Trash

1989 saw Alice's comback running full steam, but few could have predicted what a change of label (to Epic) would bring. Enlisting the hit maker of the time, Desmond Child, Alice created an album designed specifically to hit the top of the charts, and it pretty much succeed on every level. Epic ploughed money into promotion and pushed 'Poison' to the top of the charts worldwide and a string of follow up singles kept the profile high along with a huge world tour that even took in Japan for the first and only time.
Unfortunately what got lost in the shuffle was the Alice Cooper fans loved. This is less of an Alice album and more of a Desmond Child and friends record with little of the humour or horror older fans loved. Essential in as much as it was Alice's most commercially successful album, and many newer fans hail it as a classic, but others feel it's lacking a key ingredient, Alice Cooper!!

25th July 1989

Poison (Cooper, Child, McCurry) [4:28]
Spark In The Dark (Cooper, Child) [3:51]
House Of Fire (Cooper, Jett, Child) [3:46]
Why Trust You (Cooper, Child) [3:12]
Only My Heart Talkin' (Roberts, Goldmark, Cooper) [4:46]
Bed Of Nails (Cooper, Warren, Child) [4:20]
This Maniac's In Love With You (Cooper, Teeley, Held, Child) [3:47]
Trash (Cooper, Frazier, Sever, Child) [4:01]
Hell Is Living Without You (Cooper, Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child) [4:11]
I'm Your Gun (Cooper, McCurry, Child) [3:47]

LYRICS

Musicians

John McCurry (from The Hooters) - Guitar
Hugh McDonald - Bass
Bobby Chouinard - Drums
Alan St. John - Keyboards
Steven Tyler - vocals (5)
Jon Bon Jovi - Vocals (8)
Kip Winger - Vocals (10)
Joe Perry - Guitar (3)
Richie Sambora - Guitar (9)
Steve Lukather - Guitar (9)
Kane Roberts - Guitar (6)
Guy Mann-Dude - Guitar (2,4,7)
Tom Hamilton - Bass (8)
Joey Kramer - Drums (8)
Mark Frazier - Guitar (8)
Jack Johnson - Guitar (8)
Paul Chiten - Additional Keyboards
Steve Deutsch - Synth Programming
Gregg Mangiafico - Keyboards, Special Effects
Background Vocals - Myriam Valle, Maria Vidal, Diana Graselli, Desmond Child, Bernie Shanahan, Louie Merlino, Alan St. John, Tom Teeley, Michael Anthony, Stiv Bators, Hugh McDonald, Jango, Jamie Sever, Joe Turano

Sleeve Notes

Produced by Desmond Child

Recorded by Sir Arthur Payson

Mixed by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero

Recorded in New York at Bearsville Studios, Power Station, Sigma Sound, Mediasound and Los Angeles at Village Recorder, The Complex, Record Plant and Boston Jay Studios and New Jersey Sanctuary Sound.

Production Manager: Michael Anthony

Executive Producer: Bob Pfeifer

The Album

A working title for 'Trash' was 'Low Class Reunion'.

There are three version of the 'Poison' video, which feature the female character in various states of undress. The girl in the video is Rana Kennedy.

A compilation video was released comprising four promotional videos from this album with linking footage. The transitional pieces were shot in Birmingham, England on the day of the filming of "Trashes The World" video. The video included 'Poison', 'House of Fire', and 'Bed of Nails' and was about 20 minutes long.

Now that I'm thinking about it, I think the beginning of 'Bed of Nails' was some passage out of some dumb book that Desmond Child had.
(Renfield, August 1995)

'It Rained all Night' was written by Alice and Desmond Child. It was demoed during the 'Trash' and the recorded proper for during the 'Hey Stoopid' sessions. In the end it wound up as the B-side to 'Hey Stoopid' although it was included as a bonus track in Japan.

Alice thought Annie Lennox would have been great on it.
(Renfield, September 1996)

Known Releases

Country	Format	Number	Date	Chart	Label	Notes
USA	LP	OE 45137	7/89	20	Epic	Insert
USA	LP	?	7/89		Epic	Promo
USA	Tape	OE 45137-?	7/89	20	Epic
USA	CD	7464-45137-1	7/89	20	Epic
UK	LP	465130-1	8/89	2	Epic	Insert
UK	CD	465130-2	8/89	2	Epic
UK	Tape	465130-4	8/89	2	Epic
UK	LP		/89	2	Epic	Picture Disc
Argentina	LP	Epic 70-098	8/89		Epic	Entitled "Basura" Different Cover
Argentina	Tape	170-098	89		Epic
Australia	LP	465130-1	8/89		Epic
Australia	Tape	435160-4	8/89		Epic
Australia	CD	435160-2	8/89		Epic
Australia	LP	465130-5	8/89		Epic	With poster actual record is 465130-1 with sticker on front with correct number
Australia	LP	465130-0	8/89		Epic	Picture Disc
Australia	CD	435160-9	4/90		Epic	Tour edition
Brazil	LP	?	4/90		Epic
Brazil	LP	?	4/90		Epic	Promo with Press Release
Brazil	CD	Epic 465130	4/90		Epic
Canada	CD	EK 45137	1097		Epic
Czechoslovaki	LP	210040-1311	89		Epic (Globus)	Yellow Splatter vinyl
Czechoslovakia	LP	210040-1 311	8/89		Epic	Green Vinyl
Germany	CD	4651302	89		Epic
Holland	LP	465130-1	8/89		Epic	Same as French And German
Holland	CD	465130-?	8/89		Epic	Same as French And German
Hungary	LP	Gong SLPXL 37417	89
Japan	CD	25.8 5278	8/89		Epic	With Obi
Korea	LP	CPL-1042	06/90			includes Korean insert
Spain	LP	465160-1	4/90		Epic
Mexican	LP	ZRI-465130	89		Epic	Translucent BROWN vinyl [when held to the light] picture sleeve with Spanish text lyric inner and Spanish titles on labels
Greece	LP	465130	89		Epic
Yugoslavia	LP	LL-1817			SOKOJ

The 'Trashes The World' Tour

Al Pitrelli - guitar
Pete Friesen - guitar
Tommy 'T-Bone' Carradona - bass
Jonathan Mover - drums (replaced by Eric Singer for US and Australia).
Derek Sherinian - keyboards
Devon Meade - backing vocals

Alice wanted Steve Vai to play guitar on the tour but he wasn't available due to previous commitments (with Whitesnake). Steve recommended Al Pitrelli.

Setlist

Hello Hooray tape
Trash
Billion Dollar Babies
I'm Eighteen
I'm Your Gun
Desperado
House of Fire
No More Mr. Nice Guy
This Maniac's In Love With You
Steven
Welcome to My Nightmare
Ballad of Dwight Fry
Gutter Cat versus the Jets
Only Women Bleed
I Love the Dead
Guitar Solo
Poison
Muscle of Love
Spark in the Dark
Bed of Nails
School' Out
Under My Wheels

'Muscle of Love' had been dropped by the time they reached Detroit to be replaced by 'Only My Heart Talking'. 'Department Of Youth' was performed in Australia. 'He's Back' was played in Sweden. 'The Awakening' was played during the 'Nightmare' sequence in Brussels, 21st November but was dropped after that one night. 'Is It My Body' was played at the first few shows as well.

Full setlists available here