From The Inside Review

Release Date: 1978
Label: Metal Blade
Genres: Detroit Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Arena Rock, Album Rock, Pop/Rock
Number Of Tracks: 10
Sometimes, this introspective effort is too self-indulgent and intellectual for its own good, but at its best, From the Inside is as riveting as it in inspiring.

Sound:	6
Lyrics:	7
Impression:	7
Overall rating:	7.9
Reviewer rating:	6.7
Users rating:	9.2
Votes:	9

overall: 6.7

Reviewed by: Just_Chaz, on january 31, 2007

Sound: This album was recorded in 1978, almost immediated after Alice cooper came out of alcohol rehabilitation. As you can imagine the album is based on and dedicated to the people he met in rehab and the things he felt in rehab. Musically this album has a real class about it, however unfortunately it loses a lot of it's musical credibility by the ammount of early synth music used to create it. However what the song loses in the ammount of synth it gains in the insanity of the songs and the lyrics and the passion put into it. Some of the songs I personally think lack excitement and seem rather empty from time to time, some sound like alice has lost the plot all together, however towards the end of the album he brings back the qualities alice cooper is known for, the sinister and romantic "millie and billie", the "Hyperactive" serious and the chilling yet exciting "Inmates (We're All Crazy)". This album is very dynamic and glides effortlessly between chilling and exciting, although I personally reckon this album has dated more than his earlier albums. // 6

Lyrics and Singing: All the songs on this album are stories 'from the inside'. what I like the most about how he has written the album is the fact that he takes these dark and somewhat shocking lyrics and makes them sound so innocent and beautiful. This album isnt quite as exciting as some of the others but is definately just as crazy. There is something of an openness and honesty about this album too, you can almost feel the fact that he's just come out of rehab, you can feel his confessions and his pains in the lyrics, even though they are initially about people he has met, he has definately put something of himself in there too. // 7

Impression: This album is fairly good, though the ammount of synth used ruins it for me in my opinion. The album has been mixed to make all the songs come together and compliment eachother nicely. The best song on it for me is the final song "Inmates (We're All Crazy)," it has an incredible dynamic to it in the fact that it starts out as alice cooper singing an innocent little song about murder and arson, then gradually as the song progresses all the crazy people start to come out and sing "We're All Crazy" over and over getting loud and louder and the crazy people coming out more and more, I can just imagine an entire asylum of lunatics escaping getting ready to wreak havoc on the nearest person dressed in a white cloak. However the album does definately sound more dated than practically all of his other albums. If you hate synth, don't by this album, unless you truly love Alice Cooper. // 7

Comments

[Damage_Inc_82]

This is a great album that most people have never heard. If you are an Alice Cooper fan you should check this album out. In my opinion his best work other than the album "Welcome To My Nightmare".

[codybc1991]

Knibb High Football Rules!

[Sloopy]

If you knew the story behind this record and how it was a contributing factor to helping him get clean maybe you'd change your tune. Great record. 8/10

[slann101]

i baught it for the packaging in vinyl.

the face opens into two to show a panorama of the mental institure. you open one fold out door to reveal alice. on the back is a pair of doors which reveal everyone being released.