WE GO DANCING NIGHTY
IN THE ATTIC
WHILE THE MOON IS
RISING IN THE SKY...
Billion Dollar Babies
is the sixth
studio album
by American
Rock band
released on
February 27, 1973
by Warner Bros. Records.
The album
became the
best selling
Alice Cooper record
at the time of its release,
hitting number one
on the album charts
in the
United States
and the
United Kingdom,
and was certified
platinum by
the Recording
Industry Association of America.
The album has been
retrospectively praised
by such critics as
Robert Christgau,
Greg Prato
of AllMusic,
and
Jason Thompson
of PopMatters,
but
The Rolling Stone
Album Guide (2004)
gave the album only
two and a half stars.
Songs were recorded
in both
the state of
Connecticut
and
London, England.
Lyrics cover
topics and themes
such as
necrophilia,
dental fear,
horror,
and
sexual harassment.
At 40 minutes and 51 seconds,
it is the longest
studio album
the band has
ever released;
this does not count
any of
Cooper's solo albums.
Recording and production
Drummer
Neal Smith
has said that
the album
can be traced back
to the song
"Caught in a Dream"
from the album
Love It to Death
(1971).
The first
recording sessions
for the album
took place in
Greenwich, Connecticut,
in a mansion
called the
Galesi Estate.
To achieve certain
vocal sounds
and echoes,
microphones were
run through rooms
of various sizes
and through a
greenhouse.
Other sessions
were held at
Morgan Studios
in London,
where singer
Donovan
contributed to the
album by singing
on its title track.
The album was
produced by
Bob Ezrin
with
Gerry Lyon
as assistant
in New York,
Connecticut
and London.
Guitarists
Glen Buxton
and
Michael Bruce
both used
Gibson SGs
for the album.
Three additional guitarists
including longtime
band friend
Mick Mashbir
and
New York-based
session musicians
Dick Wagner
and
Steve Hunter
were retained
to cover for
Buxton,
who suffered from
alcohol abuse-related
pancreatitis
throughout the sessions.
The live performances
featured Cooper
wearing a costume
with fake
blood stains
at the crotch,
tearing apart baby dolls,
attacking mannequins,
and being
decapitated by
a guillotine.
Cooper has said that
the mutilation of
the dolls
symbolized
child neglect.
Between 40 and 50 people
were employed
and
26,000 pounds
of equipment
were used.
In preparation for
the tour,
two semi-trailer trucks
carried a wide
variety of props
including a
dentists drill,
four whips,
a surgical table,
six hatchets,
33,000 program books,
300 baby dolls,
22,000 sparklers,
58 mannequins,
280 spare light bulbs,
1,000 patches,
6,000 mirror parts,
14 bubble machines,
28 gallons
of bubble juice,
and
250,000 packages
of bubble bath
TRACK LIST
CD 1
(2023 Remaster)
Hello Hooray
Raped And Freezin'
Elected
Billion Dollar Babies
Unfinished Sweet
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Generation Landslide
Sick Things
Mary Ann
I Love The Dead
Elected
(Early Take)
Hello Hooray
(Just Vocals) [*]
Billion Dollar Babies
(Isolated Vocals + Drums + Rhythm Guitar) [*]
Generation Landslide
(Isolated guitars, vocals, harmonica) [*]
Sick Things
(Just Vocals) [*]
I Love The Dead
(Just Vocals) [*]
No More Mr Nice Guy
(Just Vocals) [*]
RARE Alice Cooper
1974 interview during
Billion Dollar Babies Tour [*]
CD 2
(LIVE)
Hello Hooray
Billion Dollar Babies
Elected
I'm Eighteen
Raped And Freezin'
No More Mr. Nice Guy
My Stars
Unfinished Sweet
Sick Things
Dead Babies
I Love The Dead
School's Out
Under My Wheels
Only Women Bleed
Generation Landslide '81
CD 3
(Bonus Tracks and More...)
Coal Black Model T
(Outtake)
Son Of Billion Dollar Babies
(Generation Landslide)
(Outtake)
Hello Hooray
(Single Version)
Billion Dollar Babies
(Single Version)
Elected
(Single Version)
Mary Ann
(Single Version)
Slick Black Limousine
Caught In A Dream
(Single Version)
Gutter Cat
(Single Version)
School's Out
(Single Version)
No More Mr Nice Guy
(Remix)
Hands Of Death
(Spookshow 2000 Mix)
(w/ Rob Zombie)
King Herod's Song [*]
Medley :
I'm Eighteen/
Only Women Bleed/
Billion Dollar Babies
(The Midnight Special 1979) [*]
Mash Up
( Alice In Boogieland)
(Alice Cooper/ Earth, Wind & Fire) [*]
[*] BONUS TRACKS !!
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