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The Last Temptation
Studio album by Alice Cooper
Released	July 12, 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	50:48
Label	Epic
Producer	Don Fleming Duane Baron John Purdell Andy Wallace
Professional reviews
Allmusic [1] Q [2] Rolling Stone [3]
Alice Cooper chronology
Hey Stoopid (1991) The Last Temptation (1994) A Fistful of Alice (1997)

The Last Temptation is a concept album by rock singer, Alice Cooper, released in July 1994 via Epic Records. It centres 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".

Comic

The full story was given in a 3-part comic book written by Neil Gaiman,^[4][5] the first part of which accompanied the recording. In the comic, the showman (referred to only ever as such) was depicted as Cooper himself. Pages from the comic are seen in the Lost in America music video, while it is being read by Steven.

It was originally published by Marvel Comics and later reprinted by Dark Horse Comics, collected as trade paperback^[6]

Video

Music videos were made for "Lost in America" and "It's Me," though they received virtually no airplay. Both music videos are available for download from Sony/BMG.

Track listing

1. "Sideshow" (Alice Cooper, Brian Smith, Michael Brooks, Jon Norwood, Dan Wexler, Bud Saylor) – 6:39
2. "Nothing's Free" (Cooper, Wexler, Saylor) – 5:01
3. "Lost in America" (Cooper, Wexler, Saylor) – 3:54
4. "Bad Place Alone" (Cooper, Wexler, Saylor) – 5:04
5. "You're My Temptation" (Cooper, Jack Blades, Tommy Shaw) – 5:09
6. "Stolen Prayer" (Chris Cornell, Cooper) – 5:37
7. "Unholy War" (Cornell) – 4:10
8. "Lullaby" (Cooper, Jim Vallance) – 4:28
9. "It's Me" (Cooper, Blades, Shaw) – 4:39
10. "Cleansed By Fire" (Cooper, Mark Hudson, Steve Dudas, Saylor) – 6:12

Personnel

• Alice Cooper – vocals
• Stef Burns – guitar, background vocals
• Greg Smith – bass, background vocals
• Derek Sherinian – keyboards, background vocals
• David Uosikkinen – drums

Additional personnel

• Chris Cornell – vocals on "Stolen Prayer" and "Unholy War"
• Don Wexler – guitar on "Lost In America"
• John Purdell – keyboards on "You're My Temptation", "Lullaby" and "It's Me"
• Lou Merlino – background vocals
• Mark Hudson – background vocals
• Craig Copeland – background vocals
• Brett Hudson – background vocals

References

External links

• Original TV commercial for the album/comic book