Detroit Stories
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Detroit Stories
Detroit Stories is the twenty-first solo and twenty-eighth overall studio album by American singer-songwriter Alice Cooper. The album was released on February 26, 2021, by earMUSIC. The studio album crowned Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated March 03, 2021) debuting at No. 1. It was the first chart-topper for Cooper in the 29-year history of the Top Album Sales chart. -Wikipedia
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The Arts Desk
50+ years into his career the veteran shock rocker's latest is contagiously entertaining.
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Rolling Stone
Cooper and longtime producer Bob Ezrin know what they can get away with on an Alice Cooper record, and when they hit their stride, it’s a lot of fun. Figuring out how to do that seems like an artform unto itself.
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Chicago Tribune
Alice Cooper, one of Detroit’s most famous sons, does it on new album “Detroit Stories,” producing a masterpiece of classic rock, soul and R&B in homage to the city that produced him.
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Drew's Reviews
His vocals stronger than his contemporaries of the same age and just as powerful as singers similar in age to his children, of whom, two by the way contribute some backing vocals on Detroit Stories. In fact, though Alice Cooper contributes very little by way of instrumentation – outside his vocals and the harp (of all things) – he functions as a masterful and veteran conductor for Detroit Stories developing his vision for the album while aligning the horns, drums, keys, organ (yes organ too) and strings, i.e, guitars, and lots of them to coordinate, as a dozen players offer their rhythms on various songs.
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Louder than War
After a thoroughly miserable, locked-down year for many of us, the unabashed joi de vivre that 73 year-old Cooper brings to these songs is impossible to resist.
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Roppongi Rocks
The album is a laidback, good-fun tribute to the Detroit rock scene of the early 1970s. Here we get blues, soul, pop, garage rock, hard rock and much more.
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Markus' Heavy Music Blog
‘Detroit Stories’ is a typical Alice Cooper album and at the same time much more. It is a tribute to his hometown, a melting pot for down to earth rock’n’roll and today’s music world would certainly look different without it. You can’t expect more from an Alice Cooper record than what you find on this album.
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Cryptic Rock
While generally unremarkable and definitely not re-inventing the wheel, Detroit Stories feels like what Cooper set out to do. With a history as storied and eclectic as Alice Cooper’s it permits you the luxury of creating whatever you want, regardless of fan interest.
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Vinyl Chapters
On the whole, this album does not disappoint. It’s varied, it’s exciting, and it’s just what we need at the moment.
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Under the Radar Magazine
To press play on Alice Cooper’s new LP, Detroit Stories, is to get a blood transfusion. Instead of the red stuff, you’re now filled with slick motor oil. To continue the transformation, your heart is removed and an eight-cylinder engine is put in its place. Your eyes turn to bright headlights and your voice becomes a gravely, rumbling tone. You are part human, part machine now. Alice Cooper has taken over you and damn does it feel good.
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The Upcoming
Compared to his peak it’s inessential, but compared to Paul Stanley’s Soul Station it’s incredible.
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All Music
Detroit Stories ends up feeling like a handful of solid covers of classic Detroit tunes with some Alice Cooper extras thrown in at random.
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mxdwn Music
Detroit Stories showcases Cooper’s Detroit roots and vocal range. The guitar-driven album features captivating solos and many well-known Detroit influences. Cooper, recognized far and wide for his signature eyeliner look, has gifted the world with a wide range of enjoyable Detroit Stories for everyone.
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Commedia
When audiences see Cooper in a couple of years with a new album, he should try to make something people haven’t heard before. However, it still doesn’t matter that it has been decades since this kind of music has been made — Cooper is a cherished artist.
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musicOMH
With this fun and obnoxiously reverent album, they should get the inmates rioting.
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Stereoboard
At its heart, ‘Detroit Stories’ is simply a cracking tribute to both the city and the kind of life-changing musical awakenings and influences that continue to inspire this—and here’s the real shock—73-year-old legend to keep producing such finely crafted, eternally youthful songs.
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Overdrive
He may be 73, but he’s lived the life, rolled with the punches and has the scars to prove it, but with Detroit Stories, Alice Cooper had reminded us, if we needed reminding, that he’s the only shock rocker with a woman’s name that’s worth talking about.
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Louder Sound
While the album has its misses, Alice and legendary producer Bob Ezrin have convened the right musicians for some of his best material in years. A mature, ambitious and overall satisfying album, Detroit Stories sees Alice Cooper doing what he does best and having a hell of a good time along the way.
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Ghost Cult Magazine
With their combined songwriting talents and the Canadian producer’s skill in the studio, Detroit Stories possesses all the hallmarks of a classic 1970s Ezrin/Cooper collaboration with a modern yet nostalgic flavour to the lyrics. And while it’s true the album features a number of covers and previously released tracks, it still never feels anything other than cohesive and natural. Even when presenting the more modern sound of ‘Don’t Give Up’, a heart and soul of pure 1970s is reflected in the Alice Cooper of 2021.
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The Spill Magazine
Detroit Stories is a dangerous record that, for the most part, still sees Cooper and company experiment in songwriting and style, while also delivering a top tier recorded performance. This album sounds absolutely massive blasting through the speakers and leaves me excited to hear how a number of these songs will be incorporated into his legendary live show. Through and through, Detroit Stories is an essential addition to Cooper’s discography, worthy of standing alongside his most highly-regarded albums.
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Liverpool sound and Vision
It is that glittering past that has been allowed to crumble, and perhaps in a way, that is good thing, the edifice has been shown to be outdated, the people deserve better and a new beginning, because at the end of the day it is to people that hold the stories intact, that people are more valuable than a building or a car, and it is to people that Alice Cooper brings Detroit Stories to the world.
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All About The Rock
Despite the occasional dip, this is a solid album full of old fashioned Rock N Roll. The majority of songs are kept short and sweet meaning they sound punchy with some catchy lyrics, the combination of classic rock, RnB and punk kept me entertained and I thoroughly enjoyed the entire album.
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The 13th Floor
May think differently about it in a years’ time but it is such an enjoyable blast of great and funny Rock’n’Roll with no remorse. Annoys the type of people you want to annoy.
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Loud Magazine
Detroit Stories is everything he has ever attempted or wanted to do. Every track an instant hit in its own right as a snapshot of a man so on form that it would be surprising if he didn’t put out more albums like this while he can only bunker down together in a studio.
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Wall of Sound
I have no doubt diehard fans of Alice Cooper will embrace this album for what it is, back to his roots mix of blues, jazz, soul, hard rock, humour and heart. Casual fans may be surprised at the rockers versatility, but Alice has never been one dimensional, he’s pushed barriers, broken down walls and is above all, always entertaining.
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