[SACD-R][OF] Alice Cooper - Muscle of Love - 1973/2015 (Hard Rock; Glam Rock)

Muscle of Love is the seventh studio album by Alice Cooper and it was the last
album to feature the entire original band, and it was a true grand finale at that.
Cooper stated in an interview at the time that the album marked a return to a basic
rock sound. "It's not complicated in any sense...It's very basic rock & roll throughout."

The two best-known tracks are undoubtedly the Top 20 anthem "Teenage Lament '74,"
which features none other than Liza Minnelli, Ronnie Spector, Labelle and the
Pointer Sisters on backing vocals, and the rollicking title track. But other
tracks are just as good - the Led Zep-stomping opener, "Big Apple Dreamin' (Hippo),"
the gentle "Hard Hearted Alice" (a precursor to Cooper's future ballad-oriented
direction), the raging "Working Up a Sweat," and "Man with the Golden Gun".

The 1973 release climbed to #10 on the Billboard 200 and as Alice stated the
recording was a return to the band's more hard rock roots complete with the
prog-rock/heavy metal workouts synonymous with the Alice Cooper legacy.

All Music Review

Coming off such conceptual, theatrical, sleazy hard rock records as the massively successful School’s Out (1972) and Billion Dollar Babies (1973), the Alice Cooper group decided that their next release would be more along the lines of their earlier, more straightforward work (à la Love It to Death). While Muscle of Love was a gold-certified Top Ten success, it performed below expectations (their previous two albums peaked at number two and number one, respectively) and would unfortunately prove to be the original Alice Cooper band’s last studio album together. The album may not be as coherent as their previous classics (producer Bob Ezrin took a leave of absence) and more filler is present than usual, yet Muscle of Love is perhaps Alice Cooper’s most underrated record — more than a few overlooked and forgotten classics reside here. The two best-known tracks are undoubtedly the Top 20 anthem “Teenage Lament ’74,” which features none other than Liza Minnelli and the Pointer Sisters on backing vocals, and the boisterous title track. But other tracks are just as good — the Led Zep-stomping opener, “Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo),” the gentle “Hard Hearted Alice” (a precursor to Cooper’s future ballad-oriented direction), the raging “Working Up a Sweat,” and “Man with the Golden Gun” (which was written for the James Bond movie of the same name, but rejected). A forgotten hard rock classic.

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Анализ: Alice Cooper / Muscle of Love
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DR Пики RMS Продолжительность трека
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DR14 -5.60 дБ -22.17 дБ 5:14 01-01 Big Apple Dreamin' (Hippo)
DR10 -7.25 дБ -23.51 дБ 4:22 02-02 Never Been Sold Before
DR10 -7.59 дБ -26.12 дБ 4:53 03-03 Hard Hearted Alice
DR10 -7.51 дБ -26.08 дБ 5:01 04-04 Crazy Little Child
DR9 -6.81 дБ -22.76 дБ 3:35 05-05 Working Up a Sweat
DR9 -7.88 дБ -24.11 дБ 3:45 06-06 Muscle of Love
DR9 -7.29 дБ -23.62 дБ 4:16 07-07 Man with the Golden Gun
DR10 -6.98 дБ -23.93 дБ 3:55 08-08 Teenage Lament '74
DR10 -6.28 дБ -24.08 дБ 4:49 09-09 Woman Machine
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Количество треков: 9
Реальные значения DR: DR10

Частота: 2822400 Гц / Частота PCM: 88200 Гц
Каналов: 5
Разрядность: 24
Битрейт: 14112 кбит/с
Кодек: DST64
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Анализ: Alice Cooper / Muscle of Love
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DR Пики RMS Продолжительность трека
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DR13 -5.31 дБ -20.83 дБ 5:12 01-01 Big Apple Dreamin' (Hippo)
DR12 -6.03 дБ -20.80 дБ 4:28 02-02 Never Been Sold Before
DR12 -6.66 дБ -22.75 дБ 4:53 03-03 Hard Hearted Alice
DR13 -5.61 дБ -22.72 дБ 5:02 04-04 Crazy Little Child
DR12 -6.98 дБ -21.01 дБ 3:32 05-05 Working Up a Sweat
DR12 -6.69 дБ -21.04 дБ 3:46 06-06 Muscle of Love
DR13 -6.26 дБ -21.08 дБ 4:13 07-07 Man with the Golden Gun
DR12 -6.64 дБ -21.47 дБ 3:53 08-08 Teenage Lament '74
DR13 -5.96 дБ -21.19 дБ 4:35 09-09 Woman Machine
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Количество треков: 9
Реальные значения DR: DR12

Частота: 2822400 Гц / Частота PCM: 88200 Гц
Каналов: 2
Разрядность: 24
Битрейт: 5645 кбит/с
Кодек: DST64
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