Debuting on the Billboard Chart on this day in 1975, Welcome to My Nightmare is the first solo album by Alice Cooper. The concept album was meant to be played in sequence, as the songs form a journey through the nightmares of a child named Steven. The album inspired the Alice Cooper: The Nightmare TV special, a worldwide concert tour in 1975, and the Welcome to My Nightmare concert film in 1976. The ensuing tour was one of the most over-the-top excursions of that era. Most of Lou Reed’s band joined Cooper for this record. The cover artwork was created by Drew Struzan for Pacific Eye & Ear. Rolling Stone would later rank it ninetieth on the list of the "Top 100 Album Covers Of All Time". Famed film actor of the horror genre Vincent Price provided a monologue in the song "Devil's Food".
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