Alice Cooper hadn't had a hugely successful album in over a decade when, in 1989, he teamed up with Bon Jovi producer Desmond Child for Trash — a highly slick and commercial, yet edgy, pop/metal effort that temporarily restored him to the charts in a big way. Fueled by the irresistible hit single Poison, the album temporarily gave back to Cooper the type of visibility he deserved. There's nothing shocking here, and Cooper's ability to generate controversy had long since faded. But while the escapist Trash — which was clearly aimed at the Motley Crue/Guns N Roses crowd — may not be the most challenging album of Cooper's career and isn't in a class with School's out or Billion dollar babies, it's fun and quite enjoyable. And it was great to see the long-neglected Cooper on MTV next to so many of the '80s rockers he had influenced. (Alex Henderson)

1 Poison (Child/Cooper/McCurry) 2 Spark in the dark (Child/Cooper) 3 House of fire (Child/Cooper/Jett) 4 Why trust you (Child/Cooper) 5 Only my heart talkin' (Goldmark/Roberts) 6 Bed of nails (Child/Cooper/Warren) 7 This maniac's in love with you (Child/Cooper/Held/Teeley) 8 Trash (Child/Cooper/Frazier/Sever) 9 Hell is living without you (BonJovi/Child/Cooper/Sambora) 10 I'm your gun (Child/Cooper/McCurry) Musicians: Steve Lukather - guitar (9) Tom Hamilton - bass Jon Bon Jovi - vocals Alice Cooper - vocals Joe Perry - guitar Kane Roberts - guitar Richie Sambora - guitar Stiv Bators - vocals Desmond Child - vocals, producer Bernie Shanahan - vocals Maria Vidal - vocals Guy Mann-Dude - guitar Tom Teeley - vocals Michael Anthony - vocals Paul Chiten - keyboards Bobby Chouinard - drums Steve Deutsch - synthesizer, programming Mark Frazier - guitar Diana Grasselli - vocals Jango - vocals Alan St. Jon - keyboards, vocals Joey Kramer - drums Gregg Mangiafico - keyboards, special effects John McCurry - guitar Hugh McDonald - bass, vocals Louis Merlino - vocals Jamie Sever - vocals Allan St. John - keyboards, vocals Joe Turano - vocals Steven Tyler - vocals Myriam Naomi Valle - vocals Kip Winger - vocals Jack Johnson - guitar From the inside

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