Dirty Diamonds

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Dirty Diamonds

Studio album by Alice Cooper

Released

July 4, 2005 (Europe, UK)
August 2, 2005 (US)

Genre

Rock, hard rock, heavy metal, garage rock, detroit rock

Length

46:46

Label

Eagle Rock/Spitfire (UK)
New West Records/RED/Sony BMG (US)
Riot Distributors/Aztec Music (Australia)

Producer

Steve Lindsey

Professional reviews

All Music Guide link
Revelationz link

Alice Cooper chronology

The Eyes of Alice Cooper
(2003)

Dirty Diamonds
(2005)

Live at Montreux 2005
(2006)

Dirty Diamonds is the 24th studio album by Alice Cooper. It was released on July 4, 2005 internationally and on August 2 for North America.

The album peaked on Billboard's "Top Independent Albums" chart at position #17, and on the Billboard 200 album chart at #169 - Cooper's highest charting album since The Last Temptation, 11 years prior.

[edit] Track listing

"Woman of Mass Distraction" (Cooper, Damon Johnson, Ryan Roxie, Chuck Garric, Rick Boston) - 3:59
"Perfect" (Cooper, Johnson, Roxie) – 3:30
"You Make Me Wanna" (Cooper, Roxie, Garric, Boston) – 3:30
"Dirty Diamonds" (Cooper, Johnson, Garric, Boston) – 4:02
"The Saga of Jesse Jane" (Cooper, Roxie) – 4:15
"Sunset Babies (All Got Rabies)" (Cooper, Johnson, Roxie) – 3:28
"Pretty Ballerina" (Michael Brown) – 3:01
"Run Down the Devil" (Cooper, Mark Hudson, Mike Elizondo, Benji Hughes) – 3:29
"Steal That Car" (Cooper, Johnson, Roxie, Garric) – 3:16
"Six Hours" (Cooper, Roxie) – 3:24
"Your Own Worst Enemy" (Cooper, Roxie) – 2:15
"Zombie Dance" (Cooper, Roxie, Boston) – 4:27
"Stand" (Bonus Track on all releases)(Cooper, Boston, Bridget Benenate, Xzibit) – 4:04
"The Sharpest Pain" (Australia/Russia Bonus Track)- 3:59

[edit] Personnel

Alice Cooper - Vocals, Harmonica
Ryan Roxie - Guitar
Damon Johnson - Guitar
Chuck Garric - Bass
Tommy Clufetos - Drums
Xzibit - Rap on "Stand"

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Current Members	Keri Kelli \| Jason Hook \| Chuck Garric \| Eric Singer

Original band	Glen Buxton \| Michael Bruce \| Dennis Dunaway \| Neal Smith

Studio albums	Pretties for You \| Easy Action \| Love It to Death \| Killer \| School's Out \| Billion Dollar Babies \| Muscle of Love \| Welcome to My Nightmare \| Alice Cooper Goes to Hell \| Lace and Whiskey \| From the Inside \| Flush the Fashion \| Special Forces \| Zipper Catches Skin \| DaDa \| Constrictor \| Raise Your Fist and Yell \| Trash \| Hey Stoopid \| The Last Temptation \| Brutal Planet \| Dragontown \| The Eyes of Alice Cooper \| Dirty Diamonds \| Along Came a Spider

Live albums	The Alice Cooper Show \| A Fistful of Alice \| Live at Cabo Wabo '96 \| Live at Montreux 2005

Compilations and box-sets	Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits \| Prince of Darkness \| The Beast Of Alice Cooper \| Classicks \| A Nice Nightmare \| Freedom For Frankenstein: Hits & Pieces 1984 – 1991 \| Super Hits \| The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper \| Mascara & Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper \| The Definitive Alice Cooper \| The Essentials: Alice Cooper \| Hell Is \| He's Back (album) \| He's Back \| Poison \| School's Out and Other Hits \| Pick Up The Bones

Videos	DVD and VHS: Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper \| Welcome To My Nightmare \| The Nightmare Returns \| Alice Cooper Trashes The World \| Prime Cuts \| British Rock Symphony \| Brutally Live \| Live at Montreux 2005 VHS only: The Nightmare \| Alice Cooper and Friends \| The Strange Case of Alice Cooper \| Video Trash

Singles	"I'm Eighteen" \| "Under My Wheels" \| "Be My Lover" \| "School's Out" \| "No More Mr. Nice Guy" \| "Billion Dollar Babies" \| "Muscle of Love" \| "Only Women Bleed" \| "Department of Youth" \| "Welcome to My Nightmare" \| "You and Me" \| "From The Inside" \| "I Love America" \| "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" \| "Poison" \| "Hey Stoopid!"

Related articles	Bob Ezrin \| Garage rock \| Shock rock \| Hard rock \| Heavy metal \| Nights with Alice Cooper \| Solid Rock Foundation \| "The Garden" \| Mr. Monk and the Garbage Strike