Sunday, November 5, 2017

Albums Released by Old Folks in 2017 Are Completely Awesome

Alice Cooper makes the list of the older rockstars who
are still putting out new material. Other Elder's of Rock are
Robert Plant, Rolling Stones, Cat Stevens, Willie Nelson,
Lyndsey Buckingham/Christie McVie




Alice Cooper, “Paranormal”

When I heard “Dynamite Road” while driving around one day, I thought, “How did I miss this great 
Alice Cooper tune for all these years?”

Turns out, I hadn’t missed anything — the song was on 2017’s brand-new “Paranormal,” the 69-year-
old’s latest. Cooper is at his best when he’s absolutely living up to his deranged image and conjoining 
it with flat-out thunderous rock-n-roll. 

He gets an assist from U2’s Larry Mullen on drums and, for the riff-tastic “Fallen in Love,” ZZ Top’s 
Billy Gibbons, laying down glorious six-string raunch. But he also shows a soul side, complete with 
a horn section and considerable gospel flavor, on “Holy Water.”

The whole thing is thumpin’-good, eye-winkingly nasty fun.