Alice Cooper Studio Albums - Rankings

I wanted to do this in another Cooper thread months ago, so I'm glad this thread came along!

1. From the Inside
2. Flush the Fashion
3. Muscle of Love
4. Zipper Catches Skin
5. Love It to death
6. Hey Stoopid
7. Killer
8. Billion Dollar Babies
9. Eyes of Alice Cooper
10. Welcome to My Nightmare
11. Lace & Whiskey
12. Dada
13. Trash
14. Raise Your Fist and Yell
15. Easy Action
16. School's Out
17. Goes to Hell
18. Brutal Planet
19. Nightmare II
20. Special Forces
21. Pretties For You
22. Dragon town
23. Last Temptation
24. Constrictor
25. Dirty Diamonds

An odd list, I'm sure, but having been a Cooper fan my whole life and not just going by the hits, I can safely say I've done my homework.

 

Killer
Billion Dollar Babies
Schools Out
Love It To Death
Muscle Of Love

 

Killer
Love It To Death
Billion Dollar Babies
Pretties For You
School's Out
The Eyes Of Alice Cooper
The Last Temptation
Dirty Diamonds
Welcome To My Nightmare
Brutal Planet

 

1. Killer (not much filler)
2. Love It to Death
3. School's Out (the beginning of the theatrical, showbiz Alice Cooper phase)
4. Welcome to My Nightmare
5. Billion Dollar Babies
6. From the Inside
7. Muscle of Love (rated lower due to over production)
8. Goes to Hell
9. Easy Action
10. Nightmare 2 (good and noisy for a late-stage career release)

 

Billion $ Babies
Love it to death
From the inside
Welcome to my nightmare
Killer
School's out
Welcome 2 my nightmare
Lace and whiskey
Special forces
Flush the fashion
Along came a spider

That list could change day by day. I never got Alice's Poison period - apart from the obvious singles. I have those albums, but need to dig in more.

 

1. Alice Cooper at Night on MMM Classic Rock. He's got a great playlist and I always enjoy his anecdotes about his rock star buddies.
2. Billion Dollar Babies
3. Welcome to my Nightmare. I know its unfashionable to like his solo stuff in these parts but this was the first Alice Cooper LP I heard so I was able to accept it for what it is (a f***ing great album) without any hang ups about the Alice Cooper Band.

 

Easy Action x 10

 

Killer
Love It ToDeath
Billion Dollar Babies

 

I see a pattern here.

My own favorites are amazingly chronological:

Love It To Death
Killer
School's Out
Billion Dollar Babys
Welcome To My Nightmare
END OF INTEREST

 

1. Love It To Death
2. Killer
3. Welcome To My Nightmare
4. Billion Dollar Babies

5. School's Out
6. The Last Temptation
7. Muscle of Love
8. Trash
9. Goes To Hell
10. Hey Stoopid

 

Love It To Death
Killer
Billion Dollar Babies
Welcome To My Nightmare
Go To Hell
From The Inside
Flush The Fashion
Trash
The Last Temptation
Dirty Diamonds

I find it very hard to rate them 1-10, so I just listed them as they came out. My #1 is "Welcome To My Nightmare". The best album Bob Ezrin ever produced.

 

1. Love It To Death
2. Killer
3.Billion Dollar Babies
4.Pretties For You
5. School's Out
6.Easy Action
7.Muscle Of Love

Never cared about the rest but I like "From The Inside"'s sleeve.

 

1. Killer
2. Billion Dollar Babies
3. School's Out
4. Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits
5. Muscle of Love
6. Love it To Death
7. Easy Action

 

I love it when a fellow Alice Cooper fan pipes in with a list that disrupts all others. "Flush The Fashion" at #2 will send a few shock waves through this thread. But man oh man, that powerful combo of "Talk Talk/Clones (We're All)" to start off that LP is probably one of the strongest album intros in his catalog.

 

here we go
1 billion $ babies
2 welcome to my nightmare
3 killer
4 last temptation
5 love it to death
6 hey stoopid
7 dada
8 goes to hell
9 brutal planet
10 schools out
11 muscle of love
12 trash
13 from the inside
14 dirty diamonds
15 lace and whiskey
16 dragontown
17 raise your fist and yell
18 special forces
19 constrictor
20 eyes of alice
21 nightmare 2
22 flush the fashion
23 pretties for you
24 easy action
25 zipper catches skin

 

1. Welcome To My Nightmare
2. Dada
3. Love It To Death
4. Billion Dollar Babies
5. From The Inside
6. Killer
7. Special Forces
8. Dirty Diamonds
9. Alice Cooper Goes To Hell
10. The Last Temptation

 

Original Band

1. Killer
2. Love It to Death
3. School's Out
4. Billion Dollar Babies
5. Muscle of Love
6. Easy Action
7. Pretties for You

Solo

1. Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
2. Welcome to my Nightmare
3. From the Inside
4. Welcome 2 My Nightmare
5. Everything else which is a bunch of albums with a couple decent tracks on each one loaded with a bunch of filler.

 

1. Dada
2. Welcome To My Nightmare
3. Special Forces
4. Welcome 2 My Nightmare
5. Killer
6. Flush The Fashion
7. Love It To Death
8. Billion Dollar Babies
9. Muscle Of Love
10. Zipper Catches Skin

 

In my opinion, Alice has his pinnacles in the beginning of every decade. But unfortunately since early 1970-s, they are getting lower and lower...

My personal favourites are:

1. Love It To Death
2. Killer
3. Special Forces
4. Welcome To My Nightmare
5. Billion Dollar Babies
6. Flush The Fashion
7. Zipper Catches Skin
8. School's Out
9. Muscle Of Love
10. Dada

 

1. Schools's Out
2. Billion Dollar Babies
3. Love It To Death
4. Killer

...

(The Rest)

 

It's the earlier ones for me too. Basically, any Alice I listen to as a teenager. (Predictable or what?). That said, I can always find time for 'Lace & Whiskey', 'Goes To Hell' and 'From The Inside'. Once he started with all that 80s 'Flush The Fashion' and 'Da-Da' business he just left me cold. A recent earworm was "What are you gonna do...?" "Tell ya what I'm-a gonna do.....". Humming it for days. Love Alice! 'Nuff respect for the Flash Fearless tracks too. (Anyone else here get the 'Slick Black Limousine' flexi from the NME? Played that to death when I was a kid).

 

Big Apple Dreamin'
About half of "Muscle Of Love" is quite good too ...

 

1. Love it to Death
2. Welcome to My Nightmare
3 Killer
4. Billion Dollar Babies
5. Muscle of Love
6. Trash
7. Hey Stoopid
8. From the Inside
9. Lace and Whiskey
10. Alice Cooper Goes to Hell

 

One of the first "Heavy Metal" cassettes I got was "Muscle of Love", I've been an Alice fan since, I even have the comic book edition of "The Last Temptation" CD (I should have bought the vinyl back then, I know..)

1. Muscle of Love
2. Lace & Whiskey
3. Welcome to My Nightmare
4. Constrictor
5. The Last Temptation

The above list reflect the Alice albums I have listened to the most over the last 3 decades

 

Killer
Billion $ Babies
School's Out
Love it to Death
Welcome to My Nightmare
Muscle of Love
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