| "Caught in a Dream" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Alice Cooper | ||||
| from the album Love It to Death | ||||
| B-side | "Hallowed Be My Name" | |||
| Released | May 1971 [1] | |||
| Recorded | December 1970 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:10 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Michael Bruce | |||
| Producer(s) | Bob Ezrin | |||
| Alice Cooper singles chronology | ||||
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"Caught in a Dream" is a 1971 song written by Michael Bruce and recorded by his band, Alice Cooper, on their first major label release album Love It to Death. As the album's second single [3] "Caught in a Dream" was released backed with "Hallowed Be My Name" in May 1971; [1] it peaked in the US at number 94. [3]
Coming just before the album's signature hit " I'm Eighteen", "Caught in a Dream" opens Love It to Death. It is a straight-ahead rocker that follows simple hard-rock formulas, trading heavy riffing with guitar fills and solos, [4] "Caught in a Dream" was the album's second single and featured irreverent, tongue-in-cheek lyrics such as "I need everything the world owes me / I tell that to myself and I agree". [3]
References
- ^ a b Billboard staff 1971, p. 66.
- ^ Prato, Greg. "Love It to Death - Alice Cooper | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ a b c Swanson 2014.
- ^ Prown & Newquist 1997, p. 99.
Works cited
- Billboard staff (8 May 1971). "Billboard Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. p. 66. ISSN 0006-2510.
- Prown, Pete; Newquist, Harvey P. (1997). "Alice Cooper". Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists. Hal Leonard. pp. 99–100. ISBN 978-0-7935-4042-6.
- Swanson, Dave (27 March 2014). "10 Most Underrated Alice Cooper Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
