From the inside was hardly Alice Cooper's best-selling or most accessible album. An intensely personal account of his recovery from substance abuse, it tends to be one of his most abstract efforts, and lacks the immediacy of Billion dollar babies, Welcome to my nightmare or Alice Cooper goes to hell. There are no rock anthems here á la School's out or 18, no hit pop ballads á la Only women bleed or I never cry, and no celebrations of shock value like I love the dead or The black widow. Instead, the singer honestly documents the way he confronted his demons and emerged victorious. 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. (Alex Henderson)

1 From the inside (Cooper, Foster, Taupin, Wagner) 2 Whish I were born in Beverly Hills (Cooper, Taupin, Taupin, Wagner) 3 The quiet room (Cooper, Taupin, Wagner) 4 Nurse Rozetta (Cooper, Foster, Taupin, Lukather) 5 Millie and Billie (Cooper, Roberts, Taupin) 6 Serious (Cooper, Foster, Taupin, Lukather) 7 How you gonna see me now (Cooper, Taupin, Wagner) 8 For Veronica's sake (Cooper, Taupin, Wagner) 9 Jackknife Johnny (Cooper, Taupin, Wagner) 10 Inmates (We're all crazy) (Cooper, Taupin, Wagner) Musicians: Alice Cooper - vocals, lyricist, concept, direction David Foster - keyboards, producer Jay Graydon - synthesizer, guitar, keyboard programming Davey Johnstone - guitar Howard Kaylan - vocals Jim Keltner - drums Dee Murray - guitar Rick Nielsen - guitar Bernie Taupin - lyricist, concept, direction Mark Volman - vocals Dick Wagner - guitar Trash Sloppy Seconds - Destroyed

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