Billion Dollar Babies
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Billion Dollar Babies is a heavy metal album by American rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music). Widely praised as one of the best Alice Cooper albums, and the peak of their period as a group, before the name began being applied to one individual.
| Billion Dollar Babies | ||
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| Missing image AliceCooperBillionDollarBabies.jpg Album cover | ||
| Album by Alice Cooper | ||
| Released | March 1973 | |
| Recorded | August 1972 - January 1973 | |
| Genre | Hard rock | |
| Length | 40 min 51 s | |
| Record label | Warner Brothers | |
| Producer | Bob Ezrin | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Q review | 4 stars out of 5 | February 2001 (http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=137763&resource=137763&fixture_artist=144009) |
| Rolling Stone review | Unfavorable | link (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=19038&cf=) |
| Allmusic.com review | 4.5 stars out of 5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70402061648090324&sql=A5287gjirj6ib) |
| Popmatters.com review | Favorable | link (http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/c/cooperalice-billion.html) |
| Alice Cooper Chronology | ||
| Schooldays (Pretties/Easy Action) (1973) | Billion Dollar Babies (1973) | Muscle of Love (1973) |
Billion Dollar Babies peaked at #1 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. The single "Elected" peaked at #26 on the Pop Singles chart.
Track listing
- "Hello, Hooray" (Kempf) - 4:14
- "Raped and Freezin'" (Bruce/Cooper) - 3:15
- "Elected" (Bruce/Buxton/Cooper/Dunaway/Smith) - 4:05
- "Billion Dollar Babies" (Bruce/Cooper/Smith) - 3:39
- "Unfinished Sweet" (Bruce/Cooper/Smith) - 6:17
- "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (Bruce/Cooper) - 3:05
- "Generation Landslide" (Bruce/Buxton/Cooper/Dunaway) - 4:31
- "Sick Things" (Bruce/Ezrin) - 4:18
- "Mary Ann" (Bruce/Cooper) - 2:19
- "I Love the Dead" (Cooper/Ezrin) - 5:08
Personnel
- Alice Cooper - Vocals
- Donovan - Guitar
- Steve Hunter - Guitar
- Michael Bruce - Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Keyboards, Vocals (bckgr)
- Greg Allen - Art Direction, Design
- David P. Bailey - Photography, Cover Photo
- Robin Black - Engineer
- Hugh Brown - Art Direction
- Glen Buxton - Guitar
- Bob Dolin - Keyboards
- Jack Douglas - Engineer
- Dennis Dunaway - Bass, Vocals (bckgr)
- Bob Ezrin - Producer, Original Album Producer
- Lynn Goldsmith - Photography
- Frank Hubach - Engineer
- Dave Libert - Vocals
- Mick Mashbir - Guitar
- Neal Smith - Drums
- Ed Sprigg - Engineer
- Dick Wagner - Guitar
- Shelly Yakus - Engineer
- Neal Preston - Photography
- Norma Edwards - Editorial Research
- Vanessa Atkins - Editorial Supervision
- Steve Woolard - Project Coordinator
- Brian Kehew - Editing, Remixing
- Lynn Godsmith - Photography
- Pacific Eye & Ear - Design
- Ear - Design, Concept
- Shawn Amos - Editorial Coordinator
- Peter Flanagan - Engineer
- Randy Perry - Project Assistant
- Jo Motta - Project Coordinator
Trivia: The name billion dollar babies refers to horror movies where the main evil character is a baby or child. (See: Devil-child movies).