Alice Cooper - Discography (1969

Alice Cooper - Discography (1969 - 2018)

Originally, there was a band called Alice Cooper led by a singer named Vincent Damon Furnier. Under his direction, Alice Cooper pioneered a grandly theatrical and violent brand of heavy metal that was designed to shock. Drawing equally from horror movies, vaudeville, heavy metal, and garage rock, the group created a stage show that featured electric chairs, guillotines, fake blood, and huge boa constrictors, all coordinated by the heavily made-up Furnier. By that time, Furnier had adopted the name for his androgynous on-stage personality. While the visuals were extremely important to the group’s impact, the band’s music was nearly as distinctive. Driven by raw, simple riffs and melodies that derived from ’60s guitar pop as well as show tunes, it was rock & roll at its most basic and catchy, even when the band ventured into psychedelia and art rock. After the original group broke up and Furnier began a solo career as Alice Cooper, his actual music lost most of its theatrical flourishes, becoming straightforward heavy metal, yet his stage show retained all of the trademark props that made him the king of shock rock.

Furnier formed his first group, the Earwigs, as an Arizona teenager in the early ’60s. Changing the band’s name to the Spiders in 1965, the group was eventually called the Nazz (not to be confused with Todd Rundgren’s band of the same name). The Spiders and the Nazz both released local singles that were moderately popular. In 1968, after discovering there was another band with the same name, the group changed its name to Alice Cooper. According to band legend, the name came to Furnier during a Ouija board session, where he was told he was the reincarnation of a 17th century witch of the same name. Comprised of vocalist Furnier — who would soon begin calling himself Alice Cooper — guitarist Mike Bruce, guitarist Glen Buxton, bassist Dennis Dunaway, and drummer Neal Smith, the group moved to California in 1968. There, the group met Shep Gordon, who became their manager, and Frank Zappa, who signed Alice Cooper to his Straight Records imprint. –Allmusic

1. STUDIO:

1969. Pretties For You (1989, Bizarre-Straight, 8122 79927 1, EU)
1969. Pretties For You (1989, Enigma Retro, 7 73362-2, Canada)
1969. Pretties For You (2011, Warner Bros., WPCR-14299, Japan, SHM-CD)

1970. Easy Action (1989, Bizarre-Straight, 8122 79927 0, EU)
1970. Easy Action (1989, Enigma Retro, 7 73391-2, USA)
1970. Easy Action (2011, Warner Bros., WPCR-14300, Japan, SHM-CD)

1971. Killer (1989, Warner Bros., 7599-27255-2, Germany)
1971. Killer (1989, Warner Bros., 927 255-2, W.Germany)
1971. Killer (2011, Warner Bros., WPCR-14302, Japan, SHM-CD)

1971. Love It To Death (1990, Warner Bros., 1883-2, USA)
1971. Love It To Death (1990, Warner Bros., 7599-27187-2, Germany)
1971. Love It To Death (1991, Warner Bros., CD 1883, Canada)
1971. Love It To Death (2011, Warner Bros., WPCR-14301, Japan, SHM-CD)

1972. School’s Out (1990, Warner Bros., 7599-27260-2, Germany)
1972. School’s Out (1991, Warner Bros., CD 2623, Canada)
1972. School’s Out (2011, Warner Bros., WPCR-14303, Japan, SHM-CD)

1973. Billion Dollar Babies (1990, Warner Bros., 7599-27269-2, Germany)
1973. Billion Dollar Babies (2001, Warner Archives-Rhino, R2 79791, USA, 2CD)
1973. Billion Dollar Babies (2011, Warner Bros., WPCR-14304, Japan, SHM-CD)

1973. Muscle Of Love (1990, Metal Blade Rec., 9 26447-2, USA)
1973. Muscle Of Love (1990, Warner Bros., 7599-26226-2, Germany)
1973. Muscle Of Love (2011, Warner Bros., WPCR-14305, Japan, SHM-CD)

1975. Welcome To My Nightmare (1987, Atlantic, 19157-2, USA)
1975. Welcome To My Nightmare (1990, Atlantic, R2 531664, U.S.A.)
1975. Welcome To My Nightmare (2002, Atlantic-Rhino, R2 74383, USA)
1975. Welcome To My Nightmare (2011, Warner Bros., WPCR-14306, Japan, SHM-CD)

1976. Alice Cooper Goes To Hell (1990, Warner Bros., 2896-2, USA)
1976. Alice Cooper Goes To Hell (2011, Warner Bros., WPCR-14307, Japan, SHM-CD)

1977. Lace And Whiskey (1990, Warner Bros., 7599-26227-2, Germany)
1977. Lace And Whiskey (2011, Warner Bros., WPCR-14308, Japan, SHM-CD)

1977. The Alice Cooper Show (2011, Warner Bros., WPCR-14309, Japan, SHM-CD)

1978. From The Inside (1990, Warner Bros., 7599-26064-2, Germany)
1978. From The Inside (2011, Warner Bros., WPCR-14310, Japan, SHM-CD)

1980. Flush The Fashion (1990, Warner Bros., 7599-26229-2, Germany)

1981. Special Forces (1990, Warner Bros., 7599-26230-2, Germany)

1982. Zipper Catches Skin (1990, Warner Bros., 7599-23719-2, Germany)

1983. DaDa (1990, Warner Bros., 7599-23969-2, Germany)

1986. Constrictor (1986, MCA Records, MCD 03341, DMCF 3341, Germany)
1986. Constrictor (1990, MCA, MCD 03341, DMCF 3341, Germany)

1987. Raise Your Fist And Yell (1987, MCA, MCAD-42091, Japan)
1987. Raise Your Fist And Yell (1987, MCA, MCD 03392, DMCF 3392, W.Germany)
1987. Raise Your Fist And Yell (1990, MCA Records, MCD 03392, DMCF 3392, Germany)

1989. Trash (1989, Epic Sony, Japan, 25-8P-5278)
1989. Trash (1989, Epic, EK 45137, USA)
1989. Trash (1990, Epic, 465130 2, Austria)
1989. Trash (2014, Sony, SICP 30668, Japan, BSCD2)

1991. Hey Stoopid (1991, Epic Sony, Japan, ESCA 5370)
1991. Hey Stoopid (1991, Epic, 468416 2, Austria)
1991. Hey Stoopid (2014, Sony Music, SICP 30669, Japan, BSCD2)

1994. The Last Temptation (1994, Epic, 476594 2, Austria)
1994. The Last Temptation (1994, Sony Rec., ESCA 5959~60, Japan, 2CD)

2000. Brutal Planet (2000, Armoury Records, ARMCD523, Germany)
2000. Brutal Planet (2000, Eagle, EDGTE115, EU, 2CD)
2000. Brutal Planet (2000, Polydor, Japan, POCP-7492)

2001. Dragontown (2001, Eagle, EAGCD181, Germany)
2001. Dragontown (2001, Spitfire Records Inc., SPT-15200-2, U.S.A.)

2003. The Eyes Of Alice Cooper (2003, Armoury Records, ARMCD525, Germany)
2003. The Eyes Of Alice Cooper (2003, Eagle, ER 20028-8, Germany)

2005. Dirty Diamonds (2005, Armoury Records, ARMCD526, Germany)

2008. Along Came A Spider (2008, Nightmare Inc., 0093624963387, EU)
2008. Along Came A Spider (2008, SPV, SPV 90602 CD Ltd., USA)

2011. Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011, Nightmare Inc., 0602527805276, EU)

2017. Paranormal (2017, Earmusic, 0212146EMU, Germany, 2CD)
2017. Paranormal (2017, Ward Records, GQCS 90375~6, Japan, 2CD)

2. LIVE:

2014. Raise The Dead Live From Wacken (2014, UDR, UDR 0330 2CD+DVD, Germany, 2CD+DVD)

2018. A Paranormal Evening At The Olympia Paris (2018, Earmusic, WEB)

2018. Live. Wendler Arena 1978 (2018, Vogon, WEB)

2018. The Sound Of A (2018, Earmusic, WEB)

3. COMPILATION:

1974. Alice Cooper’s Greatest Hits (1990, Warner Bros., 7599-27330-2, Germany)

1995. Classicks (1995, Epic, 480845 2, Austria)
1995. Classicks (1995, Epic, EK 67219, USA)

1998. Poison (1998, Sony Music, CBU 67538, Germany)

2003. Poison (2003, Sony Music, 511305 2, EU, 2CD)

2009. Triple Feature (2009, Sony Music, A759795, USA, 3CD)

2011. Mascara & Monsters. The Best Of (2001, Warner Bros., R2 75806, USA)

2018. The Essential Alice Cooper. The Epic Years (2018, Epic-Legacy, WEB)

4. BOX SET:

1999. The Life And Crimes Of Alice Cooper (1999, Rhino, R2 75680, USA, 4CD)

2011. Original Album Classics (2011, Sony Music, 8869744462, EU, 3CD)

2012. Original Album Series (2012, Warner Music, 8122798357, EU, 5CD)

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