Detroit Stories is the twenty-first solo and twenty-eighth overall studio album by American rock musician Alice Cooper. The album was released on February 26, 2021, by Earmusic. It crowned Billboard's Top Album Sales chart (dated March 3, 2021) debuting at No. 1 and was the first chart-topper for Cooper in the 29-year history of the Top Album Sales chart. The album was produced by Bob Ezrin, who also added various instruments. As a solo album, it incorporates a variety of artists contributing on a number of instruments.
The album features themes consistent with the rest of Alice Cooper's discography, with the grandeur and exaggerated shock-rock narratives that he has exhibited in previous work. However, the album also features a significant aspect of nostalgia, as Detroit Stories notes many influences from traditional hard-rock origins in Detroit, and attempts to return to the age of hard-rock that Cooper originated in.
Detroit Stories sold 13,000 copies in its first week of sales (ending March 4) across CD, of which 9,500 were sold, vinyl LP, which generated 2,000 sales, and digital download formats making up the remaining 1,500 sales. Additionally, it topped the Tastemaker Albums chart, which assesses releases based on their sales at independent and small chain music shops, from which 38% of the albums first-week sales originated from.
Tracklist:
1) Rock 'N' Roll 0:00
2) Go Man Go 4:43
3) Our Love Will Change The World (Outrageous Cherry cover) 7:23
4) Social Debris 11:02
5) $1000 High Heel Shoes 14:07
6) Hail Mary 17:36
7) Detroit City 2021 20:51
8) Drunk And In Love 24:11
9) Independence Dave 28:03
10) I Hate You 30:59
11) Wonderful World 33:33
12) Sister Anne (MC5 cover) 36:54
13) Hanging On By A Thread (Don't Give Up) 41:41
14) Shut Up And Rock 45:17
15) East Side Story (Bob Seger & The Last Heard cover) 47:27
Personnel
Alice Cooper – vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (tracks 1, 7), harp (tracks 8, 12)
Michael Bruce – guitar (tracks 4, 10), vocals (track 10)
Dennis Dunaway – bass (tracks 4, 10), guitar (track 10), vocals (track 10)
Neal Smith – drums (tracks 4, 10), vocals (track 10)
Bob Ezrin – organ (track 1), cowbell (track 1), percussion (tracks 2, 6), piano (tracks 3, 15), backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 13, 15), programming (track 13), keyboards (track 13)
Johnny "Bee" Bedanjek – drums (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15), backing vocals (track 1)
Garret Bielaniec – guitar (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
Tommy Henriksen – guitar (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15), percussion (tracks 3, 4, 11, 15), backing vocals (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15), programming (tracks 10, 13)
Wayne Kramer – guitar (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15), backing vocals (tracks 1, 12)
Paul Randolph – bass (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12–13, 15), backing vocals (tracks 1, 12)
Joe Bonamassa – guitar (tracks 1, 8)
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