Dirty Diamonds
| Dirty Diamonds | ||||
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| Released | July 4, 2005 (Europe, UK) August 2, 2005 (US) | |||
| Studios | Future House Studios, Culver City, CA & Westside Independent Studios, Beverly Hills, CA | |||
| Genres | ||||
| Length | 46:46 | |||
| Labels | New West, Spitfire | |||
| Producers | Steve Lindsey, Rick Boston | |||
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Dirty Diamonds is the seventeenth solo and overall twenty-fourth studio album by American rock musician Alice Cooper, released on July 4, 2005, internationally, and August 2 in the US.
The album peaked on Billboard's "Top Independent Albums" chart at #17, and the Billboard 200 album chart at #169 – Cooper's highest-charting album since The Last Temptation, 11 years prior.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    link |
| Blabbermouth.net | 6.5/10 link |
| Jukebox:Metal | link |
| Melodic.net | link |
| Revelationz | link |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Woman of Mass Distraction" | Alice Cooper, Damon Johnson, Ryan Roxie, Chuck Garric, Rick Boston | 3:59 |
| 2. | "Perfect" | Cooper, Johnson, Roxie | 3:30 |
| 3. | "You Make Me Wanna" | Cooper, Roxie, Garric, Boston | 3:30 |
| 4. | "Dirty Diamonds" | Cooper, Johnson, Garric, Boston | 4:02 |
| 5. | "The Saga of Jesse Jane" | Cooper, Roxie | 4:15 |
| 6. | "Sunset Babies (All Got Rabies)" | Cooper, Johnson, Roxie | 3:28 |
| 7. | "Pretty Ballerina" | Michael Brown | 3:01 |
| 8. | "Run Down the Devil" | Cooper, Mark Hudson, Mike Elizondo, Benji Hughes | 3:29 |
| 9. | "Steal That Car" | Cooper, Johnson, Roxie, Garric | 3:16 |
| 10. | "Six Hours" | Cooper, Roxie | 3:24 |
| 11. | "Your Own Worst Enemy" | Cooper, Roxie | 2:15 |
| 12. | "Zombie Dance" | Cooper, Roxie, Boston | 4:27 |
| 13. | "Stand (feat. Xzibit)" (bonus track on all releases) | Cooper, Boston, Bridget Benenate, Xzibit | 4:04 |
| 14. | "The Sharpest Pain" (bonus track on Russian and UK promo CD releases) | Cooper, Roxie | 3:59 |
Personnel
- Alice Cooper – vocals, harmonica
- Ryan Roxie – guitars, backing vocals
- Damon Johnson – guitars, backing vocals (bass on "Perfect")
- Chuck Garric – bass, backing vocals
- Tommy Clufetos – drums, backing vocals
- Xzibit – rap on "Stand"
- Eric Singer – frequent drummer for Alice Cooper is pictured on the album booklet/tray, but does not play on Dirty Diamonds.
Charts
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[1] | 66 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[2] | 88 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[3] | 159 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] | 71 |
| Scottish Albums (Official Charts)[5] | 91 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6] | 40 |
| UK Albums (Official Charts)[7] | 89 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (Official Charts)[8] | 6 |
| US Billboard 200[9] | 169 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[10] | 17 |
References
- ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Alice Cooper – Dirty Diamonds" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Alice Cooper – Dirty Diamonds" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ↑ "Lescharts.com – Alice Cooper – Dirty Diamonds". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Alice Cooper – Dirty Diamonds" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 10/7/2005 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Alice Cooper – Dirty Diamonds". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ↑ "Official Albums Chart on 10/7/2005 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ↑ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart on 10/7/2005 – Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ↑ "Alice Cooper Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ↑ "Alice Cooper Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
