Unfortunately, the return to the high end of the charts that
Alice Cooper enjoyed with 1989's
Trash was short-lived. On his similar follow-up -- another slick pop-metal effort --
Cooper no longer had the input of hit producer/songwriter
Desmond Child, and worked with
Peter Collins instead. The result is an album that, although generally enjoyable and far from bad, isn't essential. The CD's more memorable offerings include the clever and amusing "Feed My Frankenstein," the dramatic "Love's a Loaded Gun," and the inspired title song -- which admonishes rockers not to self-destruct. But despite its strong points,
Hey Stoopid is for only
Cooper's more devoted followers. ~ Alex Henderson