The time that Alice Cooper spent with record label MCA was once of recovering lost ground and reclaiming his position as King of Shock Rock.He recorded two albums(CONSTRICTOR,RAISE YOUR FIST AND YELL)and staged two killer tours to support them;sounding heavier than any album since WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE.PRINCE OF DARKNESS is an excellent summation of this period.Guitarist muscleman Kane Roberts was an excellent foil for Alice during the MCA years;the proof of this can be heard on tracks like FREEDOM, PRINCE OF DARKNESS,and TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN.I have only two gripes with this album:1)electro-drums on some of the tracks;and 2)the abscence of such tracks as NOT THAT KINDA LOVE,CHOP CHOP CHOP/GAIL,THE GREAT AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY,and GIVE THE RADIO BACK.All in all,a good album if you want to start of with a general overview of the "comeback" years.

Alice's performance is nothing short of powerful--it's seriously sick rock at its best. Alice manages to imprint his nightmarish signature mark in an album that is clearly underrated. He absolutely ROCKS in this album!

Not having all the tracks of the MCA years I wonder why it has been released. MCA should have put Constrictor and Raise Your Fist And Yell and The Billion Dollar Live Track (all together only 70 minutes) on this cd. Then it has been really worth buying. But if you want 40 minutes of straight hard rock this is the album to buy.

If you want to just let loose and jam, this is a good album to get. The songs on this album are basically the best songs from his two M.C.A. albums,( constrictor,and raise your fist and yell). No ballads here,(isn't that great).

If you don't have the Cooper metal albums you may want to check this out. Cooper has had better material than this but it's pretty good. I prefer Fist to Constrictor personally. There is however a fine live version of Billion Dollar Babies. If you already own Constrictor/RYFAY this isn't really necessary but RYFAY is becoming hard to find so you may be interested.