Dirty Diamonds

Dirty Diamonds
Studio album by Alice Cooper
Released	July 4, 2005 (Europe, UK) August 2, 2005 (US)
Studio	Future House Studios, Culver City, CA & Westside Independent Studios, Beverly Hills, CA
Genre	Rock hard rock heavy metal
Length	46:46
Label	New West, Spitfire
Producer	Steve Lindsey, Rick Boston
Alice Cooper chronology
School's Out and Other Hits (2004) Dirty Diamonds (2005) Live at Montreux 2005 (2006)

Dirty Diamonds is the seventeenth solo and overall twenty-forth studio album by American rock musician Alice Cooper, released on July 4, 2005 internationally, and August 2 in the US.

The album peaked on Billboard's "Top Independent Albums" chart at #17, and the Billboard 200 album chart at #169 - Cooper's highest charting album since The Last Temptation , 11 years prior.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Blabbermouth.net	6.5/10 link
Jukebox:Metal	link
Melodic.net	link
Revelationz	link

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Woman of Mass Distraction"	Alice Cooper, Damon Johnson, Ryan Roxie, Chuck Garric, Rick Boston	3:59
2.	"Perfect"	Cooper, Johnson, Roxie	3:30
3.	"You Make Me Wanna"	Cooper, Roxie, Garric, Boston	3:30
4.	"Dirty Diamonds"	Cooper, Johnson, Garric, Boston	4:02
5.	"The Saga of Jesse Jane"	Cooper, Roxie	4:15
6.	"Sunset Babies (All Got Rabies)"	Cooper, Johnson, Roxie	3:28
7.	"Pretty Ballerina"	Michael Brown	3:01
8.	"Run Down the Devil"	Cooper, Mark Hudson, Mike Elizondo, Benji Hughes	3:29
9.	"Steal That Car"	Cooper, Johnson, Roxie, Garric	3:16
10.	"Six Hours"	Cooper, Roxie	3:24
11.	"Your Own Worst Enemy"	Cooper, Roxie	2:15
12.	"Zombie Dance"	Cooper, Roxie, Boston	4:27
13.	"Stand (feat. Xzibit)" (bonus track on all releases)	Cooper, Boston, Bridget Benenate, Xzibit	4:04
14.	"The Sharpest Pain" (bonus track on Russian and UK promo CD releases)	Cooper, Roxie	3:59

Personnel

• Alice Cooper - Vocals, Harmonica
• Ryan Roxie - Guitars, Backing Vocals
• Damon Johnson - Guitars, Backing Vocals (Bass on "Perfect")
• Chuck Garric - Bass, Backing Vocals
• Tommy Clufetos - Drums, Backing Vocals
• Xzibit - Rap on "Stand"
• Eric Singer - Frequent drummer for Alice Cooper is pictured on the album booklet/tray, but does not play on Dirty Diamonds.

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [1]	66
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [2]	88
French Albums (SNEP) [3]	159
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [4]	71
Scottish Albums (OCC) [5]	91
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [6]	40
UK Albums (OCC) [7]	89
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [8]	6
US Billboard 200 [9]	169
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [10]	17

References

1. "Austriancharts.at – Alice Cooper – Dirty Diamonds" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
2. "Dutchcharts.nl – Alice Cooper – Dirty Diamonds" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
3. "Lescharts.com – Alice Cooper – Dirty Diamonds". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
4. "Offiziellecharts.de – Alice Cooper – Dirty Diamonds" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
5. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
6. "Swedishcharts.com – Alice Cooper – Dirty Diamonds". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
7. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
8. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
9. "Alice Cooper Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
10. "Alice Cooper Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 25, 2024.