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The Revenge of Alice Cooper

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The Revenge of Alice Cooper
Studio album by
Alice Cooper
ReleasedJuly 25, 2025 (2025-07-25)
Genre
Length54:20
LabelearMusic
ProducerBob Ezrin
Alice Cooper chronology
Road
(2023) 		The Revenge of Alice Cooper
(2025)
Singles from The Revenge of Alice Cooper
  1. "Black Mamba"
    Released: April 23, 2025
  2. "Wild Ones"
    Released: June 4, 2025
  3. "Up All Night"
    Released: July 16, 2025
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Arts Desk[3]
Classic Rock[4]
Mojo[5]
musicOMH[6]
Record Collector[7]
Uncut7/10[8]

The Revenge of Alice Cooper is the eighth studio album by American rock band Alice Cooper. It was released on July 25, 2025 by earMusic and is the group's first collaboration since 1973's Muscle of Love.[9] It is the 30th Alice Cooper studio album overall (including his 22 solo albums).

Background

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In 2021, the surviving members of the original Alice Cooper band reunited for Cooper's Detroit Stories album. Producer Bob Ezrin as well as Alice Cooper himself had said that a new album with the surviving members would be possible.[10]

On April 19, 2025, it was announced that Alice Cooper had reunited with former band members Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, and Neal Smith for the first time in 51 years to release The Revenge of Alice Cooper. The album was released on July 25 via earMusic and also features guitarists Gyasi Heus and Rick Tedesco filling in for original guitarist Glen Buxton who died in 1997, although some unreleased guitar recordings by Buxton are heard on the album on the song "What Happened to You".[11]

Production

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The album is produced by Bob Ezrin, having worked with the original group on previous albums such as Love It to Death, Killer, School’s Out, and Billion Dollar Babies as well as 11 solo albums by lead vocalist Alice Cooper including 1975's Welcome To My Nightmare.[12]

Release

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The album's first single "Black Mamba" debuted on April 22, 2025 on Cooper's syndicated radio show Alice's Attic.[13]

The project was released on various formats including CD digipack, double black vinyl LP, a double yellow vinyl LP and a special limited edition box set featuring CD, 7 inch vinyl, art print, and T-shirt.[14]

Track listing

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The Revenge of Alice Cooper track listing[15]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Black Mamba"
4:57
2."Wild Ones"
4:17
3."Up All Night"
  • Ezrin
  • Bruce
  • Cooper
3:07
4."Kill the Flies"
4:13
5."One Night Stand"
  • Ezrin
  • Smith
  • Cooper
3:06
6."Blood on the Sun"Dunaway6:03
7."Crap That Gets in the Way of Your Dreams"
  • Ezrin
  • Smith
  • Cooper
3:00
8."Famous Face"Bruce4:19
9."Money Screams"
  • Bruce
  • Smith
  • Cooper
3:44
10."What a Syd"
  • Dunaway
  • Cooper
2:42
11."Inter Galactic Vagabond Blues"
  • Ezrin
  • Dunaway
  • Bruce
  • Smith
  • Cooper
3:11
12."What Happened to You"
4:00
13."I Ain't Done Wrong"
3:43
14."See You on the Other Side"
  • Dunaway
  • Smith
  • Cooper
3:58
7-inch LP bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Return of the Spiders 2025"
  • Buxton
  • Bruce
  • Dunaway
  • Smith
  • Cooper
4:17
16."Titanic Overunderture"
  • Buxton
  • Bruce
  • Dunaway
  • Smith
  • Cooper
1:27

Personnel

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Alice Cooper band

Additional musicians

  • Glen Buxton – lead guitar (unreleased guitar parts on "What Happened to You")
  • Robby Krieger – lead guitar (on "Black Mamba")
  • Gyasi Heus - lead guitar
  • Rick Tedesco – lead guitar

Charts

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Chart performance for The Revenge of Alice Cooper
Chart (2025) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[17] 12
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[18] 12
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[19] 6
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[20] 30
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[21] 14
French Albums (SNEP)[22] 32
French Rock & Metal Albums (SNEP)[23] 2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[24] 2
Japanese Western Albums (Oricon)[25] 22
Scottish Albums (OCC)[26] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[27] 9
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[28] 2
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[29] 1
US Billboard 200[30] 72
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[31] 14
US Top Rock & Alternative Albums (Billboard)[32] 16

References

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  1. ^ "Reviews for The Revenge Of Alice Cooper by Alice Cooper". Metacritic. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  2. ^ Thomas, Fred (July 25, 2025). "The Revenge of Alice Cooper - Alice Cooper". AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  3. ^ Oddy, Guy (July 24, 2025). "Album: Alice Cooper - The Revenge of Alice Cooper". The Arts Desk. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  4. ^ Discount the fillers, which are of high, if throwaway, quality and you've a strong 12-banger cracker of a record. [Aug 2025, p.72]
  5. ^ Buxton's posthumous appearance on the raw, Eddie Cochran-esque What Happened To You also shines, but elsewhere things sometimes get formulaic, the horror cod and the guillotine a little blunt. [Aug 2025, p.77]
  6. ^ Shepherd, Sam (July 25, 2025). "Alice Cooper – The Revenge Of Alice Cooper". musicOMH. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  7. ^ "The Revenge Of Alice Cooper: New Album Review - Alice Cooper". Record Collector. July 10, 2025. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  8. ^ The result is a fun mix of over-the-top hard rock, self-reflection and self-aggrandisation. [Aug 2025, p.29]
  9. ^ "The Alice Cooper Group Reunites for Their First Album in 50 Years". Loudwire.
  10. ^ Kielty, Martin (April 10, 2021). "Original Alice Cooper Group Still Angry with Late Glen Buxton". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  11. ^ "Alice Cooper Reunites with Original Band for Their First Album in 51 Years: 'All of a Sudden It Just Falls into Place'". Billboard.
  12. ^ "ALICE COOPER Reunites Original Band for New Album, the Revenge of Alice Cooper". Bravewords.com.
  13. ^ "ALICE COOPER Reunites with His Original Bandmates for Their First Album in 51 Years, 'The Revenge of Alice Cooper'". Blabbermouth.net.
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  15. ^ "Alice Cooper to release new album 'The Revenge of Alice Cooper' with original members". Sleazeroxx.com.
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  17. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. August 4, 2025. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
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  19. ^ "Ultratop.be – Alice Cooper – The Revenge of Alice Cooper" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
  20. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Alice Cooper – The Revenge of Alice Cooper" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  21. ^ "Alice-Cooper: The Revenge of Alice Cooper" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  22. ^ "Top 200 Albums de la semaine 31, 2025". Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
  23. ^ "Top 100 Rock & Metal Albums de la semaine 31, 2025" [Top 100 Rock & Metal Albums of Week 31, 2025] (in French). Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
  24. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Alice Cooper – The Revenge of Alice Cooper" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  25. ^ "Oricon Top 30 Western Albums: August 4, 2025" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  26. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  27. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  28. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  29. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  30. ^ "Alice Cooper Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  31. ^ "Alice Cooper Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  32. ^ "Alice Cooper Chart History: Top Rock & Alternative Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
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