Alice Cooper can still draw crowds to his theatrical shlock-horror stage shows, but many would rather submit to his mock guillotine than listen to his later records. However, by reuniting some of his 70s musicians with Bob Ezrin, producer of 1975's classic Welcome to My Nightmare, he has rediscovered his mojo. The sequel nods to the old glam stomp but is a thoroughly inventive, modern-sounding record, with unlikely shifts ranging from an Auto-Tuned ballad to Tom Waits-style vaudeville to classical/opera and even a duet with Ke$ha. With the band firing off riffs and the songwriting top drawer, Cooper sounds like he is having a lot of fun. The Congregation is terrific psychedelic hard rock with Glitter Band chants. Disco Bloodbath Boogie Fever and the Beach Boys-inspired Ghouls Run Wild are as riotous as their titles, while the domestic violence-documenting When Hell Comes Home may be the 63-year-old's most affecting song since Only Women Bleed.