Alice Cooper - Killer [9/1]*

Artist:

Cooper, Alice

See Also:

Hendrix, Jimi Kinks (The)

Description:

Recording information: RCA, Chicago.
Photographer: Pete Turner.
Alice Cooper`s second release of 1971, KILLER, helped solidify the band`s position as rock`s most notorious, shocking, violent, sleazy, and theatrical band of the day. Cut from the same musical cloth as its predecessor, LOVE IT TO DEATH, KILLER replaces the space-rock of their earliest releases with blaring hard rock. Also, the band successfully broadened its palette on KILLER by adding orchestrated sounds and synthesizers to the mix.
Several tracks would become Alice Cooper staples, such as the vicious "Desperado" (which uses acoustic guitar and a string section to great effect), and the anthemic leadoff track "Under My Wheels." Criticized and misconstrued at the time of the album`s release, the eerie "Dead Babies" deals with child abuse--still disturbing stuff all these years later. One of Cooper`s more progressive tunes, "Halo of Flies" is an eight-minute-plus highlight, consisting of several different sections, ditto the nearly-as-long closing title track. KILLER is classic Alice Cooper, and would go on to serve as an obvious touchstone for such future rockers as Kiss, White Zombie, and Marilyn Manson.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Under My Wheels
2. Be My Lover
3. Halo of Flies
4. Desperado
5. You Drive Me Nervous
6. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
7. Dead Babies
8. Killer

Album Information

Release Date:

09/01/2009

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Hard Rock

Label:

Audio Fidelity

Producer:

Bob Ezrin

Catalog Number:

048

Original Release Year:

1971

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

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