I'M A GAMBLER
AND
I'M A RUNNER
BUT YOU KNEW THAT
WHEN YOU LAY DOWN
Alice Cooper's
Greatest Hits
is the only
greatest hits
album by
American
rock band
and their last
release as a band.
Released in
August 1974,
it features hit songs
from five
of the band's
seven studio albums.
It does not include
any material
from their
first two albums,
Pretties for You
and
Easy Action.
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
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.
The liner notes
of this compilation
also include a
then-complete
album discography
spanning from
1969 to 2000.
Artwork
The album's cover ar
t 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,
Robert Taylor,
Edward G. Robinson,
Jean Harlow,
Peter Lorre,
and
Groucho Marx.
Kinda Sgt.Pepperish
Kinda Vibe
The inner sleeve
features a
similar illustration
of the band surrounded by
these and other stars
of Hollywood's
golden age
such as
Marilyn Monroe,
Gary Cooper,
Judy Garland,
Errol Flynn,
Clara Bow,
Boris Karloff,
Zasu Pitts,
Tyrone Power,
Bela Lugosi,
Marlene Dietrich,
Tallulah Bankhead,
Betty Grable,
Veronica Lake
and
Alan Ladd.
A depiction of the
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
is in the upper middle
. The album was released by
Friday Music records
on vinyl
in 2013
with a Gatefold cover,
mimicking the
1974 Australian release
of the album,
which was the only territory
where it was
originally released
with a
Gatefold sleeve.
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