Country Classics - Wilma Lee Cooper

Advantages: Great Album
Disadvantages: Beginners Only, Don't Bother If You Already Own Trashes The World

...This CD in conjunction with the Beast Of Alice Cooper album is a cheap way of getting the very best of Alice Cooper. While Beast Of deals mainly with the period of 1970 to 1975 Classics encompasses material from both the 70's and 90's. The 80's was a pretty poor period production wise for Alice. The CD contains the number 2 hit Poison from trash and the title track from the following album Hey Stoopid. Posion is a hard rock ballad and Hey Stoopid a great rock song with great power chord guitar solos. Feed My Frankenstein is one of Alices weaker 90's numbers it is fun and mainly came to the publics attention through its inclusing in Waynes World. Loves A Loaded Gun appears in Hey Stoopid and is really a cross over outtake form the Trash album, a great song with a story. Stolen Prayer and It's Me have great melodies... Read review

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Advantages: Classic
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...This is one of Alices greatest albums. It shows the original Alice Cooper group at their best. At this time in 1973 the Alice Cooper group was riding on the crest of a wave having a no 1 single both sides of the Atlantic with Schools Out the Alice Cooper group was the hottest property in the music busines in 1972-1973. Billion Dollar Babies is about the youth of America at the time and their angst against politicians. 1. Hello Hooray ("Hello Hooray Let The Show Begin, Im Am Ready," classic guitar work and vocals) 2. Raped & Freezing (Fun song) 3. Elected (Hugely successful and powerful rock track, also later covered by Bruce Dickinson of Iron maiden for Comic Relief) 4. Billion Dollar Babies (One of the best drum patterns ever made this a hugely successful single) 5. Unfinished Sweet (Strange to listen too... Read review

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Advantages: Great Compilation
Disadvantages: Only Covers 1970 -1974

...This is a best of compilation CD from the original shock rocker. It covers the period of 1970 - 1974 era which was the era of the Alice Cooper Group. After this period Alice Cooper became a solo artist starting from the album Welcome To My Nightmare. This collection is a great means of getting into Alices work. 1. Schools Out (Classic No 1 Single) 2. Under My Wheels (Fun Song, almost Speed Metal In Parts) 3. Billion Dollar Babies (One of the best drum patterns ever) 4. Be My Lover (Light hearted kitsch rocker) 5. Desperado (spanish guitar power ballad) 6. Is it my body (disturbing in parts) 7. Only women Bleed (Great ballad) 8. Elected (fun heavy song) 9. I'm 18 (Classic teenage angst song) 10. Hello Hooray (Show opener) 11. No More Mr Nice Guy (fun song) 12. Teenage Lament 74 (ballad) 13. Muscle Of Love... Read review

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