Alice Cooper
Flush The Fashion

THE REVIEW

And here I am, my first review. I discovered this site while looking for a review of an album by my idol and favorite singer, Alice Cooper. I had the chance to read other reviews about Alice, and I noticed that not all of his albums are reviewed. So, as a good fan, today I bring my review on one of his albums, perhaps the most underrated among Alice Cooper's: "Flush the Fashion."

"Flush the Fashion" was released in 1980, the year when the so-called New Wave was born, and after the good "From the Inside" dated 1978; Alice Cooper tried to change musical style and produced this semi-unknown gem.

The album begins with "Talk Talk," where a change in style due to the presence of keyboards and synthesizers is immediately evident. The song isn't bad but not that great in the end... Quite the opposite for the excellent "Clones" where we also find a strong presence of keyboards; with this piece, Cooper gifts us a veritable masterpiece in my opinion (a music video was also made where we see a skeletal and suffering Alice Cooper due to alcoholism). It continues with another gem: "Pain" an exceptional ballad, with a musically perfect execution in my opinion, in which Alice seems to almost express his pain due to alcohol dependency that fortunately ended in '83 (the song can be found in a live version in the movie "Roadie" where he can be seen once again in poor health).

The album proceeds with the Texan and cheerful "Leather Boots," a very fast track (lasting approximately 1 min.), which serves as an introduction to "Asprin Damage" perhaps the least engaging on the album where Alice talks about drugs: "Asprin Damage, asprin damage! Kill the pain but destroy the Brain.."

Continuing, we come to listen to "Nuclear Infected" which starts with a very scratchy and aggressive guitar riff, then transitions to more "lively" melodies amidst the ever-present keyboards, a good track even if it doesn't entirely enthuse. With "Grim Facts", on the other hand, we have a good piece that's very pleasant to listen to, a song with a nice heavy and energetic rhythm. The remaining "Model Citizen," "Dance Yourself to Death," and the final "Headlines" don't add anything new or special to the album (the best of the three in my opinion is "Dance Yourself to Death).

In conclusion, this "Flush the Fashion" can be defined as a successful experiment by Alice Cooper, although not entirely, as not all tracks are excellent. Even if this album isn't perfect and not Cooper's best, I highly recommend it, because it contains truly valid and beautiful pieces. Rating 3

I hope you liked my first review and sorry if it won't be "the best" but I still tried to do my best.