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Rating: TRASH (1989, S0NY)
TRACK LIST:
01) POISON
02) SPARK IN THE DARK
03) HOUSE OF FIRE
04) WHY TRUST YOU
05) ONLY MY HEART TALKIN’
06) BED OF NAILS
07) THIS MANIAC’S IN LOVE WITH YOU
08) TRASH
09) HELL IS LIVING WITHOUT YOU
10) I’M YOUR GUN
“Trash” is the album with which Alice Cooper definitively relaunches himself commercially, regaining the (deserved) public success he had already enjoyed in the early '70s thanks to albums like “Killer,” “School’s Out,” and “Billion Dollar Babies” (culminating at position #1 in America in 1974).
Delivering memorable tracks created specifically to flood the airwaves, this work perfectly embodies the second youth of the great enchanter, synthesizing his rediscovered compositional vein in the striking single “Poison,” a hit song present in the Top 10 worldwide. After two solid albums like “Constrictor” (1985) and “Raise your fist and yell” (1986), which we could call general rehearsals for a masterpiece, the rocker from Detroit decides to do things grandly: supported by exceptional artists such as Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Steve Lukather, Richie Sambora, Jon Bon Jovi, and Joan Jett, the legendary singer gives birth to a high-grade rock album, equally divided between bursts of irrepressible energy and a truly exquisite propensity for melody. The cocktail works wonderfully, and what gives the album an extra edge can be found in the stylistic choices dictated by the grandiose production of the demigod Desmond Child, undoubtedly the premier author and producer on the scene between the '80s and '90s.
Almost two decades after its market release, we can identify in “Trash” a work capable of competing without reverential fears with the production of the '70s branded Alice Cooper: it is precisely thanks to some compositional thrusts present in this platter that Vincent Fournier’s figure obtained a significant relaunch for his career, involving a generation in his music that seriously risked not benefiting from his talent. Music critics labeled the album's songwriting as oriented towards a “less gore more whore” approach, noting how Alice's stylistic choice shifted towards themes closer to those addressed by '80s glam bands like Motley Crue, Ratt, and Bon Jovi, rather than his previous discography, full of horror movie references. The observation is debatable since the singer had already walked similar paths in memorable albums like the aforementioned “Billion Dollar Babies” and “Muscle of love,” but overall it appears fairly fitting: although not an entirely new field for him, it is undeniable that the Detroit rocker has decidedly focused on topics related to sex, composing real themed songs (see “Spark in the Dark” or “Bed of Nails”).
Besides the already mentioned “Poison,” “Trash” is remembered for hits that became rightfully among the great rock songs: a glaring example is “House of fire” (it's impossible not to recall its chorus), the scratchy “Spark in the dark” and “Bed of Nails,” the sweet and elegant ballad “Only my heart talkin'’,” “Why trust you,” and “This maniac’ s in love with you.”
A curiosity: from the sensational and spectacular tour supporting the platter (with Great White as opener), two memorable dates are recalled: one at London's Wembley Arena and the other at Zurich's Hallenstadion, packed to beyond imagination. The years have passed mercilessly for many productions of the '80s, but “Trash” remains an album to possess at all costs, which even today strikes at the heart of the listener, cradling them in a warm and sensual embrace.
(Enrico Rosticci)
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Poison (04:29)
Your cruel device
Your blood like ice
One look could kill
My pain your thrill
I wanna love you, but I better not touch (don't touch)
I wanna hold you, but my senses tell me to stop
I wanna kiss you, but I want it too much (too much)
I wanna taste you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison running through my veins
You're poison, and I don't wanna break these chains
Your mouth so hot
Your web I'm caught
Your skin so wet
Black lace on sweat
I hear you calling and it's needles and pins (and pins)
I wanna hurt you just to hear you screaming my name
Don't wanna touch you, but you're under my skin (deep in)
I wanna kiss you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison running through my veins
You're poison, I don't wanna break these chains
Poison
:Guitar solo:
One look could kill
My pain, your thrill
I wanna love you, but I better not touch (don't touch)
Just wanna hold you, but my senses tell me to stop
I wanna kiss you, but I want it too much (too much)
I wanna taste you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison running through my veins
You're poison, I don't wanna break these chains
Poison (Yeah)
I wanna love you, I better not touch (don't touch)
I wanna hold you, but my senses tell me to stop
I wanna kiss you, but I want it too much (too much)
I wanna taste you but your lips are venomous poison
I don't wanna break these chains, I'm poison(poison)
Burning deep inside my veins
Burning deep (poison) inside my veins
Poison, I don't wanna break these chains
Poison
02 Spark in the Dark (03:52)
Welcome to the party
It's only me and you
Tell the world to go away, babe
And I'll tell you what to do
Come over here and kiss me
I want to pull your hair
Turn out the lights and hold me
I want to touch you everywhere
We don't need nobody, baby
We don't need champagne
I'll take you to the deepest, darkest, hottest, lovers' lane
For a little spark in the dark
Just a little spark in the dark
Don't matter where we sleep
Don't matter where we park
All we need is a spark, spark
Spark in the dark
Just a little spark in the dark
Come around midnight
We'll be crawlin' on the floor
Burnin' with the fever
And yellin' out for more
But don't you write it in your diary, baby
Don't blab it on the phone
Cuz if your mom and dad find out
They'll skin me to the bone
Now we don't need instructions, baby
Don't you be afraid
It takes a little friction
That's how our love is made
From a little spark in the dark
Just a little spark in the dark
Don't matter what you say
No matter what you do
As long as it is me and you
We got a spark in the dark
Just a little spark in the dark, yeah
We don't need nobody, baby
We don't need cocaine
I'll take you to the deepest, darkest, hottest lovers' lane
Spark in the dark
Just a little spark in the dark
Don't matter where we sleep
Don't matter where we park
All we need is a spark, spark
Spark in the dark
03 House of Fire (03:47)
House of fire
House of fire
Yeah!
Let's build a house of fire, baby
Not one of wood or stone
Walk through my door of desire, baby
Come on in and make it your home
Don't need a window to watch you, baby
Don't need no roof overhead
Don't need no key to unlock ya, baby
I'll use my lovin' instead
I won't tire
Take me higher
Building a house of fire, baby
Buildin' it with our love
We are buildin' a house of fire every time we touch
House of fire
House of fire
We ain't gotta pay rent now, baby
No landlord to throw us out
I want to play in your garden, baby
When you want it give me a shout
I won't tire
Take me higher
Building a house of fire, baby
Buildin' it with our love
We are buildin' a house of fire every time we touch
We are building this house together, baby
Standing on solid ground
We are building a house of fire that you can't tear down
Brick by brick the flames get higher
Build it strong with our desire
Building a house of fire, baby
Building it with our love
We are building a house of fire every time we touch
We are building this house together, baby
Standing on solid ground
We are building a house of fire that you can't tear down
Building a house of fire, baby
Building it with our love
We are building a house of fire every time we touch
04 Why Trust You (03:12)
You come on strong with a great big smile
But your teeth are as sharp as a crocodile
You promised me the moon and the stars and the sun
But you never did nothin' for anyone
Can't look me in the face or straight in the eye
I'd buy the movie rights to your alibi
I wonder how low you will go
I wonder how high your head will blow
You're a psychopathic liar
Your soul is on fire
You're bluffin' with nuthin'
While the stakes are gettin' higher
Why trust you
You never made a dream come true
Why trust you
Give me one good reason, one good reason why
You come to me all teary-eyed
With your big tall tale way up in the sky
Begging on your knees for another chance
But everybody knows that's a song and a dance
There used to be a time when you were the best
You had the fastest tongue in the west
Ya gave a look and a line like nobody else
You'd try to sell the Bible to the Devil, himself
You sadistic little liar
You're walkin' on the wire
You're bluffin' up with nothin'
And the bills are gettin' higher
Why trust you
Give me one good reason, one good reason why
Trust you
The noose is getting tighter
Your face is turning whiter
You can stuff it up your muffin and go stick it in the fire
Why trust you
You never made a dream come true
Why trust you, give me one good reason, one good reason
Why trust you, you never made a dream come true
Why trust you, give me one good reason, one good reason
Why trust you, why trust you
Why trust you, why trust you
Why trust you
05 Only My Heart Talkin' (04:47)
Anybody's dream can fall apart
Anybody's mask can break
Couldn't tell you how I wanted you
Enough to make you want to stay
I never said the words out loud
I guess I couldn't get 'em straight
Baby, give me one more chance
Before you walk away
It's only, only, only, only my heart talkin'
Yeah, it's only, only, only, only my heart talkin'
Sayin' things I never thought I'd say
Can't you hear me knocking
Tried to fool you but it wouldn't play
Cuz my heart it's talkin', it's talkin'
Baby, it's talkin'
Talkin' to you
Everytime I take it to the edge
Everytime I'm so afraid
Don't you know I cry my eyes out, babe
Everytime you look away
Oh, I almost dropped a tear
But I caught it just in time
I'd say those things you want to hear
If you'd help me, help me, help me try
It's only, only, only, only my heart talkin'
Yeah, it's only, only, only, only my heart talkin'
Sayin' things I never thought I'd say
Can't you hear me knocking
Tried to fool you but it wouldn't play
Cuz my heart it's talkin', it's talkin'
Baby, it's talkin'
Talkin' to you
Well, I don't want to hide away
Hide away without you, baby
Don't you go and run away
Come and help me, baby
Just a little help, baby
Oh, my little baby
06 Bed of Nails (04:20)
I love the way you hurt me.
My tears your wine.
Your thoughts would draw my plan for a cruise in vain.
Like talons in the pale moon shine above us.
My gained pleasure in pain is slowly vanished when
You sink deeper and deeper into a void you are venomous love.
Yeah, we're gonna fight
We do it every night
Baby, when you scratch
You know I'm gonna bite
You can make me die
I can make you cry
Opposites attract
That's the reason why
No one else could make you feel
Like I do, I do, I do
No one ever gets as deep inside you
As I do, baby
Our love is a bed of nails
Love hurts good on a bed of nails
I'll lay you down and when all else fails
I'll drive you like a hammer on a bed of nails
First we're gonna kiss
Then we're gonna say
Dirty little words
Only lovers say
Rockin' through the night
Rollin' on the floor
When they hear us screamin'
They'll be breakin' down the door
No one else could make you feel
Like I do, I do, I do
No one ever gets as deep inside you
As I do, baby
Our love is a bed of nails
Love hurts good on a bed on nails
I'll lay you down and when all else fails
I'll drive you like a hammer on a bed of nails
Bed of nails, bed of nails
I'll drive you like a hammer on a bed of nails
Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow
Gonna drive you like a hammer
Baby, put me in your slammer, oh yeah
No one else could make you feel
Like I do, I do, I do
No one ever gets as deep inside you
As I do, baby
Our love is a bed of nails
Love hurts good on a bed of nails
I'll lay you down and when all else fails
I'll drive you like a hammer on a bed of nails
Bed of nails, get on my bed of nails
I'll drive you like a hammer on a bed of nails
Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow
Gonna drive you like a hammer
Baby, put me in your slammer, oh yeah
I'll drive you like a hammer on a bed of nails
08 Trash (04:01)
It ain't the way you crawl across the Cathouse floor
It ain't the way you curse me when you slam the bedroom door
It aint the way you sweat me for a handful of easy cash
It's just the way you love me when you turn to trash
Trash
It's not the way you dress when you socialize, oh those eyes
It ain't the diamond rock or that Rolls you drive
You can walk the streets with all your uptown flash, such flash
But when you hit the sheets you just turn to trash
You're such trash
I love the way you look
You're such a high class tramp
It's not the way you touch me when you... ooh yeah
You're daddy's dream, you're a peach in cream
And you're ripe at last
But when you hit the sheets you just turn to trash
Trash
I love the way you look
You're such a high class tramp - oh like a tramp
It's not the way you touch me when you... ooh
Make me understand - oh yeah
You're daddy's dream, you're a peach in cream
And you're finally ripe at last
But when you hit the sheets you just turn to trash
You know you're mighty cool
You know you're mighty wild
Come on down here with that Penthouse smile
Trash - dirty baby.
Maybe you went down low as you can get
Been dripping hard and put away wet - yeah
Trash.
What you want, What you want, What you want, and got it.
What you want, What you want, What you want, and got it.
Hey baby what's your name?
Ah she's trash - uh ah - street trash
How low can you go? Low!
My love is like a lollypop
Would you lick it?
All the way to the chewy center
Oh yeah.
Trash
Trash
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