FLUSH THE FASHION
| Alice Cooper
FLUSH THE FASHION
FLUSH THE FASHION- The album s ten tracks touch on themes such as the loss of identity, taking on other roles, and the usual Alice Cooper-esque dementia. This is evident even in the lyrics of Flush the Fashion s cover songs (for example the Clones single). Cooper also performs several story songs, presenting a series of intriguing vignettes in lieu of more traditional subject matter. By the time of Flush the Fashion, after a much-publicized stint in a sanitarium in 1977 for alcoholism and subsequent sobriety, Cooper had secretly developed a heavy addiction to cocaine, although, unlike his following three albums Cooper has some recollection if not perfect of making Flush the Fashion. -Wikipedia
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Don Ignacio
not one of these songs falls below the mark of “above average.”
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Rough Edge
it is vital in the evolution of Alice Cooper and to rock'n'roll in general
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Louder Sound
Flush the Fashion is very much of its time, but its one of Coop’s most fun albums, a rollicking collection of herky-jerky skinny-tie robot rock, led by one of the era’s greatest weirdo hits, Clones (We’re all).
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Kamer Tunes Blog
At less than 29 minutes, this is a sparse, new wave-influenced album with more than a hint of that same year’s Scary Monsters by David Bowie.
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Rolling Stone
1980 - Though the new LP includes some of Cooper’s feistiest songs in years, Roy Thomas Baker’s airtight, homogenized-New Wave production squeezes all the arrogance right out of them.
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Metal Storm
A few gems like "Pain" still have charm, and after some time to assimilate it, the album isn't all that bad.
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Daily Vault
2001 - It's a very decent entry in his extensive discography, but I certainly don't recommend it as a starting point.
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Metal Excess
2018 - While you can say that his willingness to try disco, soft rock and new wave music in the late 1970s/early 1980s hurt his career, it still produced a number of classic tunes and more than handful of guilty pleasures.
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Rhino
2014 - listening to it now, with the benefit of hindsight and the knowledge of what a risky move it was at the time to try something so different with his sound, it sounds pretty good to us
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Polari Magazine
for those who want to see the stranger edge of rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest villain, this is definitely worth checking out
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Alice Cooper eChive
1980 - After years of scamming us with a tightrope walk between rock 'n' roll and bleeding-women bull, Alice has finally dug down, come up, and put his money where his meat is.
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Rarebird's Rock and Roll Rarity Reviews
it sounds awfully phony, and the lyrics waver clumsily between social commentary and childish silliness
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80s Metalman's Blog
Unlike the more progressive sound from his previous album, this one has a more straight forward hard rock feel to it and it works on many levels.
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