Paranormal (Alice Cooper album) explained

Paranormal is the twentieth solo and twenty-seventh overall studio album by American rock musician Alice Cooper, released on July 28, 2017.^{[1] [2] [3]} It features three tracks performed by the "classic" line-up of the Alice Cooper band (Neal Smith, Dennis Dunaway, and Michael Bruce, without Glen Buxton, who died in 1997) plus Larry Mullen Jr. from U2, Roger Glover from Deep Purple, Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top, Swedish songwriter and session guitarist Tommy Denander, Alice Cooper bandmate Tommy Henriksen, Steve Hunter.^[4] "Holy Water" is a cover of the Villebillies song.

Personnel

Studio album

• Alice Cooper – vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (track 7)
• Tommy Denander – guitar (all tracks), co producer
• Tommy Henriksen – guitar (all tracks), backing vocals (all tracks), percussion (tracks 4, 6, and 9), sound effects (track 4, 6, 9, and 10), keyboards (track 9), co producer
• Larry Mullen Jr. – drums (tracks 1–8, and 10)
• Bob Ezrin – production, keyboards (tracks 1 and 9), organ (tracks 3 and 10), sound effects (tracks 4), backing vocals (track 7)
• Roger Glover – bass (track 1)
• Billy Gibbons – guitar (track 5)
• Jimmy Lee Sloas – bass (tracks 2, and 4–8)
• Dennis Dunaway – bass (tracks 3, 9 and 10)
• Parker Gispert – guitar (track 7), backing vocals (track 7)
• Steve Hunter – lead guitar (track 8, 11 and 12)
• Demi Demaree – backing vocals (tracks 8 and 10)
• Johnny Reid – backing vocals (tracks 8 and 10)
• Jeremy Rubolino – horns (track 8)
• Adrian Olmos – horns (track 8)
• Chris Traynor – horns (tracks 8)
• Michael Bruce – guitar (track 9)
• Neal Smith – drums (track 9)
• Nick Didkovsky – guitar (tracks 3 and 10)

Bonus tracks with original members

• Michael Bruce – guitar (both tracks)
• Neal Smith – drums (both tracks)
• Dennis Dunaway – bass (both tracks)
• Steve Hunter – guitar (track 11), lead guitar (track 12)
• Bob Ezrin – keyboards (track 11), backing vocals (track 11)
• Tommy Denander – guitar (both tracks)
• Nick Didkovsky – guitar (track 12)
• Tommy Henriksen – backing vocals (track 12)

Bonus tracks live in Columbus

• Chuck Garric – bass, backing vocals
• Nita Strauss – guitar, backing vocals
• Glen Sobel – drums
• Tommy Henriksen – guitar, backing vocals
• Ryan Roxie – guitar, backing vocals

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Italian Albums (FIMI)[5]	47
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6]	186
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[7]	33
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[8]	31
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9]	6

Notes and References

1. Web site: alicecooper.com - ALICE COOPER RELEASES ALBUM PREVIEW VIDEO. July 31, 2017. Alicecooper.com. August 2, 2017.
2. Alice Cooper on New 'Paranormal' LP, Caitlyn Jenner, Reuniting Old Band. Rolling Stone. August 2017 . August 2, 2017.
3. Web site: Alice Cooper is back with a new album, Paranormal, shares shred-heavy "Paranoiac Personality" — listen. June 9, 2017. Consequence of Sound. August 2, 2017.
4. Web site: alicecooper.com - ALICE PREVIEWS NEW ALBUM AT LIVE LISTENING PARTY IN LONDON -. June 30, 2017. Alicecooper.com. August 2, 2017.
5. Web site: Album – Classifica settimanale WK 31 (dal 2017-07-28 al 2017-08-03). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. it. August 5, 2017.
6. Web site: Paranormal profile on Oricon. Oricon News. August 14, 2017.
7. Web site: NZ Top 40 Albums Chart. Recorded Music NZ. August 7, 2017. August 4, 2017.
8. Web site: Top 100 Albumes — Semana 31: del 28.07.2017 al 03.08.2017. Productores de Música de España. es. August 9, 2017.
9. Web site: Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista. Sverigetopplistan. August 4, 2017. Click on "Veckans albumlista".