Brutal Planet

Brutal Planet is the 21st studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 2000. Musically, this finds Alice tackling a much darker and heavier approach than on previous albums, with many songs approaching a somewhat modern-sounding, industrial/metal sound. Lyrically, it deals with themes of dark "social fiction", including domestic violence ("Take It Like a Woman"), prejudice ("Blow Me a Kiss"), psychopathic behavior ("It's the Little Things"), war ("Pick Up the Bones") and school shootings ("Wicked Young Man"). The album was followed by a sequel Dragontown.

Doug Van Pelt, editor of the alternative Christian music-oriented HM Magazine, found that the lyrics communicated biblical morals "in a very powerful way".^[3] Van Pelt stated further that the final argument is provided in the title track, which condemns the systems of judgment that the world uses.^[3] Moreover, "Blow Me a Kiss" urges the listener to think deeper about spiritual matters.^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
HM Magazine	^[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Alice Cooper and Bob Marlette except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Brutal Planet"		4:40
2.	"Wicked Young Man"		3:50
3.	"Sanctuary"		4:00
4.	"Blow Me a Kiss"	Cooper, Marlette, Bob Ezrin	3:18
5.	"Eat Some More"		4:36
6.	"Pick Up the Bones"		5:14
7.	"Pessi-Mystic"	Cooper, Marlette, Brian Nelson	4:56
8.	"Gimme"		4:46
9.	"It's the Little Things"		4:11
10.	"Take It Like a Woman"		4:12
11.	"Cold Machines"		4:14

Japanese edition
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Can't Sleep, Clowns Will Eat Me"	4:09

2001 tour edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"It's the Little Things" (live)		5:19
13.	"Wicked Young Man" (live)		3:32
14.	"Poison" (live)	Cooper, Desmond Child, John McCurry	4:52
15.	"My Generation" (live)	Pete Townshend	1:32
16.	"Total Rock Rockumentary"		35:48

Personnel

Alice Cooper – Vocals
Ryan Roxie – Guitar
Phil X – Guitar
Eric Singer – Drums
Bob Marlette – Bass, Keyboards

References

1 2 Allmusic link
↑ "Classic Alice Cooper Albums To Be Released On Vinyl". Blabbermouth.net. September 8, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
1 2 3 4 Van Pelt, Doug (September–October 2000). "Reviews / Brutal Planet". HM Magazine (85): 65.

Alice Cooper

Original band Alice Cooper Glen Buxton Michael Bruce Dennis Dunaway Neal Smith Other personnel

Studio albums	Pretties for You Easy Action Love It to Death Killer School's Out Billion Dollar Babies Muscle of Love Welcome to My Nightmare Alice Cooper Goes to Hell Lace and Whiskey From the Inside Flush the Fashion Special Forces Zipper Catches Skin DaDa Constrictor Raise Your Fist and Yell Trash Hey Stoopid The Last Temptation Brutal Planet Dragontown The Eyes of Alice Cooper Dirty Diamonds Along Came a Spider Welcome 2 My Nightmare

Live albums	The Alice Cooper Show A Fistful of Alice Brutally Live Live at Montreux 2005 Raise the Dead: Live from Wacken

Singles	"Reflected" "Shoe Salesman" "I'm Eighteen" "Caught in a Dream" "Under My Wheels" "Be My Lover" "School's Out" "Elected" "Hello Hooray" "No More Mr. Nice Guy" "Billion Dollar Babies" "Halo of Flies" "Teenage Lament '74" "Only Women Bleed" "Department of Youth" "Welcome to My Nightmare" "I Never Cry" "You and Me" "How You Gonna See Me Now" "Clones (We're All)" "7 and 7 Is" "I Am the Future" "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" "Teenage Frankenstein" "Freedom" "Poison" "Bed of Nails" "House of Fire" "Only My Heart Talkin'" "Hey Stoopid" "Love's a Loaded Gun" "Feed My Frankenstein" "Lost in America" "It's Me" "Brutal Planet" "Gimme" "Keepin' Halloween Alive" "I'll Bite Your Face Off"

Compilations and box sets	School Days: The Early Recordings Greatest Hits Prince of Darkness The Beast of Alice Cooper Science Fiction Classicks The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper Super Hits Mascara and Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper The Definitive Alice Cooper The Essentials: Alice Cooper Hell Is School's Out and Other Hits

Videography	Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper The Nightmare Welcome to My Nightmare Alice Cooper and Friends The Strange Case of Alice Cooper The Nightmare Returns Alice Cooper Trashes the World Brutally Live Live at Montreux 2005 Theatre of Death: Live at Hammersmith 2009 Super Duper Alice Cooper Raise the Dead: Live from Wacken

Tours	Welcome to My Nightmare Tour Theatre of Death Tour No More Mr. Nice Guy Tour Masters of Madness Tour

Related articles	Discography Filmography Steven Nights with Alice Cooper Solid Rock Foundation The Hollywood Vampires Hollywood Vampires (band)

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