Billion Dollar Babies

Infobox Album | Name = Billion Dollar Babies
Type = Album
Artist = Alice Cooper


Released = March, 1973
Recorded = August 1972-January 1973
Genre = Rock, hard rock, heavy metal, shock rock, glam rock
Length = 40:51
Label = Warner Bros.
Producer = Bob Ezrin
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A5287gjirj6ib link]
* PopMatters (Favorable) [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/c/cooperalice-billion.shtml link]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/214327 RS 135]
*Robert Christgau (B) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=alice+cooper link]
Last album = "School's Out"
(1972)
This album = "Billion Dollar Babies"
(1973)
Next album = "Muscle of Love"
(1973)

"Billion Dollar Babies" is an album by American hard 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 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. [http://www.rockdetector.com/artist,1032.sm]

"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 original vinyl album came with a full-sized "Billion Dollar Bill" featuring the band members on the front and a political cartoon on the back.

The title track is a duet between Alice Cooper and Donovan.

Megadeth covered the song "No More Mr. Nice Guy" for the movie "Shocker".

The title track was featured in the Xbox 360 version of the video game "Guitar Hero II".

Track listing

#"Hello, Hooray" (Meisha Ghosh) – 4:15
#"Raped and Freezin'" (Krishand Severin, 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

Deluxe Edition CD bonus tracks

The 2001 CD reissue includes a bonus CD with the following tracks:

#"Hello Hooray" (Live) (Kempf) - 3:04
#"Billion Dollar Babies" (Live) (Cooper, Bruce, Vincent) - 3:47
#"Elected" (Live) (Cooper, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith) - 2:28
#"I'm Eighteen" (Live) (Cooper, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith) - 4:50
#"Raped and Freezin'" (Live) (Cooper, Bruce) - 3:14
#"No More Mr. Nice Guy" (Live) (Cooper, Bruce) - 3:07
#"My Stars" (Live) (Cooper, Ezrin) - 7:32
#"Unfinished Sweet" (Live) (Cooper, Bruce, Smith) - 6:01
#"Sick Things" (Live) (Cooper, Bruce, Ezrin) - 3:16
#"Dead Babies" (Live) (Cooper, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith) - 2:58
#"I Love the Dead" (Live) (Cooper, Ezrin) - 4:48
#"Coal Black Model T" - 2:28
#"Son of Billion Dollar Babies" - 3:45
#"Slick Black Limousine" (Cooper, Dunaway) - 4:26

* 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

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"

*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
*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

Chart positions

Album

ingles

Billboard (North America)

External links

* [http://www.alicecoopertourprograms.com/ Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies Tour Program]

succession box
before = "Lady Sings the Blues (soundtrack)" by Diana Ross
title = "Billboard" 200 number-one album
years = April 21 - April 27 1973
after = "The Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd