Special Forces (Alice Cooper Album)
Special Forces is the 13th studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 1981, and was produced by Richard Podolor, most famous as the producer for Three Dog Night. Singles included “You Want It, You Got It”, “Who Do You Think We Are” and “Seven and Seven Is”. Flo and Eddie, former members of The Turtles, performers, and radio personalities, performed on this album.
Alice Cooper appeared on The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder to promote the album, being interviewed and playing live versions of “Who Do You Think We Are” and “Seven and Seven Is”. After the tour to promote the preceding album Flush the Fashion was largely aborted, Cooper toured Special Forces to Canada, France, Spain and the United Kingdom but played no further Special Forces songs apart from a few performances of “Vicious Rumours” in Scotland. None of Special Forces’ songs have ever been performed in concert since Cooper returned to live work in 1986.
Special Forces is the first of three albums which Alice refers to as his "blackout" albums, followed by Zipper Catches Skin, and DaDa, as he has no recollection of recording them, due to alcohol abuse. Cooper stated “I wrote them, recorded them and toured them and I don’t remember much of any of that”, though in fact he toured only Special Forces.
French television special Alice Cooper a Paris was recorded during the Special Forces era.
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