Zipper Catches Skim
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Zipper Catches Skim
Zipper Catches Skim - Co-produced by Cooper and his bassist at the time, Erik Scott, Zipper Catches Skin is musically known for its dry and energetic hard rock style, with pop punk and post-punk influences and less emphasis on hard riffs, carrying on a similar musical direction of the preceding Special Forces with sonically slicker and clearer results. Lyrically, Cooper employed a much stronger focus on comical sarcasm and on avoiding using clich d subject matter. Erik Scott has stated the album was meant to be lean, stripped down, and low on frills. Punkish and bratty. However, although it saw the return of guitarist Dick Wagner to Cooper s band, Zipper is generally not considered to be up to the same standard as his previous works. -Wikipedia
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Musoscribe
2010 - a step in the right direction for Cooper; he would make good on that album’s creative (but not commercial: it failed to chart) momentum a few months later with 1983’s Dada
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All Music
contains enough solid tracks to make it a worthwhile listen for hardcore Alice Cooper fans
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The Metal Misfit
2013 - A fairly forgettable effort all around though.
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Don Ignacio
It's by far the one I listen to the least out of his 1976-1983 catalogue. However, I suspect the major reason for that is because it's so guitar-centered, and the instrumentation is incredibly plain.
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Only Solitaire
I sort of realized there ain't a single song on here I happen to be in love with, and the basic concept is not enough
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Louder Sound
Class of 1984 – is the album’s sole highlight. The rest is blah power-pop and listless new wave baloney.
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Ginger Nuts of Horror
2018 - It's simply just a fun record, and honestly sets up the next album DaDa, for a much different listening experience.
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Daily Vault
2001 - it's a surprisingly solid collection of perfectly listenable contemporary material that by no stretch of the imagination deserves the less than favourable reputation that it is saddled with
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Mark's Record Reviews
It's actually a fairly interesting concept album, a sort of sci-fi crime caper about a private detective who has himself shrunk to microscopic size in order to enter the stomach of a Siamese cat and locate the lost diamonds.
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Huperbolium
It’s all quite listenable, and even fun as it passes by, but it’s not nearly as memorable as his earlier (and some of his later) works.
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Uvulapie and His Amazing Hillbillies
For True Cooper Fans/Completists only
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