Thursday, April 20, 2006

128. Alice Cooper / Billion Dollar Babies. 1973. 4/5.

Over 30 years on, and this album still contains songs that every generation of music lover knows and loves.

This is one of Alice's greatest, a mixture of angst and anger, of innocence and incendiary. Filled with the classic hits of Hello Hooray, Elected, Billion Dollars Babies and No More Mr Nice Guy, the album still holds up so well in this day.
On the Deluxe Edition, remastered and released in 2001, there is a second disc, a live album recorded on the Billion Dollar Babies World Tour, which is a fascinating insight into how the band performed live in days when Alice Cooper was beginning to make a name for their stage show as well as their music.

Rating : A terrific album from one of the greats. 4/5.

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