''Brutal Planet'' is the fourteenth solo studio album by American rock musician

Alice Cooper Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer whose career spans over five decades. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, including pyrotechnics, guillot ...

, released in 2000. Musically, this finds Alice tackling a much darker and heavier approach than on previous albums, with many songs approaching a somewhat modern-sounding,

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/metal sound. Lyrically, it deals with themes of dark " social fiction", including domestic violence ("Take It Like a Woman"),

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("Blow Me a Kiss"), psychopathic behavior ("It's the Little Things"),

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("Pick Up the Bones"), depression, suicide ("Sanctuary"), Neo-Nazism and

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s ("Wicked Young Man"). The album was followed by a sequel, titled '' Dragontown'' (2001). Doug Van Pelt, editor of the alternative Christian music-oriented '' HM Magazine'', found that the lyrics communicated biblical morals "in a very powerful way". Van Pelt stated further that the final argument is provided in the title track, which condemns the systems of judgment that the world uses. Moreover, "Blow Me a Kiss" urges the listener to think deeper about spiritual matters.

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals *

Ryan Roxie Ryan Roxie (born Ryan Rosowicz, December 1, 1965) is an American guitarist, singer/songwriter best known as a solo artist and for playing guitar with Alice Cooper, Casablanca, Gilby Clarke, and Slash's Snakepit. Roxie is the primary founder o ...

– guitars *

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– guitars *China - guitars *

Eric Singer Eric Singer (born Eric Doyle Mensinger; May 12, 1958) is an American drummer. Associated with the hard rock band Kiss since 1991, he has also performed with artists such as Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Lita Ford, Badlands, Brian May and Gary ...

– drums *

Bob Marlette Robert Roy Marlette (born December 7, 1955) is an American record producer, recording engineer, mixer, and songwriter. His production, writing and mixing credits include David Lee Roth, Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, Sebastian Bach, R ...

– rhythm guitar, bass, keyboards ;Additional Musicians *Sid Riggs – additional programming, sound design *Eva King – strings arrangement *Natalie Delaney – backing vocals (track 1) ;Production *Produced by Bob Marlette *Executive producer –

Bob Ezrin Robert Alan Ezrin (born March 25, 1949) is a Canadian music producer and keyboardist, best known for his work with Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Peter Gabriel, Andrea Bocelli and Phish. As of 2010, Ezrin's car ...

*Engineered, mixed and arranged by Bob Marlette *Additional engineering – Dave Reed, German Villacorta *Assistant engineers – German Villacorta, Jaime Sickora *Mastered by

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*Recorded at the Blue Room, Woodland Hills, CA and the

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, Los Angeles, CA *Mixed, Mastered at the A&M Studios, Los Angeles, CA

References

{{Authority control Alice Cooper albums 2000 albums Concept albums Albums produced by Bob Marlette Spitfire Records albums