Greatest Hits (Alice Cooper album)
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Released | August 1974 | |||
Recorded | 1970–73 | |||
Genre | Hard rock[1] | |||
Length | 41:41 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Jack Richardson, Jack Douglas, Bob Ezrin | |||
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Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits is the only
greatest hits album by American rock band Alice Cooper, and their last release as a band. Released in 1974, it features hit songs from five of the band's seven studio albums. It does not include any material from their first two albums, Pretties for You and Easy Action
.
This compilation's song versions were remixed by Jack Richardson at the time, with the remix of "I'm Eighteen" being released as a single in the US. The reason behind remixing the songs was perhaps to boost its appeal as "new" versions because no new tracks were available for inclusion by the group as they were on hiatus at the time.
This compilation was expanded upon when, in 2001,
Mascara & Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper
, which includes the original single versions of the songs in addition to a number of Cooper's post-1974 hits as a solo artist, filling up the entire CD.
Artwork
The album's cover art was designed by
St. Valentine's Day Massacre is in the upper middle. The album was released by Friday Music records on vinyl in 2013 with a Gatefold cover, mimicking the 1974 Australian release of the album,[3]
which was the only territory where it was originally released with a Gatefold sleeve.
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [4] |
Christgau's Record Guide | A−[5] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
Track listing
- Side one
- "Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith) – 2:58
- Original version on Love It to Death
- "Is It My Body" (Cooper, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith) – 2:41
- Original version on Love It to Death
- "Desperado" (Cooper, Bruce) – 3:29
- Original version on Killer
- "Under My Wheels" (Bruce, Dunaway, Bob Ezrin) – 2:46
- *Original version on Killer
- "Be My Lover" (Bruce) – 3:22
- *Original version on Killer
- "School's Out" (Cooper, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith) – 3:30
- Original version on School's Out
- Side two
- "Hello Hooray" (Rolf Kempf) – 4:18
- Original version on Billion Dollar Babies
- "Elected" (Cooper, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith) – 4:08
- Original version on Billion Dollar Babies
- "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (Cooper, Bruce) – 3:07
- Original version on Billion Dollar Babies
- "Billion Dollar Babies" (Cooper, Bruce, Smith) – 3:43
- Original version on Billion Dollar Babies
- "Teenage Lament '74" (Cooper, Smith) – 3:54
- Original version on Muscle of Love
- "Muscle of Love" (Cooper, Bruce) – 3:45
- Original version on Muscle of Love
Personnel
- Alice Cooper Band
- Alice Cooper – vocals, harmonica
- Glen Buxton – lead guitar
- Michael Bruce– rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Dennis Dunaway – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Neal Smith – drums, backing vocals
with:
- Steve Hunter – guitar solos on "Billion Dollar Babies" and "Hello Hooray"
Charts
Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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Australian (Kent Music Report)[7] | 71 |
US Billboard 200 | 8 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[8] | Gold | 500,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[8] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ISBN 0-394-72107-1.
- ^ "Alice Cooper singles".
- ^ "ALICE COOPER'S GREATEST HITS LP (180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL)". Friday Music. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
- ^ Prato, Greg. "Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits - Alice Cooper". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ a b "American album certifications – Alice Cooper – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America.
External links
- Greatest Hits at AllMusic