it is time for Alice Cooper - Love it to Death praise of poll.

What's the best track on "Welcome To My Nightmare"?

maybe i chose the wrong word.
as a matter of fact, i can't remember if they were pretentious (it's been like 5 years since i listend to them), but i do remember the sound of them turned me off,esp. compared to "love it to death".

sometiems i like "pretentious" albums (rundgren,some sparks,tv on the radio..)
sometimes i don't (arcade fire,zappa,bauhaus...(

and yeah, trying to put the finger on what exactly is pretentious is a vauge thing, and of course kind of subjective.

but I see this as the weakest album of his 1971-76 heyday

Bollocks. The 2nd side of this album is almost perfect, one of the sequences ever! "Sun Arise" = genius, genius for covering a Rolf Harris song at all and genius for being great. "Ballad of Dwight Fry" wins however.

one of the sequences ever = one of the greatest sequences ever

I love how the militaristic drumming of "Second Coming" fades into the girl's voice on "Dwight Fry"...I'm always a bit miffed when "Second Coming" turns up on my iPod (in shuffle mode), and I'm denied that moment...

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This thread shoulda got more responses. I certainly should have responded to it.

Wha'? "Caught in a Dream" is easily the worst track on this album.

"Wha'? "Caught in a Dream" is easily the worst track on this album."

you are not real

Boring song. Far too conventional.

conventional yes boring no.
it is very catchy and simple but thats the whole point of it's greatness.
just a great pop rock song.

Would have voted for 'Second Coming'