Muscle of Love
| Artist | |
|---|---|
| Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
| Released | 1973 |
| Genres | Hard Rock |
| Labels | Metal Blade Records |
| Length | 42:47 |
| Ranked | #19 for 1973 , #7,516 all-time |
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Muscle of Love Information
Track listing (Songs)
| title | rating | votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Big Apple Dreamin' (Hippo) | 5:10 | 94 | 5 | |
| 2. | Never Been Sold Before | 4:28 | 74 | 5 | |
| 3. | Hard Hearted Alice | 4:53 | 69 | 5 | |
| 4. | Crazy Little Child | 5:03 | 81 | 5 | |
| 5. | Working Up a Sweat | 3:32 | 70 | 5 | |
| 6. | Muscle of Love | 3:45 | 82 | 5 | |
| 7. | Man With the Golden Gun | 4:12 | 77 | 5 | |
| 8. | Teenage Lament '74 | 3:53 | 94 | 5 | |
| 9. | Woman Machine | 4:32 | 69 | 5 |
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Line-up (members)
- Alice Cooper : Vocals
- Glen Buxton : Guitars
- Michael Bruce : Guitars
- Dennis Dunaway : Bass
- Neal Smith : Drums
Certifications
United States (RIAA) Gold 500,000
The final studio album recorded by the original Alice Cooper band.
Muscle of Love Reviews
(1)
Date : Jan 21, 2022
The original Alice Cooper band really made an impact on hard rock music. Having put together a strong run of great hard rock albums like Love It To Death, Killer, and Billion Dollar Babies the band had been on a roll but were constantly touring and put out several albums in just a few short years.
Lead singer Alice Cooper wanted to move forward with an even more theatrical show while rumor has it the rest of the band who by this point were largely considered Alice's backing band (no disrespect to them, they were really good but Alice the singer was the main player and was doing most of the interviews as the leader of the band) and the band wanted to do some different things than Alice did. Michael Bruce, who is a really good songwriter wanted to do a solo album and the others especially Alice did the same. Cooper's album was a massive hit and he went on to a great solo career while the others did some different musical projects.
You could see the band was exploding with Muscle of Love. The album simply does not rock like their last four albums had. The songs are a bit disjointed. MOL did not expand upon Billion Dollar Babies which had been a number one album and with the exception of the great Teenage Lament '74 track the band sounds a little bored on this album. Not a terrible album by any stretch and I am always a fan of anyone who plays with Alice but this is one of my least listened to Alice albums.
Lead singer Alice Cooper wanted to move forward with an even more theatrical show while rumor has it the rest of the band who by this point were largely considered Alice's backing band (no disrespect to them, they were really good but Alice the singer was the main player and was doing most of the interviews as the leader of the band) and the band wanted to do some different things than Alice did. Michael Bruce, who is a really good songwriter wanted to do a solo album and the others especially Alice did the same. Cooper's album was a massive hit and he went on to a great solo career while the others did some different musical projects.
You could see the band was exploding with Muscle of Love. The album simply does not rock like their last four albums had. The songs are a bit disjointed. MOL did not expand upon Billion Dollar Babies which had been a number one album and with the exception of the great Teenage Lament '74 track the band sounds a little bored on this album. Not a terrible album by any stretch and I am always a fan of anyone who plays with Alice but this is one of my least listened to Alice albums.
1 likeMuscle of Love Comments
(7)Mar 12, 2022
The original Alice band before he went solo were coming apart here maybe two good songs on the album which is unusual for any band Alice the singer is in. One of the few Alice albums I rarely listen to.
Nov 18, 2021
The original band was out of gas here. Alice (the singer) wanted to go more theatrical while Michael Bruce longed to do a solo album (Alice did too) and the while band last direction. Fortunately, Alice the singer revitalized himself and went on to a great solo career.
2 likesNov 12, 2021
I love all of Alice's music whether from the original band or him as a solo artist (I am an even bigger fan of his solo work) but this one is probably my least favorite Alice album and the last one by the original band. A couple of good songs but the songwriting isn't there for this one. Very disjointed effort.
2 likes
Feb 10, 2018
A weaker and more commercial album compared to Alice Cooper's previous ones. Nevertheless, it's an enjoyable and solid record overall.
Mar 14, 2013
opäť kvalitná rockovka + podarený fotopríbeh v booklete - proste Alice má hudobný talent, ale aj humor a nadhľad
Alice Cooper Discography
| Album | Type | Release date | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pretties for You | Album | 1969 | 69.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Easy Action | Album | 1970 | 75 | 6 | 0 |
| Love It to Death | Album | Mar 8, 1971 | 90.4 | 13 | 1 |
| Killer | Album | 1972 | 92.5 | 10 | 0 |
| School's Out | Album | 1972 | 78.9 | 11 | 1 |
| Billion Dollar Babies | Album | 1973 | 88.5 | 12 | 0 |
| ▶ Muscle of Love | Album | 1973 | 72.5 | 8 | 1 |
| Welcome to My Nightmare | Album | 1975 | 92.3 | 14 | 2 |
| Alice Cooper Goes to Hell | Album | 1976 | 82.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Lace and Whiskey | Album | May 1977 | 83.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Alice Cooper Show | Live | Dec 1977 | 86 | 5 | 1 |
| From the Inside | Album | 1978 | 96.3 | 8 | 1 |
| Flush the Fashion | Album | 1980 | 89.4 | 8 | 1 |
| Special Forces | Album | 1981 | 85.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Dada | Album | 1982 | 98.9 | 9 | 1 |
| Zipper Catches Skin | Album | 1982 | 80 | 8 | 0 |
| Constrictor | Album | 1986 | 88.8 | 10 | 1 |
| Raise Your Fist and Yell | Album | 1987 | 97.2 | 9 | 2 |
| Trash | Album | Jul 1989 | 88.4 | 31 | 1 |
| Hey Stoopid | Album | Jul 2, 1991 | 92.2 | 21 | 1 |
| The Last Temptation | Album | Jul 12, 1994 | 94.8 | 13 | 2 |
| Fistful of Alice | Live | Jul 29, 1997 | 93.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Brutal Planet | Album | Jun 6, 2000 | 98.8 | 10 | 2 |
| Dragontown | Album | Sep 18, 2001 | 91.7 | 9 | 1 |
| The Eyes of Alice Cooper | Album | Sep 23, 2003 | 95.6 | 9 | 1 |
| Dirty Diamonds | Album | Aug 2, 2005 | 91.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Along Came a Spider | Album | Jul 29, 2008 | 78.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Theatre of Death: Live in Munich 6.11.2010 | Live | Nov 6, 2010 | 96.7 | 3 | 1 |
| Alice Does Alice | EP | Dec 2010 | 95 | 1 | 0 |
| Welcome 2 My Nightmare | Album | Sep 19, 2011 | 91.9 | 10 | 1 |
| Paranormal | Album | Jul 28, 2017 | 86.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Detroit Stories | Album | Feb 26, 2021 | 95 | 10 | 1 |