Special Forces
Not a sequel to “Flush The Fashion” but more along the same music style. Produced by Richard Podolor “Special Forces” come with new musicians such as Duane Hitchings on keyboard, Danny Johnson and Mike Pinera on guitar, Craig Krapf on drums, Erik Scott on bass.
Two songs from this album were co-written during “Flush The Fashion” time are “Prettiest Cop On The Block” and “Don’t Talk Old To Me” by Davey Johnstone and Fred Mandel. “Seven & Seven Is” a 1967 song from the band Love. “Generation Landslide ‘81” which is an update version of “Generation Landslide” from Alice’s “Billion Dollar Babies’ album is listed as live but it was recorded in the studio.

This is pretty much like “Flush The Fashion” there a few good songs such as “Who Do You Think We Are” starts off with sounds of helicopters and the album ends off the same way. “Who Do You Think We Are” has a military fashion to it.

I’m machinery with a semi-automatic heart
I’m unclassified, I terminate, I tear apart

Pretty much most of the album has that militant theme.

“You Look Good In Rags” is another good song but it’s one of those albums I rarely play when I want to hear Alice Cooper.

Artwork: Very simplistic album design in which the front cover shows a portrait of Alice (really a photo)in a frame positioned on the floor leaning against the wall. Two daggers are crossed in the foreground with small type “Alice Cooper" on top left corner and title of album on bottom right corner.

Back cover is same layout only the portrait is missing and the daggers are both facing down as if someone broke in and stole it. There is also a cool logo on the back. It’s sort like the military logo of Special Forces with a skull in beret. The back also includes credits and track list which includes the last track as “Look At You Over There, Ripping Sawdust From My Teddybear” a song that was cut at the last minute. It would turn up later on the “Life And Crimes...” Box set.

Another tv reference in the credits a special thanks to Count Floyd who was a character played by Joe Flarity on Second City Television.