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The Last Temptation was the 1994 concept album by rock singer, Alice Cooper. It centred around a boy named Steven (also the name of the protagonist in Cooper's earlier work, Welcome to My Nightmare), and a mysterious showman. The showman, with apparent supernatural abilities, attempted with the use of twisted versions of morality plays to persuade Steven to join his travelling show, "The Theatre Of The Real - The Grand-est Guignol!", where he would "never grow up".
The full story was given in a 3-part comic book written by Neil Gaiman, [1] [2] the first part of which accompanied the recording. In the comic the showman (referred to only ever as such) was depicted as Cooper himself.
It was originally published by Marvel Comics and later reprinted by Dark Horse Comics, collected as trade paperback:
Music videos were made for "Lost In America" and "It's Me," though they got virtually no airplay. Both music videos are available to download from Sony/BMG.
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- "Sideshow" (Alice Cooper, Brian Smith, Michael Brooks, Jon Norwood, Dan Wexler, Bud Saylor) – 6:39
- "Nothing's Free" (Cooper, Wexler, Saylor) – 5:01
- "Lost in America" (Cooper, Wexler, Saylor) – 3:54
- "Bad Place Alone" (Cooper, Wexler, Saylor) – 5:04
- "You're My Temptation" (Cooper, Tommy Shaw, Jack Blades) – 5:09
- "Stolen Prayer" (Cooper, Chris Cornell) – 5:37
- "Unholy War" (Cornell) – 4:10
- "Lullaby" (Cooper, Jim Vallance) – 4:28
- "It's Me" (Cooper, Shaw, Blades) – 4:39
- "Cleansed By Fire" (Cooper, Saylor, Mark Hudson, Steve Dudas) – 6:12
[edit] Personnel
- Chris Cornell - Vocals on "Stolen Prayer", "Unholy War"
- Eric Chodel - Track Vocalist
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