Album
Flush the Fashion
Flush the Fashion arrived on 28 April 1980 on Warner Bros. Records, Alice Cooper's fifth solo album and twelfth studio record overall. It followed From the Inside from 1978 and found him stepping away from his usual hard rock approach towards something shaped by new wave. He recorded it at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles with producer Roy Thomas Baker, whose credits include work with Queen and the Cars.
The lead single, "Clones (We're All)", climbed to number 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and pulled the album to number 44 on the Billboard 200. That made it Cooper's best-performing release since Lace and Whiskey in 1977. It is also his shortest album, running to just 28 minutes, so it moves along briskly. For anyone curious about how Cooper responded to the changing sound of the early eighties, it makes a lean and interesting listen.
Flush the Fashion: tracklist, credits and charts
10 tracks · 28:40Tracklist
- 1Talk TalkSean Bonniwell2:10
- 2Clones (We’re All)David Carron3:04
- 3PainCooper, Johnstone, Mandel4:06
- 4Leather BootsGeoff Westen1:36
- 5Aspirin DamageCooper, Johnstone, Mandel2:58
- 6Nuclear InfectedCooper, Johnstone, Mandel2:15
- 7Grim FactsCooper, Johnstone, Mandel3:25
- 8Model CitizenCooper, Johnstone, Mandel2:39
- 9Dance Yourself to DeathAlice Cooper and Frank Crandall3:09
- 10HeadlinesCooper, Johnstone, Mandel3:18
- Produced by
- Roy Thomas Baker, Ron Volz
- Recorded at
- Cherokee Studios (Hollywood)
- Recorded
- February–March 1980
- Engineered by
- Ian Taylor
- Labels
- Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros.
- Length
- 28:40
Line-up
- Dennis Conway · drums (drum set)
- Davey Johnstone · guitar
- “Cooker” John LoPresti · bass guitar
- Fred Mandel · keyboard, electric guitar, background vocals
- Keith Allison · background vocals
- Alice Cooper · lead vocals
- Flo & Eddie · background vocals
- Joe Pizzulo · background vocals
- Rick Tierney · background vocals
Singles
- “Clones (We're All)” · April 1980
- “Talk Talk” · September 1980
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 · 1980 | 44 |
| UK Albums Chart · 1980 | 56 |
| Canadian Albums (RPM) · 1980 | 19 |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) · 1980 | 32 |
| Norwegian Albums · 1980 | 32 |
| Swedish Albums · 1980 | 34 |
| New Zealand Albums · 1980 | 40 |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 28 April 1980 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 28 April 1980 | |
| Wikidata | 28 April 1980 | |
| US release | 28 April 1980 | earliest US date |
6 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | CA | Warner Bros. Records | other | |
| 28 April 1980 | US | Warner Bros. Records | 075992343619 | original |
| 25 June 1990 | JP | Warner Bros. Records | 4988014734974 | other |
| 3 December 1990 | XE | Warner Bros. Records | 075992622929 | other |
| 27 February 2007 | XW | Warner Bros. Records | 603497999255 | other |
| 17 July 2018 | US | Warner Bros. Records | 603497860753 | other |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · native: native 3600x3600, downscaled to 3000
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 3600×3600 | native: native 3600x3600, downscaled to 3000 |
| deezer | 1800×1800 | native |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |