Brutal Planet
Artist: Alice Cooper
Label: Spitfire Records
Released: 2000
Type: Full-Length
Rating: 5/5 Skulls (1)
Brutal Planet is the twenty-first studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 2000. Musically, this finds Alice tackling a much darker and heavier approach than on previous albums, with many songs approaching a somewhat modern-sounding, industrial/metal sound. Lyrically, it deals with themes of dark "social fiction", including domestic violence ("Take It Like a Woman"), prejudice ("Blow Me a Kiss"), psychopathic behavior ("It's the Little Things"), war ("Pick Up the Bones") and school shootings ("Wicked Young Man"). The album was followed by a sequel 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". Van Pelt stated further that the final argument is provided in the title track, which condemns the systems of judgment that the world uses. Moreover, "Blow Me a Kiss" urges the listener to think deeper about spiritual matters.
Lineup
Alice Cooper - Vocals
Ryan Roxie (Electric Angels, Gilby Clarke) - Guitar
Phil Theofilos Xenidis [a.k.a. Phil X] (Triumph, Powder, Bon Jovi) - Guitar
Bob Marlette - Bass/Keyboards
Eric Singer (KISS, Eric Singer Project (ESP)) - Drums
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