"Caught in a Dream" is a song by American rock band, Alice Cooper, released in 1971 as the second single from their third album Love It to Death. It was released, backed with "Hallowed Be My Name", in May 1971[1] and peaked in the US at number 94.[3]
As the album's opening track, it comes just before Love It to Death's signature hit "I'm Eighteen". 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 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.
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