Rise (Hollywood Vampires album)

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Rise
Rise Hollywood Vampires cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 21, 2019 (2019-06-21)
Length56:37
Label EarMusic
Producer Tommy Henriksen
Hollywood Vampires chronology
Hollywood Vampires
(2015)
Rise
(2019)
Singles from Rise
  1. "Who's Laughing Now"
    Released: April 18, 2019 [1]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 57/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Rise is the second studio album by American supergroup Hollywood Vampires, consisting of Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Joe Perry. It was released on June 21, 2019, on EarMusic. [5]

Contents

Recording

The album consists of 13 tracks of original material, plus covers of David Bowie's ""Heroes"", Johnny Thunders' "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory", and The Jim Carroll Band's "People Who Died". [1]

English guitarist Jeff Beck features on the song "Welcome to Bushwackers". [6]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 57, based on 7 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."I Want My Now" Alice Cooper, Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen Cooper7:13
2."Good People Are Hard to Find"Depp, Henriksen(instrumental)1:02
3."Who's Laughing Now"Cooper, Perry, Depp, HenriksenCooper4:09
4."How the Glass Fell"Depp, Buck Johnson, Finn, Cooper, Henriksen(instrumental)0:30
5."The Boogieman Surprise"Cooper, Perry, Depp, HenriksenCooper3:38
6."Welcome to Bushwackers" (featuring Jeff Beck, John Waters)Cooper, Perry, Depp, Henriksen, Tommy Denander Cooper4:13
7."The Wrong Bandage"Depp, Jamie Muhoberac (instrumental)0:28
8."You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" Johnny Thunders Perry3:51
9."Git from Round Me"Cooper, Perry, Depp, HenriksenHenriksen and Depp4:22
10."Heroes" David Bowie, Brian Eno Depp4:08
11."A Pitiful Beauty"Depp, Chris Wyse (instrumental)1:27
12."New Threat"Cooper, Perry, Depp, HenriksenCooper3:33
13."Mr. Spider"Cooper, Perry, Depp, HenriksenCooper6:02
14."We Gotta Rise"Cooper, Perry, Depp, HenriksenCooper and Depp3:34
15."People Who Died" Jim Carroll Depp4:56
16."Congratulations"Cooper, Perry, Depp, Henriksen, Billie Perry, Sheryl Cooper (spoken word)3:31

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 44
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8] 34
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9] 30
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10] 14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] 12
Scottish Albums (OCC) [12] 7
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [13] 55
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] 12
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 17
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [16] 5
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [17] 1
US Billboard 200 [18] 184
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [19] 7
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [20] 32

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