Track Listing 1. Hello Hooray 2. Raped And Freezin' 3. Elected 4. Billion Dollar Babies 5. Unfinished Sweet 6. No More Mister Nice Guy 7. Generation Landslide 8. Sick Things 9. Mary Ann 10. I Love The Dead 11. Hello Hooray (live) 12. Billion Dollar Babies (live) 13. Elected (live) 14. I'm Eighteen (live) 15. Raped And Freezin' (live) 16. No More Mister Nice Guy (live) 17. My Stars (live) 18. Unfinished Sweet (live) 19. Sick Things (live) 20. Dead Babies (live) 21. I Love The Dead (live) 22. Coal Black Model T (outtake) 23. Son Of Billion Dollar Babies (Generation Landslide) (outtake) 24. Slick Black Limousine (UK flexidisc only release)
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 2 | | Producer: | Bob Ezrin | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Cinram Logistics | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | AAD |
Album Notes Alice Cooper: Vincent "Alice Cooper" Furnier (vocals); Michael Bruce (guitar, keyboards); Glen Buxton (guitar); Dennis Dunaway (bass); Neal Smith (drums).Alice Cooper scored their first global #1 hit with this album, but it would be the last "classic" release by the original line-up (who would split one year later). The band sheds the raw garage-rock of earlier albums in favor of a glossier production, but grit and sleaze can still be detected at the music's core. With their highly theatrical stage show (which featured Cooper getting his head chopped off by a guillotine), Alice Cooper became a household name, but the material on BILLION DOLLAR BABIES was so exceptional that there was no danger of the music being overshadowed by gimmicks. While mission statement "No More Mr. Nice Guy" is the best-known song, the rest of the album is just as strong. The title track features a backing vocal by Donovan and a mammoth backbeat from drummer Neal Smith, while sweet melodicism plays an important role in "Generation Landslide" and "Mary Ann." But Cooper's trademark disturbing music and lyrics can still be detected on such self-explanatory titles like "Sick Things" and "I Love the Dead," all these elements working together to make this one of the best, most popular hard rock releases of the early '70s.
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