“Road,” August 25, 2023

[Nick]

Solid album that I've had on rotation since release, and for me the best album top to bottom in quite a while.
The lyrics on a couple tracks are puerile and silly on purpose, but it's tongue firmly in cheek, it's kind of the point and it's a little late in the game to be finding Alice Cooper lyrics distasteful IMO. The goofiness reminds me of Zipper Catches Skin in spots. The Big Goodbye sounds like it could have come off Hey Stoopid.
100 More Miles leans closer to WTMN, best track on the album and I echo everyone's thoughts that it should have been longer.
Happy to see the general response on the album has been largely positive and look forward to the OG album next.

[patrick]

100 miles.. The first seconds of this song remind me of "something else", another song.... But I can figure it out which one..Any idea anyone ?

[Rod]

100 miles.. The first seconds of this song remind me of "something else", another song.... But I can figure it out which one..Any idea anyone ?

It reminds me of I never wrote those songs

[Rod]

Despite all the lack of love it is getting here (justifiable, IMO), outside of the 3 singles, Big Boots is the track with highest number of listens on the album according to Spotify stats (70k vs ~30k for the other songs). Interesting.

Also mind-boggling is The Saga of Jesse Jane with 1.7m listens, better than anything released since BP except 2 tracks from Paranormal. Maybe there is a bigger market for the silly stuff than I thought

[Mr. Misdemeanor]

Despite all the lack of love it is getting here (justifiable, IMO), outside of the 3 singles, Big Boots is the track with highest number of listens on the album according to Spotify stats (70k vs ~30k for the other songs). Interesting.

Also mind-boggling is The Saga of Jesse Jane with 1.7m listens, better than anything released since BP except 2 tracks from Paranormal. Maybe there is a bigger market for the silly stuff than I thought

That is extremely surprising. Maybe Alice should work some Spinal Tap covers into his next album.

[Lucius Morthem]

To me the best songs are Dead Don't Dance, The Big Goodbye and the criminally short 100 More Miles

[elwoodpdowd]

So, 13 DANGEROUS NEW SONGS from the "Master of Madness: The Father Of Fright", not on your Nelly. As with previous albums the build up is bigger than the final product. It does however trundle along at an enjoyable pace until we hit a brick wall with the obligitory ballad. Not one of the best. Not one you can put on the turntable and listen to for long without getting restless. The subject matter is pretty shallow and uninteresting, life on the road isn't going to sustain me passed the end of this week.

[patrick]

building up the story is part of the game I guess, just like the audience Alice is facing , is always (one of ) the best
Nevertheless, been looking at wiki and Road gets a solid 77/100 (summary of Mojo, Uncut, Classic Rock ao) which is not bad for an elderly rocker to achieve...

[Saint&Sinner]

To me the best songs are Dead Don't Dance, The Big Goodbye and the criminally short 100 More Miles

agree completely. Why did 100 more miles not have an epic outro!?

[concolz]

Road new entry charts, so far:

#2 Germany
#8 UK
#17 Finland
#19 Australia
#24 Sweden
#39 Norway

Apart from Germany & UK those are disappointing chart positions. (On physical copies sold Alice is at #3 in UK.)

[TeresofBlood]

100 miles.. The first seconds of this song remind me of "something else", another song.... But I can figure it out which one..Any idea anyone ?

It reminds me of I never wrote those songs

Also Mr. Spider from H-Vamps Rise

[Holly Grail]

Well… after some period, enough to have mature opinion, anyone that still digs and appreciates this album? Ι remember some criticism about ‘speaking’ and poor lyrics when the singles dropped.
The fact that I constantly play Road on my car and the fact that I am just passing by maybe 1-2 songs means that I finally LOVE this album!

[Dannorama]

I have never not liked “Road.” It’s a very good Alice Cooper album. I have to agree that 100 More Miles could have been longer, but that’s a slight gripe. The recent special deluxe albums have taken my eyes off the Road album, but my interest is still right where it was.

If I may put forward a slice of personal philosophy, I hope that whatever happens next has some kind of cool painting or something for the cover. It’s been far too long since a studio album has had an artists touch. (Yes, photographers are indeed artists, and Alice deserves to be seen. You know what I mean.)

[While Heaven Wept]

It's ok. I had it on in the car for a while, but my ears got tired pretty quick. Doesn't really stand up to repeated listens for me. Not the worst, but not the best for me.

[revinkevin]

Still liking it a lot.