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Alice In Chains – Greatest Hits (2001) MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

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Giants of the early-’90s Seattle grunge scene, with Black Sabbath-style riffing and an unconventional vocal style, in many ways, Alice in Chains was the definitive heavy metal band of the early ’90s. Drawing equally from the heavy riffing of post-Van Halen metal and the gloomy strains of post-punk, the band developed a bleak, nihilistic sound that balanced grinding hard rock with subtly textured acoustic numbers. They were hard enough for metal fans, yet their dark subject matter and punky attack placed them among the front ranks of the Seattle-based grunge bands.

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Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana – Illuminations (1974) [Reissue 2017] MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

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Illuminations is a 1974 collaboration between Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana. For his third duet album, Carlos Santana performed the works of John Coltrane, paired with Coltrane’s widow, harpist/keyboardist Alice Coltrane, on this instrumental album. Side One includes several contemplative, string-filled numbers, while Side Two presents Santana’s re-creation of John Coltrane’s late free jazz style in “Angel of Sunlight.” Columbia Records could not have been pleased at Santana’s determined drift into esoteric jazz: Illuminations was the first of the nine Santana-related albums so far released in the U.S. not to go gold.

Jazz musicians Jules Broussard, Jack DeJohnette and Dave Holland also contributed to the record, on saxophone, flute, drums and bass. Alice Coltrane delivers some harp glissando, while the string orchestra adds a serene mood to the music. Carlos Santana (whose Indian name “Devadip” appears on the sleeve) plays electric guitar in his own fashion, utilizing feedback, long notes and simple melodies, letting much space to the other instruments. The album is conceived as an instrumental jazz album, with lengthy solos on guitar, saxophone and keyboards. The introduction to “Angel of Air”, with its violins, has been sampled by the Cinematic Orchestra. It is his first of three solo albums (the others being Oneness and The Swing of Delight) to be released under his temporary Sanskrit name Devadip Carlos Santana, given to him by Sri Chinmoy.

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Alice Cooper – Muscle Of Love (1973) [Audio Fidelity 2015] MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

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Coming off such conceptual, theatrical, sleazy hard rock records as the massively successful School’s Out (1972) and Billion Dollar Babies (1973), the Alice Cooper group decided that their next release would be more along the lines of their earlier, more straightforward work (à la Love It to Death). While Muscle of Love was a gold-certified Top Ten success, it performed below expectations (their previous two albums peaked at number two and number one, respectively) and would unfortunately prove to be the original Alice Cooper band’s last studio album together. The album may not be as coherent as their previous classics (producer Bob Ezrin took a leave of absence) and more filler is present than usual, yet Muscle of Love is perhaps Alice Cooper’s most underrated record – more than a few overlooked and forgotten classics reside here. The two best-known tracks are undoubtedly the Top 20 anthem “Teenage Lament ’74,” which features none other than Liza Minnelli and the Pointer Sisters on backing vocals, and the boisterous title track. But other tracks are just as good – the Led Zep-stomping opener, “Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo),” the gentle “Hard Hearted Alice” (a precursor to Cooper’s future ballad-oriented direction), the raging “Working Up a Sweat,” and “Man with the Golden Gun” (which was written for the James Bond movie of the same name, but rejected). A forgotten hard rock classic.

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Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies (1973) [Audio Fidelity 2014] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

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With Billion Dollar Babies, Alice Cooper refined the raw grit of their earlier work in favor of a slightly more polished sound (courtesy of super-producer Bob Ezrin), resulting in a mega-hit album that reached the top of the U.S. album charts. Song for song, Billion Dollar Babies is probably the original Alice Cooper group’s finest and strongest. Such tracks as “Hello Hooray,” the lethal stomp of the title track, the defiant “Elected” (a rewrite of an earlier song, “Reflected”), and the poison-laced pop candy of “No More Mr. Nice Guy” remain among Cooper’s greatest achievements. Also included are a pair of perennial concert standards — the disturbing necrophilia ditty “I Love the Dead” and the chilling macabre of “Sick Things” — as well as such strong, lesser-known selections as “Raped and Freezin’,” “Unfinished Sweet,” and perhaps Cooper’s most overlooked gem, “Generation Landslide.” Nothing seemed like it could stop this great hard rock band from overtaking the universe, but tensions between the members behind the scenes would force the stellar original AC band to split up after just one more album. Not only is Billion Dollar Babies one of Cooper’s very best; it remains one of rock’s all-time, quintessential classics.

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Alice Cooper – Welcome To My Nightmare (1975/2001) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · June 10, 2022 · Comments off

The first solo record of Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Alice Cooper, released in 1975, introduced the world to Cooper’s hard rocking, dark theatrics. The album hit #5 on the Billboard Chart and yielded three hit singles: “Only Women Bleed,” “Department of Youth,” and “Welcome to My Nightmare.”

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Alice Cooper – Trash (1989/2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Alice Cooper hadn’t had a hugely successful album in over a decade when, in 1989, he teamed up with Bon Jovi producer Desmond Child for Trash — a highly slick and commercial yet edgy pop-metal effort that temporarily restored him to the charts in a big way. Fueled by the irresistible hit single “Poison,” the album temporarily gave back to Cooper the type of visibility he deserved. There’s nothing shocking here, and Cooper’s ability to generate controversy had long since faded. But while the escapist Trash — which was clearly aimed at the Mötley Crüe/Guns N’ Roses crowd — may not be the most challenging album of Cooper’s career, and isn’t in a class with School’s Out or Billion Dollar Babies, it’s fun and quite enjoyable. And it was great to see the long-neglected Cooper on MTV next to so many of the ’80s rockers he had influenced. ~ Alex Henderson
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Alice Cooper – The Sound of A (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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The single The Sound Of A shows the renowned shock rocker in a completely new light with The Sound Of A, meaning the sound of Alice, displaying a very interesting sound. With a slightly psychedelic and mellow atmosphere, partly created by organ and percussion sounds, the song leaves the listener with a mellow – even spacey – feeling. Despite the self-referential lyrics, it becomes apparent that with this song Alice Cooper explores new musical horizons while staying true to the essence of what makes him successful.
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Alice Cooper – The Last Temptation (1994/2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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“The Last Temptation” is the 20th studio album by rock singer Alice Cooper, released in July 1994 via Epic Records. It centers on a boy named Steven (also the name of the protagonist in Cooper’s earlier work, Welcome to My Nightmare), and a mysterious showman. The showman, with apparent supernatural abilities, attempted with the use of twisted versions of morality plays to persuade Steven to join his traveling show, “The Theater of the Real – The Grand-est Guignol!”, where he would “never grow up”.

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Alice Cooper – Paranormal (Deluxe Edition) (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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On his first studio album since 2011, Alice Cooper is joined by such musical luminaries as U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr., ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons and bassist Roger Glover from Deep Purple. Produced by Cooper’s longtime associate Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, Kiss), Paranormal includes a bonus disc featuring two songs Cooper cut with his original 1970s band, and six classic hits recorded live in Columbus, Ohio in May 2016.
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Alice Cooper – Detroit Stories (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Named for the city that launched the original Alice Cooper group, Detroit Stories follows last year’s Breadcrumbs EP as a modern-day homage to the toughest and craziest Rock n Roll scene there ever was. Alice Cooper and Bob Ezrin gathered some legendary Detroit musicians (Wayne Kramer, Johnny “Bee” Badanjek, Paul Randolph and many more) in a Detroit studio to record Detroit Stories, Alice Cooper’s new album that celebrates that spirit for a new era. Finally, it would not be a proper collection of Detroit tales if it didn’t include a few songs featuring the Original Band members, Mike Bruce, Dennis Dunaway and Neal Smith. Joe Bonamassa also makes an appearance on the intro track Rock ‘n’ Roll. If 2019’s Breadcrumbs EP laid down the trail to the city, Detroit Stories drives like a muscle car right down Woodward Ave. Discover Detroit Stories as they were meant to be told.

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Alice Cooper – Breadcrumbs (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Alice Cooper announced the release of a six-track EP titled Breadcrumbs, which will arrive on September 13 via earMusic, and confirmed a new studio album will be out next year.
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Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies (1973/2012) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Rock star opulence came to an explosive head in 1973 when Alice Cooper and company hit #1 on the U.S. and worldwide charts with Billion Dollar Babies, their sixth and most successful album. Produced by Bob Ezrin, it is also one of the best rock n roll records of all time, and the subsequent tour became their biggest rock production to date. Capitalizing on the albums themes of good-old decadence and horror, the show climaxed with a guillotine execution of Alice. The album and the tour catapulted the band into the worlds preeminent pied pipers of teenage trash culture.
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Alice Cooper – Alice Cooper’s Greatest Hits (1974/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Alice Cooper’s Greatest Hits album features a compilation of hit singles by rock singer songwriter Alice Cooper. Originally released in 1974, this album spans five records featuring the original band: Love It to Death, Killer, School’s Out, Billion Dollar Babies, and Muscle of Love. All songs on the album were remixed by Jack Richardson. In 1974 the album reached number 8 on the US Billboard 200 chart.

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Alice Cooper – A Paranormal Evening at the Olympia Paris (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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“A Paranormal Evening At The Olympia Paris” which was recorded during Alice Coopers’ European Tour 2017 on the 7th of December at the L’Olympia in Paris gives the audience the chance the be a witness to a fine and legendary theatrical performance. Supported by the outstanding performance of his band, the ‘master of shock rock’ takes the audience on a journey through the darkness, performing his big hits like “Poison”, “School’s Out” and “No More Mr. Nice Guy” as well as the recent track “Paranoiac Personality” featured on the latest studio album “Paranormal”.
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Alissa Firsova – Fantasy (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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In 1991, composers Elena Firsova and Dmitri Smirnov were amongst a small group of composers, including Sofia Gubaidulina, blacklisted in Russia. Firsova and Smirnov fled the country with their two young children and took refuge in the UK. Since then, their daughter, Alissa Firsova, now aged 31, has risen to become one of the most notable stars of the new composing generation working in Britain.

This thought-provoking, colourful collection from one of today’s most individual young composers presents eight of Alissa Firsova’s notable compositions, including her substantial string quartet of 2016, “Tennyson Fantasy”, commissioned by the Tippett Quartet; two works for clarinet and piano – brilliantly performed by their dedicatee, Mark van de Wiel; the clarinet Quintet “Loss”; two sizeable vocal works on the theme of “Paradise on Earth”, with the demanding soprano part in “Here in Canisy” effortlessly despatched by soprano Ellie Laugharne, and bass-baritone Nicholas Crawley making a fine recording debut in “Unity”; the collection closes with cellist Tim Hugh’s effortless performance of Firsova’s 2014 “Fantasy” for cello and piano.

Recorded in world-class new recording venue, Alpheton New Maltings, demonstrating its exceptional acoustic of striking clarity and warmth.

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