“Muscle of Love”, the seventh and final album from the original Alice Cooper Band, received a deluxe edition reissue this week, complete with early versions and alternate mixes of all of its tracks.
The definitive version of the band’s seventh and final full-length offering encompasses 11 previously unreleased tracks, spanning recently unearthed Early Versions and Alternate Mixes of staple songs. The CD/Blu-ray set features the original 192/24 resolution quadraphonic mixes making their debut on Blu-ray.
Additionally, the liner notes feature an in-depth and immersive track-by-track account of the story behind “Muscle Of Love”, as told to renowned music journalist Jaan Uhelszki. She spoke extensively to Cooper, guitarist Michael Bruce, bassist Dennis Dunaway, drummer Neal Smith, and additional guitarist Mick Mashbir to compile the most comprehensive discourse on this record ever published thus far.
Released in late 1973, “Muscle of Love” marked a return to Alice Cooper’s straight-ahead hard rock sound after the more theatrical endeavours of its predecessors, “Billion Dollar Babies” and “School’s Out”. It underperformed those two albums, peaking at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 and limping to gold status.
The Alice Cooper Band played their final show in April 1974 and split shortly thereafter. Cooper had by then legally changed his name from Vincent Furnier, and he launched a successful solo career with 1975’s “Welcome to My Nightmare”.
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