The Blackout Albums

[Lucius Morthem]

What o you think of Alice's Idea of re-doing 4 songs of each blackout album and do them with the actual band ?


My opinion ? It'd be great! and I Hope he does it!

[mestreech]

Maybe a silly question but what are the blackout albums??

[RemarkablyInsincere]

Special Forces, Zipper Catches Skin and Dada.

[killer wolf]

why redo them? there's nothing wrong w/ any of those albums.

[A_MichaelUK]

>Special Forces, Zipper Catches Skin and Dada.

"Flush The Fashion" as well.

[While Heaven Wept]

sounds a bit of a pointless idea to me, i'd rather he carry on moving forward.

[A_MichaelUK]

>sounds a bit of a pointless idea to me, i'd rather he carry on moving forward.

He has been talking about it for years, in case anyone thinks he's only just thought of it.

[mestreech]

If he ever is gonna redo something it MUST be Constrictor. His worst album ever just before ACAS

[scotty]

the album that has "teenage Frankenstein","give it up","the world needs guts" and "he's back" AND was seen as his comeback album? disagree. very strong album,reflects the era,and I wouldn't change a note personally.

[darkmenace]

I don't know about redoing the songs today but a healthy Bob Ezrin and great band would have made Dada a total classic and I think it's great as is.

I am hesitant about redoing because Alice and Bob are older, sober, and stable in their lives and thinking. The "attitude" and looseness of spirit of those blackout albums will be hard for them to reproduce. Still, I'd buy it out of curiosity and because it's a nod to his less popular but still interesting work.

[tuneylune]

Don't think it's necessary to re-do them. While they are all quirky, each one has something that makes it special to fans (For instance, I would change nothing on FLUSH THE FASHION, although SPECIAL FORCES might get a tweak here and there). Also, they are timelines of him working under adverse conditions and still coming up with interesting work.

[Lucius Morthem]

Why re do them? Because Alice doesn't emember them !

In his own words there are incredible songs in which he didn't put an effort

Redoing them will be easier to perform them live

Also Flush the fashion doesn't count on the blackout as far as I Know, never heard of Alice including it on the list

[RemarkablyInsincere]

>Special Forces, Zipper Catches Skin and Dada.

"Flush The Fashion" as well.

That's what I thought, but Alice only mentioned these three in the article.

[RemarkablyInsincere]

very strong album

In my experience, you're one of a very select group that believes this.

[kevinuk81]

very strong album

In my experience, you're one of a very select group that believes this.

As do i.

[patrick]

always found it strange that Alice included Flush the Fashion in his black-out albums. there was Clones, which was a single, and there was Pain, that was performed in the Roadie movie.
Unless black-out here means: less successfull

[A_MichaelUK]

>Unless black-out here means: less successfull

He's referring to the fact that he remembers very little about them because he was so impaired.

[wind_up_toy]

If he ever is gonna redo something it MUST be Constrictor. His worst album ever just before ACAS

I'm confused!

Do you mean Constrictor is worse than all his other albums because of the delivery / recording of the songs (rather than the lyrics)? I imagine the former but in some cases surely redoing them wouldn't necessarily make for a better album?

[While Heaven Wept]

If he ever is gonna redo something it MUST be Constrictor. His worst album ever just before ACAS

If you dislike it so much why would you want him to re-do it? That's really weird!!

[pitkin88]

Constrictor was a shock to many as it was heavy metal which Alice never was. It also had the WORST lyrics of any Alice album. A LOT of fans got into Alice via this album so it means a lot to some. The best I can say is I would have liked to hear the demos or what he recorded with Neal and Dennis as the album is a dog.