Welcome to My Nightmare

Infobox Album | Name = Welcome to My Nightmare
Type = Album
Artist = Alice Cooper


Released = March 1975
Recorded =
Genre = Rock, hard rock, art rock, glam rock, shock rock
Length = 43:19
Label = Atlantic (US)
Anchor/ABC (UK)
Producer = Bob Ezrin
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:696tk6kx9kra~T1 link]
*"Rolling Stone" (mixed) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/alicecooper/albums/album/242867/review/6212093/welcome_to_my_nightmare link]
*Robert Christgau (B-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=alice+cooper link]
Last album = "Greatest Hits"
(1974)
This album = "Welcome to My Nightmare"
(1975)
Next album = "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell"
(1976) |

"Welcome to My Nightmare" is a concept album by Alice Cooper, released in 1975. This was Alice Cooper's first solo album (all previous Alice Cooper releases were band efforts). The cover artwork was created by Drew Struzan. "Rolling Stone Magazine" would later vote it as one of the "Top 100 Album Covers Of All Time".Fact|date=September 2007

"Welcome to My Nightmare" is a concept album. The songs, heard in sequence, form a journey through the nightmares of a man named Steven.

A Halloween favoriteFact|date=September 2007 and a renowned rock album,Fact|date=September 2007 "Welcome to My Nightmare" inspired the "" TV special and a worldwide concert tour in 1975, and the "Welcome To My Nightmare" concert film in 1976.

A line in the song Cold Ethyl references Refrigerator Heaven, a song from Alice's second album, 1970's Easy Action.

The remastered CD version adds three alternate version bonus tracks.

Track listing

# Welcome to My Nightmare (Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner) – 5:19
# "Devil's Food" (Cooper, Bob Ezrin, Kelly Jay, Vincent Price) – 3:38
# "The Black Widow" (Cooper, Wagner, Ezrin) – 3:37
# "Some Folks" (Cooper, Ezrin, Alan Gordon) – 4:19
# "Only Women Bleed" (Cooper, Wagner) – 5:49
# "Department of Youth" (Cooper, Wagner, Ezrin) – 3:18
# "Cold Ethyl" (Cooper, Ezrin) – 2:51
# "Years Ago" (Cooper, Wagner) – 2:51
# "Steven" (Cooper, Ezrin) – 5:52
# "The Awakening" (Cooper, Wagner, Ezrin) – 2:25
# "Escape" (Cooper, Mark Anthony, Kim Fowley) – 3:20

2002 CD reissue bonus tracks

#

"Devils' Food" (Alternate Version) - 5:13
#"Cold Ethyl" (Alternate Version) - 2:56
#"The Awakening" (Alternate Version) - 4:20

Personnel

* Alice Cooper - Vocals
* Bob Ezrin - Synthesizer, Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Fender Rhodes, Remixing, Mixing, Remix Producer
* Vincent Price - Special Effects, Vocals
* Dick Wagner - Guitar, Vocals
* Steve Hunter - Guitar
* Josef Chirowski - Synthesizer, Keyboards, Vocals, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes
* Prakash John - Bass
* Tony Levin - Bass
* Pentti "Whitey" Glan - Drums
* Johnny Badanjek - Drums
* Greg Allen - Art Direction, Design
* Craig Anderson - Mastering
* Bob Brown - Second Unit Director
* Spencer Chrislu - Author
* David Ezrin - Vocals
* Jim Frank - Engineer
* Dan Hersch - Mastering
* Bill Inglot - Mastering
* Bret Lopez - Photography
* Gary Lyons - Vocals
* Gerry Lyons - Vocals
* Allan MacMillan - Arranger
* Toby B. Mamis - Project Assistant
* Trish McKinnon
* Jeff Morgan - Liner Notes
* Brian Nelson - Project Assistant
* Rod O'Brien - Engineer
* David Palmer - Engineer
* Phil Ramone - Engineer
* Mike Reese - Mastering
* Michael Sherman - Vocals, Production Assistant
* Ed Sprigg - Engineer
* Corky Stasiak - Engineer
* Julee Stover - Editorial Supervision
* Drew Struzan - Artwork
* Charlie Watts - Mastering
* Gerry Yons - Guitar

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)