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You have to give AC/DC credit, they are the only band that has been around for 30+ years and have stayed true to their sound. Most other bands who have had long careers have changed, or tried changing with the times. KISS churned out disco in late 70's with "Destiny" and went Hair Metal in the 80's with "Asylum" and "Animalize". Jethro Tull even tried updating their sound with keyboards on "A" and "Under Wraps". With AC/DC you can pull out any CD from any era and you will hear simple, great bluesy rock. The formula has never changed, and as long as AC/DC is producing music, I know the state of Rock n' Roll is in good shape… Read more
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Like other reviewers I feel too that "Muscle of Love" has a thrown together, slapdash feel. It's almost like Alice and crew just emptied their musical closet of stuff previously written. Not that the songs are bad, just not as good as what had been put out previously. "Muscle of Love", "Workin' Up a Sweat" and "Woman Machine" are pretty much straight 70's rockers the band was known for. But you also had the Dixie-Jazz inspired "Crazy Little Child", the potential James Bond theme "Man with the Golden Gun" as well. I do like the would-have-been Bond theme, and it would have been perfect for the movie. I think the best songs on the… Read more
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You know right off the bat that this is going to be a "different" type of Alice Cooper album because it starts off with an instrumental. And it's probably the creepiest instrumental ever recorded next to the opeing theme to "Halloween". "DaDa" the song sets the tone for the entire album, and it's like Alice is giving us a Halloween Trick-or-Treat. I am not sure if this is a "concept" album like "Goes To Hell", but it sure is fun thinking the entire album is focused on one big dysfunctional family. The centerpiece of the album is the song "Former Lee Warmer", about a person/thing locked in the attic. And it seems like several of the other songs revolve around "Former Lee Warmer". In… Read more
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