Brutal Planet
Brutal Planet is Alice Cooper's fourteenth solo album and twenty-first studio album overall, released on 6 June 2000 through Spitfire Records. It follows 1994's The Last Temptation and arrived after a gap of several years, with Dragontown following in 2001.
The big change is the sound. Cooper moves away from the glossier hard rock of his earlier records and goes for something much darker and heavier, with many songs leaning into a modern industrial metal feel alongside more traditional heavy metal. If you know him mainly through the hits of the late 1980s and early 1990s, this is a very different proposition, and it's worth hearing for how convincingly he reinvents himself at that point in his career.
Brutal Planet: tracklist, credits and charts
11 tracks · 48:22Tracklist
- 1Brutal PlanetAlice Cooper and Bob Marlette4:42
- 2Wicked Young ManAlice Cooper and Bob Marlette3:52
- 3SanctuaryAlice Cooper and Bob Marlette4:02
- 4Blow Me a KissCooper, Ezrin, Marlette3:21
- 5Eat Some MoreAlice Cooper and Bob Marlette4:38
- 6Pick Up the BonesAlice Cooper and Bob Marlette5:18
- 7Pessi‐MysticCooper, Marlette, Nelson4:58
- 8GimmeAlice Cooper and Bob Marlette4:49
- 9It’s the Little ThingsAlice Cooper and Bob Marlette4:14
- 10Take It Like a WomanAlice Cooper and Bob Marlette4:15
- 11Cold MachinesAlice Cooper and Bob Marlette4:14
- Produced by
- Bob Marlette
- Executive producer
- Bob Ezrin
- Recorded at
- Blue Room, A&M (Hollywood)
- Recorded
- 2000
- Mixed by
- Bob Marlette
- Mixed at
- A&M Recording Studios
- Engineered by
- Bob Marlette
- Labels
- Spitfire Records, Spitfire
- Length
- 48:22
Line-up
- Bob Marlette · guitar, keyboard, bass guitar
- Eric Singer · drums (drum set)
- Alice Cooper · lead vocals
- Natalie Delaney · background vocals · guest
Singles
- “Brutal Planet (promo only)” · 2000
- “Gimme” · August 2000
- “Blow Me a Kiss” · 2000
- “It's the Little Things (promo only)” · 2000
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 2000 | 38 |
| US Billboard 200 · 2000 | 193 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums · 2000 | 5 |
| US Independent Albums · 2000 | 11 |
| German Albums · 2000 | 23 |
| Swedish Albums · 2000 | 31 |
| Scottish Albums · 2000 | 32 |
| Austrian Albums · 2000 | 49 |
| Swiss Albums · 2000 | 66 |
From MusicBrainz, Wikipedia and Wikidata. Only what the sources record is shown.
Released the same week
Also released on 6 June
Every year →More from Alice Cooper
Full discography →The best of 2000
All of 2000 →More on Spitfire Records
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 6 June 2000 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 6 June 2000 | |
| Wikidata | 6 June 2000 | |
| US release | 6 June 2000 | earliest US date |
13 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | CA | Spitfire Records | 670211503869 | other |
| 2000 | CA | Spitfire Records | 670211503821 | other |
| 2000 | AU | Eagle Records | 9325583007507 | other |
| 6 June 2000 | US | Spitfire Records | 670211503821 | original |
| 6 June 2000 | FR | Eagle Records | 5034504111523 | original |
| 28 June 2000 | JP | Eagle Records | 4988005250124 | other |
| 2001 | XE | Eagle Records | 5036369111564 | other |
| 25 September 2007 | XW | IndieBlu Music | 670211503821 | other |
| 2008 | NL | Weton‐Wesgram | 8717423058779 | other |
| 2010 | DE | Armoury Records | 5036369752323 | other |
| 2011 | GB | Back on Black | 803341343580 | other |
| 6 July 2018 | XE | earMUSIC Classics | 4029759129240 | other |
| 26 January 2022 | JP | Eagle Records | 4988031464946 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| coverartarchive | 1080×1053 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |