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DISCID=75094309
DTITLE=Alice Cooper / Muscle Of Love
DYEAR=1973
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=Big Apple Dreamin' (Hippo)
TTITLE1=Never Been Sold Before
TTITLE2=Hard Hearted Alice
TTITLE3=Crazy Little Child
TTITLE4=Working Up A Sweat
TTITLE5=Muscle Of Love
TTITLE6=Man With The Golden Gun
TTITLE7=Teenage Lament '74
TTITLE8=Woman Machine
EXTD=Originally Released 1973\nMetal Blade CD Edition Released July 1,
EXTD= 1991\nImport CD Edition Released October 18, 1995\n\nAMG EXPERT 
EXTD=REVIEW: Coming off such conceptual hard-rocking theatrical sleaze
EXTD= as the massively successful 'School's Out' (1972) and 'Billion D
EXTD=ollar Babies' (' 73), the Alice Cooper group decided that their n
EXTD=ext release would be more along the lines of their earlier, more 
EXTD=straightforward work (a la 'Love It to Death'). While the album w
EXTD=as a gold-certified, top-10 success, it performed below expectati
EXTD=ons (their previous 2 albums peaked at #2 and #1, respectfully), 
EXTD=and would unfortunately prove to be the original Alice Cooper ban
EXTD=d's last studio album together. The album may not be as coherent 
EXTD=as their previous classics (producer Bob Ezrin took a leave of ab
EXTD=sence) and more filler is present than usual, yet 'Muscle of Love
EXTD=' is perhaps Alice Cooper's most underrated record - more than a 
EXTD=few overlooked and forgotten classics reside here. The 2 best-kno
EXTD=wn tracks are undoubtedly the top-20 anthem "Teenage Lament '74, 
EXTD=" which features none other than Liza Minelli and the Pointer Sis
EXTD=ters on backing vocals, and the boisterous title track. But other
EXTD= tracks are just as good - the Led Zep-stomping opener "Big Apple
EXTD= Dreamin' (Hippo), " the gentle "Hard Hearted Alice" (a precursor
EXTD= to Cooper's future ballady direction), the raging "Working Up A 
EXTD=Sweat, " and "Man With the Golden Gun" (which was written for the
EXTD= James Bond movie of the same name, but rejected). A forgotten ha
EXTD=rd rock classic. [Note- currently, 'Muscle of Love' is available 
EXTD=only through Metal Blade mail-order] -- Greg Prato\n\nHalf.com De
EXTD=tails \nContributing artists: Liza Minelli, Ronnie Spector, The P
EXTD=ointer Sisters \nProducer: Jack Douglas, Jack Richardson \n\nAlbu
EXTD=m Notes\nPersonnel includes: Alice Cooper (vocals); Michael Bruce
EXTD=, Glen Buxton (guitar); Dennis Dunaway (bass); Neal Smith (drums)
EXTD=; Liza Minelli, Ronnie Spector, The Pointer Sisters (background v
EXTD=ocals).\n\nOriginally released on Warner Brothers.  Featuring the
EXTD= US Top 20 Hit 'Teenage Lament '74', Which Features The Pointer S
EXTD=isters And Liza Minelli On Vocals; Also Includes 'Man With A Gold
EXTD=en Gun', 'Woman Machine' And Six More.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REV
EXTD=IEW\nAlice Fans You Can't Pass This One Over!, July 15, 2004\nRev
EXTD=iewer: D. Girod "graboidz" (westminster, md)\nI think "Muscle of 
EXTD=Love" also has a slapdash feel about it, sort of like Led Zep's "
EXTD=Coda". It's like Alice and crew went through their musical closet
EXTD= and just emptied out left over stuff from previous recordings. B
EXTD=ut that in no way should indicate these cuts are bad. You have th
EXTD=e haunting "Hard Hearted Alice", the Dixie-Jazz "Crazy Little Chi
EXTD=ld", and typical 70's rockers like "Woman Machine", "Muscle of Lo
EXTD=ve" & "Never Been Sold Before". All of the songs are good, just n
EXTD=ot as good as what had been put out before. I think one of the be
EXTD=st tracks on the disk is the failed James Bond theme song "Man Wi
EXTD=th the Golden Gun". I would love to have seen that open the movie
EXTD= (as a Bond fan MWTGG could have used something, as it was one of
EXTD= the worst bond movies ever). But if you are a fan of Alice Coope
EXTD=r, you have to get this landmark recording if for no other reason
EXTD= that to hear the original bands last recording. I always wondere
EXTD=d what would have happened had the original band stayed together,
EXTD= but I don't know if they could have made it past the 70's and in
EXTD=to the 80's. Just look where Alice went after this with "Welcome 
EXTD=to my Nightmare" and where the rest of the band went with "Battle
EXTD= Axe". Two albums that sound completely different. But, now, 30 y
EXTD=ears later, wouldn't it be great to hear Alice once again with hi
EXTD=s old mates?! Man that would be a Killer!\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER 
EXTD=REVIEW\nLimping Muscle, January 26, 2003\nReviewer: Tim Brough "a
EXTD=uthor and music buff" (Springfield, PA United States)\nThe last g
EXTD=asp of the original Alice Cooper Group was recorded with dissenti
EXTD=on in the ranks, and it shows. The band was getting tired of thei
EXTD=r role as support men for Alice and wanted to get back to rocking
EXTD=, and Alice was, well, just being Alice. Bob Ezrin was out of the
EXTD= picture as well, and his presence is sorely missed sonically.\nW
EXTD=hat you get with "Muscle Of Love" is a couple of standard AC song
EXTD=s like "Teenage Lament 74" and "Big Apple Dreaming," but for the 
EXTD=first time since "Love It To Death," some bad songs find their wa
EXTD=y into the mix. The James Bond riff was done better on B$B's "Unf
EXTD=inished Sweet," and "Hard Hearted Alice" sounds like something th
EXTD=ey wrote for "School's Out" but left it off for the superior "Alm
EXTD=a Mater." \n\n"Muscle Of Love" is still worth checking out, after
EXTD= all, it's the last blast from the seventies best shock rockers. 
EXTD=I'd recommend it for purists only, since Alice himself made this 
EXTD=album a moot point when he ditched the band for hired guns and ma
EXTD=de the much better "Welcome To My Nightmare," and when the rest o
EXTD=f the band discovered how much they needed him when they recorded
EXTD= the long out of print "Battle Axe" as the Billion Dollar Babies.
EXTD=\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe CD loses over the original vi
EXTD=nyl LP!, December 9, 2006\nReviewer: SkySgt (Cibolo, TX)\nI am a 
EXTD=BIG Cooper fan, from "back in the day," and can agree with just a
EXTD=bout everything that has been written here about this album, musi
EXTD=c-wise. \n\nHowever, I stopped listening to AC the day the origin
EXTD=al band split up. As far as I'm concerned, AC stopped being a roc
EXTD=ker and became a Hollywood infused sideshow from that point on. I
EXTD=f you want solid AC rocking, the required albums are: Killer, Lov
EXTD=e It To Death, Billion Dollar Babies, Schools Out, and Muscle Of 
EXTD=Love. Anything after that is fluff! \n\nAt any rate, what this CD
EXTD= loses, over the original vinyl LP, is the quirkyness of the pack
EXTD=aging. The original product actually came in a corrugated cardboa
EXTD=rd box, as depicted by the album image above, and was about 1/4 t
EXTD=o 1/2 inch thick. This is vintage Cooper, right down to the fake 
EXTD=water-damage stain at the bottom of the cover! \n\nI remember tha
EXTD=t it had a flap on the back that was sealed with the typical "imp
EXTD=ossible to open neatly" glue found on almost all manufacturer sea
EXTD=led boxes of the day. Thus, when you opened the album, you ended 
EXTD=up with a mangled flap that would never close correctly after tha
EXTD=t. If you were lucky, you might even have ripped away other parts
EXTD= of the album cover. Also, due to the thickness of the cover, it 
EXTD=never quite fit in my album rack ... remember the album rack? \n\n
EXTD=God I miss those days! Now, if I could just remember what all cam
EXTD=e inside the box (other than the vinyl LP), I could die a happy m
EXTD=an. \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nA Kiss And A Fist, January 29
EXTD=, 2005\nReviewer: J. Cogliano (USA)\nThis album was going to be c
EXTD=alled "A Kiss And A Fist" but was rejected. \nProduced by Jack Ri
EXTD=chardson this is the last album by the original Alice Cooper Grou
EXTD=p. So there is a little sadness to it even though the band didn't
EXTD= intend it to be their swan song album. "Muscle Of Love" was caug
EXTD=ht up in the shadow of "Billion Dollar Babies" best selling recor
EXTD=d. But MOL has plenty of good tunes and lyrics. \nThey brought in
EXTD= guests vocalist but some thought it was too Broadway sounding. W
EXTD=hich was the intention as Alice's main theme was Broadway as bein
EXTD=g a big part of New York. With guests vocalists like Liza Minella
EXTD= on "Teenage Lament 74" and "Man With The Golden Gun". La Belle (
EXTD=Noma & Sarah) & Ronnie Spector on "Teenage Lament 74". Pointer Si
EXTD=sters on "Teenage Lament 74" and "Working Up A Sweat". \nThe back
EXTD=ing musicians involved are Dick Wagner, Mick Mashbir on guitar an
EXTD=d Bob Dolin on keyboards. \n\nA tribute to a club that Alice Coop
EXTD=er Group performed in N.Y. in their early days. A club called The
EXTD= Hippopotamus was the first track "Big Apple Dreamin' (Hippo)". \n
EXTD=\nOne of my favorite tracks is "Hard Hearted Alice" which is Alic
EXTD=e's view on it's not always nice to be Alice. \n"....noise seems 
EXTD=logically right, ringing ears in the night, when you live in an a
EXTD=irport..." \n\n"Crazy Little Child" reminds me of the foreboding 
EXTD="Lace & Whiskey" album that Alice will release in 3 years. It has
EXTD= that film noir story line. Which takes me to "Man With The Golde
EXTD=n Gun" that Alice wrote hoping that the Bond film people will use
EXTD= it. It's a shame cause it's classic Bond music. \n"Muscle of Lov
EXTD=e" and "Teenage Lament 74" became singles from this album that bo
EXTD=th have teenage themes. \n\nIt's interesting that the last song i
EXTD=s actually an old song from their early days in the 60's. It seem
EXTD=ed they came full circle. "Woman Machine" was original called "Mr
EXTD=. Machine". Alice being influenced by TV once again from a series
EXTD= that actress Julie Newmar portraits a female robot. \nThe chorus
EXTD= sounds a bit of "Superstitions" by Stevie Wonder. \nAt the end o
EXTD=f the recording you hear with audio enhancement a robot type voic
EXTD=e that's actually Alice's who is reading from an Ampex tape recor
EXTD=ding manual as the song fades out. \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW
EXTD=\nThe End of an Era..., January 21, 2005\nReviewer: J. Anderson\n
EXTD=An underated gem, Muscle Of Love was the last LP by Alice Cooper 
EXTD=as a Band. While most critics consider this album inconsistent, I
EXTD= consider it to be the groups finest effort. With the focus on th
EXTD=e shocking and grotesque themes of past recordings toned down, th
EXTD=e songwriting structure became even more versitile. Contrary to o
EXTD=ther opinions given here, I believe there is no filler here. This
EXTD= is one of those Lp's that is great from start to finish. "Man Wi
EXTD=th the Golden Gun" was actually written for the James Bond film o
EXTD=f the same name but was, sadly, turned down by the film's produce
EXTD=r. "Muscle of Love" was daring as a radio single, even for Alice 
EXTD=Cooper. And "Teenage Lament '74" is a classic tribute to kids who
EXTD= grew up in that period. When this record was released, no one kn
EXTD=ew that in less than 2 years, the name Alice Cooper would stand m
EXTD=ore for slick pop production and radio freindly ballads, than the
EXTD= "In Your Face" rebellious shock rocker we all came to know and l
EXTD=ove. This was the end of an era. The last of the best. Together, 
EXTD=these guys were one of a kind. There was no one like them in thei
EXTD=r heyday. They just don't make 'em like this anymore.\n\nAMAZON.C
EXTD=OM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nNot to be overlooked, July 23, 2004\nReviewer
EXTD=: melodygoddess (usa)\nThe last album from the original Alice Coo
EXTD=per BAND. 1973-74. The band didn't really tour much to promote th
EXTD=is album. they did 13 cities in the northeast usa and about 5 gig
EXTD=s in brazil and that was it yet it still made the top 10. if you 
EXTD=can get a copy of billion dollar baby by bob greene he described 
EXTD=the recording of the vocals to this album in the studio in detail
EXTD= in that book. The songs have got some swagger both in the vocals
EXTD= and the music. Bob Ezrin didn't produce this album rather produc
EXTD=ed by Jack Richardson and Jack Douglas. there a lot of long fadin
EXTD=g endings to songs here, some are noisy so I skip ahead to the ne
EXTD=xt song but some endings if you listen to the fades have some gre
EXTD=at subtleties...some great guitar work with the addition of dick 
EXTD=wagner and mick mashbir cameos by labelle sisters, liza minelli, 
EXTD=ronnie spector and pointer sisters...it's not a bad touch...it's 
EXTD=kind of a cut loose album trying something different. i've been p
EXTD=laying this one a lot on my car cd player lately sometimes too mu
EXTD=ch horns and strings...ex: Never Been Sold Before rocks from the 
EXTD=start but towards the end is buried in horns and strings and get 
EXTD=too noisy so i skip a head to the next song. Hippo rocks. it's fu
EXTD=nky 70's swagger it's cool, clever. heart hearted alice dueling g
EXTD=uitars at break nice melody crazy little child big band dixieland
EXTD=? old show business again...alice seems to enjoy singing like a h
EXTD=ollywood starlet...workin up a sweat and muscle of love rock out.
EXTD= golden gun has some moments as well lament 74. if you have love 
EXTD=it to death, killer, school's out, billion dollar babies you shou
EXTD=ld get this too. it's the same band trying a different tact for a
EXTD= change of pace. it's a light album not to be taken too seriously
EXTD=. it's only meant to be enjoyed as fun. despite the fragmented st
EXTD=atus of the band at this point, no glen buxton on this album, and
EXTD= all the tracks were laid down by the musicians separately it sti
EXTD=ll holds together and the mix is suprisingly good. actually i thi
EXTD=nk the mix is better on this album than the previous 4 albums by 
EXTD=ezrin. the album shows a maturity. these were clever and witty ro
EXTD=ck stars with a sense of humour and some subtlety. it shows on th
EXTD=is album. at times alice sings like mae west but the music also s
EXTD=upports that...for all the personal differences the band was havi
EXTD=ng with shep, the manager and alice, as a combined group they cou
EXTD=ld generate some great sound...dennis Dunaway - bass, neal smith-
EXTD=drums, great rhythm section along with mike bruce on guitar and s
EXTD=ong writing plus the excellent addition of mick mashbir on guitar
EXTD= who really lifted the band to more sophisticated playing\n\nAMAZ
EXTD=ON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nMuscle of Pain, March 1, 2004\nReviewer: 
EXTD=clarissa jones (england uk)\nIn 1973 nothing could stop the truly
EXTD= stellar Alice Cooper Group. Nothing exept they were clearly spli
EXTD=tting up.\nPressured recording and touring commitments and worsen
EXTD=ing band relations were the background to this album. Packaged al
EXTD=most as controvesially as Billion Dollar Babies, Muscle was never
EXTD= really going to consolidate it. \nThough daring in the courting 
EXTD=of musical styles Muscle is lazy in composition and hurried in it
EXTD=s working out of things. The garage sound is still there but I ne
EXTD=ed music with my decadence. There are flashes of inspiration but 
EXTD=too few, the guitar solo's are frequent but choppy.\nBig Apple Dr
EXTD=eamin opens the album promisingly, and the very interesting Woman
EXTD= Machine closes on an impressive note the last album by a band th
EXTD=at had saved my adolesence. In between there is the impressive ti
EXTD=tle track, and the requiem like Hard Hearted Alice. Then true cla
EXTD=ssic standard returns with Teenage Lament, a superb semi acoustic
EXTD= remake of Eighteen and a deserving top twenty hit, but the irony
EXTD= was an audible one. There would be millions of teenage laments f
EXTD=or the passing of the Alice Cooper Group across the world.\nA bit
EXTD=tersweet farewell for rock's greatest, most seditious and challen
EXTD=ging band. \nAlice sings My Hearts A Muscle oF Love. Mine's a mus
EXTD=cle of pain (Clarissa Jones)\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nWhy d
EXTD=on't you get away? I'm gonna leave today..., December 17, 2003\nR
EXTD=eviewer: Pamela Scarangello (Middletown, NJ USA)\n1973's "Muscle 
EXTD=of Love" is the last album to be released by the Alice Cooper ban
EXTD=d. At that time, the band members were exhausted from the gruelin
EXTD=g months of touring and promotion. Eventually, Alice Cooper, Glen
EXTD= Buxton, Michael Bruce, Neal Smith, and Dennis Dunaway chose to s
EXTD=plit up. Afterwards, Alice pursued a solo career and began his lo
EXTD=ng legacy as the Godfather of Shock Rock. \nDespite the occasiona
EXTD=l violins, trumpets, organ, and piano keys, "Muscle of Love" cons
EXTD=ists of basic hard rock. The album doesn't exude the theatrical f
EXTD=lair of "Billion Dollar Babies." On some sections, the guitar and
EXTD= bass riffs are a little too glossed over, while the lyrics leave
EXTD= little to the imagination. Tracks like "Big Apple Dreamin'" and 
EXTD="Woman Machine" are lacking in sonic magnetism, while "Never Been
EXTD= Sold Before" sounds too heavily like a Rolling Stones hit. Howev
EXTD=er, this CD does possess numbers that reveal the band's versatili
EXTD=ty in their craft. "Hard Hearted Alice," with its harmonious, Bea
EXTD=tles-style chorus, is a psychedelic acid trip that transports lis
EXTD=teners to the 1960's. "Crazy Little Child" is a clever narration 
EXTD=about Jackson, a thief who is shot and killed while working for a
EXTD= dangerous gangster. Interestingly, this one song is a Cajun-hot 
EXTD=mixture of Dixie and syncopated ragtime (as indicated by its bras
EXTD=s section and banjo). Then, Alice blows his harmonica to "Working
EXTD= Up a Sweat," a slice of blues rock generously laced with sexual 
EXTD=humor. "Man with a Golden Gun" is a stylish theme to the action-p
EXTD=acked James Bond film. "Teenage Lament '74" can best be described
EXTD= as a sequel to "Eighteen;" it's another teen angst tune that fea
EXTD=tures background vocals by Liza Minnelli. Finally, the album's ti
EXTD=tle track is a flashy, decadent ode to puberty and the sleaze of 
EXTD=NYC nightlife; symbolizing America's sexual revolution, the song 
EXTD=is complete with pimps, porn shops, and even a little self-gratif
EXTD=ication!\nIf you enjoy metal acts with shocking, flamboyant theat
EXTD=rics, "Muscle of Love" isn't for you. However, this album is perf
EXTD=ect for anyone who prefers streamlined, 1970's rock and blues, es
EXTD=pecially from Kiss and Aerosmith. I recommend you purchase this C
EXTD=D along with "Billion Dollar Babies" and Mr. Cooper's monstrous s
EXTD=olo debut, "Welcome to My Nightmare."
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