Mutations: Tribute to Alice Cooper

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 14, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Underground Inc
• ASIN: B000066HIE
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #465,383 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars 'Mutations' - A Tribute To Alice Cooper (Underground) Various Artists, December 4, 2005

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mutations: Tribute to Alice Cooper (Audio CD)

To the average old school Alice Cooper fan,'Mutations' just may be somewhat of an insult.I mean,come on;industrial bands covering Cooper songs?There are some decent cuts here,like the surprisingly kick-ass sedated version of "Cold Ethyl" by Written In Ashes,"Hard Hearted Alice" by Chris Connelly(sounds like a Jim Morrison wanna-be on meth)and "Halo Of Flies" by Parallax 1.For the most part,this eighteen track compilation is a bit hard to take.Unless you find it,for say $3.00 or less,you might want to just pass it up altogether.You might try one of the other Alice Cooper tribute releases out there,like 'Humanary Stew'(see my review).It's better.

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not so shocking, now, July 8, 2002

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Shantell Powell "The ShanMonster" (Kitchener, ON, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mutations: Tribute to Alice Cooper (Audio CD)

I'm not the most qualified person to review an Alice Cooper tribute album. Growing up as a Jehovah's Witness kid kinda precluded my shock rock listening habits, so I got a rather late start. I am, however, familiar with Alice's crazy stage antics. He influenced all sorts of performers, from the disgusting G. G. Allin and the animal activism shows of Nivek Ogre to the better-known prince(ss?) of shock rock, Marilyn Manson.

I'm also familiar with Alice's album _Welcome to My Nightmare_, and with the comic series written by Neil Gaiman. And, to top it off, I have more than a passing familiarity with many of the bands on _Mutations_, having been an industrial DJ for over ten years.

Sweet 'n' sour credentials aside, this album is spotty. The music varies from techno to industrial to rock 'n' roll, and the compilation bears an unsettling resemblance to the dime-a-dozen tribute albums put out by Cleopatra Records. The Invisible Records sound is mostly missing, here. The only real difference between this and a Cleopatra album is the fact Electric Hellfire Club doesn't have a song on this album.

Some of the tracks on _Mutations_ are very strong (Bile's "Clones", Godhead's "Hey Stoopid"), but predictably enough, others are just plain annoying (Parallax 1's "Halo of Flies", Lorin Richard's "I'm Eighteen").

Some of the songs disappoint me. I was very fond of the original version of "Cold Ethyl", an anthem to necrophilia, but Written in Ashes' version lacks oomph, becoming just another goth rock track. Chris Connelly does a decent rendition of "Hard Heated Alice," but his tremelo seems a bit out of control and makes me feel dizzy.

On the other hand, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult get back to their Satanists-just-wanna-have-fun roots with "Hallowed Be My Name." It's the best song I've heard by them in years. Acclimate's rendition of "Is It My Body" is suitably creepy, with its slippery-slidey-sounding vocal treatments. Slick Idiot's version of "Under My Wheels" sounds, predictably enough, like another KMFDM industrial rock anthem, but one that will make you shake your booty on the dance floor.

I don't think I could recommend the album as a whole, but the stand-out tracks are certainly worth checking out.