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Brutal Planet Review

Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet
(Spitfire)

Nowhere near as dire as you'd fear, the Coop's latest finds our hero spinning characteristically grim fables as his backing band gamely grinds out old-school hard rock melodies and cliches, There's nothing close to "Eighteen" or "School's Out" here, but tracks like "It's The Little Things" prove AC is one of the few fogies who can make this shameless self-pastiche palatable. B-
Tom Sinclair