Brutal Planet

Brutal Planet
Studio album by Alice Cooper
Released	June 6, 2000
Recorded	2000 at the Blue Room and A&M Studios, California
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock
Length	47:58
Label	Spitfire
Producer	Bob Marlette
Alice Cooper chronology
A Fistful of Alice (1997) Brutal Planet (2000) Mascara and Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper (2001)

Brutal Planet is the 21st studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 2000. Lyrically, it's a concept album that deals with themes of dark "social fiction", including domestic violence ("Take It Like a Woman"), prejudice ("Blow Me a Kiss"), war ("Pick Up the Bones") and school shootings ("Wicked Young Man"). The album is the second album in a trilogy of albums (beginning with The Last Temptation and ending with Dragontown).

Doug Van Pelt, editor of the alternative Christian music-oriented HM Magazine, found that the lyrics communicated biblical morals "in a very powerful way". Van Pelt stated further that the final argument is provided in the title track, which condemns the systems of judgment that the world uses. Moreover, "Blow Me a Kiss" urges the listener to think deeper about spiritual matters.

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Track listing

All songs written by Alice Cooper and Bob Marlette except where noted.

1. "Brutal Planet" – 4:40
2. "Wicked Young Man" – 3:50
3. "Sanctuary" – 4:00
4. "Blow Me a Kiss" (Cooper, Marlette, Bob Ezrin) – 3:18
5. "Eat Some More" – 4:36
6. "Pick Up the Bones" – 5:14
7. "Pessi-Mystic" (Cooper, Marlette, Brian Nelson) – 4:56
8. "Gimme" – 4:46
9. "It's the Little Things" – 4:11
10. "Take It Like a Woman" – 4:12
11. "Cold Machines" – 4:14

Bonus track on Japanese edition

12. "Can't Sleep, Clowns Will Eat Me"

2001 Tour Edition Bonus Tracks

12. "It's the Little Things" (Live) – 5:19
13. "Wicked Young Man" (Live) – 3:32
14. "Poison" (Live) - 4:52
15. "My Generation" (Live) – 1:32
16. "Total Rock Rockumentary" – 35:48

Personnel

• Alice Cooper - Vocals
• Ryan Roxie - Guitar
• China - Guitar
• Phil X - Guitar
• Eric Singer - Drums
• Bob Marlette - Rhythm Guitar, Bass, Keyboards

Trivia

• The songs "Gimme" and "It's the Little Things" had official music videos.
• Six years passed between The Last Temptation and Brutal Planet, making it the longest break Cooper has taken to produce a new album.
• A song titled "Can't Sleep, Clowns Will Eat Me" was going to be on this album but Cooper thought it didn't fit with the other songs so it was removed. It first appeared as a bonus track on the Japanese and Australian releases of the album, then appeared worldwide on the Special Edition version of Dragontown in 2002.