Flush the Fashion
Flush the Fashion is the twelfth studio album by Alice Cooper. It was released on 28 April 1980 and was produced by Roy Thomas Baker. Besides Alice Cooper songwriting also Davey Johnstone and Fred Mandel were involved.
Charts and reception
Flush the Fashion in the U.S. reached number 40 on the charts in the UK and 56th place More Results scored the album in Sweden with 34th place in Norway with space 32 and in New Zealand with 40th place
Greg Prato of Allmusic awarded the album 2.5 out of 5 stars. Compared with the previous albums and Lace and Whiskey From the Inside sword the sound of Flush the Fashion smoother and more polished. Prato attributes this to the producers Roy Baker, who replaced the guitar riffs that were typical of Cooper by synthesizer. Another reason for the unusual sound, he sees in Coopers again alcoholism, through the Flush the Fashion and subsequent albums have been unpredictable and uncharacteristic.
Title list
All songs were written by Alice Cooper, Davey Johnstone and Fred Mandel. Exceptions are stated in the respective songs in parenthesis.
Occupation
- Alice Cooper: Vocals
- Davey Johnstone: Guitar
- Fred Mandel: keyboards, guitar
- Dennis Conway: drums
- John Cooker Lopresti: Bass
- Howard Kaylan: Backing Vocals
- Mark Volman: Backing Vocals
- Keith Allison: Backing Vocals
- Joe Pizzulo: Backing Vocals
- Ricky Tierney: Backing Vocals