Greatest Hits (Alice Cooper album)

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Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Alice Cooper, released in 1974. It features the hit singles of songs from their third album (Love It to Death) to the last album with the band's original lineup (Muscle of Love).

This compilation's song versions were remixed by Jack Richardson at the time, with the remix of "I'm Eighteen" being released as a single in the US. The reason behind remixing the songs was perhaps to boost its appeal as "new" versions because no new tracks were available for inclusion by the group as they were on hiatus at the time.

This compilation was expanded upon when, in 2001, Rhino released Mascara & Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper, which includes the original single versions of the songs in addition to a number of Cooper's post-1974 hits as a solo artist, filling up the entire CD.

Artwork

The album's gatefold cover art was designed by Ernie Cefalu and features a sepia-toned Drew Struzan illustration of the band members in front of a 1930s garage, accompanied by such period movie stars as Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Edward G. Robinson, Jean Harlow, Peter Lorre, and Groucho Marx. The inner sleeve features a similar illustration of the band surrounded by these and other stars of the 1920s, '30s and '40s, including the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in the upper middle.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	A− link

Track listing

1. "I'm Eighteen" (Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith) – 2:58
   • Original version on Love It to Death
2. "Is It My Body" (Cooper, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith) – 2:41
   • Original version on Love It to Death
3. "Desperado" (Cooper, Bruce) – 3:29
   • Original version on Killer
4. "Under My Wheels" (Bruce, Dunaway, Bob Ezrin) – 2:46
   • *Original version on Killer
5. "Be My Lover" (Bruce) – 3:22
   • *Original version on Killer
6. "School's Out" (Cooper, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith) – 3:30 For this track, Cooper collaborated with Split Second, a short lived band from Southern California.
   • Original version on School's Out
7. "Hello, Hooray" (Rolf Kempf) – 4:18
   • Original version on Billion Dollar Babies
8. "Elected" (Cooper, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith) – 4:08
   • Original version on Billion Dollar Babies
9. "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (Cooper, Bruce) – 3:07
   • Original version on Billion Dollar Babies
10. "Billion Dollar Babies" (Cooper, Bruce, Smith) – 3:43
    • Original version on Billion Dollar Babies
11. "Teenage Lament '74" (Cooper, Smith) – 3:54
    • Original version on Muscle of Love
12. "Muscle of Love" (Cooper, Bruce) – 3:45
    • Original version on Muscle of Love

Personnel

• Alice Cooper - Vocals, Harmonica
• Glen Buxton - Lead Guitar
• Michael Bruce - Rhythm Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
• Dennis Dunaway - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
• Neal Smith - Drums

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1974	US Billboard 200	8

External links

• Greatest Hits at AllMusic