| Brutal Planet | ||||
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| Studio album by Alice Cooper | ||||
| Released | June 6, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 2000 at the Blue Room and A&M Studios, California | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, hard rock | |||
| Length | 47:58 | |||
| Label | Spitfire | |||
| Producer | Bob Marlette | |||
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Brutal Planet is the 21st studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 2000. Lyrically, it's a Concept Album that deals with themes of dark "social fiction", including domestic violence ("Take it Like a Woman"), Prejudice ("Blow Me a Kiss"), War ("Pick Up the Bones") and school shootings ("Wicked Young Man"). The album is the second album in a trilogy of albums (beginning with The Last Temptation and ending with Dragontown).
Doug Van Pelt, editor of the alternative Christian music-oriented HM Magazine, found that the lyrics communicated biblical morals "in a very powerful way".[1] Van Pelt stated further that the final argument is provided in the title track, which condemns the systems of judgment that the world uses.[1] Moreover, "Blow Me a Kiss" urges the listener to think deeper about spiritual matters.[1]
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| HM Magazine | [1] |
Contents |
All songs written by Alice Cooper and Bob Marlette except where noted.
12. "Can't Sleep, Clowns Will Eat Me"