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Alice Cooper: Love it to Death

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Label: Straight Records
Released: 1971
Time:
 36:45
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Bob Ezrin, Jack Richardson
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.alicecooper.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2011
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Caught in a Dream (Bruce) - 3:04
[2] I'm Eighteen (Bruce/Buxton/Cooper/Dunaway/Smith) - 3:00
[3] Long Way to Go (Bruce) - 3:01
[4] Black Juju) - Dunaway) - 9:09
[5] Is It My Body (Bruce/Buxton/Cooper/Dunaway/Smith) - 2:39
[6] Hallowed Be My Name (Smith) - 2:25
[7] Second Coming (Cooper) - 3:02
[8] Ballad of Dwight Fry (Bruce/Cooper) - 6:32
[9] Sun Arise (Harris) - 3:53

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Alice Cooper - Arranger, Composer, Vocals

Dennis Dunaway - Bass, Composer
Michael Bruce - Composer, Guitar, Keyboards
Glen Buxton - Composer, Guitar
Neal Smith - Composer, Drums

Bob Ezrin - Arranger, Producer
Jack Richardson - Executive Producer, Producer
Brian Christian - Engineer
Randy Kling - Mastering
Lee Herschberg - Remastering
Bill Conners - Recording Technician
David Griffith - Photography
 

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1990 CS Warner Bros. M5-1883
1990 CD Warner Bros. 2-1883
1990 LP Warner Bros. 1883
2005 CD Warner Bros.

Whereas Alice Cooper's first two studio albums, 1969's PRETTIES FOR YOU and 1970's EASY ACTION, tended more towards the trippy excesses of the hippie era, their next one, 1971's LOVE IT TO DEATH introduced the world to the heavy sound that Cooper would soon be taking to the top. With the invaluable production assistance of future Pink Floyd/Lou Reed cohort Bob Ezrin, LOVE IT TO DEATH proved Alice Cooper's first truly great album, and served as their commercial breakthrough. That staple of teen alienation, "I'm Eighteen," is the most iconic cut, but every single track on LOVE IT TO DEATH is outstanding. Plenty of other Cooper favorites are included--the candid "Is It My Body," the grim theatrics of "Ballad of Dwight Fry" (a slightly misspelled homage to the horror-film actor), the powerful opener "Caught In A Dream," and the tuneful afterglow of the closer "Sun Arise." With pretentious prog-rock and folk-rock ruling the charts in the early '70s, LOVE IT TO DEATH served as a wake-up call to thousands of disenfranchised teens, and became a kind of blueprint for punk and edgy hard rock later in the decade. Live Recording.



Alice Cooper's third album, Love It to Death, can be pinpointed as the release when everything began to come together for the band. Their first couple of albums (Pretties for You and Easy Action) were both largely psychedelic/acid rock affairs and bore little comparison to the band's eventual rip-roaring, teenage-anthem direction. The main reason for the quintet's change was that the eventually legendary producer Bob Ezrin was on board for the first time and helped the Coopers focus their songwriting and sound, while they also perfected their trashy, violent, and theatrical stage show and image. One of the band's most instantly identifiable anthems, "I'm Eighteen," was what made the album a hit, as well as another classic, "Is It My Body." But like Alice Cooper's other albums from the early '70s, it was an incredibly consistent listen from beginning to end. The garage rocker "Caught in a Dream" as well as the ass-kicking "Long Way to Go" and a pair of epics -- the Doors-esque "Black Juju" and the eerie "Ballad of Dwight Fry" -- showed that Alice was easily in league with other high-energy Detroit bands of the era (MC5, Stooges). Love It to Death was the first of a string of classic releases from the original Alice Cooper group.

Greg Prato - All Music Guide



Die Karriere des Schockrockers Alice Cooper, der mit bürgerlichem Namen Vincent Damon Furnier heißt und als Sohn eines Priesters in Detroit geboren wurde, begann '65 mit der Hitsingle "Don't Blow Up Your Mind" seiner damaligen Band The Spiders. Einige Zeit später benannte man sich in Alice Cooper um und veröffentlichte mit Pretties For You ('69) und Easy Action ('70) zwei Alben über Frank Zappas Label Straight. Der große Erfolg setzte aber erst ein, als die Bühnenshow der Band immer spektakulärer wurde und der '71er Longplayer Love It To Death beim Majorlabel Warner Bros. erschien. Die Platte enthält nicht nur den Alltime-Klassiker "I'm Eighteen", sondern mit "Caught In A Dream" und "Is It My Body" noch zwei weitere bluesrockige Ohrwürmer. Der absolute Höhepunkt des Albums ist jedoch "Ballad Of Dwight Fry", eine ruhige, sorgfältig konstruierte Nummer, die von grandiosen Spannungsbögen und einer morbiden Grundatmosphäre profitiert, gegen die alle Marilyn Mansons dieser Erde verdammt blass aus den Klamotten glotzen.

Michael Rensen - Amazon.de
 

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Caught In A Dream

Well I'm runnin' through the world with a gun in my back tryin' to catch a ride in a cadillac
Thought that I was livin' but you can't really tell been tryin' to get away from that success smell
You know I need a houseboat and I need a plane I need a butler and a trip to Spain
I need everything the world owes me I tell that to myself and I agree
I'm caught in a dream so what you don't know what I'm goin' through
I'm right in between so I'll I'll just play along with you
Well I'm runnin' through the world with a gun in my back tryin' to catch a ride in that cadillac
Thought I was livin' but you can't never tell what I thought was heaven turned out to be hell
Whoa whoa when you see me with a smile on my face
Whoa whoa then you'll know I'm a mental case whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa
I'm caught in a dream so what I don't know what I'm going through
I'm right in between so I'll I'll just play along with you
Whoa whoa ooh ooh ooh aah aah aah aah oo oo oo oo oo oo


I'm Eighteen

Lines form on my face and hands lines form from the ups and downs
I'm in the middle without any plans I'm a boy and I'm a man
I'm eighteen and I don't know what I want eighteen I just don't know what I want
Eighteen I gotta get away I gotta get out of this place I'll go runnin' in outer space oh yeah
I got a baby's brain and an old man's heart took eighteen years to get this far
Don't always know what I'm talkin' about feels like I'm livin' in the middle of doubt
'cause I'm eighteen I get confused every day eighteen I just don't know what to say eighteen I gotta get away
Whoa lines form on my face and my hands lines form on the left and right
I'm in the middle the middle of life I'm a boy and I'm a man
I'm eighteen and I like it yes I like it oh I like it love it like it love it
Eighteen eighteen eighteen eighteen and I like it


Long Way To Go

We still got a long way to go we still got a long way to go we all got a long way to go
What's keeping us apart isn't selfishness what's holding us together isn't love
Listen to the man who's been touched all his life yes he's the one they call the fool
Where is that saviour of the sidewalk life and the road that takes us to the crusades
I've seen those shadows as they're moving in my sleep leading the blind poet to his grave
'cause we still got a long way to go we still got a long way to go yes we all got a long way to go
Please don't waste your energy on me my friend 'cause we still got a long way to go
We'll meet again some day but right now just go away 'cause I still got a long way to go
The silence is speaking so why am I weeping I guess I love it I love it to death
Yes we still got a long way to go yes we still got a long way to go yes we all got a long way to go


Black Juju

Touched by the toil and plunged into his arm cursed thru the night thru eyes of alarm
A melody black flowed out of my breath searching for death but bodies need rest body
Under the soil now waiting for worms all that I feared is all that I've learned
All that I know is all that I think dead feelings are cool down lower I sink ah hah
Bodies need rest we all need our rest sleep an easy sleep rest rest
Bodies need their rest we all need our rest sleep an easy sleep rest rest rest rest
But come back in the morning come back hard wake up wake up wake up wake up
Bodies clutching and biting my soul has caught on fire my evil is now and I'm caught up in desire
Everything I'm living for is all that I am liking it and loving it that's all in the plan black juju


Is It My Body

What have I got that makes you want to love me is it my body or someone I might be or somethin' inside me
You better tell me tell me it's really up to you have you got the time to find out who I really am oh oh ah
What does it take to get inside of your mind give me a break and take a chance for the very first time
You better tell me tell me it's really up to you have you got the time to find out who I really am
What have I got that makes you want to love me now is it my body or someone I might be or somethin' inside me
You better tell me tell me it's really up to you have you got the time to find out who I really am ah ah ooh


Hallowed Be My Name

Gather round right now and hear me whisper the words of the prison the words of laughter
The lords and the ladies were fixing their hairdos cursing their lovers cursing the bible
Hallowed be my name yelling at fathers screaming at mothers hallowed be my name
Come all you sinners come now in your glory and my ears will listen to your dirty stories
You're fighting to go up 'cause you're on your way down cursing their lovers cursing the bible
Hallowed be my name yelling at fathers screaming at mothers hallowed be my name ahhahahahaha
Sluts and the hookers have taken your money the queens are out dancing but now they're not funny
'cause there goes one walkin' away with your sonny cursing their lovers cursing the bible
Hallowed be my name yelling at fathers screaming at mothers hallowed be my name


Second Coming

I couldn't tell if the bells were getting louder the songs they ring I finally recognize
I only know hell is getting hotter the devil's getting smarter all the time
And it would be nice to walk upon the water to talk again to angels on my side
Time is getting closer I read it on a poster fanatical exposers on corners prophecy
It would be nice to walk upon the water to talk again to angels at my side
I just come back to show you all my words are golden so have no gods before me I'm the light


Ballad Of Dwight Fry

Mommy where's daddy he's been gone for so long do you think he'll ever come home
I was gone for fourteen days I coulda been gone for more
Held up in the intensive care ward lyin' on the floor
I was gone for all those days but I was not all alone
I made friends with a lot of people in the danger zone
See my lonely life unfold I see it every day see my only mind explode since I've gone away
I think I lost some weight there and I I'm sure I need some rest
Sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest
Should like to see that little children she's only four years old old
I'd give her back all of her playthings even even the ones I stole
See my lonely life unfold I see it everyday see my lonely mind explode when I've gone insane
I wanna get outta here I wanna get outta here I I've gotta I've gotta get outta here
I I gotta get out of here I gotta get out of here I gotta get outta here I gotta get outta here
Ya gotta let me out of here let me outta here I gotta get outta here I gotta get outta here
See my lonely life unfold I see it everyday see my only mind explode blow up in my face
I grabbed my hat and I got my coat and I I ran into the street
I saw a man that was choking there I guess he couldn't breathe
Said to myself this is very strange I'm glad it wasn't me
But now I hear those sirens callin' and so I am not free
I didn't wanna be I didn't wanna be I didn't wanna be see my lonely life unfold I didn't wanna be
Leave me alone I didn't wanna be don't touch me see my lonely mind explode when I've gone insane


Sun Arise

Sun arise come every mornin' sun arise come every mornin'
Sun arise come every mornin' bringin' back the warmth to the ground
Sun arise fillin' up the hollow sun arise fillin' up the hollow
Sun arise fillin' up the hollow bringin' back the warmth to the ground
Sun arise she come every mornin' sun arise each and every day
Sun arise she come every mornin' sun arise every every every every
She drive away the darkness everyday she drive away the darkness everyday
She drive away your darkness everyday bringin' back the warmth to the ground
Sun arise whoa oh oh sun arise whoa oh oh sun arise whoa oh oh every every every every
Sun arise whoa oh oh sun arise whoa oh oh sun arise whoa oh oh every every every every
 

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