As an Alice Cooper fan I really like "Flush the Fashion", but then again I like almost every album, and every era of Alice Cooper. It seems like other reviewers also had a tough time either recommending this disk, or not. As a Cooper fan you already come to the party with a bias in favor the music. "Flush the Fashion" really launched the New Wave era for Cooper that also included "Special Forces" & "Zipper Catches Skin" (I don't include "Dada" in this era, simply because it doesn't fit into any Cooper era). You have to give Cooper credit if for nothing else, than for trying something new. Alice could have just holed up and penned songs that sounded like "School's Out" or done "Welcome to my Nightmare" rip-offs for the rest of his career. Instead he tried to go a different route and completely changed his sound. I think "Flush the Fashion" works well in some places like "Pain". "Pain" is one of the best Alice Cooper songs of any era. "Clones", "Aspirin Damage" and "Nuclear Infected" also work well, and give you a handy little snapshot of 80's attitude. "Dance Yourself to Death", "Model Citizen" and "Headlines" don't work as well, but they are still enjoyable and listenable. Overall, if you like Cooper, you will like this album, if only a fan of the hits, then look elsewhere first.

I'm a huge Alice fan. Naturally I favor the original group, but this is Alice in top form for the first time in years. He'd become limp and boring after his first post-original band album "Welcome to my Nightmare". Every album from "Nightmare" on had to have the requisite sappy ballad hit single. Then comes "Flush the Fashion". Yes, Alice went new wave....but GOOD new wave. More in the Cars vein than say, the Vapors. Really, this is a great rock-n-roll record. There's a freshness to this album that makes it sound like a debut. It's so different for Alice that there are bound to be a lot of people who just don't get it. Believe me, this one blows away pap like "Constrictor", "Brutal Planet", "Trash", etc. It also blows away the likes of "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell", "Lace & Whiskey" and "From the Inside". As many have noted here, 'Pain' is one of Alice's best songs...of any era. It has a dramatic almost early 70's glam feel to it. Bowie almost could have written it in the same batch of tunes as 'Time' from "Aladdin Sane". 'Clones' is full-on new wave and an incredible ultra-catchy single. 'Leather Boots' is an early 80's Rockabilly tune with an S&M Cop theme while songs like 'Grim Facts' and 'Nuclear Infected' are no frills Rock-n-roll. Other songs like 'Headlines' and 'Dance Yourself to Death' aren't quite up to snuff but definitely listenable. I should point out that his lyrics are also top-notch here. His dark (and sometimes not so dark) sense of humor is working overtime. This album is not a great example of Alice as a whole because no other AC lp sounds like this one. It is simply a fantastic album in it's own right.

I have avoided Alice's "Flush the Fashion" for years due to negative reviews. Anyway, I picked it up on a whim with a few other of the more obscure Cooper albums. Ok, ok...this is a REALLY rockin' album, and I was totally surprised. It was produced by Roy Thomas Baker (The Cars) so it has a little of that vibe/sound, but it's undeniable Alice. I wish I had got this sooner. The way each track effortlessly segues into the next is great and the song Clones (We're All) is one of Cooper's best. There is plenty of humour throughout these tight punchy numbers. For example, check out the tunes, Aspirin Damage, Model Citizen and Grim Facts. Check it out you may be surprised, like I was...

"Flush The Fashion", as the first of Alice's "New Wave" albums shows the Coop in full humor mode. He doesn't seem to be in his best vocal form here, but that is because it's hard to sing with your tongue THAT far in your cheek! This album rocks in best early '80s fashion, the lyrics are funny (if a little dated now), you can hear the smirk on Alice's face all the way through it.

At a time when EVERYTHING was sounding like this, it took Cooper to point out that "(We're All) Clones".

"Flush the Fashion", indeed.

"Flush" is one of Alice's best LP's, hands down. Those who were disappointed with it were too busy looking for something else. This record is straight-forward rock with a bit of a new-wave era flavor. No ballads, anthems, or shockers here. In other words, not what many had come to expect from Alice Cooper, but ten quick and gutsy rockers averaging slightly less than three minutes a piece with some pretty hilarious lyrics. While all the songs are great, the ones I love the best are "Model Citizen", "Pain", and "Clones".

Saw the "Flush the Fashion" show at NY's Palladium in '81, and thought it was great. The overall feel was sort of like the "West Side Story" tone of the "School's Out" LP with a bit of a "Clockwork Orange" twist. Very stripped down in comparison to the extravaganzas Alice is known for, but not a disappointment.