Billion Dollar Babies
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| Studio album by Alice Cooper | |||||
| Released | March, 1973 | ||||
| Recorded | August 1972-January 1973 | ||||
| Genre | Rock, hard rock, heavy metal, shock rock, glam rock, detroit rock | ||||
| Length | 40:51 | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | ||||
| Producer | Bob Ezrin | ||||
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Billion Dollar Babies is an album by American hard rock and glam rock band Alice Cooper, released in March 1973. It is widely praised as one of the best Alice Cooper albums, and showcased the group at their artistic and commercial peak. Many songs from it remain staples of Alice Cooper's live act to this day: in particular, "I Love the Dead" is usually associated with Cooper's mock-execution, while "Elected" is often used as an encore.
Billion Dollar Babies peaked at #1 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. Four singles were released from the album: "Elected" (which peaked at #26 on the Pop Singles chart); "Hello, Hooray"; "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (US #25); and the song "Billion Dollar Babies".
The title track is a duet with Donovan.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Hello, Hooray" (Rolf Kempf) – 4:15
- "Raped and Freezin'" (Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce) – 3:19
- "Elected" (Cooper, Glen Buxton, Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith) – 4:05
- "Billion Dollar Babies" (Cooper, Bruce, Reggie Vincent) – 3:43
- "Unfinished Sweet" (Cooper, Bruce, Smith) – 6:18
- "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (Cooper, Bruce) – 3:06
- "Generation Landslide" (Cooper, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith) – 4:31
- "Sick Things" (Cooper, Bruce, Bob Ezrin) – 4:18
- "Mary Ann" (Cooper, Bruce) – 2:21
- "I Love the Dead" (Cooper, Ezrin) – 5:09
[edit] Remastered CD bonus tracks
The remastered CD includes a disk with the original songs in the original order, as well as a bonus CD with the following tracks:
- "Hello Hooray" (Live) (Kempf)
- "Billion Dollar Babies" (Live) (Cooper, Bruce, Vincent)
- "Elected" (Live) (Cooper, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith)
- "I'm Eighteen" (Live) (Cooper, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith)
- "Raped and Freezin'" (Live) (Cooper, Bruce)
- "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (Live) (Cooper, Bruce)
- "My Stars" (Live) (Cooper, Ezrin)
- "Unfinished Sweet" (Live) (Cooper, Bruce, Smith)
- "Sick Things" (Live) (Cooper, Bruce, Ezrin)
- "Dead Babies" (Live) (Cooper, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith)
- "I Love the Dead" (Live) (Cooper, Ezrin)
- "Coal Black Model T"
- "Son of a Billion Dollar Babies"
- "Slick Black Limousine" (Cooper, Dunaway)
- Track 1 to 11 are recorded live in Houston 1973, previously unreleased on CD
- Track 12 is an early version of "Slick Black Limousine", previously unreleased
- Track 13 is a "Generation Landslide" outtake, previously unreleased
- Track 14 was previously released in the UK only in 1973 as a free Flexi disc in NME magazine
[edit] Personnel
- Alice Cooper - vocals
- Glen Buxton - lead guitar
- Michael Bruce - rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Dennis Dunaway - bass, backing vocals
- Neal Smith - drums
- Donovan - vocals on the song "Billion Dollar Babies"
- Marc Bolan - guitar on tracks 1,3,4
- Steve "Deacon" Hunter - guitar
- Mick Mashbir - guitar
- Dick Wagner - guitar
- Bob Dolin - keyboards
- David Libert - vocals
- Bob Ezrin - producer
- Jack Douglas - engineer
- Robin Black - engineer
- Frank Hubach - engineer
- Ed Sprigg - engineer
- Logan Jervis - engineer
- Shelly Yakus - engineer
- Peter Flanagan - engineer
- Brian Kehew - editing, remixing
- Pacific Eye & Ear - design concept
- Greg Allen - art direction, design
- Hugh Brown - art direction
- David P. Bailey - photography, cover photo
- Lynn Goldsmith - photography
- Neal Preston - photography
- Lynn Goldsmith - photography
- Jo Motta - project coordinator
- Steve Woolard - project coordinator
- Randy Perry - project assistant
- Vanessa Atkins - editorial supervision
- Norma Edwards - editorial research
- Shawn Amos - editorial coordinator
[edit] Chart positions
[edit] Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1973 | Billboard 200 | 1 |
[edit] Singles
Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1972 | "Elected" | Pop Singles | 26 |
| 1973 | "Hello, Hooray" | Pop Singles | 35 |
| 1973 | "No More Mr. Nice Guy" | Pop Singles | 25 |
| 1973 | "Billion Dollar Babies" | Pop Singles | 57 |
[edit] Future song and name usage
Billion Dollar Babies was also the name of the band founded by Michael Bruce, Mike Marconi, Dennis Dunaway, Bob Dolin, and Neal Smith after they split from Alice Cooper in 1974. The band was embroiled in a legal suit over the usage of the name. They only released one album, 1977's Battleaxe, before disbanding.[1]
"Billion Dollar Babies" is included on Guitar Hero 2 but only for the Xbox 360 version.
[edit] External links
Billion Dollar Babies at Allmusic
| Preceded by Lady Sings the Blues (soundtrack) by Diana Ross |
Billboard 200 number-one album April 21 - April 27, 1973 |
Succeeded by The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd |
