The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper (1999) is a 4-CD box set by Alice Cooper. It includes select tracks from every studio album released until then, plus many B-sides, unreleased songs, and other rarities. It also includes Alice Cooper's authorized biography,[3] Alcohol and Razor Blades, Poison and Needles: The Glorious Wretched Excess of Alice Cooper, All-American, written by Creem magazine editor Jeffrey Morgan.[4]
| The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper | ||||
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| Box set by | ||||
| Released | April 20, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1965–1997 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 4:54:19 | |||
| Label | Rhino | |||
| Alice Cooper chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [2] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Don't Blow Your Mind" | The Spiders (1966) | 2:36 |
| 2. | "Hitch Hike" | The Spiders (1965) | 2:01 |
| 3. | "Why Don't You Love Me" | The Spiders (1965) | 1:57 |
| 4. | "Lay Down And Die, Goodbye" (Original Version) | The Nazz (1967) | 2:07 |
| 5. | "Nobody Likes Me" (demo version, 1968) | 3:23 | |
| 6. | "Levity Ball" (studio version, 1968) | 4:45 | |
| 7. | "Reflected" | Pretties for You | 3:14 |
| 8. | "Mr. and Misdemeanor" | Easy Action | 3:00 |
| 9. | "Refrigerator Heaven" | Easy Action | 1:54 |
| 10. | "Caught in a Dream" (single version) | Love It to Death | 2:55 |
| 11. | "I'm Eighteen" | Love It to Death | 2:58 |
| 12. | "Is It My Body?" | Love It to Death | 2:39 |
| 13. | "Ballad of Dwight Fry" | Love It to Death | 6:34 |
| 14. | "Under My Wheels" | Killer | 2:47 |
| 15. | "Be My Lover" | Killer | 3:21 |
| 16. | "Desperado" | Killer | 3:29 |
| 17. | "Dead Babies" | Killer | 5:42 |
| 18. | "Killer" | Killer | 7:05 |
| 19. | "Call It Evil" (demo, 1971) | 3:28 | |
| 20. | "Gutter Cat vs. the Jets" | School's Out | 4:39 |
| 21. | "School's Out" (single version, 1972) | School's Out | 3:31 |
| No. | Title | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hello Hooray" | Billion Dollar Babies | 4:15 |
| 2. | "Elected" (single version) | Billion Dollar Babies | 3:43 |
| 3. | "Billion Dollar Babies" | Billion Dollar Babies | 3:39 |
| 4. | "No More Mr. Nice Guy" | Billion Dollar Babies | 3:07 |
| 5. | "I Love the Dead" | Billion Dollar Babies | 5:07 |
| 6. | "Slick Black Limousine" (Flexi-disc from New Musical Express, 1973) | 4:27 | |
| 7. | "Respect for the Sleepers" (demo, 1973) | 3:48 | |
| 8. | "Muscle of Love" | Muscle of Love | 3:45 |
| 9. | "Teenage Lament '74" | Muscle of Love | 3:52 |
| 10. | "Working Up a Sweat" | Muscle of Love | 3:31 |
| 11. | "Man with the Golden Gun" | Muscle of Love | 3:13 |
| 12. | "I'm Flash" | Flash Fearless Vs. the Zorg Women, Pts. 5 & 6 | 2:47 |
| 13. | "Space Pirates" | Flash Fearless Vs. the Zorg Women, Pts. 5 & 6 | 3:30 |
| 14. | "Welcome to My Nightmare" (single version) | Welcome to My Nightmare | 2:45 |
| 15. | "Only Women Bleed" (single version) | Welcome to My Nightmare | 3:17 |
| 16. | "Cold Ethyl" | Welcome to My Nightmare | 2:54 |
| 17. | "Department of Youth" | Welcome to My Nightmare | 3:17 |
| 18. | "Escape" | Welcome to My Nightmare | 3:14 |
| 19. | "I Never Cry" | Alice Cooper Goes to Hell | 3:43 |
| 20. | "Go to Hell" | Alice Cooper Goes to Hell | 5:11 |
| No. | Title | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "It's Hot Tonight" | Lace and Whiskey | 3:21 |
| 2. | "You and Me" (single version) | Lace and Whiskey | 3:25 |
| 3. | "I Miss You" | Billion Dollar Babies - Battle Axe | 3:31 |
| 4. | "No Time for Tears" | Sextette film outtake | 2:59 |
| 5. | "Because" (with The Bee Gees) | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band soundtrack | 2:45 |
| 6. | "From the Inside" (single version) | From the Inside | 3:30 |
| 7. | "How You Gonna See Me Now" | From the Inside | 3:53 |
| 8. | "Serious" | From the Inside | 2:41 |
| 9. | "No Tricks" (duet with Betty Wright) | “How You Gonna See Me Now” B-side | 4:15 |
| 10. | "Road Rats" (originally released on Lace and Whiskey) | Roadie soundtrack | 2:43 |
| 11. | "Clones (We're All)" (single version) | Flush the Fashion | 2:51 |
| 12. | "Pain" | Flush the Fashion | 4:10 |
| 13. | "Who Do You Think We Are" (single version) | Special Forces | 3:05 |
| 14. | "Look at You Over There, Ripping the Sawdust from My Teddybear" (demo, 1981) | 3:18 | |
| 15. | "For Britain Only" (UK-only single, 1982) | 3:02 | |
| 16. | "I Am the Future" (single version) | Zipper Catches Skin | 3:45 |
| 17. | "Tag, You're It" | Zipper Catches Skin | 2:52 |
| 18. | "Former Lee Warmer" | DaDa | 4:07 |
| 19. | "I Love America" | DaDa | 3:47 |
| 20. | "Identity Crisis" | Monster Dog soundtrack | 2:50 |
| 21. | "See Me in the Mirror" | Monster Dog soundtrack | 3:12 |
| 22. | "Hard Rock Summer" | Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives soundtrack | 2:30 |
| No. | Title | Original Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" (demo) | 3:20 | |
| 2. | "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" (Movie Mix) | Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives soundtrack | 3:44 |
| 3. | "Teenage Frankenstein" | Constrictor | 3:32 |
| 4. | "Freedom" | Raise Your Fist and Yell | 4:04 |
| 5. | "Prince of Darkness" | Raise Your Fist and Yell | 5:09 |
| 6. | "Under My Wheels" | The Decline of Western Civilization II soundtrack | 3:10 |
| 7. | "I Got a Line on You" | Iron Eagle II soundtrack | 2:59 |
| 8. | "Poison" | Trash | 4:27 |
| 9. | "Trash" | Trash | 3:58 |
| 10. | "Only My Heart Talkin'" | Trash | 4:44 |
| 11. | "Hey Stoopid" (single version) | Hey Stoopid | 4:15 |
| 12. | "Feed My Frankenstein" | Hey Stoopid | 4:42 |
| 13. | "Fire" | “Love's a Loaded Gun” B-side | 3:00 |
| 14. | "Lost in America" | The Last Temptation | 3:54 |
| 15. | "It's Me" | The Last Temptation | 4:40 |
| 16. | "Hands of Death" (Spookshow 2000 Mix with Rob Zombie) | Songs in the Key of X soundtrack | 3:53 |
| 17. | "Is Anyone Home?" | A Fistful of Alice | 4:10 |
| 18. | "Stolen Prayer" | The Last Temptation | 5:35 |
References
edit- ^ "The Life & Crimes of Alice Cooper - Alice Cooper - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Fireside Books. p. 11–13. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ "Alice Cooper’s authorized biography, written by Jeffrey Morgan of Creem magazine."
- ^ "Alcohol and Razor Blades, Poison and Needles: The Glorious Wretched Excess of Alice Cooper, All-American". Alicecooper.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2002. Retrieved April 17, 2014.