| Pretties for You | ||||
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| Studio album by Alice Cooper | ||||
| Released | August 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 1968 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock[1] | |||
| Length | 36:10 | |||
| Label | Straight Records LP Enigma Retro CD |
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| Producer | Alice Cooper | |||
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Pretties for You was the debut album by Alice Cooper. At this time, the name "Alice Cooper" referred to the band, not its lead singer, though the lead singer was also known as Alice Cooper. The music has a psychedelic flavor to it. The group had yet to develop the more concise hard rock sound that they would become known for. Most of the tracks from the album have a distinct loud and dynamic rock sound. However, very few songs have some sort of hard rock quality. Pretties For You was a critical and commercial failure.
The song "Reflected", Alice Cooper's first single, was later rewritten as "Elected" (which featured on their 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies).
The artwork for this album was hanging on the wall of the living room in Frank Zappa's house.[2] The original painting was done by Ed Beardsley. [3]
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All songs were written by Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway and Neal Smith.
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [4] |
| Rolling Stone | (unfavorable)[5] |
Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated Pretties for You three-and-a-half out of five stars. He stated that the album "was an earnest but flawed stab at psychedelia that occasionally caught fire."[4] Lester Bangs of Rolling Stone delivered an unfavorable review. He explained that there are no "[hints] of life, spontaneity, joy, rage, or any kind of authentic passion or conviction." However, he stated that "within the context of [Alice Cooper's] self-imposed limitations, the album is listenable." He concluded the review by saying that "Alice Cooper's music is, for this reviewer at any rate, totally dispensable."[5]