Flush the Fashion

Infobox Album | Name = Flush the Fashion
Type = Album
Artist = Alice Cooper


Released = April 1980
Recorded =
Genre = Rock music, hard rock, new wave
Length = 28:29
Label = Warner Bros.
Producer = Roy Thomas Baker
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:cxoibkh96akb~T1 link]
Last album = "From the Inside"
(1978)
This album = "Flush the Fashion"
(1980)
Next album = "Special Forces"
(1981) |

"Flush the Fashion" is an album by Alice Cooper, released in 1980. Musically the album was a drastic change of style for Alice Cooper tending towards New Wave music influences such as Gary Numan. Though the lead single "Clones (We're All)" only touched the Billboard Top 40, the album was Cooper's most successful album in 4 years and is widely considered by fans as a hidden gem in his musical catalogue.

This record was produced by Roy Thomas Baker.

The album's ten tracks touch on themes such as the loss of identity, taking on other roles, and the usual Alice Cooper-esque dementia. This is evident even in the lyrics of "Flush the Fashion's" cover songs (for example the "Clones" single). Cooper also performs several "story" songs, presenting a series of intriguing vignettes in lieu of more traditional subject matter.

Track listing

All songs written by Alice Cooper, Davey Johnstone and Fred Mandel except where noted.
# "Talk Talk" (Sean Bonniwell) – 2:09
# "Clones (We're All)" (David Carron) – 3:03
# "Pain" – 4:06
# "Leather Boots" (Geoff Westen) – 1:36
# "Aspirin Damage" – 2:57
# "Nuclear Infected" – 2:14
# "Grim Facts" – 3:24
# "Model Citizen" – 2:39
# "Dance Yourself to Death" (Cooper, Frank Crandall) – 3:08
# "Headlines" – 3:18

ee also

* [http://www.music-nerds.com/album.php?id=609 "Flush the Fashion" essay]

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)