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The Alice Cooper Show

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The Alice Cooper Show
Live album by
Alice Cooper
ReleasedDecember 1977
RecordedAugust 19–20, 1977
VenueThe Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas
GenreGlam rock, hard rock
Length39:38
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
Alice Cooper chronology
Lace and Whiskey
(1977) 		The Alice Cooper Show
(1977) 		From the Inside
(1978)
Singles from The Alice Cooper Show
  1. "School's Out"
    Released: June 1978[1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Music Week[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

The Alice Cooper Show is a live album by Alice Cooper, released by Warner Bros. in December 1977.

It was recorded live in Las Vegas at the Aladdin Hotel on August 19 and 20, 1977, during Cooper's "King of the Silver Screen" United States tour. Before doing the gig that would become this album, Alice Cooper was exhausted from constant touring, recording and drinking. Contractual obligations resulted in him being heavily pressured into doing it.[5] Alice states "Whenever a fan comes to me with this album to sign, I tell them I hate this album".[6] The TV special Alice Cooper and Friends featured live footage from that tour.

The Alice Cooper Show was rereleased in 1987 on CD, digitally in 2005, and on 180-gram vinyl in 2013.

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Under My Wheels" (from Killer, 1971)Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Bob Ezrin2:35
2."I'm Eighteen" (from Love It to Death, 1971)Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Neal Smith5:00
3."Only Women Bleed" (from Welcome to My Nightmare, 1975)Cooper, Wagner5:57
4."Sick Things" (from Billion Dollar Babies, 1973)Cooper, Bruce, Wagner0:59
5."Is It My Body" (from Love It to Death, 1971)Cooper, Buxton, Dunaway, Bruce, Smith2:36
6."I Never Cry" (from Alice Cooper Goes to Hell, 1976)Cooper, Wagner2:46
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Billion Dollar Babies" (from Billion Dollar Babies, 1973)Cooper, Bruce, Smith3:18
8."Devil's Food"/"The Black Widow" (from Welcome to My Nightmare, 1975)Cooper, Dick Wagner, Bob Ezrin, Vincent Price, Kelly Jay5:52
9."You and Me" (from Lace and Whiskey, 1977)Cooper, Wagner2:25
10."I Love the Dead"/"Go to Hell"/"Wish You Were Here" (from Billion Dollar Babies/Alice Cooper Goes to Hell, 1973, 1976)Cooper, Wagner, Ezrin6:38
11."School's Out" (from School's Out, 1972)Cooper, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith2:39

Personnel

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Musicians
Production
  • Pete Carlson – engineer
  • Brian Christian – producer
  • Bob Ezrin – producer
  • Shep Gordon – executive producer
  • Lee Herschberg – remastering
  • Dick Wagner – director

Charts

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Chart (1977) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[7] 29
US Billboard 200 131

References

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  1. ^ "Alice Cooper singles".
  2. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r4525
  3. ^ "Review: Alice Cooper — The Alice Cooper Show" (PDF). Music Week. December 17, 1977. p. 51. ISSN 0265-1548. Retrieved March 10, 2021 – via American Radio History.
  4. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Fireside Books. pp. 11–13. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. ^ Alice Cooper Golf Monster (2007) ISBN 978 1 84513 358 0 p124-125
  6. ^ Alice Cooper Golf Monster (2007) ISBN 978 1 84513 358 0 p125
  7. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 92. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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