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I'm a huge Alice Cooper fan, which is maybe why I absolutely can't stand this album. I have embraced his musical chameleon act throughout his different musical phases, but there's
something about him trying to be Bon Jovi that just rubs me the wrong way (the overbearing presence of Desmond Child further underscores this point). I'm generally not a fan of Alice's late '80's-early '90's "hair metal" period, but at least Raise Your Fist and ... read more

I absolutely love this album. I've owned it since high school (mid-'80's), and it has long since been one of my few "Halloween go-to" albums that I have to listen to every year, at this "spooky" time of year. This album truly is spooky, and I appreciate that they actually have several original compositions on here. The main reason to initially check this album out, though, is their epic cover of Donovan's "Season of the Witch", the album ... read more

This is one of the handful of albums I listen to every year on (or near) Halloween. Side one is an absolute masterpiece, and works as something of a concept album (side); side two, though, has always seemed a little lackluster to me, at least in comparison to side one--not bad, but it definitely brings down the overall score of the album, for me.