Poll--The Weakest Link: Alice Cooper BILLION DOLLAR BABIES, Round 1

Alice Cooper's 1973 #1 chart topper will get the WL treatment this time.

Pick two of these to be eliminated.

JcS

 

Well, this will be rather difficult. I voted Mary Ann and Sick Things this time around.

 

Ditto

 

same

 

Well, I agree it will be difficult. I'll have to resort to tactical voting, as one of my favourites (Sick Things) is already in "the lead" jointly. I suspect some of my other favourites will suffer too.

 

Looking forward to see how this progresses! Mary Ann and Unfinished Sweet this round.

 

I just can't do it...I love this album and not a weak track on it, I'm my opinion. That being said, I'll be tactical and go with Raped and Freezin'

 

Mary dead...

 

"Sick Things" + Mary Ann" to go.

 

I thought when we started these two would be in the cross-hairs early.

JcS

 

It's tough to vote those off because they are essential to the whole climax of the album. The entire record is brilliant IMO. Therefore, the only thing I could vote off would be the lead ins and runout grooves.

 

Sick Things and Dead, two of the stupidest songs the AC group ever did.

 

Hello
Mary
Lou

 

We differ there; after "Generation Landslide," I lose interest in a hurry.

Horse for course, and all that.

JcS

 

Hm... Tough, tough choice, I love every song. But I'll take off Sick Things and Hello Hooray. I for one quite enjoy the, ah, small numbers at the end.

 

This weakest link should be banned.

 

Alice Cooper »
Position: Vocals
Team: Arizona Diamondbacks

Walk-Up Song: "No More Mr. Nice Guy"

Fun Fact: Growing up in Detroit, young Vincent Furnier had a huge shrine to Tigers outfielder (and future Hall of Famer) Al Kaline in his bedroom.

(bump)

 

Sick Things/ I Love the Dead
That last song, the lyrics may have been funny 40 years ago to me, but now they're just twisted. So, easy on these two. One more will be easy, and then it'll get difficult.

 

"Sick Things" and "I Love The Dead" for me. Both have some interesting parts, but the macabre is nothing that interests me.

JcS

 

I have fond memories of this album. I bought it when it came out. I was in Jr. High at the time, in other words, the perfect target audience for Alice Cooper!

I chose Mary Ann and Sick Things.

Scott

 

For me Mary Ann and Generation Landslide although I love both of them.

 

I will have to abstain from voting anything on BDB as "weak," as this was the first real rock album I purchased with my own money at age 12. $4.67 + tax from Gibson's Discount Center.

 

I can see what you mean. Although I love "I Love The Dead", the last 3 songs are mid-tempo and rather weird if you're a casual Alice fan!
They're almost a nod to "Love It To Death" and "Killer"'s bizarre longer/bad taste songs!

 

I don't know I've ever heard KILLER all the way through--surely, at some point in high school I did!--but I do see the resemblance to "The Ballad Of Dwight Fry" from LOVE IT TO DEATH.

JcS

 

We had a Gibson's in the town where I shopped, along with a Howard's, TG&Y and Wal-Mart as it was getting started.

Why I remember this, I don't know, but I bought my copy at TG&Y. It was defective, the first two songs on side 1 would skip terribly. I tried the nickel on the tone arm and couldn't get it to work. I took it back, and the second copy did the same thing. I lost the receipt somewhere along the way, and was stuck with it.

JcS