Alice Cooper (July 28, 2017) – Paranormal Album Release

Paranormal released on July 28, 2017, features three tracks performed by the original line-up of the Alice Cooper Group (Neal Smith, Dennis Dunaway, and Michael Bruce, without Glen Buxton, who passed in 1997) plus Larry Mullen Jr. from U2, Roger Glover from Deep Purple, Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top, Swedish songwriter and session guitarist Tommy Denander, Alice Cooper bandmate Tommy Henriksen, and Steve Hunter. “Holy Water” is a cover of the Villebillies song.

Side one

• Paranormal — Alice Cooper, Tommy Denander, Roger Glover, Bob Ezrin — 4:11

• Dead Flies — Cooper, Denander, Ezrin — 2:22

• Fireball — Dennis Dunaway, Cooper — 4:49

• Paranoiac Personality — Cooper, Denander, Ezrin, Tommy Henriksen — 3:12 •

Fallen in Love — Cooper, Denander, Ezrin, Henriksen — 3:34

Side two

• Dynamite Road — Cooper, Denander, Ezrin — 2:43

• Private Public Breakdown — Cooper, Parker Gispert, Ezrin — 3:26

• Holy Water — Cooper, Stanley Demaree, Duston Monyhan, Tim Bernauer, Malcolm McLaughlin, Lewis Richards, Ezrin — 3:08

• Rats — Cooper, Henriksen, Ezrin — 2:39 • The Sound of A — Cooper, Dunaway — 4:07

Album Details

Released: July 28, 2017

Labels: earMusic

Producer: Bob Ezrin, Tommy Henriksen, Tommy Denander

Chronology: Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011) → Paranormal (2017) → Live from the Astroturf (2018)

Reception Metacritic: 72/100

VARIANTS

2017 CD Release

• Paranormal — 4:11

• Dead Flies — 2:22

• Fireball — 4:49

• Paranoiac Personality — 3:12

• Fallen in Love — 3:34

• Dynamite Road — 2:43

• Private Public Breakdown — 3:26

• Holy Water — 3:08

• Rats — 2:39

• The Sound of A — 4:07

Bonus tracks (2017 reissue)

• Genuine American Girl — 4:27

• You and All of Your Friends — 2:41

• No More Mr. Nice Guy — 3:10

• Under My Wheels — 2:56

• Billion Dollar Babies — 3:38

• Feed My Frankenstein — 5:01

• Only Women Bleed — 5:08

• School's Out — 6:06

Personnel (Full Track‑Specific Credits) Alice Cooper Vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (track 7)

Tommy Denander Guitar (all tracks), co-producer

Tommy Henriksen Guitar (all tracks), backing vocals (all tracks), percussion (tracks 4, 6, and 9), sound effects (tracks 4, 6, 9, and 10), keyboards (track 9), co-producer

Larry Mullen Jr. Drums (tracks 1–8, and 10)

Additional Personnel

Bob Ezrin – production, keyboards (tracks 1 and 9), organ (tracks 3 and 10), sound effects (track 4), backing vocals (track 7)

Roger Glover – bass (track 1)

Billy Gibbons – guitar (track 5)

Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass (tracks 2, and 4–8)

Dennis Dunaway – bass (tracks 3, 9 and 10)

Parker Gispert – guitar (track 7), backing vocals (track 7)

Steve Hunter – lead guitar (tracks 8, 11 and 12)

Demi Demaree – backing vocals (tracks 8 and 10)

Johnny Reid – backing vocals (tracks 8 and 10)

Jeremy Rubolino – horns (track 8)

Adrian Olmos – horns (track 8) Chris Traynor – horns (track 8)

Michael Bruce – guitar (track 9)

Neal Smith – drums (track 9)

Nick Didkovsky – guitar (tracks 3 and 10)

Charts

UK Albums (Official Charts) — 6 UK Rock & Metal Albums (Official Charts) — 1 US Billboard 200 — 32 US Independent Albums (Billboard) — 1 US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) — 1 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) — 6

Singles from Paranormal

Paranoic Personality

Released June 7, 2017

Paranormal

Released July 14, 2017

The Sound of A

Released February 23, 2018

SOURCES Discogs, 45 World, Wikipedia, BBC Official Charts.

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