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Summary: Oh, the memories!
Comment: Hey, I remember that summer! This CD has brought back so many memories! So many years ago - still love it! I'm pleased!
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Summary: Black Juju
Comment: Years ago I recall talking with a prog-rock fan who didn't share my taste for Alice Cooper but he did chime in to praise "Black Juju". So I picked up this album and sure enough, best thing on the album. Its rhythms will work their way into your brain; it's the kind of track that will appeal to those who might not otherwise consume Alice's adolescent shock value product.
The album closes with two songs that really belong together. "The Ballad Of Dwight Fry" is one of the album's best numbers, a creepy child's-eye view of someone being committed. That song flows right into Alice's cover of the old Rolf Harris song, "Sun Arise". If you get one, you gotta get the other to get the full effect of this album's closing.
"I'm Eighteen" is a serviceable anthem that appears on every Alice Cooper compilation. Better, though, is the album's opener, "Caught In A Dream". The rest of the album all holds its own with no real lame numbers dragging things down, but the songs I namechecked are the ones you'll remember on your mp3 player and in your nightmares.
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Summary: love it to death, or just love it a lot
Comment: The originator of "shock rock" has a classic album with Love it to Death, an early 70's favorite. This is Alice Cooper at his very best, and even though the shocking moments weren't as popular or commercialized here as they would soon become (such as on Billion Dollar Babies) Alice Cooper CLEARLY had a distinct sound, style and atmosphere. He would go on to influence other popular acts such as Twisted Sister and Marilyn Manson, neither of which could stand up against the great Alice Cooper. Alice knew how to be diverse, and mix in different musical styles to make his experience *always* interesting.
This album is really underrated. You have the Stooges-influenced "Black Juju" with its mysterious atmosphere, a few very heavy and punk-ish pop songs in the beginning that sound similar to Blue Oyster Cult's early albums ("Caught in a Dream" and "Long Way to Go") and just an oddly appealing moody atmosphere running throughout the entire album (especially on "Second Coming"- MAN these lyrics are extremely odd). One of Alice's best albums. Do NOT think "I'm Eighteen" is the only highlight. The entire album is great from start to finish.
It should be mentioned though, that just about ANYONE can relate to the lyrics to "I'm Eighteen", especially the "I'm in the middle without any plans, I'm a boy and I'm a man". Perfect line really.
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Summary: Ballad of Alice Cooper Band Begins
Comment:
As always I want those reading this review to know where I stand as a fan. Alice Cooper rules! The third album I ever bought was Billion Dollar Babies (right behind Partridge Family's first and the Carpenters greatest hits). Fortunately, I immediately gravitated to the dark sinister tones and themes of the Alice Cooper Group. And that is the way it used to be. Alice Cooper was a group, no where more evident than their major label debut on Warners. Not afraid of pushing the envelope and teamed with one of the greatest producers of all time in Bob Ezrin, Love it to Death is a seminal rock and roll album. Sure some of the sonic details are a bit dated, but not many. Even the long timed Black JuJu wears well.
I'm Eighteen, Second Coming, and the still live favorite Ballad of Dwight Fry show a band that matured and wanted to get it right out of the gate. Not a weak cut on this album and, in my opinion, the best raw rock and roll album that the Alice Cooper band released. Billion Dollar Babies, the best commercial effort they released would follow. However, no fan of rock and roll should miss this and I would question what fan they were of the genre if this was not in their cd collection.
Also includes the lost classic Hollowed Be My Name.....have scene Alice a number of times. I wish he would do this haunting and foreboding tune.
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Summary: Love It To Death Is Right
Comment: This record, Killer, School's Out, and Billion Dollar Babies are all Must Haves. I became aware of Alice cooper through this album. I was only 12. Who is this Alice Cooper guy? Great stuff. One of the greatest live performers ever.
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