Welcome to My Nightmare is the eighth album by Alice Cooper, released in 1975. This was Alice Cooper's first solo album (all previous Alice Cooper releases were bandefforts). The cover artwork was created byDrew Struzan for Pacific Eye & Ear. Rolling Stone would later rank it as one of the "Top 100 Album Covers Of All Time". Welcome to My Nightmare is a concept album. The songs, heard in sequence, form a journey through the nightmares of a child named Steven. The song Welcome to my Nightmare is a parody of the 1968 novel "There's a Nightmare in My Closet" by Mercer Mayer.
Famed film actor of the Horror genre Vincent Price provided the introductory monologue in the song "The Black Widow".
The remastered CD version adds three alternate version bonus tracks.
In 2011, the sequel Welcome 2 My Nightmare was released.
Track listing
- "Welcome to My Nightmare" (Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner) – 5:19
- "Devil's Food" (Cooper, Bob Ezrin, Kelley Jay) – 3:38
- "The Black Widow" (Cooper, Wagner, Ezrin) – 3:37
- "Some Folks" (Cooper, Ezrin, Alan Gordon) – 4:19
- Only Women bleed (Cooper, Wagner) – 5:49
- "Department Of Youth" (Cooper, Wagner, Ezrin) – 3:18
- "Cold Ethyl" (Cooper, Ezrin) – 2:51
- "Years Ago" (Cooper, Wagner) – 2:51
- "Steven" (Cooper, Ezrin) – 5:52
- "The Awakening" (Cooper, Wagner, Ezrin) – 2:25
- "Escape" (Cooper, Mark Anthony, Kim Fowley) – 3:20
2002 CD reissue bonus tracks
- "Devils' Food" (Alternate Version) - 5:13
- "Cold Ethyl" (Alternate Version) - 2:56
- "The Awakening" (Alternate Version) - 4:20
Personnel
- Alice Cooper - Vocals
- Bob Ezrin - Synthesizer, Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Fender Rhodes, Remixing, Mixing, Remix Producer
- Vincent Price - Special Effects, Vocals
- Dick Wagner - Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
- Steve Hunter - Electric and Acoustic Guitar
- Josef Chirowski - Synthesizer, Keyboards, Vocals, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes
- Prakash John - Bass
- Tony Levin - Bass
- Pentti "Whitey" Glan - Drums
- Johnny "Bee" Badanjek - Drums
- Greg Allen - Art Direction, Design
- Craig Anderson - Mastering
- Bob Brown - Second Unit Director
- Spencer Chrislu - Author
- David Ezrin - Vocals
- Jim Frank - Engineer
- Dan Hersch - Mastering
- Bill Inglot - Mastering
- Bret Lopez - Photography
- Gary Lyons - Vocals
- Allan MacMillan - Arranger
- Toby B. Mamis - Project Assistant
- Brian Nelson - Project Assistant
- Jeffrey Morgan - Liner Notes
- Rod O'Brien - Engineer
- David Palmer - Engineer
- Phil Ramone - Engineer
- Mike Reese - Mastering
- Michael Sherman - Vocals, Production Assistant
- Ed Sprigg - Engineer
- Corky Stasiak - Engineer
- Julee Stover - Editorial Supervision
- Drew Struzan - Artwork
- Charlie Watts - Mastering
- Gerry Yons - Guitar
- Trish McKinnon
Remastered Review From Wiki
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