1980
1. Talk Talk
2. Clones (We're All)
3. Pain
4. Leather Boots
5. Aspirin Damage
6. Nuclear Infected
7. Grim Facts
8. Model Citizen
9. Dance Yourself To Death
10. Headlines

Flush The Fashion
In 1980 Alice turns New Wave and will produce three (some say four including “DADA” but I’ll talk about that when we get to it) albums in this style. Produced by Roy Thomas Baker (producer of The Cars and Queen). Alice changes his music style as well as his character. Alice no longer with black mascara make up turns into some sort of Joan Crawford with hair in a pug and some 90 pounds lighter. Plus his vocals also changes into a more snotty turned up nose role as being superior. Such as the New Wave or Punk attitude.

Alice comes into this decade with new back up band. Guitarist Davey Johnstone (Elton John’s guitarist), Dennis Conway on drums, John LoPresti on bass. Only person from the past is Fred Mandel on guitar & keyboards. Plus back up vocals Flo & Eddie.

All the songs co-written by Alice except “Clones” and “Leather Boots” plus cover of “Talk Talk” by Music Machine recorded back in 1964. Matter of fact Alice covered “Talk Talk” back in his early high school band days as The Spiders. Alice clamed all the song titles came from headlines in the National Enquirer.

“Clones (we all)” came out to be the single. It wasn’t written by Alice but it included a line that could of came from a tv show The Prisoner which we all know Alice likes pulling something from tv since it's one of his favorite pastimes.

6 is having a problem adjusting to his clone status

Patrick McGoohan who played on The Prisoner was known as “Number 6”
Later on Smashing Pumpkins also cover this song.

“Pain” is my favorite song on this album. To me it's closet to the Alice I have grown to love with his growl and amazing lyrics.

I’m the salt in the sweat on the cuts of the slaves
I’m the wound in the side while Jesus prayed
I was the filthiest word at the vandalized grave

Also all the songs lead into each other with no break or until you flip the lp over.
It’s not a bad album but not one I think about listening too.

Artwork: Cover art consist of a painted surface being defaced by Alice himself. Alice scratching the paint off exposing the metal underneath as it spells out the title of the album. You can see Alice’s initials on bottom right. Above the graffiti in green type “Alice Cooper ‘80” the cover also has a little orange paint dripping off to the side.

Back cover is a pic of Alice standing in front of a chain link fence wearing a black nylon jacket holding a riding crop. Above the Alice pic is the track list and Produced by and Engineered by... The bottom of pic has fan club info Warner Brothers Records info.

The inside sleeve is just a gray with $2 for a Warner Brothers sample double vinyl. No credits or anything. I found out some people got an inner sleeve with another pic of Alice and list of musicians. I have no idea why I didn’t get the other version since I bought this when it was a new release.
On my CD it shows another pic of Alice sort of like what’s on the back cover only Alice biting the riding crop.

Trivia note: on credits Alice gives a special thanks to Basil Fawlty. Character from British series Fawlty Towers staring John Cleese (formerly of Monty Python).