#ALICE COOPER Billion Dollar Babies

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"MORE TEXTURES AND BOMBAST THAN ACTUAL HARD ROCK, "BDB" IN RETROSPECT IS A STRANGE COLLECTION OF HIGHLY POLISHED PERFORMANCES."

PIC(S) INFO: Relaeased 50 years ago earlier this year -- Spotlight on the "Billion Dollar Babies" LP, the sixth studio album by American rock band ALICE COOPER, and released in March 1973 under the Warner Bros. label. The album became the best selling ALICE COOPER record at the time of its release, hit number one on the album charts in both the US and the UK, and went on to be certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. 

RECORD OVERVIEW: "If first impressions are key, then the look alone of the "Billion Dollar Babies" LP made it an instant classic. A prime artifact from the days when the music business spent lavishly on complicated and expensive album art, the package was designed like a wallet. Outside was a large gold coin with a baby's head encircled by embossed diamonds against a bright-green snakeskin-patterned background. Inside were pop-out trading cards and an oversized billion-dollar bill picturing the band. The inner sleeve has lyrics on one side and the band, dressed in white, looking hilariously perplexed by their surroundings, petting white rabbits among stacks of paper money while Cooper holds an infant whose eyes are ringed by the same black makeup design he wore onstage.

After the long, wearying struggle to succeed followed by endless touring and boundless adulation, Alice Cooper the band was both peaking and coming apart in 1973. Having recently released "Killer" (1971) with its singles "Be My Lover" and "Under My Wheels," and a follow-up, "School's Out" (1972), whose LP came packaged in a pair of women's panties, conditions were ripe for these early progenitors of shock, schlock, and glam rock to fashion one lasting achievement yet to be.

Guitarists Glen Buxton and Michael Bruce (who also plays keyboards), drummer Neal Smith, bassist Dennis Dunaway, and Vince Furnier (a.k.a. Alice Cooper) recorded BDB from August 1972 through January 1973 at the Cooper Mansion in Connecticut with a mobile recording unit, as well as in Morgan Studios, London, and The Record Plant in New York City. The engineers were Shelly Yakus, Frank Hubach, Robin Black, Peter Flanagan, Jack Douglas, and Ed Sprigg. Guitarists Mick Mashbir, Dick Wagner, and Steve Hunter (the latter two would be prominent in Alice Cooper's solo career) and keyboardist Bob Dolin provided extra support.

More textures and bombast than actual hard rock, BDB in retrospect is a strange collection of highly polished performances. Upon closer listen, piano parts are a subtle but surprisingly essential part of the arrangements. Never loud or overdriven guitars, sometimes keening, aid in the album's high-camp zeitgeist."

-- STEREOPHILE, "ReDiscoveries #5: Alice Cooper's "Billion Dollar Babies," by Robert Baird, published May 30, 2023

Sources: www.stereophile.com/content/rediscoveries-5-alice-coopers-billion-dollar-babies, Pinterest, Classic Bands, Wikipedia, various, etc...

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Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies [50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] 2024 Warner Brothers ————————————————— Tracks LP One: 01. Hello Hooray 02. Raped and Freezin’ 03. Elected 04. Billion Dollar Babies 05. Unfinished Sweet 06. No More Mr. Nice Guy 07. Generation Landslide 08. Sick Things 09. Mary Ann 10. I Love the Dead

Tracks LP Two: Live 1973 01. Hello Hooray 02. Billion Dollar Babies 03. Elected 04. I’m Eighteen 05. Raped and Freezin’ 06. No More Mr. Nice Guy 07. My Stars 08. Unfinished Sweet 09. Sick Things 10. Dead Babies 11. I Love the Dead

Tracks LP Three: Live 1973 01. School’s Out 02. Under My Wheels 03. Coal Black Model T 04. Son of Billion Dollar Babies (Generation Landslide) [outtake] 05. Hello Hooray [single version] 06. Billion Dollar Babies [single version] 07. Elected [single version] 08. Mary Ann [single version] 09. Slick Black Limousine —————————————————

Michael Bruce

Glen Buxton

Alice Cooper

Dennis Dunaway

Neal Smith

* Long Live Rock Archive

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[weirdlookindog]

Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

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[f1inl3ey]

Vance is an Alice Cooper Stan. I just know my man screams the lyrics to all the songs in the billion dollar babies album

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[brainpollution]

The man, the myth, the REAL G.O.A.T., Alice Cooper!! Happy birthday, sir!

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[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Alice Cooper  –Billion Dollar Babies 

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[brokehorrorfan]

Alice Cooper has joined Super 7’s ReAction Figures line. The first figure features a backer card based on his 1973 album, Billion Dollar Babies. Priced at $18, the 3.75" retro-style toy has five points of articulation and features metallic paint accents. Microphone and snake accessories are included.

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[mikeladano]

Teeth Week #4: "Unfinished Sweet" by Alice Cooper

Teeth Week #4: “Unfinished Sweet” by Alice Cooper

The last song on side one of Alice Cooper’s Billion Dollar Babies album in 1973 was a lyrical departure.  Instead of the horrors of monsters, or necrophilia, this time Alice is comically singing about the horrors of dental surgery!  Too much candy, and now it’s time for a trip to the dentist.  The sound of drills echo in your head as the song plays.  Live on stage, Alice’s wife Cheryl dressed as…

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[mydadlistenstothis]

New podcast episode is up!  This week, we're back with part 2 of our coverage of the one, the only Alice Cooper! And we also suggest a potential musical ;)

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[randgugotur-6]

This Day in Metal 🤘

April 21st 1973 Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies went to number one on the US album charts.

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[sorcjapan]

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アリス・クーパーの最高傑作！と言われていますがワタシもそう思います！(エヘ！)とにかくスタイリッシュ！？ヘヴィー過ぎずかといって甘くもなく一枚にわたって飽きさせない構成で、ジャケもめちゃ凝っててオシャレ！ハロウィンの仮装するなら白のスーツでウサギちゃん抱えたコレだな。このところ注意しないとSNSでかなり厳しい画像を目にしちゃう事が増えててとくに戦争に巻き込まれた子どもの画像に私はビリオンダラーベイビーを思い出してしまう(不謹慎かも)。アリスが大統領だといいのに。戦争反対。…

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[longliverockback]

Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies 1973 Warner Brothers ————————————————— Tracks: 1. No More Mr. Nice Guy 2. Mary Ann 3. Raped and Freezin’ 4. Hello Hooray 5. Billion Dollar Babies —————————————————

* Long Live Rock Archive

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[fhear]

Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (Lyrics for Desktop)

#Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (Lyrics for Desktop)

[shotattheshow]

[PHOTOS] Alice Cooper @ Abbotsford Centre

Shots by Jacob Zinn for VIES Magazine

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[racmune]

the scratched universe ep. 5 (redraw by me) / desperado - alice cooper / los galgos siderales - jose amezcua / boyish - japanese breakfast / my love is a dog from hell - julia soboleva / detail of susanna and the elders - pierre van hanselaere / the wolf and the lamb - nora fry / billion dollar babies - alice cooper / @/ojibwa on tumblr / i'm your man - mitski / gleipinir - walton ford / @/winkreallyisntable on tumblr

#i like jumpsuit a normal amount #the scratched universe #masked mechanic #racmune art #web weaving #my thoughts abt these guys are kinda scattered in diff directions but i hope this is cool and sort of understandable #poetry #webweave