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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Perfect Cooper Album, July 26, 2004
Alice hones the sound of Constrictor on Raise Your Fist and Yell, and blends it with typical Alice Cooper lyrics. The result is one of Cooper's best solo albums ever. Lock Me Up is a great metal song, and should remain in Cooper's live set list. The drumming is insane on Lock Me Up, a real headbanger. Not That Kind of Love is funny, and another straight ahead metal tune. Give the Radio Back and Raise Your Fist and Yell is Cooper's response to the 80's, Tipper Gore led PMRC attack on heavy metal. Kane Roberts gets to flex his metal muscle with Prince of Darkness, and unlike Constrictor, Kip Winger's bass work is in the forefront of most songs. The reason to buy Raise Your Fist though is for the trilogy of songs: Chop-Chop-Chop, Gail and Roses on White Lace. These three songs tell the story of a murderer and his crimes against a would-be bride. The story is fascinating and Cooper once again creates an audial horror movie. Gail may be Cooper's creepiest song next to Former Lee Warmer. This is one Alice Cooper CD you won't be able to put away for long, perfect for the Halloween season.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Alice Cooper - 'Raise Your Fist And Yell' (MCA), March 17, 2005
Excellent over the top late '80's release from the Coop.This is what I would consider his best work since the 'From The Inside' album.Heard in a interview he did once this lp was to be more of a metal lp,that 'Constrictor' was supposed to be a hard rock lp and 'Trash' was to be more of a classic rock effort.Interesting to know that.'Raise Your Fist...' has everything a good old fashioned Alice Cooper release has...blood,gore and clever story lines behind many of the tunes here.Recently saw the video for the CD's opener "Freedom" is what inspired me to check out this disc again.Other killer tracks include "Step On You",the evil "Prince Of Darkness" and what appears to be in sequence sort of like a horror movie "Time To Kill","Chop,Chop,Chop","Gail" and "Roses On White Lace".Whew!Be sure to look at the lyric sheet for this disc.Awesome material here,I tell you.Line-up:Alice-vocals,Kane Roberts(remember? that Rambo-like dude?)-guitar,Kip Winger-bass,Ken Mary-drums and Paul Horowitz-keyboard.Highly recommended.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Alice at his sick,slick best, October 8, 2002
This must be one of Alices most underrated albums to date, forget the pretenders, Marylin Manson is a true lightweight when you REALY listen to Alice. Gail must be one the cleverest songs Alice has written, a sing song confession, a nursery ryme with broken glass edges leading into the full blown braggards tale, roses on white lace, truely chilling .The rest of the album is a churning fist thumping affaire, Prince of darkness delivers just that little bit more than the other tracks, but it is the last three Chop,Chop,Chop, Gail and Roses on white lace that realy stir the juices. Not since Welcome to my nightmare has an Alice Cooper album oozed an atmosphere of compleat horror, a feeling of dread and menace and excitement. Kiss are four guys in Alice make-up, Marylin Manson is trying too hard,Gothics are little Alices living the Alice dream while denying his influence. Alice is a true innovator, never to be copyed, matched or bettered ,only David Bowie has influenced as many music trends as Alice. Put the album on, kick back, close your eyes and be entertained
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