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
's more devoted followers. ~ Alex Henderson