''Paranormal'' is the twentieth solo and twenty-seventh overall studio album by American rock musician

Alice Cooper Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer whose career spans over five decades. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, including pyrotechnics, guillot ...

, released on July 28, 2017. It features three tracks performed by the "classic" line-up of the Alice Cooper band ( Neal Smith,

Dennis Dunaway Dennis Dunaway (born December 9, 1946, in Cottage Grove, Oregon) is an American musician, best known as the original bass guitarist for the rock band Alice Cooper (1962–1975, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021). He co-wrote some of the ...

, and Michael Bruce, sans

Glen Buxton Glen Edward Buxton (November 10, 1947 – October 19, 1997) was an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band Alice Cooper. In 2003, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked him number 90 on its list of the "100 Greatest Guita ...

, who died in 1997) plus

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from U2,

Roger Glover Roger David Glover (born 30 November 1945) is a Welsh bassist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the member of the hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. As a member of Deep Purple, Glover was inducted into the Rock and R ...

from Deep Purple,

Billy Gibbons William Frederick Gibbons (born December 16, 1949) is an American musician who is the guitarist and lead singer of the rock band ZZ Top. He began his career in the band the Moving Sidewalks, which recorded a full-length album entitled, ''Flas ...

from

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, Swedish songwriter and session guitarist

Tommy Denander Tommy Denander (born March 10, 1968, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is mostly famous for his role in the AOR project Radioactive, signed to Frontiers Records. The new Radioactive album called X ...

, Alice Cooper bandmate

Tommy Henriksen Tommy Henriksen (born February 21, 1964) is an American musician from Port Jefferson, New York, best known for his work as a guitarist, bassist and songwriter with Alice Cooper, Hollywood Vampires and German metal band Warlock. He has also fr ...

, Steve Hunter. "Holy Water" is a cover of the Villebillies song.

Track listing

Personnel

Studio album

– vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (track 7) *

– guitar (all tracks), co producer *

– guitar (all tracks), backing vocals (all tracks), percussion (tracks 4, 6, and 9), sound effects (track 4, 6, 9, and 10), keyboards (track 9), co producer *

– drums (tracks 1–8, and 10) *

Bob Ezrin Robert Alan Ezrin (born March 25, 1949) is a Canadian music producer and keyboardist, best known for his work with Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Peter Gabriel, Andrea Bocelli and Phish. As of 2010, Ezrin's car ...

– production, keyboards (tracks 1 and 9), organ (tracks 3 and 10), sound effects (tracks 4), backing vocals (track 7) *

– bass (track 1) *

– guitar (track 5) *Jimmy Lee Sloas – bass (tracks 2, and 4–8) *

– bass (tracks 3, 9 and 10) *Parker Gispert – guitar (track 7), backing vocals (track 7) * Steve Hunter – lead guitar (track 8, 11 and 12) *Demi Demaree – backing vocals (tracks 8 and 10) * Johnny Reid – backing vocals (tracks 8 and 10) *Jeremy Rubolino – horns (track 8) *Adrian Olmos – horns (track 8) *Chris Traynor – horns (tracks 8) * Michael Bruce – guitar (track 9) * Neal Smith – drums (track 9) *

Nick Didkovsky Nick Didkovsky (born 22 November 1958) is a composer, guitarist, computer music programmer, and leader of the band Doctor Nerve.Dorsch He is a former student of Christian Wolff, Pauline Oliveros and Gerald Shapiro. Career Didkovsky formed Docto ...

– guitar (tracks 3 and 10)

Bonus tracks with original members

*Michael Bruce – guitar (both tracks) *Neal Smith – drums (both tracks) *Dennis Dunaway – bass (both tracks) *Steve Hunter – guitar (track 11), lead guitar (track 12) *Bob Ezrin – keyboards (track 11), backing vocals (track 11) *Tommy Denander – guitar (both tracks) *

– guitar (track 12) *Tommy Henriksen – backing vocals (track 12)

Bonus tracks live in Columbus

Chuck Garric Chuck Garric is an American rock bassist who has played with Turd, The Druts, L.A. Guns, Dio, and Eric Singer Project (ESP). The current bassist for Alice Cooper, Garric has played bass for Billy Bob Thornton, Ted Nugent, Don Felder Donal ...

– bass, backing vocals *

Nita Strauss Nita Strauss (born December 7, 1986) is an American rock musician. She is currently Demi Lovato's touring guitarist and was a former touring guitarist for Alice Cooper from 2014 to 2022 and has a successful career as a solo artist. Strauss was ...

– guitar, backing vocals *

Glen Sobel Glen Sobel is an American drummer who has performed and recorded in many different genres. Mainly known for being the drummer for Alice Cooper since 2011, Sobel has worked with other musicians/groups, including Mötley Crüe, Hollywood Vampire ...

– drums *

– guitar, backing vocals *

Ryan Roxie Ryan Roxie (born Ryan Rosowicz, December 1, 1965) is an American guitarist, singer/songwriter best known as a solo artist and for playing guitar with Alice Cooper, Casablanca, Gilby Clarke, and Slash's Snakepit. Roxie is the primary founder o ...

– guitar, backing vocals

Charts

References

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