourne)Cooper, Saber, Ozzy Osbourne3:53
4."Catch Me If You Can"Cooper, Saber, Hampton3:15
5."(In Touch With) Your Feminine Side"Cooper, Chuck Garric, Keri Kelli, Damon Johnson3:16
6."Wrapped in Silk"Cooper, Saber, Hampton4:17
7."Killed by Love"Cooper, Garric, Kelli, James Bacchi3:34
8."I'm Hungry"Cooper, Saber, Hampton3:58
9."The One That Got Away"Cooper, Kelli, Jani Lane3:21
10."Salvation"Cooper, Saber, Hampton, Bernard Fowler4:36
11."I Am the Spider / Epilogue"Cooper, Saber, Hampton5:21
2010 Re-release / iTunes bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Shadow of Yourself"Cooper, Saber, Hampton3:29
13."I'll Still Be There"Cooper, Saber, Hampton3:50
14."Salvation" (Unplugged with string section)Cooper, Saber, Hampton, Fowler4:46
  • As with a large portion of Cooper's back-catalogue being remastered and re-released through various distribution channels, Along Came A Spider has also received the same treatment. Re-released on CD in 2010, and distributed by Bigger Picture, it includes the three iTunes-only bonus tracks originally released alongside the album in 2008:

Music video

Unlike Dragontown, The Eyes of Alice Cooper, and Dirty Diamonds, a music video was created to promote Along Came a Spider. Released on October 2, 2008, and directed by Rob Zombie bassist, Piggy D and Gabrielle Geiselman, the 10-minute-long music video stars Alice Cooper, Slash, Hazmat, Roxxi Dott, Howie Pyro, Dave Pino, Eric Singer and Peter Derek. It features a medley of three songs from the album: "Vengeance Is Mine", "(In Touch With Your) Feminine Side", and "Killed By Love".

Personnel

Guest musicians

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[8] 53
Austrian Albums Chart[9] 37
Dutch Albums Chart[10] 76
Canadian Albums Chart[8] 19
Finnish Albums Chart[11] 31
French Albums Chart[12] 101
German Albums Chart[13] 26
Hungarian Albums Chart[14] 32
Norwegian Albums Chart[15] 33
Swedish Albums Chart[16] 25
Swiss Albums Chart[17] 37
UK Albums Chart[18] 31

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Jukebox:Metal review". Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
  3. ^ Steffen, Chris (August 12, 2008). "Along Came A Spider". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Along Came a Spider - ALICE COOPER". Blabbermouth.net. September 8, 2008. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  5. ^ Blackman, Guy (July 2, 2007). "Alice Cooper". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  6. ^ Peters, Mitchell (April 18, 2008). "Alice Cooper Receives MusiCares MAP Fund Award". Billboard.com. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  7. ^ "Alice Cooper Calls Rock Hall Induction 'A Dream,' Plots 'Nightmare' Sequel | Alice Cooper | Official Website". Archived from the original on March 18, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  8. ^ a b "Alice Cooper – Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums" Allmusic. Retrieved on August 10, 2009.
  9. ^ "Austrian Album Charts Search for Alice Cooper" Austriancharts.at. Retrieved on August 10, 2009.
  10. ^ DutchCharts.nl. Retrieved on August 10, 2009.
  11. ^ "Finnish Album Charts Search for Alice Cooper" FinnishCharts.com. Retrieved on August 10, 2009.
  12. ^ "French Album Charts Search for Alice Cooper" lescharts.com. Retrieved on August 10, 2009.
  13. ^ "German Album Charts Search for Alice Cooper" Archived September 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine musicline.de. Retrieved on August 10, 2009.
  14. ^ "2008/33 heti Album Top 40 slágerlista" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  15. ^ "Norwegian Album Charts Search for Alice Cooper" NorwegianCharts.com. Retrieved on August 10, 2009.
  16. ^ "Swedish Album Charts Search for Alice Cooper" SwedishCharts.com. Retrieved on August 10, 2009.
  17. ^ "Swiss Album Charts Search for Alice Cooper" HitParade.ch. Retrieved on August 10, 2009.
  18. ^ "UK Chart Logs Search for C" Zobbel. Retrieved on August 10, 2009.
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