Music / From the Inside

Where's my makeup, where's my face?

From the Inside is the eleventh studio album from Alice Cooper, released in 1978. It is a Concept Album about Alice's stay in a New York sanitarium due to his alcoholism.

Tracklist:

Side One

1. "From the Inside"
2. "Wish I Were Born in Beverly Hills"
3. "The Quiet Room"
4. "Nurse Rozetta"
5. "Millie and Billie"

Side Two

1. "Serious"
2. "How You Gonna See Me Now"
3. "For Veronica's Sake"
4. "Jackknife Johnny"
5. "Inmates (We're All Crazy)"

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This album provides examples of:

• Alliterative Name/Alliterative Title: "Jackknife Johnny".
• Ax-Crazy: In a sweet sounding duet, the title characters of the song "Millie and Billie" before the lyrics take a dark turn:
  And I liked your late husband Donald
  But such torture his memory brings
  All sliced up and sealed tight in baggies
  Guess love makes you do funny things.
• Bolt of Divine Retribution: From "Nurse Rozetta":
  Screamed my sermon damning sin and vice
  When underneath I was a regular guy.
  My pulpit melted like a block of ice
  When a bolt of lightning hit me from the sky.
• Comic-Book Adaptation: The album was adapted into a comic book, Marvel Premiere #50.
• Face on the Cover: Alice in a closeup, with the various inmates being seen through his irises.
• Glowing Eyes: The priest's view of the titular "Nurse Rozetta" in the chorus.
  I just can't sleep at night.
  Rozetta dressed in white.
  She's got the devil's light shining in her eyes.
• Go Mad from the Isolation: "The Quiet Room" is about Alice's experiences in one.
• Hospital Hottie: Nurse Rozetta in the titular song.
• Housewife: The video for "How You Gonna See Me Now" has a woman playing Alice's wife who is a frenzied version of one who's having trouble trying to control their children. When Alice gets released and goes home to see his wife and family, he sees his wife being taken away due to her insanity.
• Hot as Hell: "Nurse Rozetta" is implied to be this by the priest in this line:
  Satan sent her from the bowels of Hell.
  I should have recognized old Jezebel.
• Jizzed in My Pants/Nocturnal Emission: Either could apply to this lyric line from "Nurse Rozetta":
  I'm suddenly twice my size. My pants are all wet inside.
• Let's Duet: Alice Cooper sings with Marcy Levy in "Millie And Billie".
• Mocking Sing-Song: "Inmates (We're All Crazy)" has the refrain "we're all crazy" sung in this style.
• Murder Ballad: "Millie And Billie", about a couple murdering Millie's husband Donald to cover up their affair.
• One-Man Song: "Jackknife Johnny".
• One-Woman Song: "For Veronica's Sake", which is actually about a dog. (In the Comic-Book Adaptation, Veronica is a snake.)
• One-Word Title: "Serious".
• Power Ballad: "How You Gonna See Me Now".
• Real Life Writes The Songs: Each character in his songs from the album were based on real people Alice had met in the sanitarium.
• Record Producer: David Foster.
• Sanity Slippage Song: The album is basically a collection of these.
• Sex Is Evil, and I Am Horny: The priest in "Nurse Rozetta" who is being tempted by his desires for the titular character.
• Shell-Shocked Veteran: "Jackknife Johnny" is about one.
• Title Track: "From The Inside".